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The Firehouse Theatre Project presents Neil LaBute's This is How it Goes, running from October 29-November 21 in Richmond, VA.

Pianist, composer, educator, and musical collaborator Michael H. Crane will perform the works of the masters including Bach, Mozart, Prokofiev, Liszt and Chopin on Saturday, October 24 at 5pm at Manhattan Seventh Day Adventist Church as part of the Great Performers Concert Series.

Fabio Luisi will conduct all performances of Hansel and Gretel this season, replacing Andrew Davis who has withdrawn for personal reasons.

This year's annual fundraising gala American Friends of Rabin Medical Center 'Broadway on the Hudson' Gala is being held on the historic Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum on Monday, November 2, 2009 with Larry King hosting for his 8th year. Over 600 people will be in attendance, including diplomats, civic, business, medical and philanthropic leaders of their respective industries. William S. Marth, President & CEO of Teva Pharmaceuticals North America, is joining the gala as the dinner honoree.

The Japanese American Cultural and Community Center and The Japan Foundation will present BACKSTAGE TO HANAMICHI-A Behind the Scenes Look at the Color, Magic and Drama of Kabuki with lead actors Kyozo Nakamura and Matanosuke Nakamura of the world-renowned Shochiku Company. Performances will take place today, October 15, 2009, at 2 pm & 8 pm.

Sydney Theatre Company extends The Wharf Revue - Pennies from Kevin, written & created by Jonathan Biggins, Drew Forsythe & Phillip Scott. This production, which opens on November 4, will now close on Sunday December 6.

The broadcast of the sketch comedy series Right Between the Ears will launch its 25th season on Kansas Public Radio stations on Sunday, October 18 at 7:00pm . The show will be broadcast nationwide on Laugh USA (Sirius 151/XM 105) on Saturday, October 31 at 7:00pm Central time.

Kelrik Productions presents three performances of Rent, Jonathan Larson's award winning musical, at the Performing Arts Center San Luis Obispo. Set in the East Village of New York City, Rent is about being young and learning to survive in NYC. It's about falling in love, finding your voice and living for today. Winner of the Tony Award for Best Musical and the Pulitzer Prize, Rent has made a lasting mark on Broadway with songs that rock and a story that really resonates.

The Actors Gang's WTF?! Festival screens 'Jesus is Magic', comedienne Sarah Silverman's 2005 film, October 14 at 8pm. She forges into forbidden territory finding comedic gold in the most offensive and inappropriate material. The screening is followed by a Q&A with special guest Sarah Silverman.

Florida's West Coast Players presents The Complete Works of William Shakespeare - Abridged. Written by Adam Long, Daniel Singer, and Jess Winfield, this three-person cast parody of Shakespeare plays has been seen in London for over nine years, and is presented here by special arrangement with Broadway Play Publishing, Inc. Directed by Ashlie Mohney, the WCP production will run November 6-22.

The Bridge Theatre Company will announce its 2009/2010 season at a launch party on Friday, October 16, 2009 at Shetler Studios, Penthouse 1.

The second annual Chashama Film Festival is proud to announce a special screening of Sebastian Doggart's hard-hitting documentary, American Faust: From Condi to Neo-Condi. American Faust reveals that it was Condoleezza Rice who ordered the CIA to use torture techniques including genital mutilation, fingernail extraction and electrocution in countries across the world. The film is screening as part of the chashama Film Festival running from October 22-26, 2009. American Faust will screen on October 25th at 12:40pm at the Chashama Theater Space at 217 East 42nd Street.

A year in review for the East Lynne Theater Company begins with January when it was voted One of the Top Two Equity Professional Theaters in the State in The Discover Jersey Arts' 'People's Choice Awards.' In August, The 400th Anniversary Committee presented ELTC with a plaque acknowledging ELTC's work to help celebrate Cape May's founding. On October 26, at The New Jersey Theatre Alliance's Applause Awards, ELTC will receive a 'Certificate of Achievement Award' for bringing American Classics to life and educating young and old about American plays, literature and history, throughout the state. George S. Kaufman's comedy 'The Butter and Egg Man' is currently running through October 24.

Clubbed Thumb announces its selection of Libby Emmons' Zeropia as the winner of their $15,000 Biennial Commission.

New York's acclaimed theater group, Clubbed Thumb, is the recipient of the $50,000 MetLife/Theatre Communications Group (TCG) A-ha! Program Do It grant.

The Carnegie Arts Center in Leavenworth, Kansas, is hosting a Lincoln exhibition in the Stacks Gallery for the month of October, with the next event being a lecture by Dr. Jonathan Earle with the University of Kansas that will take place on October 24, at 4:00 pm.

Seats in the front two rows of the orchestra will be made available for just $20 for every performance of RENT: The Broadway Tour, the Pulitzer Prize and Tony® Award-winning musical, at the Orange County Performing Arts Center October 20 - 25. The $20 tickets go on sale at the Center's Box Office on the day of each performance only, two hours prior to the show and are available to anyone, cash only, with a limit of two tickets per person. The tickets will be distributed two hours before curtain on a first-come, first-served basis to those in line. The available seats are in two rows of chairs that have been set in front of the first rows of the house.

The Indiana University Contemporary Dance Program will restage Martha Graham's 'Panorama' in January with the help of a $10,000 award from Dance/USA and the National Endowment for the Arts.

Riverdance, the thunderous celebration of Irish music, song and dance that has tapped its way onto the world stage thrilling millions of people around the globe, will play 8 farewell performances in Austin at Bass Concert Hall from December 8-13.

There is no doubt that Bye Bye Birdie is one of this season's most highly anticipated shows. With an all star cast that includes John Stamos and Gina Gershon, and the cache of being one of the most popular musicals of all time, critics and audience members alike are eager to see what this revival will bring--48 years after it last left Broadway. As the New York Times points out in a special Birdie feature today, the show is not an easy revival, and has had a string of productions starring major players (such as Tommy Tune and Ann Reinking in the 1991 road show) that received a lukewarm reception.