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Don't miss the opportunity to spend An Evening with k.d. lang and special guest Meaghan Smith at the St. George Theatre, 35 Hyatt Street, Staten Island on Monday, May 4. Showtime is 7:30 pm. Tickets are $50, $65 and $85. The St. George is only two blocks from the Staten Island Ferry and a short ferry ride from Manhattan or a short drive from New Jersey and Brooklyn. Valet parking is available at the theatre. For more information or to purchase tickets, call (718) 442-2900 or online at www.ticketmaster.com.

The American Repertory Theater (A.R.T.), under the Artistic Direction of Diane Paulus, is pleased to announce its 2009/10 Season, which is also the A.R.T.'s 30th year in Cambridge.

Village Theatre is excited to announce an incredible season of Pied Piper productions presenting quality international performing arts for young people and their families. 'Next season our best touring theatre companies will be telling some of the most beloved children's stories in a performance series that brings literature to life, ' describes Erica Weir, Pied Piper manager.

Two-time Golden Globe winner and Oscar Nominee Marsha Mason is profiled in a New York Post feature. Mason is currrently starring on Broadway in Michael Jacobs' IMPRESSIONISM, directed by Jack O'Brien.

Theatre By The Sea owner Bill Hanney, Producing Artistic Director Amiee Turner and Managing Producer Joel Kipper are proud to announce the opening of the box office for single ticket sales to the four shows scheduled for the 2009 Summer Season*. Beginning on Monday, April 27 at 10:00 am, patrons may purchase tickets to any or all of the spectacular Theatre By The Sea Premieres.

Perfect Crime, the longest-running play in the history of New York theater, will celebrate its historic 22nd Anniversary and 9,000th performance with a two-day celebration beginning tomorrow, Friday, April 17, 2009. Catherine Russell, star and general manager of Perfect Crime, will appear in an 8:15am segment on Good Day New York with anchors Rosanna Scotto and Greg Kelly. She will discuss her record-breaking twenty two-year run in Perfect Crime and her induction into The Guinness Book of World Records.

Theater Resources Unlimited (TRU), Audience Extras and Back Stage will host the industry panel Cabaret: Economical Launching Pad for New Work? on Wednesday, April 22 at 7:30pm at The Players Theatre, 115 MacDougal Street (below W. 3rd Street), NYC.

Broadway's new hit NEXT TO NORMAL has been deemed ineligible for Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle Awards, the New York Times is reporting. Nominators for the two organizations and the show's producers could not agree on a performance schedule and the critical issue of whether the show would be eligible for awards in all categories.

Paper Mill Playhouse's 1776, Directed by Gordon Greenberg and choreographed by Josh Rhodes, will run at the Millburn theatre from April 15 through May 17, 2009. 1776 was selected by the New Jersey State Council on the Arts as part of the American Masterpieces Series in New Jersey. American Masterpieces is a program of the National Endowment for the Arts.

Songwriter Paul Williams was elected President and Chairman of the Board of ASCAP (the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers) today by the ASCAP Board of Directors at its meeting in Nashville, TN.

The Guthrie Theater's unprecedented three-month celebration of Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Tony Kushner kicks off this weekend in Minneapolis, with daylong festivities including a world premiere performance of 'I Want More Life,' commissioned by the Twin Cities Gay Men's Chorus with text from Kushner's Angels in America, the presentation of a 'Tony Kushner Day' proclamation by Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak to Tony Kushner, and a screening of the HBO film version of Angels in America. The three-month celebration includes productions on all three of the Guthrie's stages, classes, seminars, discussions, speakers and more.

Pasadena Playhouse announced today that LAUGHING MATTERS, a world premiere musical featuring a book and lyrics by Iris Rainer Dart (author of the international best-selling novel 'Beaches'), music by Mike Stoller (Smokey Joe's Café) and Artie Butler (Feelin' Alright by Joe Cocker), and directed by Leonard Foglia (Broadway's Thurgood starring Laurence Fishburne), will be the final production of the 2009 Season.

Adam Lambert has once again advanced on AMERICAN IDOL after tonight's result show. In a suprising twist, the judges have utilized their first-ever 'save,' so Lambert will remain in the top 7.

The Young Professionals Committee of Susan G. Komen for the Cure, New York City Affiliate will present The Pink Campaign on Broadway at the American Airlines Theatre (227 West 42nd St). This one-night only event will take place on Monday, May 4, 2009 and will be an inspirational Broadway benefit performance filling the stage with original music and theatre that explores the ways in which breast cancer touches people's lives.

Hugh Jackman has annouced he will donate $100,000 to charity. Jackman will utilize his Twitter.com page to allow individuals to submit their most worthwhile non-profit charities for consideration.

The Public Theater announced initial casting today for the Shakespeare in the Park production of TWELFTH NIGHT, directed by Daniel Sullivan and featuring the previously announced Anne Hathaway as Viola. TWELFTH NIGHT will run June 10-July 12 at the Delacorte Theater in Central Park with an official press opening on Thursday, June 25 at 8 p.m. Bank of America will return as lead sponsor of Shakespeare in the Park 2009.

AMERICAN IDOL's theme this week was 'Songs From The Cinema', with special guest Quentin Tarentino. Adam Lambert rocked the evening with 'Born To be Wild.' The song was performed by Steppenwolf on the soundtrack for the 1969 film 'Easy Rider.'

Directed by two time Tony® Award winner Des McAnuff, Jersey Boys won both the 2006 Tony® Award for Best Musical and the 2006 Grammy Award® for Best Musical Recording, and continues to break box office records on Broadway and across North America. Jersey Boys is written by Academy Award® winner Marshall Brickman, and Rick Elice, with music by Bob Gaudio, lyrics by Bob Crewe and choreography by Sergio Trujillo.

Veronika Part has been promoted to Principal Dancer with American Ballet Theatre, effective May 18, 2009, it was announced today by Artistic Director Kevin McKenzie.

New York City Opera's acclaimed VOX: Showcasing American Opera series marks its 10th anniversary on Friday, May 1, and Saturday, May 2, at the Skirball Center for the Performing Arts (566 LaGuardia Place, at Washington Square South) at New York University. New York City Opera's annual VOX series demonstrates the company's commitment to the development of American opera, giving a free-of-charge platform to new or previously unperformed American operas. This year's showcase will include Renowned Broadway composer Stephen Schwartz's new opera, Séance on a Wet Afternoon.