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Roundabout Theatre Company's Twelve Angry Men 'Law & Audience' series continues tomorrow with the following special guest panelists: Tyco trial juror Gregory Sutton, Martha Stewart trial jurors Matt (Amos) Mellinger & Meg Crane, Joshua L. Dratel & Karl Keys from the NYC Bar Association's Committee on Capital Punishment and cast members Robert Foxworth, John Pankow & Michael Mastro.

Outer Critics Circle, the organization of writers covering New York theatre for out-of-town newspapers, national publications and other media beyond Broadway, has named photo journalist Aubrey Reuben as its new Acting President.

Due to illness, previously-announced LIZ McCARTNEY will not be able to appear in The Duplex Cabaret Theatre's popular Broadway Downtown series. McCartney, who was to have appeared on Monday, February 28th at 7pm, will be replaced by DARIUS DeHAAS, who will debut a brand new cabaret show.

Listen to Ossie himself talk about the first Broadway show he ever saw, his early New York training, his memories of opening night of his play PURLIE VICTORIOUS and more...

The Next Meeting of the American Theatre Wing's Theatre Intern Group will be Wednesday, February 23rd.

Producers Laura Wagner, Jonathan Lisecki and Kirsten Ames are proud to present the return of pop culture satirist Marc Spitz's new play The Name of This Play is Talking Heads directed by Andy Goldberg at Under St. Marks (located at 94 St. Marks Place btwn 1st and Ave. A). Performances begin March 3rd and end March 26th, running Thursdays - Saturdays at 8 PM, Saturdays at 10 PM. Tickets are $15 and can be purchased by calling Smarttix at 212.868.4444 or by going to www.smarttix.com.

Roundabout Theatre Company's Artistic Director, Todd Haimes is thrilled to announce that due to popular demand, there will be a five-week extension of the Broadway premiere production of Reginald Rose's drama Twelve Angry Men directed by Scott Ellis at the American Airlines Theatre (227 West 42nd Street) now through Sunday, May 8th, 2005. The original limited engagement was scheduled through December 19, 2004, and has been extended six times.

On February 17th at 7:00 pm, Michele Helberg and Jamie McGonnigal will present a special one-night-only concert to benefit The Matthew Shepard Foundation. The concert will take place at the Westside Theatre at 407 West 43rd Street, the current home of the long-running off-Broadway hit, I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change.

While in Atlanta to perform her cabaret act as a fundraiser for an AIDS service organization, Tony Award-winning actress Christine Ebersole sat for an interview with A&U Magazine, sharing her views on and work against the AIDS pandemic.

Red State residents, be warned. You may want to stop reading now.

Personal Space Theatrics caps off Season 3: Love for Sale with the first New York revival of David Ives’ Don Juan in Chicago. From the writer of the smash hit All in the Timing, who the New York Times Magazine once named one of the '100 Smartest New Yorkers', comes a sex farce for the ages.

Jule Styne composed Broadway's greatest overture, for 'Gypsy,' and if anyone might be able to do it justice with only one instrument, it would be Mark Nadler, who wrings magic out of piano keys better than any other cabaret artist around. Nadler plays just the top of the overture before segueing into Gypsy's 'All I Need Is the Girl' to open the Styne tribute at the Oak Room. And that song provides a perfect lyric-'If she'll just appear...'-for the entrance of Nadler's costar, KT Sullivan.

The eighth annual BROADWAY BEARS auction to benefit Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS will be featured on NBC's 'Weekend Today' this Sunday, February 13th between 7:30AM & 8:00 AM. (WNBC; NY: Ch 4; check local listings outside of NY).

The Belasco Theatre Box Office (111 West 44th Street, NYC) opens at 10:00AM on Monday, February 14th for Broadway's all-new production of William Shakespeare's JULIUS CAESAR.

Beginning February 13th, tickets go on sale to the general public for the upcoming San Francisco engagement of LENNON, the world premiere musical based on the life and songs of John Lennon.

MONTY PYTHON'S SPAMALOT, a new musical lovingly ripped-off from the internationally famous comedy team's most popular motion picture, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, begins previews at Broadway's Shubert Theatre (225 West 44th St.) on February 14, 2005 and opens on March 17, 2005.

In Tribute to Playwright Arthur Miller, Theater Talk will re-air its 2004 conversation with Miller biographer Martin Gottfried.

DEMOCRACY, the critically acclaimed play by Michael Frayn, will celebrate its 100th performance on Broadway with the evening performance on Saturday, February 12. The production, directed by Michael Blakemore, is playing at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre (256 West 47th Street).

Due to overwhelming success, the Abingdon Theatre Company's production of TEXAS HOMOS by Jan Buttram, award-winning playwright of The Parker Family Circus, will extend its run at the June Havoc Theatre, Abingdon Theatre Arts Complex (312 W. 36th Street, First Floor) until March 13th.

STEEL MAGNOLIAS begins rehearsals Monday, February 14. Starring Delta Burke as Truvy, Christine Ebersole as M'Lynn, Rebecca Gayheart as Shelby, Marsha Mason as Ouiser, Lily Rabe as Annelle and Frances Sternhagen as Clairee, the play by Robert Harling, will open Monday, April 4, 2005 at the Lyceum Theatre

PARADISE by Glyn O'Malley set during the height of the current Mid-East Conflict will open in New York at the Kirk Theatre (410 west 42nd St.) on Saturday, March 12, 2005.

The Manhattan Theatre Club production of DOUBT, the critically acclaimed new play by John Patrick Shanley, will open on Broadway on Thursday, March 31st at the Walter Kerr Theatre (219 West 48th Street, between Broadway and Eighth Avenue). The production, directed by Doug Hughes, will begin previews on Wednesday, March 9th.

The legendary playwright whose works include Death of a Salesman, After the Fall, the Crucible, A View From the Bridge and others passed away at age 89.

Rehearsals begin on Monday, February 14th for the upcoming Broadway production of LENNON, the world premiere musical based on the life and songs of John Lennon.