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Billy Elliot the Musical today announced a new performance schedule. Beginning September 5, the show will now play Tuesday at 7pm, Thursday - Sunday at 7:30pm, Wednesday, Saturday & Sunday at 2pm; dark Mondays.

Jeffrey Ash, a prominent theatrical advertising executive who helped revolutionize Broadway advertising with the first live-action television spot for 'Pippin' and who later became a successful producer for Broadway, off-Broadway, and London's West End, died suddenly August 8, 2011 at his home in Manhattan. He was 65 and for many years had suffered from inclusion body myositis, an autoimmune disorder.

Barn Theatre presents their production of the family friendly delightful musical, Rodgers & Hammerstein's CINDERELLA, playing August 9 - 21.

The Public Theater (Artistic Director Oskar Eustis; Interim Executive Director Joey Parnes) announced additional casting today for KING LEAR, directed by James Macdonald, running October 18 - November 20 in the Newman Theater with an official press opening on November 8. Che Ayende (Duke of Burgundy/Knight/Servant), Craig Bockhorn (Doctor), Michael Crane (Oswald), Herb Foster (Old Man/Curan), Seth Gilliam (Edmund), Michael Izquierdo (King of France), Arian Moayed (Edgar), Kelli O'Hara (Regan), and Richard Topol (Albany) will join the previously announced Enid Graham (Goneril), Michael McKean (Gloucester), John Douglas Thompson (Kent) and Sam Waterston (Lear). Single tickets, priced at $75-$85, go on sale Tuesday, August 9. Member tickets are $40 and are on sale now.

Carnegie Hall will present The Sound of Music on Tuesday, April 24 at 8:00 p.m. in Stern Auditorium/Perelman Stage. A gala benefit for Carnegie Hall, this one-night-only concert performance of the beloved musical with a timeless score by Rodgers & Hammerstein will provide support for the music education programs of Carnegie Hall's Weill Music Institute.

Kathy Griffin, the comedienne who played Broadway in her limited run of KATHY GRIFFIN WANTS A TONY earlier this year, will return to New York City for the New York Comedy Festival.

Twenty-five years after crack cocaine ravaged American cities, a new VH1 Rock Doc explores how the drug also transformed popular culture, especially hip-hop. The latest addition to the Emmy-winning franchise, 'Planet Rock: The Story of Hip Hop and the Crack Generation,' premieres Sunday, September 18 at 10PM* on VH1.

Andrew Kober (Hair), Andy Mientus (Spring Awakening 1st National Tour) and Lexie Papedo (Tales of the City) will lead the cast of Crazy, Just Like Me to run at The Barrow Group Theatre from September 27th through October 5th as an invited selection of the New York Musical Theatre Festival.

The Harold and Mimi Steinberg Charitable Trust today announced that the 4th Annual Steinberg Playwright 'Mimi' Awards will be presented on Monday, November 14, 2011. The Mimi Awards promote theater as a vital part of our culture by nurturing American playwrights and encouraging the development and production of new American plays.

Hollmann and Kotis return to FringeNYC this year with YEAST NATION. In YEAST NATION, the world's first family, a colony of salt-eating yeasts, float in the brine of the primordial soup under the rule of a tyrannical baritone. When resources deplete and fear pervades, the faith of a single-celled dreamer starts an evolutionary chain reaction that changes the course of existence forever. Get a behind the scenes look at YEAST NATION below!

Set to join the HBC series GAME OF THRONES, according to The Hollywood Reporter, are Roy Dotrice and Hannah Murray.

MCC THEATER (Robert LuPone, Bernard Telsey, William Cantler, Artistic Directors; Blake West, Executive Director) has announced that tickets will go on-sale today, August 9, 2011 at 3:00 p.m. for the company's first production of their 2011-2012 season: Jeff Talbott's The Submission, directed by Walter Bobbie. Performances of this funny and furiously intelligent new play begin at the Lucille Lortel Theatre (121 Christopher Street, NYC) on September 8, 2011 and continue through October 22, 2011. An official opening is set for September 27, 2011.

THE BOOK OF MORMON, which follows a pair of mismatched Mormon boys sent on a mission to a place that's about as far from Salt Lake City as you can get, features Josh Gad as Elder Cunningham, Andrew Rannells as Elder Price, Nikki M. James as Nabalungi, Rory O'Malley as Elder McKinley and Michael Potts as Mafala Hatimbi. Check out the show's star, Josh Gad, talking over his role, the show's success, and more below!

The new, off-Broadway production of Rent began previews on, July 14, and opens Thursday, August 11 at New World Stages. Here, the cast talks about working with Rent's original director, Michael Greif.

Don't Be Afraid of the Dark, a film remake of the 1973 television movie, premiered in Los Angeles in June and in New York City last night. Written by Matthew Robbins and Guillermo del Toro and directed by comic book artist Troy Nixey, the movie is set for an August 26th release.

The stars of Broadway's Tony, Olivier and Grammy Award-winning JERSEY BOYS, will appear on NBC's 'Access Hollywood Live' tomorrow, Tuesday, August 9. In the New York area, it airs at 11:00am Eastern. Check local listings for times outside the New York tri-state area.

ProArts, Inc. presents Social Security By Andrew Berman, directed by Kristi Scott; produced by Jonathan Lehman; scenery by Caro Walker; costumes by Marsha Kelly; lighting by Bonnie Prucha.

Rover Dramawerks announced today their 2011-12 season.

Sound Theatre Company presents PYGMALION, George Bernard Shaw's immortal comedy about class identity and transformation, for only ten performances this August at Seattle Center's Center House Theatre. Eliza Doolittle, Henry Higgins and all your favorite characters fill the play that inspired the celebrated hit musical, My Fair Lady. A late summer delight, don't miss this romantic battle of wits opening August 19th and running through August 28th. PYGMALION performs Thursday through Sunday at 7:30 and 2:00pm including two Pay What You Can performances and a $10 Preview. Tickets for all performances are available online through Brown Paper Tickets www.brownpapertickets.com. See www.soundtheatrecompany.org for more information.

59E59 Theaters (Elysabeth Kleinhans, Artistic Director; Peter Tear, Executive Producer) announced today Dublin's CIRQUE DE LÉGUME will play 1st Irish at 59E59 Theaters. Created by and featuring Jaimie Carswell and Nancy Trotter and directed by Pablo Ibarluzea, CIRQUE DE LÉGUME begins performances on Tuesday, September 6 for a limited engagement through Sunday, October 2. Press opening is Sunday, September 11 at 7:30 PM. The performance schedule is Tuesday - Thursday at 7:30 PM; Friday at 8:30 PM; Saturday at 2:30 PM and 8:30 PM; and Sunday at 3:30 PM and 7:30 PM. Performances are at 59E59 Theaters (59 East 59th Street, between Park and Madison Avenues). Tickets are $25 ($17.50 for 59E59 Members). To purchase tickets, call Ticket Central at (212) 279-4200 or go to www.59e59.org.