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Award-winning singer/composer/lyricist Tim Di Pasqua brings his thrilling new musical theater revue to New York's Metropolitan Room, every Monday in October.

The winner of the 2007 New Works of MeritPlaywriting Contest sees its world premiere at the 13th Street Repertory Theatre,under the direction of Robert Marra.

CAMP BROADWAY, the award-winning theater arts education company, has been chosen to perform the closing musical number for the 82nd Annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade entitled 'I Believe in Santa Claus,' with music by Wesley Whatley and lyrics by Bill Schermerhorn. Camp Broadway Artistic Director, Tony Parise, will choreograph the production number which will feature 300 young performers, ages 10-14, and be performed live in front of NBC-TV's national audience on November 27, 2008.

Looking for Singers/Actors in their 20's, 30's and 40's. Both Equity and Non-Equity performers are elligible.

Fellowship for the Performing Arts presents the Chicago premiere of the acclaimed hit drama THE SCREWTAPE LETTERS by C.S. Lewis at The Mercury Theater, 3745 N. Southport Avenue. The production, which recently had sold-out runs in New York and Washington, D.C., begins performances on October 2 for a limited engagement. THE SCREWTAPE LETTERS offers a funny and provocative look into C.S. Lewis' brilliant novel that explores the theme of spiritual warfare from a demon's point of view.

The New York Musical Theatre Festival (NYMF) celebrates its fifth year with 24 full productions, a dance series, a developmental series, concerts and special events. NYMF is an annual three-week event that has premiered over 130 musicals in its first four years - many of which have gone on to award-winning productions in New York, in regional theaters and on tour in 38 states, and nine countries worldwide.

Cabaret Lunatique, an edgy late night Saturday series of saucy burlesque, music and mischief will be presented in the Teatro ZinZanni tent on October 11 & 25, and November 8 from 11:30 p.m. - 2 a.m.

Absurdist singer/guitarist Aldo Perez and company will host an evening of clown cabaret. The Renaldo Ensemble is a musical exercise in human ridiculousness and musically flits between bizarre episodes and silly antics.

At the dawn of the atomic age, before Boeing Boeing and Doris Day rom-coms, there was THE TENDER TRAP, a light sex comedy about a New York bachelor and the various women seeking to marry him. This will be the first New York production of THE TENDER TRAP since its 1954 Broadway premiere.

Magic Theatre launches its 2008-09 Season of New Plays, artistic director Loretta Greco's first with the company, with The K of D, an urban legend, a new play by Laura Schellhardt and directed by local favorite Rebecca Novick. One young girl embodies the entire population of her small town to spin the story of young Charlotte McGrew and the summer that inexplicably changed her life. From one of the brightest emerging voices in American Theatre, this quirky and touching play offers the unexpected perspective of a child on the big questions of life and death. The K of D performs September 20 - October 19, 2008 at Magic's Northside Theatre

Urban Stages will be celebrating its 25th Anniversary with a celebration of their continued commitment to new work with a FREE New Play Reading Series on Monday nights in September. Wine and refreshments will be provided.

NEW PERSPECTIVES THEATRE COMPANY is pleased to present CYCLONE (AND THE PIG-FACED LADY), a new musical with book and lyrics by DANA LESLIE GOLDSTEIN, music by Rima Fand and direction by Elysa Marden, as part of the NEW YORK MUSICAL THEATRE FESTIVAL 2008. Tickets are $20.00 and can be purchased at www.nymf.org/Show-918.html. Performances run Tuesday, September 23rd at 8:00 pm, Wednesday, September 24th at 1:00 pm, Sunday, September 28th at 4:30 pm, Wednesday, October 1st at 8:00 pm, Friday, October 3rd at 4:30 pm, and Saturday, October 4th at 8:00 pm. TBG THEATER is located at 312 West 46th Street, just off 8th Avenue.

Photos of Edward Albee presenting the Yale Drama Series playwriting award to Neil Wechsler.

Called 'Shocking, Engaging, Funny, and Totally Original,' by Rachel Maddow of MSNBC's the Rachel Maddow Show, Happy Sunshine Kung Fu Flower is a multimedia socio-political satire centering on a group of outsourced Japanese Ninjas hired by China to infiltrate the American Psyche by taking on roles in the Media, Pop Culture, and Politics.

The Bubble comes at a time when history is repeating itself. We're seeing things happening now to the housing bubble that happened to the dotcom bubble. Conceiver Karen Paull said today. The Bubble is inspired by Paull's own experiences in Silicon Valley. Karen Paull is available for interviews and is an expert on surviving a market bubble.

The Shakespeare Society (Michael Sexton, Artistic Director) will present Lyrics by W. Shakespeare, an evening of songs set to lyrics by Shakespeare, presided over by former U.S. Poet Laureate Robert Pinsky, on Monday, September 15 at 6:30pm at the Kaye Playhouse at Hunter College, East 68 Street, between Park and Lexington Avenues.

Based on Yvonne Latty's acclaimed 2006 book of the same name and adapted and directed by three-time Helen Hayes Award-winner Douglas C. Wager, In Conflict captures the unheard voices and unpredictable experiences of 15 Iraq War veterans whose lives have been changed forever.

As dance shows like 'So You Think You Can Dance' and 'America's Best Dance Crew' captivate television audiences, Break Out offers some of the world's most talented dancers performing jaw-dropping choreography in a live stage show that combines hip-hop, gymnastics, yoga, slapstick and more.

The White Horse Theater Company, known for acclaimed productions of plays by Sam Shepard and Tennessee Williams, will present a limited engagement of Small Craft Warnings by Tennessee Williams. The play is directed by White Horse Producing Artistic Director Cyndy A. Marion, recognized for her recent revival of Williams' play In the Bar of A Tokyo Hotel, and innovative productions of plays by Sam Shepard. Performances will run from September 19th - October 5th, 2008 in a limited engagement at The Workshop Theater Company (Main Stage Theater), located at 312 West 36th Street (4th Floor) between 8th & 9th Avenues in NYC.

Ron Crawford stars as the departed Samuel L. Clemens in One Armed Man's special preview production of Adam Klasfeld's docudrama The Report of My Death at the Brecht Forum (451 West Street between Bank & Bethune) on September 19 and 20 at 8pm.