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Beatlemania hits the shores of Jupiter. Former members of the Broadway show Beatlemania bring their touring show to The Atlantic Theater on Saturday November 15th for two shows only. The four member group known as Beatlemania The Tribute, performs Beatles songs from the Cavern Days to Abbey Road and beyond.

Florida Repertory Theatre announced $10 Preview Nights for its upcoming productions of Born Yesterday and Indian Blood on October 23 and November 27.

The Little Sisters of Hoboken stage a variety show as a fundraiser to help bury four of their dearly departed sisters who lost a bout with botulism brought on by Sister Julia's homemade vichyssoise. Dan Groggin won the outer Critics'Circle Award for best off-Broadway musical, best book and best music for this show. It will be directed and choreographed by Rob Dawson who is returning to the Lake Worth Playhouse after staging last summer's sell-out hit musical, Hair.

'A Moon for the Misbegotten,' written between 1941-1943 was performed for the first time in Columbus, Ohio in 1947. The play premiered on Broadway in 1957 and has been revived four times, winning multiple Tony Awards. The most recent production starring Kevin Spacey and Eve Best in 2007 came to Broadway after its run at the Old Vic Theatre in London.

'Big River' recounts Mark Twain's powerful portrait of classic American characters - Huck Finn, Tom Sawyer and their slave friend, Jim - setting it against a musical backdrop of homespun country infused with soulful gospel. At once comical and poignant, this celebrated show takes audiences on an adventure down the Mississippi River to tell the enduring tale of a boy's struggle to escape convention, and a man's struggle to find freedom.

'Miami's gain is a tough loss for New Jersey,' said Governor Jon S. Corzine of New Jersey. 'John Richard is a man of extraordinary integrity, with a remarkable insight into the human condition and a deep and abiding commitment to making a difference in this world. His skillful engineering of the original capital campaign to build NJPAC, his responsible oversight of twelve years of operations, and his core belief that the arts center and its communities are intrinsically linked have made New Jersey a better place to live. Miami is extremely lucky to get him.'

Launching its fifth season as one of South Florida's major theatrical producing companies, producer/director Stephanie Ansin's much applauded production of Lewis Carroll's classic 'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland' will preview Thursday and Friday, November 6 and 7, followed by the official season opening Saturday, November 8, at 3 PM at The PlayGround Theatre 9806 NE 2nd Avenue, Miami Shores.

Along the way, RSC captured nominations for London's Olivier Award, two Helen Hayes Awards in Washington, D.C., and international appearances at the White House, Lincoln Center, Kennedy Center, Seattle Repertory Theatre, and American Repertory Theatre. International tours included stops in Israel, Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong, Japan, Malta, Belgium, The Netherlands, Singapore, Bermuda and Barbados.

'What good is sitting alone in your room? Come hear the music play! Come to the Cabaret!' The University of Miami's Department of Theatre Arts launched its 2008-2009 Season with Cabaret, a multiple Tony Award-winning musical and a ground-breaking Broadway show that seamlessly blends together elements of music, comedy, sex and drama.

Barton Bishop's work has been commissioned by Florida Stage and the Keen Company, and produced in New York, Los Angeles, Montana, and Florida, where he was a three-time winner of the Florida Playwrights Process award. Other recent honors include the Witter Bynner Fellowship with the Abingdon Theatre Company and the Holloway Playwright-In-Residence Fellowship at the University of South Florida . He received his MFA from NYU's Department of Dramatic Writing, where he was the recipient of the Harry Kondeleon Graduate Playwriting Award. He was recently tapped by The Dramatist magazine as 'One of 50 To Watch.' A contributor to The Brooklyn Rail, he has also written for several childrens' animated television shows including Pokemon, Winx Club, Magical Do Re Mi, and Shaman King.

The 2008-2009 season of Dance at the Music Center opens with the return of Miami City Ballet led by Artistic Director Edward Villella, performing the much anticipated West Coast premiere of NIGHTSPOT, a Twyla Tharp and Elvis Costello collaboration, October 24-26 at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion. Known for her innovation and creativity, Twyla Tharp has created some of the most memorable dances in modern repertory. Elvis Costello, whose adventurous musical talents make him one of the most revered artists of our time, provides an original musical composition intertwined with various motifs and quotations from existing songs. NIGHTSPOT features costumes designed by famed fashion designer Isaac Mizrahi. Also on this program are Christopher Wheeldon's Liturgy and George Balanchine's Tarantella and Symphony in Three Movements.

WHAT IF GOD MADE ADAM AND STEVE, JANE AND MABEL? WE FOLLOW THIS FOURSOME THROUGH CREATION, THROUGH THE ARK AND THROUGH ANCIENT EGYPT AND INTO MODERN TIMES.

Monroe County playwrights are invited to submit their full-length and one-act plays to the New Plays in May play-reading series at Waterfront Playhouse.

Parents' first opportunity to take advantage of this unique program is Friday October 10, 2008 with Tennessee Williams autobiographical classic, The Glass Menagerie, and Florida Rep is offering eight such nights throughout the season for each of its eight productions.

Set in the Oval Office just days before a presidential election, this new comedy by Pulitzer Prize-winner David Mamet -- which premiered last Season on Broadway -- involves civil marriages, gambling casinos, lesbians, American Indians, presidential libraries, questionable pardons and campaign contributions.

All proceeds will go toward operations for the not-for-profit community theatre, which launches its 2008-2009 season on October 24 with the Tony Award-winning musical Big River: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Variety show audience members will be treated to a sneak preview of select musical numbers presented by the cast of Big River.

This fun musical, winner of eight 2003 Tony ® Awards including Best Musical, is currently enjoying its 5th year on Broadway. The 2007 West End production of HAIRSPRAY was nominated for a record-breaking 11 Olivier Awards and nabbed four, including the top category, Best New Musical, and also won Best New Musical in all of Britain's other top awards programs, including the Evening Standard, Critic's Circle, and Whatsonstage Awards.

For the first webinar on October 1, 2008, 3:00 - 4:30 p.m., facilitator Greg Sidberry, Reference/Outreach, Instruction, Librarian, will be joined by a group of presenters including: Deepa Gupta, Program Officer General Program, The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation; Tommer Peterson, Deputy Director for Programs, Grantmakers in the Arts; Loren Renz, Senior Researcher for Special Projects, The Foundation Center; Cheryl Rosario, Director of Philanthropy, American Express; Elizabeth Slater, Senior Vice President, Grant Program, The Judith Rothschild Foundation, and Moderator, David M. Holmes, Regional Training Coordinator, The Foundation Center.

'Alice - Traditionally Twisted' is a playful adaptation of the children's classic Alice in Wonderland. Young and curious Alice falls through the rabbit hole into Lewis Carroll's delightful world of zany characters, unusual adventures and a land of pleasantly distorted reality.

'The Glass Menagerie' was Tennessee Williams first critical success, and is an autobiographical portrait of one troubled family struggling to coexist despite inner turmoil in a Depression-wracked and changing America.