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6th Street Playhouse presents the West Coast premiere of In the Mood. Conceived by Patrick Watkins/adapted by John Fitzgerald, In the Mood is directed by John Craven and will take place June 5 to June 28, 2009. Performances are at 8pm on Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays. There will be 2pm matinees on Saturdays and Sundays. Tickets are $14 to $26. For more information, call 707-523-4185 or visit www.6thstreetplayhouse.com.

The Old Globe is pleased to announce the addition of James Sutorius (Who?s Afraid of Virginia Woolf, Lincolnesque) to cast of The Price by Arthur Miller, directed by Richard Seer (All My Sons), to run in the Globe?s Arena Stage at the San Diego Museum of Art?s James S. Copley Auditorium. May 9 ? June 14. James will be replacing John Prosky in the role of ?Walter Franz.? Mr. Prosky will be leaving the cast due to personal reasons.

Pasadena Playhouse (Sheldon Epps, Artistic Director, Ken Novice, Interim Managing Director, Tom Ware, Producing Director) today announced full casting for the upcoming production of Lillian Hellman?s The Little Foxes, which began rehearsals this week. Dámaso Rodriguez (Pasadena Playhouse Associate Artistic Director), who directed Pasadena Playhouse?s critically-acclaimed production of Orson?s Shadow, directs a cast of ten led by Kelly McGillis as Regina Giddens (Top Gun and Broadway?s Hedda Gabler) and Julia Duffy as Birdie Hubbard (CBS?s ?Newhart?). Preview performances begin May 22 at Pasadena Playhouse (39 South El Molino Avenue, Pasadena).

New York Philharmonic Program Annotator and Leonard Bernstein Scholar-in-Residence James M. Keller will curate and host ?Music in Time of War,? a multimedia Insight Series event, Tuesday, June 2, 2009, at 6:30 p.m., in the Stanley H. Kaplan Penthouse, Rose Building, 65th Street and Amsterdam Avenue. The lecture will include musical examples that trace the relationship between composers and war over the centuries, and archival footage of Leonard Bernstein and the New York Philharmonic?s 1959 tour to the Soviet Union.

Center Theatre Group and producers Thomas Schumacher of Disney Theatrical Productions and Cameron Mackintosh announced today that tickets for the eagerly anticipated production of Mary Poppins will go on sale to the public on Sunday, May 10 at 11am. Mary Poppins begins performances at the CTG/Ahmanson Theatre on November 13, 2009, for a limited engagement. Opening is set for Sunday, November 15 at 6:30 p.m.

The Color Purple will return to Houston and play a limited one week engagement at the Hobby Center for Performing Arts, August 18 - 23, 2009. The return engagement was booked in response to the challenges brought on by Hurricane Ike, which caused the cancellation of a full week of sold out performances.

The Acting Company Spring Season 2009 presents The Spy, which will be taking place May 1 at 8 pm, and May 2 at 2 pm and 8 pm. The Spy will be taking place in the Nagelberg Theatre. Tickets cost $29.95.

Seattle Opera announced today it is searching for someone to host a reality-style video project titled Confessions of a First-Time Operagoer. The company is looking for an opera novice who has never seen a production of Wagner's Ring to spend some time with Seattle Opera-taking a behind-the-scenes peek into the creation of the Ring, meeting and mingling with long-time Ring lovers and artists, and attending Seattle Opera's renowned production of the Ring-to create a reality-show style 10-minute documentary at the end of the summer chronicling the host's experience.

Gerard McBurney will explore Sibelius?s Symphony No. 5 in a multimedia Inside the Music presentation, followed by a New York Philharmonic performance of the complete symphony, conducted by Esa-Pekka Salonen, Friday, May 15, 2009, at 8:00 p.m., on the Avery Fisher Hall stage.

Parallax's Love Quiz is set to take place Saturday May 9th at 8PM in the Laurie Beechman Cabaret, located in the ArtsBank Theater on the corner of Broad & South Streets in Philadelphia.

Yorktown Stage announces auditions for their production of Footloose. Announces will be held by director Greg Baccarini. They are by appointment only. Call 914-962-0606 or email YorktownStage@aol.com for an appointment.

Rick Culbertson, in association with Lynn Marks and Paradox Entertainment, today announced that Divorce! The Musical will have an open-ended run at the Hudson Mainstage Theatre (6539 Santa Monica Blvd.). The world premiere production, now in its fourth smash month, features music, lyrics and book by 2008 Frederick Loewe Award-winner Erin Kamler (Runway 69 at New Dramatists). Multi award-winning director Rick Sparks (They Shoot Horses, Don?t They?) directs and musical stage this comedy about one couple?s hellish journey to un-tie the knot. Divorce! The Musical also features musical direction and arrangements by Ovation Award-winner David O (Ubu Roi and Jason Robert Brown?s 13).

New York Theatre Workshop (NYTW) Artistic Director James C. Nicola and Managing Director William Russo have announced that Things of Dry Hours, written by Naomi Wallace and directed by Ruben Santiago-Hudson, will begin performances Friday, May 22, at NYTW, 79 East 4th Street, between Second Avenue and Bowery. Opening night is scheduled for Monday, June 8 at 7:00pm. The production will run through Sunday, June 28.

Goodman Theatre is proud to participate in Science Chicago, a year-long program that is aimed at engaging the Chicago-land region in science and raising awareness of the importance of science education. Through three free readings from Tom Stoppard, Richard Rhodes, and Caryl Churchill, the Goodman and Science Chicago tap into the ?chemistry? between art and science, and explore the scientific themes that are resurrected through these modern plays. Readings take place on three consecutive Mondays, June 8, 15 and 22, beginning at 6pm. A post-play discussion, led by a member of the Goodman?s Artistic staff and noted experts in the fields of physics and bioengineering, follows each reading. Events are free but reservations are recommended by calling the Goodman box office at 312.443.3800.

Ordway adds a new show to its strong 2009-2010 season with ?Sister?s Christmas Catechism: The Mystery of the Magi?s Gold,? which will run November 24 ? December 27, 2009 on the McKnight Theatre stage and feature Kim Richards as Sister.

Teaming up to sing their chart topping hits, Jay Black, former lead singer of Jay and The Americans, and 60s teen idol Lou Christie come to The Bergen Performing Arts Center on Friday, May 8th.

New York Philharmonic Principal Clarinet Stanley Drucker, who will retire from the Orchestra at the end of the 2008?09 season concluding a 60-year tenure, will give his final concerto appearances in performances of Copland?s Clarinet Concerto, conducted by Lorin Maazel, Tuesday, June 4, at 7:30 p.m., Saturday, June 6, at 8:00 p.m., and Tuesday, June 9, 2009, at 7:30 p.m. Mr. Drucker, who joined the New York Philharmonic at age 19 in 1948, and whose tenure encompasses one-third of the history of the 167-year-old orchestra, will have performed as soloist with the Orchestra some 200 times (both at home and abroad), and will have played in more than 10,200 concerts under nine New York Philharmonic conductors at the conclusion of his tenure.

Ensemble Studio Theatre (William Carden, Artistic Director, Paul Alexander Slee, Executive Director) will present Marathon 2009, E.S.T.?s 31st annual festival of new one-act plays, at E.S.T. (549 West 52nd Street). Performances begin Friday, May 22nd, and continue through Saturday, June 27th.

Two exciting new musicals about The Big Apple will play together tonight, as The University of Oklahoma Weitzenhoffer School of Musical Theatre presents a double bill of Fred Ebb Award Winner Adam Gwon?s Ordinary Days and Robert Rokicki/Michael Ruby?s American Harmony Prize Winning Love, NY. OU?s Paul Christman directs Ordinary Days; Shawn Churchman directs Love, NY.

Taproot Theatre Company celebrated 33 years of bringing theatre to the Seattle region and beyond with its annual gala at The Triple Door on April 18. Taproot Theatre brought in a net of approximately $84,000 in gifts and pledges at Light Up the Night. Although the gala?s income was slightly below 2008?s, the total number of donors and the number of gifts from new donors set a record. The event was completely underwritten, with no out-of-pocket expenses to Taproot Theatre, all the seats were full and Taproot now has over 30 new donors.