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The Stage News is reporting that the Shakespeare's Globe Theatre in London will be launching its own record label.

Key Brand Entertainment CEO John Gore announced today the sale of two major Toronto theatres to Mirvish Productions: the 2,300-seat Canon Theatre and the 700-seat Panasonic Theatre.

Village Theatre opens the 2008-2009 Season with the West Coast Premiere of the new American musical, Saint Heaven.

Marcia Gardner, education director of Signature Theatre in Arlington, Virginia, is the focus of a month-long WETA Hometown Heroes profile airing in September on WETA TV 26. WETA selected Gardner for her development of education programs that encourage underserved students in Arlington, Virginia, to expand their imaginations in order to think innovatively about the world around them. Her profile premieres just prior to the broadcast of Antiques Roadshow on Monday, September 8 at 8 p.m. on WETA TV 26 and repeats throughout the month.

Thick Description, Potrero Hill's professional theater, continues 2008 - our 20th anniversary year - with a revival of our 2005 hit, A BOY AND HIS SOUL, by beloved Bay Area performer Colman Domingo. In this unique and surprising one-man musical of a childhood spent in Philadelphia in the 1970's - during one of the great eras of soul - Colman and his family bring the music to life.

Broadway talents Tituss Burgess ('The Little Mermaid'), Kerry Butler ('Xanadu'), Gavin Lee ('Mary Poppins'), Nedra McClyde, Julia Murney, Q. Smith and Aurelia Williams will join previously announced Laura Benanti ('Gypsy'), Raúl Esparza ('Company') and Steven Pasquale ('The Light in the Piazza') on Monday, September 15, at the annual gala for the venerable 78-year-old Westport Country Playhouse (Joanne Woodward and Anne Keefe, artistic directors, Jodi Schoenbrun Carter, managing director), Westport, Connecticut.

The producers of the smash hit Broadway production of GREASE are proud to announce that 'American Idol' Season Five finalist, Ace Young, will make his Broadway debut when he joins the company in the role of 'Kenickie' on Tuesday, September 9, 2008 at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre. Ace Young achieved widespread fame in 2006 as a finalist on the hugely successful FOX singing competition 'American Idol.' With weekly exposure to the 40 million plus viewers of America's most widely watched television program, Ace quickly became one of the most recognizable male faces ever to appear on 'Idol.'

On Monday, Sept 8th, 11:30pm 'Scott Nevins' Curtain Call' will host the Cast of 'Twilight in Manchego' @ Splas

.M.L. Entertainment is proud to present the world premiere of When It Rains, a new play by Anthony Michael Laura. Performances begin January14, 2009 at 8:00 pm at The Grand Theater at the The Producers Club.

In an effort to accommodate ticket demand for Little House on the Prairie, the Guthrie today announced that it has added 12 unique seats to the second balcony, in an area normally reserved for technicians and production staff.

This year's Philadelphia Live Arts Festival & Philly Fringe, running from August 29 through September 13, introduces the new Festival Bar, a stylized urban beer garden - designed and created specifically for the Festival - that will play host to thousands of festival-goers, artists and performers who will gather nightly for an after-hours chance to meet and mingle. Festival Bar visitors will be able to grab a beer or cocktail served up by Philly's favorite barman Fergus Carey, purchase food including Turkish dishes from Konak Restaurant and Bar, enjoy visual media installations designed and programmed by artist Lars Jan, dance to a line-up of some of the city's best DJs and even play arcade games like pinball and Wii Boxing.

From September 4, 2008 through September 14, 2008, Pangs Theater will perform SONDERKOMMANDO, a modern multidisciplinary performance about the human experience, as part of the San Francisco Fringe Festival.

Peter Polycarpou will play 'Daniel Warshowsky', the head of a family of actors, in the new musical 'IMAGINE THIS', which will have its premiere at the New London Theatre in the West End on Wednesday 19 November, following previews from 4 November

Time Life proudly announces the upcoming release of the 2008 Broadway Cast Recording of GYPSY starring Tony® and Olivier® Award-winning Patti LuPone, three-time Tony® Award-winner Boyd Gaines and Tony® Award-nominee Laura Benanti.

Acclaimed singer/songwriter Jeremy Schonfeld will take the stage at New York's The Living Room on Wednesday, September 17, 2008 at 9:00pm for a FREE concert.

R.Evolucion Latina, the new non-profit launched within the dance and Broadway niche this year, announced today that they will be hosting their First Annual DARE TO GO BEYOND Children's Performing Arts Camp.

The new Musical Dot-Comedy The Bubble begins performances on September 17th at 8pm at The Zipper Factory Theater, as part of the 2008 New York Musical Theatre Festival.

Phantom - The Las Vegas Spectacular hits another milestone as the show celebrates 1,000 breathtaking performances on Monday, August 25*. The Las Vegas production of the worldwide favorite is enjoying enduring success that very few others have achieved.

Mamma Mia! The Movie seems to have defied all box office expectations on the domestic and international front.

New York Theatre Workshop (NYTW) Artistic Director James C. Nicola and Managing Director William Russo have announced that Dan Butler has joined the cast of Beast, written by Michael Weller and directed by Jo Bonney.