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The new musical A Tale of Two Cities will open tonight, September 18th at the Al Hirschfeld Theatre. Set against the epic backdrop of the French Revolution and based on the classic Dickens novel, 'A Tale of Two Cities' is a musical about injustice, vengeance and the redemptive power of love. Jill Santoriello has written the show's book, music and lyrics.

Variety is reporting that Christopher Shinn's play Now or Later will be crossing over to the US to Hartford Stage this winter for their BrandNEW play reading series from November 6th through November 20th.

The eagerly anticipated production of Arthur Miller's ALL MY SONS starring John Lithgow, Dianne Wiest, Patrick Wilson, and Katie Holmes, directed by Simon McBurney, will begin tonight, September 18th at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre (236 West 45th Street), with official opening set for Thursday, October 16th .

ishamble's Artistic Director, Jim Culleton, will direct the British premiere of Robert Massey's Rank running at the Tricycle from 3 November until 22 November with press night on 5 November.

Manhattan Theatre Club (Lynne Meadow, Artistic Director; Barry Grove, Executive Producer) is pleased to announce that Tonyâ and Emmyâ Award nominee Charles Kimbrough will join the previously announced David Hyde Pierce in its upcoming Broadway production of Samson Raphaelson's ACCENT ON YOUTH.

Jim Caruso's Cast Party will present one of Broadway's own, the incomparable Betty Buckley in 'The Music @ Birdland' for a five-night stand as part of the Nightlife Award-winning concert series Broadway at Birdland. The dates are September 23rd through the 27th, with two shows a night at 8:30 and 11:00PM.

SHN is pleased to announce that tickets for the international phenomenon WICKED go on sale Friday, September 26, 2008 at 10 AM. WICKED returns home to San Francisco for an extended engagement beginning Tuesday, January 27, 2009 at the Orpheum Theatre. In conjunction with tickets going on sale, a very special free fan appreciation homecoming party will take place on Friday, September 26 in Union Square. The event will be hosted by Don Bleu from Star Radio and Jessica Aguirre from NBC TV and will also feature performances from the show.

The Central Heating Lab at ACT hosts the final RAWSTOCK film and music festival of 2008, RAWSTOCK ATTACKS! on October 17 at 8:45 p.m. RAWSTOCK ATTACKS! closes the 2008 season with a fantastic lineup of darkly themed entertainment chock full of grindhouse, horror and black comedy. Featured are: Chris Smith's Delivery, Nash Edgerton's Lucky and Calvin Lee Reeder's Little Farm. Alex Ferrari and Jason Biggs provide cutting edge animation with Red Princess and Broken respectively.

This Friday, September 19 at 12:30 AM (Saturday morning), the Thirteen premiere of THEATER TALK's two-part interview at the piano with legendary composer CHARLES STROUSE

What's on Stage is reporting that actor Ian McDiarmid has fallen unexpectedly ill during curtain call of Monday's opening press performance of 'Six Characters in Search of an Author.' As a result, the Tuesday evening performance was cancelled as was tomorrow's matinee performance. Until further notice Stephen Crane will be taking over McDiarmid's role of the Father.

Broadway Cares/ Equity Fights AIDS is pleased to announce the stars at this year's Celebrity Photo Booths as part of the 22ND ANNUAL BROADWAY FLEA MARKET & GRAND AUCTION which will be held this Sunday, September 21 from 10 AM - 7 PM in Shubert Alley (225 West 45th Street).

On October 6th, 1998 Matthew Shepard was beaten and left to die tied to a fence in the outskirts of Laramie, Wyoming. He died six days later. His torture and murder became a watershed historical moment in America that highlighted many of the fault lines of our culture. Now, ten years later, members of the Tectonic Theater Project will return to Laramie to find out what has happened over the last ten years

On September 24-26th 2008 at 7:30 the Kennedy Center will present Blanche and Beyond, starring Richard Thomas. It is adapted by Steve Lawson from the letters of Tennessee Williams.

Actor William Devane will be hosting this year's Kennedy Center Event VSA Arts: Playwright Discovery Evening.

The cast of the Off-Broadway hit play, The Castle, have been invited to give three special performances during the month of October.

The Marvelous Wonderettes OriginalCast Recording will be released by PS Classics, the label dedicated to the heritage ofBroadway and American popular song. The recording session will take place on Thursday,September 18. The CD will be produced by Grammy® Award-winning producer Jeffrey Lesserand is slated for release on November 11.

Rick Hilsabeck (Chitty Chitty Bang Bang), Kate Fisher (Les Mis), and Scott Barnhardt (Big River), will read 'I Love You Madam President' for this year's New York Musical Theatre Festival. The show also features the talents of Jerry Coyle (Room Service), Ric Ryder (Blood Brothers), Christine Rowan and Elizabeth Polito (Beauty and the Beast) and is stage managed by Jessica Balvanz.

Bryant Park Corporation announces the inaugural season of a series of early fall classical music concerts featuring musicians from the New York Philharmonic, New York City Opera, Orchestra of St. Luke's, the Metropolitan Opera Lindemann Young Artist Development Program, and The New York Pops. Entitled Bank of America presents New York Now in Bryant Park, the series runs for three weeks, from September 23 through October 8, kicking off with musicians from the New York Philharmonic, featuring Principal Clarinet Stanley Drucker.

The Drama Desk and Obie Award-wining Mint Theater Company will kick off their 2008-2009 season with the American Premiere of J. B. Priestley's The Glass Cage, opening September 21st. Performances will continue through November 2nd

MCC THEATER will present the World Premiere Production of Michael Weller's Fifty Words, under the direction of Austin Pendleton. The two-character play stars Elizabeth Marvel and Norbert Leo Butz. Performance began on September 10 and continues through October 25, with an opening night set for Sunday, September 28 at 6:30 p.m.