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Slipping, a Piece by Piece and Rising Phoenix Repertory production in association with Rattlestick Playwrights Theater, has sold out its limited engagement at the Rattlestick Playwrights Theater, 224 Waverly Place.

Porchlight Music Theatre will open its 15th Anniversary 2009-2010 season with the romantic comedy classic The Fantasticks at Theatre Building Chicago, 1225 West Belmont. The production begins previews September 11, opens September 13 at 2:30 p.m. and runs through November 15, 2009. Sean Kelly directs the musical, which has been a worldwide phenomenon for almost 50 years.

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.

Intiman Theatre, under the leadership of Artistic Director Bartlett Sher and Managing Director Brian Colburn, continues its 2009 Season with The Year of Magical Thinking, adapted by Joan Didion from her memoir, directed by Sarna Lapine and starring Judith Roberts. Performances will begin at Intiman Theatre, 201 Mercer Street at Seattle Center, on Friday, August 21 and continue through Sunday, September 20. The opening night performance is Wednesday, August 26 at 7:30 pm.

'Teen angel' Frankie Avalon brings his boyish charm and the songs that defined a generation to the Suncoast Showroom for three nights, September 11, 12 and 13.

Filled with all the original music fans couldn't do without, the quirky, funny, dramatic and outrageous show, Ally McBeal: The Complete Series, arrives for the first time ever as a 32-disc DVD collection October 6 from Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment.

EMERGING ARTISTS THEATRE presents the Off-Broadway Premiere of PENNY PENNIWORTH by Chris Weikel. This spoof of Dickens, directed by Mark Finley, begins previews October 1 at TADA Theatre. It is produced on on Off-Broadway contract. Opening night is scheduled for October 5.

Upright Cabaret, L.A.'s premier theatrical showcase featuring an eclectic mix of artists from stage, screen and recording, presents its third and final of its wildly successful 'WICKED' Summer Night at the Ford, featuring the man who has given the world such musical theatre treasures as Wicked, Pippin, Godspell, The Baker's Wife and many more, STEPHEN SCHWARTZ: MAKING GOOD, featuring the West Coast premiere of songs from his new opera Séance on a Wet Afternoon, with musical direction by Chris Bratten, directed by Upright Cabaret Artistic Director Billy Porter and performing ONE NIGHT ONLY, Sunday, August 23 at 7:30pm at the Ford Amphitheatre, 2580 Cahuenga Blvd. East in Hollywood.

Bruce Robert Harris and Jack W. Batman, producers of GAYFEST NYC, are now accepting submissions for the Fourth Annual Festival of New Plays and Musicals to be presented in New York City in Spring 2010.

Nolan Funk will make his Broadway debut as 'Conrad Birdie' in the upcoming Roundabout Theatre Company production of Bye Bye Birdie. He will appear on WCBS on Sunday morning August 9th between 8:30-9:00am to discuss the public box office opening event at the Henry Miller's Theatre on Monday, August 10th at 11:45am. The event will include $10 tickets to Bye Bye Birdie, made possible by Bank of America, an appearance by Funk himself, autographs with the authors, prizes and much more.

The new Broadway production of the Tony Award nominated musical GREASE, opens in Fort Worth at Bass Performance Hall on September 1. Tickets are on sale now at the Bass Performance Hall box office at 525 Commerce Street, Fort Worth or by calling 817-212-4280.

The Lincoln Triangle Barnes & Noble (1972 Broadway at 66th St) has announced its schedule of upcoming events. Among those scheduled to appear are Ang Lee and James Schamus to discuss their new film, 'Taking Woodstock', a CD signing from the Broadway cast of HAIR, popular singer Kate Pazakis, and more.

Zina Goldrich and Marcy Heisler's acclaimed musical DEAR EDWINA will return to the DR2 Theater for a limited engagement, according to Telecharge. The production will play December 11 through February 15, 2010.

Kimleigh Smith proudly announces together with Director Paula Killen their production of Smith's one-woman show, 'T-O-T-A-L-L-Y!' playing Teatro La Tea (107 Suffolk Street) in New York City for a limited run - currently scheduled to play August 4-16.

Constantine Maroulis, the TONY-nominated star of the smash Broadway hit, ROCK OF AGES, announces that he will launch A NIGHT AT THE ROCK SHOW, a series of performances at New York's famed Joe's Pub. Performance dates for the show are September 23 and October 14. Shows on both evenings at at 9:30pm.

Pepperdine University Center for the Arts in Malibu, Calif., announces its exciting lineup of performances and exhibitions for the 2009-10 season.

The Broadway League and The Times Square Alliance announced today that the 18th Annual Broadway on Broadway® presented by Continental Airlines will be held on Sunday, September 13th at 11:30am in Times Square (entrance on 43rd Street and Broadway). The annual free outdoor concert brings together stars and performances from current and upcoming Broadway productions to celebrate the beginning of the Broadway season.

Playwrights Horizons (Tim Sanford, Artistic Director; Leslie Marcus, Managing Director) and 92YTribeca have announced that they will present 'NEW PLAYS, TOUGH TIMES' at 92YTribeca (200 Hudson Street) on Thursday evening, September 10 at 7:30 PM. Moderated by Time Out New York's Theater editor and chief drama critic David Cote, the panel discussion will feature all eight writers from Playwrights Horizons' upcoming 2009/2010 Season.

People's Light & Theatre Company kicks off their 35th Anniversary Season with the American Premiere of NATHAN THE WISE translated by Edward Kemp from the play by Gotthold Ephraim Lessing. NATHAN THE WISE runs from September 16 - October 11, 2009, on the Main Stage. Artistic Director Abigail Adams directs. People's Light & Theatre is located at 39 Conestoga Road, Malvern.

From September 8-16, BAMcinématek, the repertory film program at BAM Rose Cinemas, presents Robert Redford: Artist & Activist, a 16-film tribute to Redford's 50-year career in film. Robert Redford will be at BAM in-person to discuss his work as one of the 20th century's most celebrated actors and as an Academy-award winning director, as well as a leading environmental and social change activist, and champion of independent cinema as founder of the Sundance Institute.