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Ginger Newman and Kate Adams-Johnson have perfected the recipe for musical success: Take three ginger-haired beauties, pair them with three dark and handsome young men and add a musical score that includes some of the best-known and most-beloved songs of the 1930s and '40s. That's the winning formula the talented duo have mixed together to grand effect in The Keeton Theatre's production of The All Night Strut, the winning musical revue that is as effervescent as a glass of champagne and as entertaining as a Manhattan Transfer concert.

Full casting is announced for Matthew Bourne's NUTCRACKER!, which returns to Sadler's Wells this Christmas to celebrate the production's 20th Anniversary with a limited seven week run from Tuesday 6 December 2011 - Sunday 22 January 2012, as well as touring extensively throughout the UK (tour schedule attached). New dates are also added, with the tour now playing Dublin Grand Canal Theatre (Tuesday 8 - Saturday 12 May 2012) and Newcastle Theatre Royal (Tuesday 15 - Saturday 19 May 2012). Christmas 2011 marks another special anniversary, as New Adventures returns to Sadler's Wells for a 10th consecutive Christmas Season.

When the last performers had sung the final song and the late honoree had been feted, the crowds at Belmont University's Troutt Theatre for the presentation of First Night, the Nashville Theatre Honors' 2011 Gala Concert, headed downtown to Cummins Station for the After-Party at The Listening Room Cafe.

Liberty Showcase Theatre announces auditions for Crimes of the Heart By Beth Henley and directed by Moses Goldberg

Liberty Showcase Theatre announces auditions for Crimes of the Heart By Beth Henley and directed by Moses Goldberg

Liberty Showcase Theatre announces auditions for Crimes of the Heart By Beth Henley and directed by Moses Goldberg

Danny Proctor, Helen Shute-Pettaway, Layne Sasser, Pam Atha, Dan Brewer and Gary Hoff were introduced Monday night as the six members of the 2011 Class of First Night Honorees during the First Night Preview Party, hosted by founder and executive producer Jeffrey Ellis at The Listening Room Cafe in downtown Nashville.

Cockpit in Court Summer Theatre will present the final performance of 'The Secret Garden' onJuly 3.

Cockpit in Court Summer Theatre opens its 39th season with "The Secret Garden" from June 17 - July 3.

There comes a moment, very early on in Kate Adams-Johnson's A Chorus Line (which opened last night at The Keeton Theatre) in which, one by one, each of the actors is caught in the spotlight, with some portentous musical underscoring that heightens the emotional impact of the moment. But what's really telling about that sequence of illumination is how evocatively it telegraphs the stories of each of the actors in the cast. You can tell, almost imperceptibly, what it is that separates the pretenders from the contenders...

Former U.S. Poet Laureate Billy Collins will speak at 7:30 p.m. May 4 at McDaniel College's Alumni Hall in celebration of the 25th anniversary of the annual B. Christopher Bothe Poetry Lecture.

The effect is a bit like opening a sampler of candies; while enjoying one treat, you're looking forward to the next, and the next, and the next …

McDaniel College will host a Gala Inauguration Concert, "Changing Lives for a Changing World," at 7 p.m. April 10 in Baker Memorial Chapel to help kick off a week of events leading up to the inauguration of its ninth president, Dr. Roger N. Casey.

McDaniel College will host a Gala Inauguration Concert, "Changing Lives for a Changing World," at 7 p.m. April 10 in Baker Memorial Chapel to help kick off a week of events leading up to the inauguration of its ninth president, Dr. Roger N. Casey.

McDaniel College and the Carroll Arts Center will co-host Schools for Education Evolution town hall discussion, including a free screening of the critically acclaimed documentary "Waiting for 'Superman'," at 6 p.m. April 5 at the Carroll Arts Center, 91 W. Main St., Westminster.

Former U.S. Poet Laureate Billy Collins will speak at 7:30 p.m. May 4 at McDaniel College's Alumni Hall in celebration of the 25th anniversary of the annual B. Christopher Bothe Poetry Lecture.

Award-winning journalist Thomas Roberts has joined MSNBC as an anchor, effective immediately. Roberts has appeared regularly on MSNBC over the past year, anchoring MSNBC Live as well as serving as a fill-in anchor for 'Countdown with Keith Olbermann' and 'First Look.' Roberts will continue to anchor various hours of MSNBC's dayside programming.

Donelson's Larry Keeton Theatre will present the turn-of-the-century classic Meet Me in St. Louis, November 5-21, directed and choreographed by Kate Adams-Johnson, with music direction by Ginger Newman. The show, based on the beloved 1944 MGM movie, contains many of the popular songs from its film counterpart including 'The Trolley Song', 'The Boy Next Door', 'Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas' and 'Meet Me In St. Louis.'

Japanese-style drummer, composer and teacher Kenny Endo and his ensemble will present his 35th anniversary concert and classroom workshops Nov. 8 to highlight McDaniel's new Asian Studies major.

Donelson's Larry Keeton Theatre will present the turn-of-the-century classic Meet Me in St. Louis, November 5-21, directed and choreographed by Kate Adams-Johnson, with music direction by Ginger Newman. The show, based on the beloved 1944 MGM movie, contains many of the popular songs from its film counterpart including 'The Trolley Song', 'The Boy Next Door', 'Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas' and 'Meet Me In St. Louis.'