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Arena Stage recently received news that an actor cast in a leading role of the upcoming production of Sweet Bird of Youth is no longer available. At the same time, Arena was presented with the opportunity to produce a pre-Broadway comedy about an American icon starring a four-time Emmy Award-winning actress. With the major artist no longer available to perform in Sweet Bird of Youth, the theater has decided to seize the limited-time opportunity to share Looped?starring Valerie Harper (Rhoda in The Mary Tyler Moore Show) as Tallulah Bankhead?with its audiences prior to the show's Broadway engagement.

Tony Award? nominee David Pittu's critically acclaimed world premiere comedy What's That Smell: The Music of Jacob Sterling will play its final performance Sunday evening, December 28th, 2008 at 8:00 p.m. at New World Stages (340 West 50th Street). Performances of the Off-Broadway transfer engagement began November 1, 2008.

Guthrie Director Joe Dowling and The Acting Company's Producing Artistic Director Margot Harley today announced casting for the co-production and national tour of William Shakespeare's Henry V, directed by Davis McCallum.

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The beautiful and bewitching Brandi Burkhardt will appear as the first special guest artist (in a series of several) at James Barbour's Holiday Concert on opening night, Saturday, December 20, at Sardi's (234 West 44th Street ? between Broadway & Eighth Avenue).

Broadway In Chicago is thrilled to report that the Chicago company of Jersey Boys has raised $41,524 to benefit Chicago Public Schools through the VH1 Save The Music Foundation.

Three-time Tony Award Winner Glenn Close, Tony Award winner Whoopie Goldberg, Tony nominee Kathy Bates, Galt Macdermot, Oskar Eustis, and cast members from Hair are among the TimesTalk participants scheduled to appear at the New York Times Ninth Annual Arts & Leisure Weekend, January 8 - 11 at the Times Center.

Before you invest time and money in purchasing those tickets to a Broadway show, check with the third edition of Seats: New York (180 Seating Plans to New York Metro Area Theatres, Concert Halls, and Sports Stadiums). Author Jode Susan Millman has compiled 180 eye-popping seating plans, parking and transportation information, theatre district maps, and insider tips for discount and free seats into one pocket-sized volume.

The Hayworth Theatre, in association with Roz Bernstein Productions, has announced that it is extending the run of 'Lovelace: A Rock Opera' until Feb. 1st, 2009. The show, which opened October 18th, 2008, continues to play to sold out audiences and critical acclaim.

The Brick Theater, Inc. and Piper McKenzie present The Granduncle Quadrilogy: Tales from the Land of Ice. A matinee was added on Saturday, December 13 at 3pm. This is the second of three exclusive podcasts available for download at pipermckenzie.com.

The Brick Theater and Third Lows Productions continue Season Two of their innovative theater series Penny Dreadful on Saturday, December 13 at 11:00 PM and Sunday, December 14 at 2:00 PM with the premiere of Penny Dreadful Episode 9: The Terrible Tale of the Black Dragon. Audiences can still join in on the story by either reading the detailed plot summaries or downloading videos of all the past episodes, available on the Third Lows Productions official website www.thirdlows.com/pennydreadful.

Dates have been announced for the Boston engagement of JERSEY BOYS, the story of Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons, playing the Citi Performing Arts Center Shubert Theatre for six weeks only! The musical will make its Boston premiere on Thursday, July 23 and play through Sunday, August 30. Press night is scheduled for Wednesday, July 29 at 7 PM. Tickets go on sale in time for the holiday gift giving season on Sunday, December 7 at 10AM.

3LD Art & Technology Center presents 3LD 3-FER: 3-Legged Dog's Fire Island (short), Reid Farrington's The Passion Project and Troika Ranch's Loop Diver (an excerpt) Three-for-one afternoons and evenings of theater, video and performance.

In Regina Taylor's musical Crowns, Yolanda is a young woman who faces a change in her life and through it finds her true promise and identity. Arena Stage has decided to change the life of one lucky, local talent by opening auditions to the D.C. area for the role of Yolanda in the theater's upcoming production of Crowns. The Finding Yolanda Casting Search will be an all-day event on Saturday, January 3, 2009 from 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. at the Lincoln Theatre (1215 U Street, NW, Washington, DC 20009).

The Civilians (Steven Cosson, Artistic Director), the award-winning New York-based theater company, will premiere a work-in-progress performance of their newest project, Brooklyn at Eye Level December 4-7, 2008 at The Brooklyn Lyceum (227 4th Avenue). Performances on Thursday, Friday and Saturday begin at 8:00 p.m with 3:00 p.m. matinee performances on Saturday and Sunday. In addition, a number of special guests will act as host for each performance, introducing the show and participating in post-performance discussions with the artists. Special guests include Theo Moore of FUREE on Thursday, Michele De la Uz of the Fifth Avenue Committee on Friday, Deb Howard of the Pratt Area Community Council on Saturday evening and Gilly Youner of the Park Slope Civic Council on Sunday afternoon.

The Really Useful Group, producer of The Sound of Music and Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, The Sound of Music and Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, is taking the lead in the West End and has announced this morning that it will be passing on the reduction in VAT, in full, to its customers from Monday on all ticket price ranges.

The John W. Engeman Theater at Northport is proud to announce its production of OLIVER! which arrives just in time for the holidays. This precocious and charming classic has enchanted and entertained audiences for years. Lionel Bart's show is based on Charles Dickens' touching tale of an orphan boy who runs away from the orphanage and learns to live life on the hard streets of a not so merry ole' England. With such unforgettable songs as Food, Glorious Food, You've Got To Pick-A-Pocket Or Two, and I'd Do Anything, this show will have you wanting more, sir!

Berkeley Repertory Theatre is ending the year the way it started: delighting audiences and impressing critics on both coasts with two hits here in Berkeley and another show taking New York by storm. Today ? even as Joe Turner's Come and Gone nears the end of its local run and Artistic Director Tony Taccone is Taking Over Manhattan with Danny Hoch ? the company announced an extension for its production of The Arabian Nights.

Starting in January 2009, Daryl Eisenberg (CSA), Casting Associate for the hit TV show Gossip Girl, and casting director for the Off-Broadway productions of Altar Boyz, My First Time, and The Awesome 80's Prom, will be offering a four-week intensive master class for actors focused on TV audition technique and episodic casting.

Beyonce and co-star Adrien Brody were among those at the New York the premiere for their new film 'Cadillac Records.'