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The Instant Shakespeare Company, which performs readings of Shakespeare's plays throughout Manhattan, is celebrating its 111th season, the New York Times reports. The company performs the complete works of Shakespeare, usually in libraries, each year, frequently without rehearsing. This season, the company is also including some plays that were not written by Shakespeare, including Aristophanes' LYSISTRATA.

Ticket prices in London's West End have more than doubled since 1995, The Stage reports. The Society of London Theatre recently released its Box Office Data Report for 2009, which stated that the average ticket price asked in 2009 was £43.07, more than twice the average price of £21.36 asked in 1995. According to the report, ticket prices have risen particularly quickly in the past three years.

All-male Shakespeare company Propeller has announced the lineup for its 2010-2011 season, whatsonstage.com reports. The season will include RICHARD III and THE COMEDY OF ERRORS in repertory, as well as POCKET DREAM, a shortened children's version of A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM. All three productions will be directed by company founder Edward Hall, the website reports.

The complete cast list for the third Harold and Kumar movie has been announced, collider.com reports. John Cho and Kal Penn will again play the title roles, while Neil Patrick Harris, as previously reported on BroadwayWorld, will again play a fictionalized version of himself. Other returning cast members include Paula Garcés (Maria), Danneel Harris (Vanessa), Bobby Lee (Kenneth Park), and Eddie Kaye Thomas (Rosenberg). Joining the cast are Tom Lennon, Danny Trejo, Amir Blumenfeld, David Burtka, Fred Melamed, Patton Oswalt, and Richard Riehle, Collider reports.

Kevin Bacon will appear in the film 'X-Men: First Class,' Entertainment Weekly's Hollywood Insider reports. Bacon will play a villain who fights Charles Xavier (James McAvoy) and Magneto (Michael Fassbender). The film, which is a prequel to the previous 'X-Men' films, will begin filming in London this fall, the Hollywood Insider reports. It is set when characters Professor Charles Xavier and Erik Lenshaar/Magneto are in their late teens and early twenties. Alive Eve co-stars in addition to Nicholas Hoult, who reportedly plays the role of Beast orginally offered to BLOODY, BLOODY ANDREW JACKSON's Benjamin Walker. BroadwayWorld announced today that Walker will instead lead the cast of JACKSON to the Bernard Jacobs Theatre on Broadway beginning September 29, 2010.

Actor Sam Trammell will appear in the film 'Guns, Girls, and Gambling' along with Dane Cook, Gary Oldman, and Christian Slater, Variety reports. Trammell will play the role of a sheriff in the film, which tells of the hunt for a Native American artifact stolen during a casino poker game, Variety reports.

Tony Award winner Catherine Zeta-Jones is interested in playing Dame Elizabeth Taylor in an upcoming film based on Sam Kashner's and Nancy Schoenberger's book 'Furious Love: Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, and the Marriage of the Century,' Entertainment Tonight reports. Angelina Jolie is also interested in the role. Among those interested in the part of Richard Burton are Russell Crowe, Clive Owen, and Colin Farrell.

Jay-Z and Sade will perform at this year's Black Ball concert on September 30, billboard.com reports. The concert, which will be held at the Hammerstein Ballroom in New York City, will benefit Alicia Keys' Keep a Child Alive Foundation, which aids children and families with HIV and AIDS in Africa and India.

The nominees for the 2010 Barrymore Awards for Excellence in Theatre will be announced on August 10 at 4pm, the Theatre Alliance of Greater Philadelphia has announced.

Film distribution company Emerging Pictures and Royal Opera House subsidiary Opus Arte have come to a distribution agreement, Variety reports. Emerging Pictures will distribute live transmissions of the Royal Opera House's operas and ballets, as well as Shakespeare productions at the Globe Theater, in North America.

Los Angeles's Kirk Douglas Theatre, a member of the Center Theatre Group, has announced several production for its 2010-2011 season, Variety reports. The productions will include Eric Rosen's and Matt Sax's VENICE, THIS, and Martin McDonagh's THE CRIPPLE OF INISHMAAN.

Martin Freeman ('The Office'), Lorna Brown, Sarah Goldberg, Lucian Msamati, Steffan Rhodri, Sam Spruell and Sophie Thompson will star in Bruce Norris's CLYBOURNE PARK at London's Royal Court Theatre, whatsonstage.com reports. The play, which premiered at New York's Playwrights Horizons earlier this year, will begin previews on August 26 and will open on September 2. The production will run until October 2.

Lifeline Theatre Artistic Director Dorothy Milne and former Live Bait Theater Artistic Director Sharon Evans announce a joint revival, the 14th Annual Fillet of Solo Festival, running July 29-August 21 at multiple Chicago venues. Performances run Thursday - Saturday at 7 p.m. and Sunday at 3 p.m. Tickets are $10 for all performances and may be purchased online at lifelinetheatre.com or by calling the Lifeline Theatre Box Office, 773.761.4477.

John Barrowman will host WEST END BARES: STRIP BRITANNIA! on September 5, 2010, the Make a Difference Trust has announced. The show will feature male and female dancers from the West End 'strutting their stuff' and will benefit TheatreMAD and the Make a Difference Trust. This show is the first West End Bares event and is based on the popular Broadway Bares series created by Jerry Mitchell. There will be two performances, one at 9:30pm and one at midnight.

Carole Demas, Broadway's original Sandy in GREASE, will perform her cabaret show 'Summer Nights' at New York's Laurie Beechman Theatre, the theatre's website announces. Demas will perform on July 22 and July 24 at 7pm. The cover charge will be $20.

Tony-nominated actor J. Robert Spencer's artwork will be exhibited by Artsource International LLC, Barrie Sue Zicherman, and Joyce Towbin Chasan, Spencer's official website announces. The exhibit, entitled 'Metaphysical Musings,' will open on August 4 and will continue by appointment.

Roman Polanksi will direct a film version of French playwright Yasmina Reza's Tony Award-winning play GOD OF CARNAGE, the AFP reports.

The Cortland Repertory Theatre in Little York, New York is currently presenting THE PAJAMA GAME. The production will run through July 24.

Casper College in Casper, Wyoming will present SUNDAY IN THE PARK WITH GEORGE July 16 through July 31. SUNDAY's examination of life through art and the artist will be a fitting final production for director Tom Empey who is retiring with this musical.

The Anchorage Opera has announced the lineup for its 2010-2011 season.