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Katurian, a seemingly innocent writer of short stories grimmer than Grimm, is being interrogated by two police officers somewhere in a totalitarian dictatorship. But why? Could it be because children are being murdered and maimed in very similar circumstances to those in his macabre fairytales?

Trevor Nunn's production of William Shakespeare's The Tempest began preview performances at the Theatre Royal Haymarket on 27 August, press night is on 6 September and the production is booking until 29 October 2011. Set and costume designs are by Stephen Brimson Lewis, with lighting by Paul Pyant, sound by Paul Groothuis and music by Shaun Davey. The Tempest is produced by the Theatre Royal Haymarket Company, Duncan C Weldon, Paul Elliott & Terri and Timothy Childs.

Based on the novel by E.L Doctorow, Terrence McNally's script weaves together the story of three groups in America, represented by Coalhouse Walker Jr, a Harlem musician; Mother and her family in New Rochelle; and Tateh, a Jewish immigrant who has come to America with his daughter seeking a new life. It features many historical figures, including Harry Houdini, Booker T. Washington, JP Morgan and Henry Ford.

CATCH ME IF YOU CAN played its final performance today, September 4, 2011 at The Neil Simon Theatre, 250 W. 52nd Street. The musical has played 32 preview and 170 regular performances. The first national tour will launch in the Fall of 2012 at the Providence Performing Arts Center in Providence, RI.

Al Pacino's 'Wild Salome' debuted today at the Venice Film Festival; the actor will also receive the Jaeger-Le Coultre Glory to the Filmmaker 2011 Award.

Lifetime's pilot 'Modern Love' has added Tony Award winner Alice Ripley in a recurring role.

Successful film, television and theatre producer Scott Rudin is set to add another project to HBO, reports Variety. 'The Corrections,' based on the bestselling novel of the same name, is under development with Rudin and filmmaker Noah Baumbach; author Jonathan Franzen is also attached to produce and adapt his novel for the series.

Executive Producer Lou Spisto today announced the San Diego Community Partners with which director Lear deBessonet and writer Todd Almond have developed a new music theater event, Odyssey, in celebration of The Old Globe's 75th anniversary. Commissioned by the Globe, the new work reimagines Homer's epic poem as seen through the lens of contemporary San Diego.

6th Street Playhouse presents the West Coast Premiere of 'Kite's Book: Tales of an 18th Century Hitman,' By Robert Caisely.

The Old Globe today announced that James Vásquez will direct the theater's upcoming revival of Richard O'Brien's The Rocky Horror Show. Vásquez replaces the previously announced Oanh Nguyen, who has departed the production due to artistic differences.

The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust continues to bring nightlife downtown with plenty of high-energy programming in the Late Night Cabaret series.

The story of a boy who stumbles out of the boxing ring and into a ballet class, Billy Elliot is generally regarded as family fare; still, school groups hesitate to choose the show for their students, according to producer Eric Fellner.

The two sing together on Bennett's upcoming album of duets, performing 'The Lady is a Tramp' from Rodgers and Hart's BABES IN ARMS - get a preview below!

Anna Kustera Gallery will present Speak to my ass, the octopus is sick, the solo debut exhibition in New York by Chicago-based artist Molly Zuckerman-Hartung.

East West Players (EWP), the nation's largest producing organization of Asian American artistic work and the longest-running professional theatre of color in the country, opens its 46th Anniversary season, themed Languages of Love, with the world premiere comedy A WIDOW OF NO IMPORTANCE by Shane Sakhrani.

There's a bright golden haze filling the theater! Oklahoma! opens September 23 at Portland Center Stage. Artistic Director Chris Coleman has set this beloved all-American musical in an all-black town in the Oklahoma territories right as the region gained statehood in 1907.

George Lee Andrews holds the Guinness World Record for the longest run in the same Broadway show in history for Phantom of the Opera. He was in the Broadway company when the production opened in 1988, is still in the current cast. He has been playing the role of André since 2000, having played Firmin for the preceding decade. Below, Andrews talks Phantom, what it has meant to him these past two decades and what it's like to be leaving the show after all this time after tomorrow's 9,382nd performance.

A dynamic lineup of stars - including a U.S. veteran, an NBA champion, a film and TV star, a TV host and journalist, a Grammy-nominated singer, a supermodel, a reality TV star, a showbiz legacy and activist, and a World Cup star -- will take the stage for the two-hour season premiere of 'Dancing with the Stars.' All 12 couples will dance for the first time on Live National television on September 19, but in the meantime check out ABC's 'Meet the Cast' segments below!

The Second and Vine Players will perform the well-known drama To Kill a Mockingbird at the Eagle Theatre, located at 208 Vine Street in Downtown Hammonton, at 8pm on September 9, 10, 16 and 17, and 2pm on September 11 and 18.

Author Mark Brennan Rosenberg will offer his first musical book reading series, How to Date a F**ing Loser, Sept. 10 and 15 at New York City's Duplex Theatre.