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Tony Award winning writers and composers William Finn, James Lapine and Ted Sperling, and Tony nominees Quiara Alegría Hudes and Jonathan Butterell are among the participants who will develop new musical projects at the White Oak Lab in Yulee, FL, in October.

On Monday, September 14th, The National Asian American Theatre Company (NAATCO) will present a one-night-only all Asian-American performance of Terrence McNally's LOVE! VALOUR! COMPASSION!, directed by Alan Muraoka, at the Cherry Lane Theatre (38 Commerce Street) to benefit NAATCO. Joe Mantello, the original director of LOVE! VALOUR! COMPASSION! and Stephen Bogardus, a member of the play's original cast, were honorary chairs for the NAATCO benefit performance.

Michael Feinstein Carnegie Hall Concert and Barnes & Noble Booksigning Celebrate New Biography of Great American Composer Jimmy McHugh, 'I Feel a Song Coming On: The Life of Jimmy McHugh' by Alyn Shipton. This is the first biography of this remarkable composer. Available October 5th from the University of Illinois Press, the book will be launched in New York with a Michael Feinstein Zankel Hall concert at Carnegie Hall and a performance/booksigning event at Barnes & Noble.

Jude Law, currently starring in the acclaimed Donmar Warehouse production of HAMLET on Broadway, will be a live guest on ?Live with Regis & Kelly? this Friday, September 25. The production, directed by Michael Grandage, is in previews now at the Broadhurst Theatre, where it opens on October 6th.

The Mayor's Fund To Advance New York City announces items included in their annual Fete de Swifty charity auction and event. The auction is running live now through October 1, 2009 at www.charitybuzz.com.

View exclusive images of Andrew Lloyd Webber with writer and director Ben Elton as they work with the cast and crew of the the much anticipated THE BOYS IN THE PHOTOGRAPH. The David Mirvish production gears up for its first preview at the Royal Alexandra Theatre in Toronto on September 22nd.

John Waters will perform his new one-man show, A JOHN WATERS CHRISTMAS, to B.B. Kings at 8pm on Tuesday, December 22.

The American Museum of Jewish History in Philadelphia will honor Barbara Streisand, Irvin Berlin, Leonard Bernstein and Steven Spielberg among 18 inductees into its 'Only in America' Hall of Fame, the Philadelphia Inquirer reports.

Famed television performers Debra Mooney, James Sikking and John C. Moskoff will star in the West Coast premiere of EXIT STRATEGY, beginning Oct. 14th at the Falcon Theatre in Burbank, CA.

The Laurel Mill Playhouse in historic Laurel, MD., presents PLAY IT AGAIN, SAM, by Woody Allen. Directed by Keith Brown and produced by Maureen Rogers, the comedy opens October 2, 2009.

Alfred Hitchcock's THE 39 STEPS, Broadway's longest running comedy, will conclude its Tony Award-winning two year run on January 10, 2010, when it will play its final performance at the Helen Hayes Theatre. The production will have played 771 performances - the longest running Broadway play in seven years.

Friends In Deed has tapped Tommy Tune?s brand new road show, STEPS IN TIME, for their one-night-only Broadway Benefit Gala that will take place at The Gerald W. Lynch Theater at John Jay College tonight, September 21st at 8:00 p.m. All proceeds benefit Friends In Deed - The Crisis Center for Life-Threatening Illness.

David Alan Grier, set to co-star in David Mamet's upcoming RACE on Broadway, will host book signings of his new book 'Barack Like Me: The Chocolate-Covered Truth' at Bookends in Ridgewood, New Jersey at 7pm on Tuesday, October 6 and Barnes & Noble-Tribeca in New York City at 7pm on Wednesday, October 7.

Arts communities throughout Pennsylvania are outraged today, as the state extended a sales tax applying to cultural performances and venues - including museums - in a budget deal reached late on Friday, the Philadelphia Inquirer is reporting.

Ars Nova presents, as part of the Out Loud series, a free reading of: The Great Imitator by Dylan Dawson, directed by Kerry Whigham. The cast includes Reed Birney, Lisa Emery, Roger Lirtsman and Armando Riesco tonight.

Composers Scott Burkell and Paul Loesel will host the premiere of their new musical revue, 'Sorta Love Songs' in an evening comprised of their best songs sung by Stephanie J. Block, Jason Danieley, Marin Mazzie. Sebastian Arcelus, Megan Hilty, Kate Baldwin & Daniel Reichard, with Allison Seidner on cello tonight at the Birdland.

Comedic actress Julie Halston hosts the 2009 IT Awards, which honor the best of Off-Off Broadway, tonight at New World Stages at 7:00pm.

LOVE, LOSS and WHAT I WORE, an intimate collection of stories by Nora Ephron and Delia Ephron, has its world premiere tonight for a 12-week run at New York's Westside Theatre. Opening night set for October 1.

Jeff Daniels will fly in from New York where he is currently starring in GOD OF CARNAGE, be guest of honor at a gala benefit for his newest play, ESCANABA, at The Purple Rose Theatre Company in Chelsea.

13, the new middle school-set musical with songs by Tony Award winner Jason Robert Brown, is now available for amateur, professional, and educational licensing through Music Theater International. Plans for a new cast recording have also been announced.