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The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust is proud to present Lakota Sioux Dance Theatre in Cokata Upo! (Come to the Center), a performance celebrating the culture of the Lakota people featuring traditional dance, extravagant costumes, and historic narrative, on Sunday, March 8, 2009, at 3 p.m. at the Byham Theater. Cohen & Grigsby is the season sponsor of the Trust Presents series. ABOUT LAKOTA SIOUX DANCE THEATRE Lakota Sioux Dance Theatre was founded in 1978 on the Rosebud Reservation in South Dakota and today includes some of the most highly acclaimed performers of the Sioux Nation. The company began with support from traditional Lakota Indian community leaders, educators, powwow dancers, singers and storytellers. For the past three decades it has remained dedicated to allowing Indians and non-Indians alike to experience Lakota culture through live performance and educational outreach.

The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust is proud to present Lakota Sioux Dance Theatre in Cokata Upo! (Come to the Center), a performance celebrating the culture of the Lakota people featuring traditional dance, extravagant costumes, and historic narrative, on Sunday, March 8, 2009, at 3 p.m. at the Byham Theater. Cohen & Grigsby is the season sponsor of the Trust Presents series. ABOUT LAKOTA SIOUX DANCE THEATRE Lakota Sioux Dance Theatre was founded in 1978 on the Rosebud Reservation in South Dakota and today includes some of the most highly acclaimed performers of the Sioux Nation. The company began with support from traditional Lakota Indian community leaders, educators, powwow dancers, singers and storytellers. For the past three decades it has remained dedicated to allowing Indians and non-Indians alike to experience Lakota culture through live performance and educational outreach.

Super Ensemble Saves the Day: True, it's not a great musical. True, they used a television show to pick the leads for Broadway. True, you've probably seen the 1978 movie and perhaps some incarnation of the musical somewhere since its debut in 1971. True, Taylor Hicks will not appear anymore in Baltimore. So...why see this production at the Hippodrome which runs through Sunday, Feb. 15?

Complete casting has been announced for the brand new production of GREASE, starring American Idol winner Taylor Hicks, playing the Golden Gate Theatre beginning Tuesday, March 24 through Sunday, April 19. Taylor Hicks made his debut on Broadway in the role of 'Teen Angel' this past summer. This brand new production of GREASE will feature songs from the smash hit 1978 motion picture performed for the first time ever in a Broadway production. GREASE is presented as a part of the 2008-2009 Citibank Best of Broadway series season under the direction of Carole Shorenstein Hays. Tickets on sale now. Taylor Hicks achieved widespread fame in 2006 as a contestant on the hugely successful FOX singing competition 'American Idol.' On May 24, 2006, Hicks was named the winner of the fifth season of 'Idol' with over 63.4 million votes in total. Winning the title over Katharine McPhee, the announcement was made during the live finale episode which aired to a worldwide audience of over 200 million viewers. Born in Birmingham, Alabama, Taylor Hicks' passion for music began at an early age. He toured the Southeastern Unites States during his teenage years and released two independent albums. Known for his energetic performances with influences derived from classic soul, blues and R&B music, he quickly grew a large fan base among the millions of viewers and voters who tuned in to 'Idol' each week. His fans ultimately dubbed themselves the 'Soul Patrol.'

Tickets for the brand new production of GREASE, starring American Idol winner Taylor Hicks, go on sale Wednesday, December 17. Taylor Hicks made his debut on Broadway in the role of 'Teen Angel' this past summer. GREASE will play the Golden Gate Theatre beginning Tuesday, March 24 through Sunday, April 19. This brand new production of GREASE will feature songs from the smash hit 1978 motion picture performed for the first time ever on stage. GREASE is presented as a part of the 2008-2009 Citibank Best of Broadway series season under the direction of Carole Shorenstein Hays.

Dress Circle the 'greatest showbix shop in the world' is celebrating its 30th anniversary. To mark this landmark event Dress Circle has launched an online poll to find the UK's 'Greatest Musical' of the last thirty years. Theatregoers worldwide can cast their votes now at www.dresscircleawards.com. In order to qualify for entry a pforessional production of the show must have been performed live on stage in the UK between January 1978 and July 31st 2008. Voters can make their selection from a choice of over 300 musicals. Only one vote per person will be counted.

While tickets last, anybody named Shwartz can reserve 2 for 1 tickets good for any Thursday or Sunday performances of The Last Schwartz.

Carolee Carmello, Lari White and Mary Bond Davis have joined the starry cast of 'The Broadway Musicals of 1978,' which will be performed on June 19th

The largest, most star-studded cast ever for a Broadway by the Year concert at Town Hall is in the process of being assembled by the show's creator/writer/host Scott Siegel.

GREASE, the musical parody of teen life in the 1950s, opened on Broadway on Valentines Day, 1972. The stage musical is very different from the incredibly popular 1978 film version.