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Agoraphobia, adultery, spray cheese, road kill, hysterical pregnancy, kleptomania, flan and disco - these are just a few of the subjects covered in hit Off-Broadway musical comedy THE GREAT AMERICAN TRAILER PARK MUSICAL, which will have its Boston-area premiere April 30-May 30, produced by SpeakEasy Stage Company.

Garrison Keillor, who has been called America's finest storyteller, will bring a special live performance of A Prairie Home Companion to 25 cities across the US.

Record rain and temperatures in New York City have led to the wish-fulfillment tribute to lyricist Oscar Hammerstein II, titled "It Might As Well Be Spring," another communal sing-along presentation of SING! SING! SING! on Friday, April 30 at 7 p.m. at The Triad on New York City's Upper West Side.

Tribe by Nichole Gause, Directed by Brian Daye.

Falcon is proud to present Gilligan's Island: The Musical!

Brad Oscar's larger-than-life portrayal of impresario P.T. Barnum led the Maltz Jupiter Theatre to victory at the annual Carbonell Awards.

NCTC presents Marga Gomez is Proud & Bothered. The show runs May 13 - June 26, 2010, Thursday through Saturday at 8pm and Sunday at 2pm (No Show June 25th) in NCTC's Theatre 3.

On Sunday, April 25, 2010 the Los Angeles Theatre Ensemble and the Powerhouse Theatre will attempt to break the record longest, continuous, marathon reading of Shakespeare's work. Participants will read the entire canon of Shakespeare's plays around the clock for up to six days.

New Village Arts, Carlsbad's award-winning, professional theatre, will be presenting a special one-night-only playreading of Wendy Wasserstein's OLD MONEY on Monday, April 19 at 7:30 PM.

Cameron Mackintosh, co-producer of the London production of HAIR, is featured in a terrific new interview with FT.com.

The award-winning director of Our Town, David Cromer, is the next guest on the American Theatre Wing's popular interview show, "Downstage Center." Hosted by American Theatre Wing Executive Director Howard Sherman, "Downstage Center" features weekly in-depth interviews with the leading artists and professionals working on stage today.

The SF Playhouse (Bill English, Artistic Director; Susi Damilano, Producing Director) announces change in summer programming. The previously announced show The Full Monty, will be replaced by The Fantasticks. All tickets issued continue to be valid, only the show has changed.

'Without our traditions, our lives would be as shaky as...as a FIDDLER ON THE ROOF,' announces Tevye, a humble milkman from the Russian village of Anatevka. And so begins a tale of love and laughter, devotion and defiance, and changing traditions.

Bob Boyett and NETworks Presentations announce casting for the national tour of the Lincoln Center Theater production of Richard Rodgers & Oscar Hammerstein's prize-winning musical 'South Pacific,' directed by Bartlett Sher, opening June 2 at the Center Theatre Group/Ahmanson Theatre and playing through July 17, 2010. Previews begin May 27.

South Coast Repertory has lined up a slate of talented actors and directors to bring to life the five staged readings in this year's 13th annual Pacific Playwrights Festival (PPF), which takes place April 23-25.

Rita Rudner, one of the country's top comedians, brings her hilarious wit and clever one-liners to The Laguna Playhouse for an exclusive two-day engagement titled 'An Evening with Rita Rudner' on Saturday, May 29 and Sunday, May 30, 2010 at 8 pm at The Laguna Playhouse, 606 Laguna Canyon Road in Laguna Beach.

Watts Village Theater Company (WVTC) will present the 1st Annual Production of Meet Me @ Metro, featuring original works by: Collage Dance Theatre, East LA Rep, Epic Megalopolis Productions, The Nonsense Company, and Moo Doo Puppets. Meet Me @ Metro will perform on May 2nd 2010 at 11:00am and 4:00pm. Performances will take place around the METRO RED, PURPLE, and BLUE lines starting at Union Station and ending at the Watts Towers Amphitheater. Performances are FREE. Reservations are limited so book early!

16th Street Theater and Chicago Improv Festival 2010 present ImpropTop and Dominizuelan. In from Mexico City, the 'Second City' of Mexico performs their bi-lingual improv for one-night only in Berwyn on Wednesday, April 21 at 7:30 PM. A part of the Chicago Improv Festival 2010. $16 tickets on sale now.

Grandparents Around the World Productions presents Dinner at Grandma's, the story of a young girl growing up in a small American town in South Carolina during the turbulent sixties & seventies. A time of radical change in America, with the US at war in Vietnam, patriotism running high & most Blacks with little reason to celebrate, with racism & discrimination everywhere. Dinner at Grandma's is the story of Grandma Gracie Riley & the lasting effect of a group of elder black women in the South as they find the courage to fight for their rights & the rights of their people, as they gather around the 'meeting place,' Grandma's dinner table.

The Time Reunion with Teena Marie will play the Fox Theatre on Friday, June 11 at 8:00 p.m.