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Shake off those dog days of summer and come down to the Theater Barn for their popular comedy night, Whose Barn Is It Anyway, Saturday, August 4th, at 8pm at the Ridgefield Theater Barn! The Role in the Hay Players, featuringCheryl Boyd, Pamme Jones, Wayne Leiss, Melissa Power, Mary Shuldman, and Rick Hodder, the group's director and coach, are returning to provide an evening of original comedy and hilarious skits.

City Theatre has announced six Young Playwrights Contest winners who will develop their scripts in collaboration with professional theatre artists-a director, dramaturgs, and actors-for productions on City Theatre's Lester Hamburg Studio Stage during the 13th Annual Young Playwrights Festival, October 2-10, 2012.

Broadway Sessions--created and hosted by Ben Cameron and performed Thursday nights at the Laurie Beechman Theatre on 42nd Street, will honor Broadway actress Paige Davis this Thursday, July 26 at 11 pm.

LCT3 has announced that Heidi Armbruster, Adam Dannheiser, Aasif Mandvi, Omar Maskati, and Karen Pittman will comprise the cast of five of DISGRACED, a new play by Ayad Akhtar, directed by Kimberly Senior, which will open LCT3's 2012 - 2013 season beginning Sunday, October 7 through Sunday, November 18 at LCT3's new home at Lincoln Center Theater, the Claire Tow Theater (150 West 65 Street). Opening night is Monday, October 22. LCT3 is producing this New York premiere of DISGRACED by arrangement with the Araca Group.

Second Stage Theatre Uptown extends its 10th anniversary season with the world premiere of Warrior Class, written by Kenneth Lin and directed by Evan Cabnet through August 18th. Warrior Class is presented at Second Stage Theatre's uptown home, the McGinn/Cazale Theatre on Broadway at 76th Street, for tickets or more information; please visit www.2st.com or call 212-246-4422.

On Friday, August 17 and Saturday, August 18, the Fox Cities Performing Arts Center will launch the 2012/13 10th Anniversary Season with a free Open House for the public. Festivities will include live entertainment, backstage tours, theater workshops and activities for all ages. Refreshments will be provided for a limited time on Friday and complimentary Culver's custard will be offered Saturday, while supplies last. A full schedule of events, including a founder's panel discussion on Friday and a Mamma Mia! Community Flash Mob on Saturday, can be found at foxcitiespac.com/ten.

The team that brought you 2010's heralded site-specific production of Hedda Gabler will present a multi-media version ofStrindberg's Playing with Fire, directed by John Gould Rubin, co-conceived by Shane Bly Killoran and adapted by Royston Coppenger, beginning Friday, August 17 at an exclusive location at 189 Chrystie Street.

The Duke Ellington Orchestra, featuring multi-platinum recording artist Brian McKnight, and Kenton's 100th - the Stan Centennial Orchestra with special guest Tierney Sutton perform on Wednesday, August 8, at 8PM, to celebrate two classic and unique big band leaders who were known for using full orchestra and contributing beloved works to the American songbook.

Westport Country Playhouse has announced its 2012-13 Family Festivities Series, featuring song-filled presentations based on popular children's books, on selected Sundays from November through April, 1 and 4 p.m. Tickets are $18. Family Festivities is supported in part by a contribution from the First Niagara Bank Foundation. Family Festivities Partners are Meredith and David Bukzin.

The work will be performed by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and the women of the Chicago Symphony Chorus at 8 p.m. on Tuesday, July 31, under the baton of John Axelrod, on a program that also includes Gabriela Monteroperforming Grieg's Piano Concerto and improvisations based on suggestions from the audience.

This September, the residents of four Philadelphia households will open their homes to audiences and perform in the premiere of Headlong Dance Theater's This Town Is A Mystery. Headlong has selected a diverse group of households, chosen from over forty applications in a citywide open call for participants, for this unprecedented performance project that will transform each home into a theater and its residents into performers. The pieces will be presented from September 7 through 22 as part of the 16th annual Philadelphia Live Arts Festival.

The York Theatre Company (James Morgan, Producing Artistic Director) in association with Edward Negley, Neil Berg and Adam Friedson, has announced two new additions to Closer Than Ever with Lyrics by Richard Maltby, Jr. and Music by David Shire: Broadway veterans Jacquelyn Piro Donovan (Miss Saigon, Les Misérables) beginning August 3, and Julia Murney (Wicked, Wild Party) beginning August 6. Ms. Donovan will step in for Christiane Noll and Ms. Murney for Jenn Colella who will both depart to join the company of the new Broadway musical Chaplin.

The company of the first North American tour of WICKED welcomes Kim Zimmer as Madame Morrible and Cliffton Hall as Fiyero on Tuesday, August 14 and Patti Murin as Glinda on Tuesday, August 21 in Salt Lake City, UT.

Nina Simone's story may be headed for the stage; the mononymous Simone, Nina's actress-singer daughter who also serves as the administrator of the Nina Simone estate, tells S2S Magazine that she's considering a play about her late mother.

Signature Theatre has announced the next wave of upcoming supplemental programs, which allow more intimate and direct access to a playwright's vision and process.

Nominated for 15 Drama Desk Awards, the most received by a production in a single year, and four Tony Awards, including Best Score, 9 to 5: The Musical is a comedy about office politics that also strikes a chord for its invigorating story of friendship and female empowerment.

Since 1992, under the rubric of its Undesirable Elements series, the beloved Ping Chong + Company has created nearly 50 deeply moving theater productions that give voice to specific communities. In the creation of each piece, local participants testify to their real lives and experiences, often for the first time.

While NEW GIRL star Zooey Deschanel is headed from the small screen to Broadway in the upcoming production of COAL MINER'S DAUGHTER, a Broadway vet has reportedly landed a guest spot on NEW GIRL.

This August, thirty comedians, many of whom are new to stand up, will compete in Gorilla Tango Theatreís third $500 Stand-Up Thing! The $500 STAND UP THING performs Mondays at 9pm, August 6-27, 2012 at Gorilla Tango Theatre in Bucktown (1919 N. Milwaukee Ave, Chicago IL 60647), Tickets are $12; visit www.gorillatango.com or call 773-598-4549 for tickets and more info.

This season, Off-Broadway's DR2 Kids Theatre (Daryl Roth, Producer) has partnered with Theatreworks USA (Barbara Pasternack, Artistic Director; Ken Arthur, Producing Director) to present 'Rabbit Season' at the DR2 Kids Theatre.