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Wednesday, August 13 at 10AM, Playwrights Horizons (Tim Sanford, Artistic Director; Leslie Marcus, Managing Director) will be accepting entries for its popular LIVEforFIVE online lottery for $5 tickets to its next production, the World Premiere of THREE CHANGES, a new play by Nicky Silver (Fit to Be Tied at Playwrights Horizons, The Food Chain, Pterodactyls, Raised in Captivity).

Andrea McArdle will make her Metropolitan Room debut in August with 'You Don't Know Me.'

The Williamstown Theatre Festival has announced the full casting for Home by David Storey. Joining the previously announced Richard Easton (Tony Award - Invention of Love, Noises Off) and Dana Ivey (Tony Nominations - The Rivals, Butley) are Philip Goodwin (Tartuffe), Roberta Maxwell (Othello, Merchant of Venice) and C.J. Wilson (Festen, Long Day's Journey into Night). Directed by Tony Award-winner Joseph Hardy (Child's Play), Home will play the Main Stage from August 13-24, 2008 and marks the final Main Stage production of WTF's 2008 season.

Variety is reporting that actor Matt Cavenaugh has been offered the role of Tony in the upcoming revival of West Side Story.

Full casting has been confirmed for SHREK THE MUSICAL, which opens at the Broadway Theatre (1681 Broadway @ 53rd St) in New York City on Sunday, December 14, 2008. Preview performances begin on November 8, 2008.

Clay Aiken will return to the scene of his triumphant Broadway debut in the Tony Award-winning Best Musical, Monty Python's SPAMALOT this Fall. Clay's debut on Broadway earlier this year was met with wild enthusiasm from both his legion of fans and the New York press. He will reprise the role of 'Sir Robin ' at the Shubert Theatre from September 19 2008 - January 4 2009.

British actor Terence Rigby has passed away at age 71. He had been suffering from lung cancer.

PAWNSHOP ACCORDIONS, the latest play from Jonathan Wallace, will be presented as part of The New York International Fringe Festival (FringeNYC). Aaron Gonzalez will direct. Performances will be at the Theatre at 45 Bleecker Street, and will begin on August 9th and will continue through August 16th.

Paper Mill Playhouse (Mark S. Hoebee-Artistic Director, Mark W. Jones-Executive Director) is proud to announce the on-sale date for tickets for Disney's High School Musical.

It was an an eclectic crowd that gathered on a sound stage of Sunset's CBS Studios to watch a live performance of FOREVER PLAID as it was being taped for pending movie release.

AfroSolo Arts will be giving the Lifetime Artistic Achievement Award to Hope Foye.

All eyes right now are on the Guthrie's production of Little House on the Prairie as it now adds national tour to its list of future endeavors.

New York-based theater company, Thirsty Turtle Productions (TTP) is proud to announce its first ever Summer Workshop Series and the world premiere of three new plays - Angel of Mercy/Angel of Death by Dennis X. Tseng, Betty My Love, Betty My God by Rami Metal and REMoirs by Leah Hendrick, each debuting in workshop form for one night only on August 19, 20 and 21, respectively.

Steppenwolf Traffic presents Dream Chicago, a collection of short stories and songs exploring the 'Chicago Dream.'

Variety is reporting that Taylor Hackford, director of the upcoming Leap of Faith, is in the works to direct a new feature film 'Tenn' based on the life of playwright Tennessee Williams.

Hunter Parrish joined the Broadway cast of Spring Awakening last night, August 11th- a week earlier than planned.

ZOMBIE JOE'S UNDERGROUND THEATRE GROUP will make it's NYC debut on August 27th with Edgar Allan Poe's 'MASQUE OF THE RED DEATH & THE TELL-TALE HEART & THE BELLS' at St. Luke's Theatre, 308 West 46th Street (west of 8th Avenue).

The Irish Repertory Theatre will open its 2008-2009 season with the world premiere of Tony Award winning playwright Frank McGuinness's adaptation of Henrik Ibsen's THE MASTER BUILDER. McGuinness' adaptation was commissioned by the Irish Rep and will be directed by Ciaran O'Reilly.

Official London Theatre is reporting that the current production of Zorro running at the Garrick has extended its run until September 2009. The musical opened on July 15th, 2008 and was originally scheduled to run until January of 2009.

Cross the River of Forgetting on a one-way cruise to the Underworld in ACT - A Contemporary Theatre's production of Eurydice by Sarah Ruhl, a fantastic, highly original contemporary retelling of a classic story from one of the most distinct theatrical voices of a new generation of writers.