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The producers of the Broadway production of American Buffalo are offering a Vote American (Buffalo)! special offer for a select group of performances. For all performances between Friday, October 31 and Monday, November 3, purchase one ticket and receive the second for one nickel.

Nederlander Worldwide Productions and The Eastern Shanghai Cultural Film and Television Group will partner to present the China on Broadway production of 'Soul of Shaolin,' a new Chinese martial arts spectacle, which will begin previews on Tuesday, January 13 and open Thursday, January 15 at Broadway's Marquis Theatre (1535 Broadway).

Acknowledged as one of the great classics of the twentieth century, Arthur Miller's play A View from the Bridge, opens at the Duke of York's Theatre for a limited season from 22 January 2009 with the press night on 5 February.

The American Theatre Wing and XM Satellite Radio proudly present an interview with Tony Award winner James Naughton, on their weekly theatrical interview show, 'Downstage Center,' on XM's On Broadway (XM Channel 28).

Following sold-out performances at Carolines in September and October, adult sketch comedy troupe FUCT (www.fuctnyc.com), has been invited to perform at both the New York Comedy Festival, 11/5 at 7PM, and LA Comedy Festival, 11/14 & 11/15 at 9:30PM, 11/16 at 8:30PM. Winners of the 2008 SkitSkat Comedy Festival, FUCT will also be at the Toronto Sketch Comedy Festival 11/21 and the Charleston Comedy Festival in January of 2009.

Page 73 Productions has announced that it will produce a work-in-progress presentation of Sextet, written by 2008 P73 Playwriting Fellow Tommy Smith and directed by Davis McCallum, on Friday, October 24, at 3pm and Saturday, October 25, at 2pm.

Broadway's THE 39 STEPS, the Tony Award-winning quick change comedy, will welcome Halloween next Friday, October 31, with a special ticket offer and the Hitchcock-themed '39 Shrieks Halloween Costume Contest'. THE 39 STEPS is currently playing at the Cort Theatre (138 West 48th Street, between Sixth and Seventh Avenues).

Variety is reporting that SOUL OF SHAOLIN, a Chinese martial arts show is now booked at Broadway's Marquis Theater from January 13th and January 31st, 2009 with an opening night on January 15th, 2009. The show will fill the theater in between IRVING BERLIN'S WHITE CHRISTMAS and 9 to 5.

DODY GOODMAN REMEMBERED will take place on Oct 27 at 7pm at SAINT PETER'S CHURCH, 619 Lexington Avenue, NYC (entrance on 54th Street).

WESTCHESTER BROADWAY THEATRE has announced a new series of shows to their current lineup.

The York Theatre Company (James Morgan, Producing Artistic Director) will honor Tony® Award-winner George S. Irving with the 17th Oscar Hammerstein Award for Lifetime Achievement in Musical Theatre Monday, December 8th.

Philadelphia's The Wilma Theater will present Body and Soul in Rock 'n' Roll - a panel discussion exploring philosophy, the human mind, and conceptions of the self in conjunction with the theater's Philadelphia Premiere of the 2008 Tony® nominee for Best Play, Rock 'n' Roll, by Academy Award®-winner and four-time Tony Award®-winner Tom Stoppard.

WICKED enthusiasts looking to make their night on the town very Ozmopolitan are invited to dine with cast members on Wednesday, October 29 and November 5, 2008. For $30, in addition to the price of a ticket, fans and cast members will dine prior to the show at 5:30 p.m. at Hotel Monaco (225 N. Wabash Ave.), followed by a 7:30 performance of WICKED at the Ford Center for the Performing Arts, Oriental Theatre (24 W. Randolph St.).

FROM 'AVENUE Q' TO YOU -- 'Don't forget to vote!' -- AVENUE Q puppet Rod (pictured) reminds everyone to vote on November 4th with his very own 'Not Voting Sucks' message.

Primary Stages (Casey Childs, Executive Producer; Andrew Leynse, Artistic Director; Elliot Fox, Managing Director), Off-Broadway's preeminent theater company, will honor Tony Award-winning actress Patti LuPone and The Baruch-Routh-Frankel-Viertel Group at this year's Primary Stages 24th Anniversary Gala Benefit to be held at the Grand Hyatt Hotel (109 East 42nd Street) on Monday, October 27, 2008.

WABC-7 TV will present a 'BROADWAY BACKSTAGE: FALL PREVIEW' on Saturday, October 25th, 2008. The show will be hosted by ABC News Anchor Michelle Charlesworth and Actor Tom Wopat.

Due to demand for tickets, Naked Angels (Geoffrey Nauffts, Artistic Director and Brittany O'Neill, Managing Director) has extended the world premiere engagement of Stephen Belber's new dark comedy Fault Lines, directed by David Schwimmer. Fault Lines opened September 30, 2008 at The Cherry Lane Theatre (38 Commerce Street). The run will now continue through November 9, 2008.

Center Theatre Group has created a new ticket discount program - the CTG Entertainment Stimulus Package - which will make 100,000 tickets available at a $20 ticket price, it was announced today by Michael Ritchie, CTG Artistic Director.

Goodspeed Musicals, the only two time Tony Award winning theatre in the country, is proud to announce the cast of its upcoming world premiere production of Jim Henson's classic holiday favorite Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas, adapted for the stage. Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas will run December 7, 2008, through January 4, 2009, at the Goodspeed Opera House in East Haddam, Connecticut.

TOP 8, the new musical by Jordan Beck and Jonathan May which is currently optioned for production by Martian Entertainment (Naked Boys Singing!), will have two industry-only presentations on Monday October 27th and Tuesday October 28th at the Kirk Theatre on Theatre Row.