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Epic Theater Ensemble brings out the vote on Election Eve with 'First Vote '08,' a one-night only special event to benefit Epic's innovative, civic-minded in-school and after-school education programs.

MCC THEATER (Robert LuPone, Bernard Telsey, Artistic Directors; William Cantler, Associate Artistic Director; Blake West, Executive Director) today announced that the second offering of their 2008-09 season will be Charles Busch's The Third Story, directed by Carl Andress.

The producers of 'The Affair in 22B' have decided to close the show ahead of its extended run in order to prepare for an expected December commercial, open-ended run to be co-produced by 3S Theatre Collective and The Producer's Club, which would be the first collaborative effort between the club and an outside production company in quite some time.

Flamingo Las Vegas announces that America's favorite brother-sister duo, Donny & Marie, will extend their contract as the resort's headliners for two years, through Oct. 2010. The show opened on Sept. 9, 2008 to a packed house and has since continued the momentum.

JERSEY MEN starring Kevin Spirtas and Sean McDermott will take place on Monday, October 27, 2008 at 7:30 PM at Barnsdall Gallery Theatre 4800 Hollywood Blvd Los Angeles CA 90027.

The Actors Fund will launch a new concert series MUSICAL MONDAYS, a series of Cabaret events in the lobby of the historic Pantages Theatre. Produced by John Bowab and Martin Wiviott, all shows include pre-show cocktail reception at 7:30 pm and post-show dessert reception with the artists.

Two time Golden Globe Award nominee Chris Noth (Sex and the City), Bistro Award winner Tony DeSare and actress Traci Jai Edwards (Legally Blonde) have been added to the roster of talent for third annual Broadway Cares / Equity Fights AIDS benefit evening 'Salon: Six Degrees of Broadway Cares' scheduled to take place Monday October 27th.

London's Lyric Hammersmith Theatre has announced initial casting for their production of SPRING AWAKENING.

TIGER Theatricals www.tigertheatricals.com and The Bravitas Group are producing a FREE weekend of New Play Readings at LUNA STAGE.

The Public Theater (Artistic Director Oskar Eustis; Executive Director Andrew D. Hamingson) began previews for the New York premiere of Mike Daisey's IF YOU SEE SOMETHING SAY SOMETHING on Wednesday, October 15. This groundbreaking monologue about homeland security, created and performed by Mike Daisey and directed by Jean-Michele Gregory, will run through Tuesday, November 30 with an official press opening tonight, Monday, October 27. Tickets are on-sale now.

JOE'S PUB has added three new additions to their upcoming lineup.

Jamie McGonnigal will present 'Broadway Loves Joe's Pub' a concert featuring the best of the best from the Broadway concerts at Joe's Pub over the last ten years.

The North American release of Disney's High School Musical 3 brought in even bigger numbers than originally anticipated. By Friday, the movie had already grossed 16.9 Million dollars in 3,623 theaters it was released in, bringing the anticipated total weekend numbers up to 60 million from the original 40 million.

LAByrinth Theater Company (John Ortiz, Artistic Director; Philip Seymour Hoffman, Co-Artistic Director; John Gould Rubin, Co-Artistic & Executive Director) opens its fall season with the first of two annual festivals of free staged readings, the Barn Series (October 23 - November 15, 2008). Ethan Hawke joins the previously announced roster of performers that includes LAB members Eric Bogosian, Elizabeth Canavan, Max Casella, John Doman, Kevin Geer, Didi O'Connell, John Ortiz, Portia, Elizabeth Rodriguez, Daphne Rubin-Vega, Michael Stuhlbarg, Yul Vazquez, and David Zayas, among others.

When the first act of Warren Manzi's PERFECT CRIME ends, the audience sits in stone cold silence. The silence lasts for a few moments after the houselights are brought up and when the audience does finally react, they are abuzz about the convolutions of the plot that is unraveling before them. According to actor Robert Emmet Lunney it's 'hopefully because the audience is thinking; maybe even perplexed.'

'Excitement is mounting as we prepare for the Professional Stage Premiere of Disney's HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL 2 from November 6-16 at the Fabulous Fox Theatre,' states Nick Manos, President of Atlanta's Theater of the Stars.

Telsey + Company is holding an open call for singers for WICKED in Manhattan on Saturday, November 8.

Variety is reporting that Miramax's DOUBT will now be the opener for the 2008 AFI FEST in Los Angeles. The film will replace 'The Soloist' which was pulled from the festival when Paramount pushed back the film's release until March 2009.

GLIMPSES OF THE MOON is pleased to announce the following special guest stars have confirmed to appear Monday nights at 8pm in the Oak Room of the Algonquin Hotel.

In the tradition of Rufus Wainwright's Judy Garland Carnegie Hall concert,and Leslie Kritzer as Patti Lupone at Les Mouches, Joe's Pub is thrilled to present Michael Arden covering Joni Mitchell's seminal album 'Blue' in it's entirety, with new arrangements by Todd Almond and a incredible 5-piece band including Michael Aarons, Jim Hershman, Trey Files and Ruth Bennett.