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One of this decade's most acclaimed plays makes its Berkshire-area debut when Barrington Stage Company presents Doug Wright's 'I Am My Own Wife', May 21 through June 8.

Jeremy Lawrence returns to the 'role' of the older Tennessee Williams in the play 'Everyone Expects Me to Write Another Street: An Evening With Tennessee Williams.'

The 59th season of the Gateway Playhouse opens with the multiple Tony Award winner, 'The Will Rogers Follies, a life in revue'

To the delight of his millions of fans, legendary singer, songwriter and performer Neil Diamond will return to concert stages this summer for a 37-city North America tour, promoted nationally by AEG Live.

Former New York Times Theatre Critic, and current OpEd Columnist Frank Rich has signed on as a creative consultant to HBO, it was announced today by Richard Plepler, co-president, and Michael Lombardo, president programming group and west coast operations.

'The Gershwins' An American in Paris' opened at Houston's Alley Theatre on May 18.

Atlantic Theater Company is proud to announce the world premiere production of Annie Baker's play 'Body Awarness', directed by Karen Kohlhaas and featuring Jonathan Clem, Peter Friedman, Mary McCann and JoBeth Williams.

Mythical gods step from the pages of Ovid in South Coast Repertory's Teen Players production of Metamorphoses by Mary Zimmerman. Based on David R. Slavitt's translation of The Metamorphoses of Ovid and directed by Hisa Takakuwa, the production runs in SCR's Nicholas Studio May 24 - 25 and May 30 - June 1...

'Forbidden Broadway Dances With The Stars' to begin June 28th.

'A Dream of Arabia' makes its highly anticipated United States premiere June 12-15, 2008 at Lund Auditorium…

NEO 4, the fourth in a series of annual benefit concerts celebrating emerging musical theatre writers took place on Monday May 19th, 2008 at the Theatre at Saint Peter's, 619 Lexington Avenue (on 54th Street, between Lexington and Third Avenues).

FEINSTEIN'S AT LOEWS REGENCY, the nightclub proclaimed 'Best of New York' by New York Magazine and 'an invaluable New York institution' by The New York Post, will continue the Spring 2008 season with the debut of Tony Award nominee EMILY SKINNER for two nights only, June 1 and 8.

All New Production of the Beloved Classic Fiddler on the Roof is set for the Ogunquit Playhouse Stage, Starring Sally Struthers and Eddie Mekka

Andrew Lloyd Webber is to be presented with the Woodrow Wilson Award for Public Service for his many years of distinguished service to the arts through music.

Pittsburgh CLO's live broadcast of the Gene Kelly Awards for Excellence in Musical Theater scheduled for Saturday, May 24, 2008, on the Lightboard at Theater Square, downtown has been cancelled due to unforeseen technical difficulties.

Nicholas Martin brings his new revival of the Joe Masteroff/Sheldon Harnick/Jerry Bock musical She Loves Me to the Williamstown Theatre Festival.

Pat Bowie, recipient of the 2007 United States Artist Fellowship Grant, made her Broadway debut in The Song of Jacob Zulu and has extensive British credits. Terry Hardcastle, nominated for seven and winner of three Carbonell Awards, will make his film debut later this year as Len in 'Lost Everything.' In addition to appearing in Doubt this summer, Terry is also featured in Caldwell's upcoming political comedy, Lying in State, from September 1 - September 21.

New Professional Theatre's limited Off-Broadway engagement of Lisa B. Thompson's SINGLE BLACK FEMALE -- a comedy about single black women and their search for love, dignity and clothes -- directed by Colman Domingo (currently on Broadway in the Tony-nominated musical PASSING STRANGE ) and costarring Soara-Joy Ross (seen at Carnegie Hall in JERRY SPRINGER: THE OPERA) and Riddick Marie, at The Duke on 42nd Street (229 West 42nd Street) in Manhattan.

On Tuesday, May 20th the cast and creative team of the upcoming revival of 'The Marriage of Bette and Boo' had a press meet and greet at their rehearsal hall.

Manhattan Theatre Source will be presenting All the Rage, written by Keith Reddin and directed by Daryl Boling. It will run from July 30th to August 3rd 2008 Wednesday through Saturday at 8PM.