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Ergo Theatre Company presents 'THINK BIG the music and lyrics of Bobby Cronin' on Monday, November 3rd, 2008 at 9:30pm at the Laurie Beechman Theatre at West Bank Cafe, 407 West 42nd Street, west of 9th Avenue in New York City.

Village Theatre will hold its Eighth Annual Youth Education Luncheon, Thursday, October 23, 2008 at the Meydenbauer Center in Bellevue, WA. The luncheon will support Village Theatre's youth education scholarships and free arts education programs. The program features emcee, Dave Ross of 'The Dave Ross Show' on NewsTalk 97.3 KIRO as Master of Ceremonies.

Florida Studio Theatre opens its Cabaret Winter Season with Steppin' Out, October 21st, featuring a jazz and modern day influence on Berlin favorites such as 'Puttin' On The Ritz,' 'Anything You Can do,' 'Cheek to Cheek' and 'Always.'

Roust Theatre Company presents William Shakespeare's MACBETH -- a bloody, unrelenting drama which looks so deeply at the tortured human psyche that it will be an intense and visceral R-rated 90-minute ride from start to finish, containing violence, nudity, and strong sexual content -- with previews set to begin November 13, prior to its official press opening November 17 at Theater 3 (311 West 43rd Street) in Manhattan. James Phillip Gates directs.

The Emelin Theatre has added two November concerts to its season with Simone-the accomplished jazz singer and daughter of Nina Simone- on November 7, and legendary girl group vocalist and Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Ronnie Spector on November 15. In addition to the line-up of concerts this fall, including country music chart-topper Bryan White (October 24) and Tony Award-winner and jazz singer Ann Hampton Callaway (October 25), the Emelin's 2008-2009 season will feature film, music, family programs and more.

Confessions of a Plate & Shoe - An Evening of Outrageous Short Comedies by Josh McIlvain opens November 12, 2008 and runs through November 16, 2008, at the Producers' Club Theater at Crowne Theater, 358 West 44th Street, New York.

25 to Life Productions, LLC will present 'FOR FLOW,' AN ALMOST-BECKETT HIP-HOP MUSICAL PLAY, a hip-hop Vladimir-and-Estragon play, at Theater for the New City, 155 First Avenue (at East Tenth Street), Manhattan, from November 6 to 23.

A new outdoor concert series will be presented at the Tudor City Greens in New York City on Wednesday, October 22nd starting at 12 noon. The hour-long program of music and comedy - themed 'Witchcraft' - will feature performers from Broadway and the New York City cabaret scene.

Red Bull Theater presents Thomas Middleton's rarely-performed masterpiece of Jacobean juiciness, WOMEN BEWARE WOMEN, a hilariously scathing social satire of sexual politics, with a spectacular tragicomic dénouement. Adapted and directed by Jesse Berger, WOMEN BEWARE WOMEN runs from December 9, 2008 through January 5, 2009.

Theatre Exile's 12th season starts with the Philadelphia premiere of DARK PLAY OR STORIES FOR BOYS by Carlos Murillo, directed by co-artistic director Deborah Block. The show runs from November 13th through December 7th at the Theatre at the Philadelphia Shakespeare Festival.

THE AMORALISTS have announce the world premiere production of AMERISSIAH, a new comedy about America and the thin line between faith and insanity, ambition and corruption written and directed by Derek Ahonen. AMERISSIAH will play a four-week limited engagement at The Gene Frankel Theatre, 24 Bond Street (Corner of Bond and Lafayette), New York. Performances begin Thursday, November 13 and continue through Sunday, December 7.

Hudson River Repertory Company presents Sir Alan Ayckbourn's SEASON'S GREETINGS beginning November 20th at the McGinn/Cazale Theatre in New York and closing December 7, 2008. It is the first time in over twenty years that SEASON'S GREETINGS will be on a New York stage.

The full cast has been announced for a new production of the Tony Award-winning musical Oliver! at the White Plains Performing Arts Center, Westchester's professional regional theatre located in White Plains, NY. The show will play November 20 - December 14, 2008 as the opening production of the theatre's Bank of America Broadway Classics series.

Kicking off the Harold Clurman Festival of the Arts, the Stella Adler Studio hosts Art and Social Activism Spotlight on Africa, a panel discussion with Melissa Fitzgerald (actress, The West Wing, activist, Voices of Uganda), John Prendergast (author, Not On Our Watch: The Mission to End Genocide in Darfur and Beyond, chair of ENOUGH Project), Mira Sorvino (Academy award-winning actress, Mighty Aphrodite, ambassador Amnesty International), Winter Miller (playwright, In Darfur) and Jeffrey Wright (actor, W., Angels in America, spokesperson for All for Africa), on Friday, October 17 at 7pm at Cooper Union's Great Hall, 7 East 7th Street, New York, NY.

A hit in London and one of the most highly anticipated shows of the upcoming theatre season, Billy Elliot began preview performances on October 1, 2008. With music by Elton John, book and lyrics by Lee Hall and directed by Stephen Daldry, Billy Elliot the Musical opens at Broadway's Imperial Theatre (240 W 45th St) Thursday, November 13th.

O Solo Mio Productions announced today the premiere of SOUVENIRS: 4 SOLO SHOWS ABOUT THE THINGS YOU CAN'T FORGET, a collection of hilarious and touching monologues written and performed by Karen Fitzgerald, Robin Amos Kahn, Shawn Kathryn Kane and John Mahoney (and featuring singer/songwriter Garry Novikoff).

The Public Theater (Artistic Director Oskar Eustis; Executive Director Andrew D. Hamingson) will present the New York premiere of TAKING OVER, the first new solo play by OBIE Award winner Danny Hoch in 10 years. Prior to its run at The Public in November, the Hip-Hop Theater Festival and The Public will join forces to present free performances of TAKING OVER in neighborhoods most affected by the play's explosive topic of gentrification: the South Bronx, Long Island City, and Williamsburg.

Fuerza Bruta ('Brute Force'), the new sensation from the creators of the international hit De La Guarda, soars as it celebrates its one-year anniversary on Friday, October 24. Fuerza Bruta pushes the boundaries of theatre in an open- ended run at the Daryl Roth Theatre, previews began October 11, 2007.

The Havok Theatre Company in association with the Bootleg Theatre have announced that the Los Angeles Intimate Theatre premiere of KISS OF THE SPIDER WOMAN has been extended through Sunday, November 9. KISS OF THE SPIDER WOMAN performs at the Bootleg Theatre in Los Angeles.

Actors, musicians and television personalities arrived on the red carpet for the Condé Nast Traveler Reader's Choice Awards on Wednesday, October 15. The luxury travel magazine, which is published by Condé Nast Publications, hosted the event which honored 'The Best of the Best' in the world of travel. Held at the New York Public Library at 42nd Street and Fifth Avenue in New York City, the celebration was hosted by actress Jane Krakowski ('Ally McBeal,' '30 Rock').