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The Laurie Beechman Theatre is pleased to announce plans for SAY Something: A Spoken Word Salon. The event will feature spoken word performances from writers and actors, presenting their own work as well as excerpts from some of their favorite texts. SAY Something will take place on Friday, August 15 @ 6pm at The Laurie Beechman Theatre, located at 407 West 42nd St., (@ 9th Ave), in the heart of New York's theatre district.

Universal City, California - On Wednesday, August 20 at 7pm, 'Wannabe Wicked,' the competitive performance series, will showcase the 15 finalists who have made it to the last round of the competition.

Julie Hagerty and John Glover, who are currently appearing as husband and wife in Roundabout Theatre Company's (Todd Haimes, Artistic Director) Off-Broadway production of The Marriage of Bette and Boo, are featured on Associated Press Radio's On Broadway channel.

Actor John Mahoney, best known for his decade-long role as Martin Crane on the award-winning sitcom Frasier, is trading his paternal sarcasm for a tipsy Irish brogue in the Geffen Playhouse's upcoming production of The Seafarer set to open in April 2009.

Variety is reporting that BSkyB's Sky Movies will officially co-finance the upcoming remake of Rock Horror Picture Show along with MTV. Under the deal, Sky Movies will exclusively play the movie before making it available on Sky Services and Sky Anytime.

RENT producer Allan S. Gordon and producer Élan V. McAllister will ring The Opening Bell at the New York Stock Exchange on Thurs., August 14 joined by RENT cast members Eden Espinosa, Renee Goldsberry, Andrea Goss, Trisha Jeffrey, Owen Johnston, Tracy McDowell, Destan Owens, Gwen Stewart to celebrate RENT's successful 12-year run at the Nederlander Theatre on Broadway and its final performance on September 7.

TONY AWARD nominee SALLY MAYES and TARZAN's JOSH STRICKLAND will star in a new jazz musical 'PLAY IT COOL' at The New York Musical Theatre Festival from September 22 to October 4 at TBG Theatre, 312 West 36th Street.

The 92nd Street Y Theater has announced their fall lineup.

The Big Sky Theatre Company is proud to present a special post-show Talk-Back with Martin Denton of nytheatre.com, following the 8:00 pm performance of Tennessee Williams' Summer and Smoke at The Clurman Theatre at Theatre Row.

Tony Award winner Kristin Chenoweth will be hosting a reality documentary SHAKESPEARE ON THE HUDSON that will air September 18 on channel Thirteen.

The Tony Award winning musical comedy, THE 25TH ANNUAL PUTNAM COUNTY SPELLING BEE - one of Broadway's most buzzed about hits - is in attendance at North Shore Music Theatre's (NSMT) intimate theater in the round from August 12 - 31, 2008

Look Back in Anger by John Osbourne, directed by Maria Chiorando will be presented by CandyKing Theatre on the 2nd -7th September 2008- Tues - Sat at 7.30pm and Sun at 4pm.

On Friday August 15th, 2008 the Public Theater will present Summer Shakeup at Shakespeare in the Park. The event is a special acting workshop for children in seventh grade and up. The event will start at 9:30AM and end at 12:30 PM and take place at the famous Delacorte Theater sponsored by Bank of America.

BroadwayWorld.com is giving one lucky Spring Awakening fan the opportunity to interview Hunter Parrish. At the end of the contest one lucky fan will get to interview Hunter live via telephone.

Road-tested yet brand new, ETHEL's TruckStop™: The Beginning is a heart-stirring presentation of the power of music as a common language. Since its launch in 2007, ETHEL's TruckStop™ tour has quickly grown as a vehicle for ETHEL to create music that is uniquely idiosyncratic, through rich and unexpected collaborations with musicians from a vast array of genres, traditions and geographic regions in a series of community-driven residencies and locally hosted performances. Over 40,000 miles later, ETHEL has come away profoundly moved and changed by the human experience and continues to defy categories and pioneer uncharted musical landscapes.

The Journey - 'Theatrical Gospel Concert' comes to the city of London.

In their Thursday Night Comedy Café, THE MAGIC MEATHANDS COMMUNITY COMEDY ENSEMBLE brings its unique brand of improvisational comedy to The Spot Café & Lounge, 4455 Overland Avenue, Culver City, CA. 90230 every Thursday night at 8 PM.

Molly Pope debuted The Diva-lution of Molly Pope to rave reviews at Don't Tell Mama's last spring. Hailed for her powerful vocals and dynamic dramatic intensity, Molly's performances of such songs as Dietz & Schwartz' 'By Myself' Cole Porter's 'It's Alright With Me' and even The Cardigans' 'Love Fool' provoked widespread comparison to a young Barbra Streisand. Now, under the direction of Ben Rimalower (Leslie Kritzer is Patti LuPone at Les Mouches) and featuring a band led by Sonny Paladino (White Noise), the new version of The Diva-lution of Molly Pope premieres at Joe's Pub (425 Lafayette Street) on Sunday, August 31st at 7:00 PM

Career Transition For Dancers is pleased and proud to announce the establishment of a new office in Chicago generously donated by Hubbard Street Dance Center at 1147 W. Jackson Blvd, Chicago, IL. 60607, and the appointment of their Career Counselor Maryellen Langhout, LPC, NBCCC. Ms. Langhout's territory will be the Midwest including the states of Illinois, Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri, Wisconsin, Michigan, Indiana, Kansas, Nebraska, North and South Dakotas and Ohio.

Academy Award winner Marisa Tomei and other actors to be announced will read the classic play 'Golden Boy' written by Clifford Odets and directed by Joanne Woodward, on Monday, August 25, 7 p.m., at Westport Country Playhouse (Joanne Woodward and Anne Keefe, artistic directors, and Jodi Schoenbrun Carter, managing director).