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This is not the first time I've seen productions I've enjoyed better at the Everyman Theatre than on Broadway. Sure, Doubt on Broadway won the Tony Award for Best Play, Cherry Jones received the Tony for Best Actress in a Play, won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama, but I found the play lacking and unenjoyable.

Red cowboy boots…that's what I remember about my first meeting with Megan Gogerty, who penned book/music/lyrics on Love Jerry. It was 2001 and we were both entering graduate school at the University of Texas at Austin, all the new MFA students were attending this outdoor BBQ and here's this playwright with red cowboy boots on as though she may have been Lori Singer's stand-in during the filming of Footloose.

Goodspeed Musicals, the only two-time Tony Award winning theatre in the country, will host 'An Evening with Bill Berloni.' On Thursday, October 16, 2008 at 7:00 p.m., Bill will share his more than thirty years of experiences as a nationally renowned theatrical animal trainer and author of Broadway Tails, Berloni will speak about his career, introduce some of his canine stars and sign copies of his new book.

Jim Caruso's Cast Party in association with TheaterMania.com and producer Andy Sandberg will present WING AT BIRDLAND, a one night only presentation of this international recording and internet sensation at New York's premier concert venue.

Members of BroadwayWorld.com can download a track of the Broadway Bound SHREK THE MUSICAL by clicking HERE.

Elaine Paige, world renowned musical theater legend, will be the opening act for the Annenberg Theater's 2008-2009 season on Friday, October 24 at 6 p.m. and the concert will feature a full orchestra on the stage of the Annenberg Theater at the Palm Springs Art Museum.

Liev Schreiber and Helen Hunt will star in 'Every Day.'

Rumors that due to the unexpected early closing of Xanadu this coming Sunday, a limited holiday run of Slava's Snowshow is likely to take place at the Helen Hayes Theater have been confirmed as true today. Telecharge.com is currently selling tickets to performances started November 11th, 2008.

Paper Mill Playhouse (Mark S. Hoebee-Artistic Director, Mark W. Jones-Executive Director) will present a holiday production of Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker featuring the renowned Paper Mill Orchestra.

'AMERICA'S MOST CONVENIENT BANK,' Commerce Bank and the John W. Engeman Theater announce the return of COMMERCE BANK CHILDREN'S TEHATER for the 2008-2009 Season.

Wanted to alert you to a change in schedule for The Marvelous Wonderettes at the Westside Theatre. The performance schedule as of October 20, 2008 will be as follows.

Nick Adams will be playing the role of 'Rocky' at the Lyric Theatre in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. The show runs from October 9th through November 1st, 2008.

Thanks to the generosity of one of its board members, the Metropolitan Opera announced today that a number of prime orchestra seats, usually $175 - $220, will be available for $30 for all nine performances of John Adams's Doctor Atomic. Agnes Varis, a managing director of the Met board, and her husband Karl Leichtman, have purchased $500,000 worth of some of the best orchestra seats for Doctor Atomic, so that they can be redistributed at this lower price.

Tom Fontana and The Health, Housing & Human Services Community are inviting guests to celebrate and support the candidacy of Barack Obama and Joe Biden on Tuesday, October 7, 2008 from 6:00 - 8:00 PM at the home of Tom Fontana. Suggested Minimum Contribution: $250, Host Committee Member: Raise or Contribute $2,000.

Chicago Shakespeare Theater's (CST) international programming initiative, the World's Stage Series, brings Tim Supple's bold, breakthrough adaptation of William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream to Chicago following critically acclaimed, sold-out performances across India, the UK, Australia and North America. The show's diverse cast, composed of artists from across India and Sri Lanka, will perform in Chicago Shakespeare's Courtyard Theater for 16 performances only, November 25 through December 7, 2008. For more information, to purchase tickets and to watch the video trailer, visit www.chicagoshakes.com/dream.

Village Theatre Pied Piper Presents a colorful proudction of The Very Hungry Caterpillar & Other Eric Carle Favorites by Mermaid Theatre of Nova Scotia. Production design & direction is by Jim Morrow, music by Steven Naylor, narration by Gordon Pinsent. Recommended for grades PreK -3 and their families

After a successful inaugural year of the Playwrights of New York (PONY) Fellowship, the Lark Play Development Center is proud to welcome playwright Samuel D. Hunter as the 2008-09 PONY Fellow. On Thursday, October 2nd, Sam was officially welcomed at the PONY apartment during a housewarming event which included playwright Arthur Kopit, Lark staff and board, as well as donors and friends.

The Third Eye Theatre Company's production of ''Notes on New York: The Musicalized Observations of Tim Di Pasqua'' will open Monday, Oct. 6, at 7 p.m. at the Metropolitan Room, 34 W. 22nd St., New York City. Directed by Andrew Glant-Linden, it will play Mondays throughout October.

In honor of WorkShop Theater Company's 15th Anniversary Season, Tony Award winner Bill Irwin, members of both the Original and Broadway-Bound casts of HAIR - including two-time Tony Award nominee André De Shields, Heather MacRae, - along with New York's finest new vaudeville and burlesque acts and WorkShop Company artists, will perform live to benefit WorkShop Theater on Monday, October 27, 7:00 PM at the Zipper Factory.

Carmen had its world premiere October 2, 2008 in Prague, Czech Republic. The book is by Norman Allen, the lyrics by Jack Murphy and it is directed Gabriel Barre who also did the NY workshop.