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Take all of Shakespeare's 37 plays and reduce them to 97 minutes and you have an evening of hilarious comedy! Reduced Shakespeare Company: The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged) is an irreverent, fast-paced romp through the Bard's plays and its uproarious comedy comes to the Blumenthal Performing Arts Center's Booth Playhouse Oct. 27 - November 1 for the first time ever.

LATE NITE CATECHISM, the uproariously funny one-woman show written by Vicki Quade and Maripat Donovan, will play at the Blumenthal Performing Arts Center's Booth Playhouse Oct. 6 - 11.

True Colors Theatre Company is proud to announce our 6th season schedule.

WICKED, the smash-hit musical, returned to SAN DIEGO CIVIC THEATRE on July 29 as a Broadway/San Diego - A Nederlander Presentation, once again breaking box office records and receiving rave reviews. San Marcos native CHANDRA LEE SCHWARTZ will step into the role of Glinda on Friday, August 21; as Broadway's biggest blockbuster continues at San Diego Civic Theatre through Sunday, August 30.

American Theater Company (ATC) kicks off its 25th season with the Chicago Premiere of Yeast Nation (the triumph of life) with music & lyrics by Mark Hollmann and book & lyrics by Greg Kotis. The production is directed by Artistic Director PJ Paparelli, with Musical Direction by Mark Elliott, and will run September 10 - October 18, 2009 at American Theater Company, 1909 W. Byron St, Chicago. An official opening is set for Thursday, September 17, 2009 at 7 PM.

Theatre Communications Group (TCG) is pleased to announce its new board of directors' leadership team and new members. Martha Lavey, artistic director of Steppenwolf Theatre Company, will assume the position of board president.

The Auditorium Theatre of Roosevelt University (ATRU) proudly presents On Stage with...Tom Wopat - 'Love Swings' Saturday, Sept. 12 at 8 p.m. as the final show in its intimate 'On Stage With...' 2009 Summer Cabaret Series.

Marriage, thy name is compromise. But when a family's core values are hypocrisy, lies, denial and enabling, it's a fair bet that relationships will be strained to the breaking point, as aptly demonstrated in the world premiere of Gene Ruffini's bittersweet drama TO LOVE AND TO CHERISH. Directed by Jessica Zweiman and produced by Theater for the New City, the play will begin performances at the company's Cino Theater at the TNC complex, located at 155 First Avenue, beginning on September 3rd.

Cast and staff have been announced for the upcoming York Theatre Company (James Morgan, Producing Artistic Director) production of Blind Lemon Blues, featuring more than 60 Blind Lemon Jefferson songs. Performances will begin September 8th. All performances will be at the company's home at The Theatre at Saint Peter's (54th Street just east of Lexington Avenue).

Weekend Movie Box Office Update: August 14 - August 20, 2009

The Broadway musical Next to Normal's groundbreaking Twitter Performance has amassed over 560,000 followers since launching on May 5, surpassing such national brands as Starbucks and MTV and popular celebrities such as Paris Hilton and Jordin Sparks. The Twitter Performance will culminate with a new song written by the Tony Award-winning songwriters of Next to Normal, Tom Kitt and Brian Yorkey, based on suggestions from the followers - everything from which characters are performing the song and where it takes place in the story, to song structure and lyric suggestions. Suggestions are currently being submitted via Twitter @N2NBroadway.

Brian Shnipper and Attic Theatre will present STANDING ON CEREMONY: THE GAY MARRIAGE PLAYS, a benefit reading for the Human Rights Campaign on September 12.

The Triad Theatre Presents Rosina M. Hill in: 'If You Believe'- Monday, August 17th, 2009, at 7:00pm - featuring Joseph Joubert -Piano, Jason Jackson-trombone, Eric Lucero- trumpet, Ben Brown- Bass, and Buddy Williams-Drums.

Marilyn: Forever Blonde, The Marilyn Monroe Story in Her Own Words and Music, the acclaimed, award-winning one woman play featuring 17 songs comprising the life of Marilyn Monroe, is to get its West End premiere at Leicester Square Theatre from Tuesday October 20 to Wednesday November 18. An official opening is set for Thursday October 22 at 7.30pm.

'Yesterday's Angel,' a series of films to celebrate the work of Natalie Wood, will be shown at Lincoln Center's Walter Reade Theater August 19 through 25.

Tony Award-winning stage and screen star Kristin Chenoweth is featured in a new interview with PopEater.com.

Theatre favorite Bryan Batt, currently starring on AMC's Emmy-Winning Best Drama 'Mad Men,' is featured in a new interview with NY Magazine.

SPRING AWAKENING's Matt Doyle, who stars as Hugo Peabody in the upcoming Roundabout Theatre Company production of BYE BYE BIRDIE, is featured in a new interview with NY Magazine.

Fox 2000 has lined up celebrated director Mike Nichols to helm a new adaptation of the 1957 Patricia Highsmith novel, Deep Water, according to Variety.

Superstar comedian/actor Will Ferrell is set for to star in DreamWorks Animation's 'Oobermind,' according to Variety. Ferrell will lend his voice to the new feature film, opposite Brad Pitt, Jonah Hill and Tina Fey.