Rachel Schwartz

Andrea McArdle, Broadway's original Annie, now stars as Annie's arch nemesis Miss Hannigan in the new production of 'Annie' at the North Carolina Theatre in Raleigh. The production runs through August 1st. To bring this beloved villain to life, McArdle undergoes a transformation every night...with the help of some make-up and a blonde wig. Make-up and wig extraordinaire Patricia DelSardo lends her skilled hands to help ensure that everything is place before the first bars of 'Tomorrow' are heard in the overture.

Ogunquit Playhouse, America's foremost summer theatre, proudly presents Les Miserables.

Free tickets will be available for 'Aliens with Extraordinary Skills' via the web for the preview period (September 22 through September 29) downloaded from the Women's Project web site, www.WomensProject.org.

Bond Street Theatre of USA and Exile Theatre of Afghanistan bring their ground-breaking collaboration Beyond the Mirror to Brava! for Women in the Arts in San Francisco, October 1-12th, co-produced by Brava! for Women in the Arts.

Berkeley's acclaimed Aurora Theatre Company presents the first Aurora Script Club meeting of the season with Aristophanes' The Frogs.

In an exclusive four-week engagement at the Zipper Factory, 336 West 37th Street, the Nightlife, MAC and Bistro Award-winner Karen Kohler stars in Little Death, a provocative new musical performance exploring the erotic synergies between sex and death.

Samuel West will direct Harley Granville Barker's Waste at the Almeida Theatre.

King of Shadows, a new Off-Broadway play by Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa, centers around Nihar (Satya Bhabha), a 15-year-old homeless gay runaway who claims he's being pursued by demons.

Director Billy Porter and Grammy nominee Ledisi mark their debuts with Reprise Theatre Company in the 1990 musical Once on This Island, opening the 2008-2009 season, September 2 to 14 at UCLA's Freud Playhouse.

Monday night, August 25th, as Gay Men's Chorus of Los Angeles celebrated their 30th anniversary season with the stunning Joely Fisher as host/performer.

The New York Musical Theatre Festival, Sharon Carr and Richard Winkler present IDAHO! (www.IdahoMusical.com), a new American comedy musical with book, music and lyrics by Buddy Sheffield and music by Keith Thompson.

Berkeley Repertory Theatre kicks off its 2008/09 Season with the world premiere of a provocative new play set in Berkeley and written by a Berkeley native: renowned playwright Itamar Moses returns to his hometown with Yellowjackets, a script set just around the corner in the halls of his alma mater