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'Spit It Out!,' written and performed by Valerie Smaldone and Amy Coleman, will be presented at Etcetera Etcetera Restaurant. The show will be performed September 19 and 26, and October 3 and 17, at 7:00 PM and 9:30 PM each night. Call (212) 399 - 4141 for reservations.

The Magic Meathands Community Comedy Ensemble will return to Hermosa Beach presenting an evening of one act plays called 'All in the Timing,' by David Ives, and their signature improvisation games. The performance evenings are September 26th and 27th at 8 PM, at The Hermosa Beach Playhouse. Tickets are $12.

Four Glenwood Avenue Arts District theatres - Bohemian Theatre Ensemble, Lifeline Theatre, Side Project Theatre Company, and Theo Ubique - are combining to offer a flexible subscription pass to see productions in Chicago's Rogers Park neighborhood throughout this season, running from September 15, 2008, to July 1, 2009.

After a sell-out show at Lucky Chengs, MargOH! Channing is back with a brand new show, 'Mamma MargOH!'s All Soul Burlesque Revue' October 16 at Don Hills ( 511 Greenwich St. @ Spring St) 9PM.

Before heading to Broadway, the incomparable Mark Nadler will bring his one-man comedy-in-music adventure, 'Russian on the Side,' to the Marines Memorial Theatre (609 Sutter Street, 2nd floor) for a limited engagement beginning October 16, 2008. Tickets are on sale now at the Marines Memorial Theatre box office, by phone at 415-771-6900 and online at Ticketmaster.com.

Off-Broadway's theatre company the stageFARM (Carrie Shaltz, Founder / Executive Director and Alex Kilgore, Artistic Director) will hold their 3rd annual $HAKEDOWN benefit at The Bell House (149 7th Street in Brooklyn). The evening will headline with bands Kidz in the Hall and Blitz the Ambassador.

'Old Wicked Songs,' by Jon Maranas, directed by Peter Rothstein, will be opening September 13 at the Guthrie Theater.

Yale Repertory Theater (James Bundy, Artistic Director; Victoria Nolan, Managing Director) will present a reading of the 2008 winner of the Yale Drama Series, 'Grenadine' by Neil Wechsler, directed by Yale Rep Resident Director Evan Yionoulis, on Monday, September 15 at 7:30PM at the New Theater, located at 1156 Chapel Street, New Haven, Connecticut. The cast features Brennan Brown, MacIntyre Dixon, Adam LeFevre, David Matranga, Anne O'Sullivan, Michael Rudko, William Youmans, and Marnye Young.

Performance Space 122 has announced some adjustments and additions to their fall lineup

New York City Center will offer four FREE dance lessons to the public before performances of its Fall for Dance Festival, including lessons in Tap, Ballet for Kids, Hula and Hip Hop, all taking place in the Festival Lounge, City Center, 55th Street between 6th & 7th Avenues.

Premiere Theatre & Performance, now in it's sixth season, presents the American premiere of Botho Strauss' 1988 dark comedy 'Seven Doors (Sieben Türen),' translated by the late Peter K. Jansen (University of Chicago professor emeritus), sponsored by the Goethe-Institut Chicago.

New York Musical Theatre Festival (Isaac Robert Hurwitz, Executive Producer) has commissioned a new dance piece, 'Wild About Harry,' to be presented in their fifth season at Manhattan Movement & Arts Center 248 West 60th Street (between Amsterdam & 11th Avenues) September 19th, 20th, 21st, and 28th.

Manhattan Theatre Club (Lynne Meadow, Artistic Director; Barry Grove, Executive Producer) is pleased to announce full casting for their upcoming world premiere production of Nick Whitby's 'To Be or Not To Be.' The play, based on the 1942 motion picture of the same name will be directed by three-time Tony Award nominee Casey Nicholaw ('The Drowsy Chaperone,' 'Monty Python's Spamalot').

'Aliens with Extraordinary Skills,' written by Saviana Stanescu and directed by Tea Alagic, will open September 30 at 7:00pm (with a preview on September 22). Press Previews begin Saturday, September 27, at 8:00pm at the Women's Project Theater, 424 West 55th Street.

Irwin Shaw's timeless classic Bury the Dead will extend its run by two weeks at The Actors' Gang--it is now playing through September 27.

When a renegade Earth girl falls for a fugitive alien lead singer, their love - and their music - are all that stand between an evil pop diva and the destruction of the universe. Get ready for the Intergalactic Premiere of the hilarious, touching rock musical 'Earth Sucks,' with book, music and lyrics by Jonas Oppenheim. The 'stellar' cast features Emily Stern, Nakia Syvonne, Lucas Revolution, Christopher Fairbanks, Alicyn Packard, Jennifer Fenten and Scott Palmason.

The Carlyle Hotel (James McBride, Managing Director) welcomes the return of John Pizzarelli & Jessica Molaskey, the gifted husband-and-wife team, as they open the fall entertainment season in the legendary Café Carlyle. Beginning Tuesday, September 9th and playing through Saturday, November 1st, Mr. & Mrs. Pizzarelli, who made their debut engagement in May 2007, will once again grace the stage to present an entertaining evening of romantic ballads and swinging jazz tunes, including songs from each of their latest recordings: 'With A Song in My Heart' (Telarc, 2008), Mr. Pizzarelli's tribute to composer Richard Rodgers, and 'A Kiss to Build a Dream On' (Arbors Records, 2008), a sophisticated collection of 15 of Ms. Molaskey's favorite tunes. Mr. Pizzarelli (guitar and vocals) will lead a quartet consisting of younger brother Martin Pizzarelli (bass), Larry Fuller (piano) and Tony Tedesco (drums).

After rave reviews, A Class Act NY is offering more courses at the Sid Jacobson JCC in Roslyn, Long Island and expanding to the Friedberg JCC in Oceanside.

Rupert Goold directs Michael Gambon, David Bradley, David Walliams and Nick Dunning in Harold Pinter's 'No Man's Land,' opening at the Duke of York's Theatre on 27 September 2008. Call 0870 060 6623 for ticketing information, or check out our website at www.nml-westend.com