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The Big Sky Theatre Company is proud to present a special post-show Talk-Back with Martin Denton of nytheatre.com, following the 8:00 pm performance of Tennessee Williams' Summer and Smoke at The Clurman Theatre at Theatre Row.

The Tony Award winning musical comedy, THE 25TH ANNUAL PUTNAM COUNTY SPELLING BEE - one of Broadway's most buzzed about hits - is in attendance at North Shore Music Theatre's (NSMT) intimate theater in the round from August 12 - 31, 2008

Look Back in Anger by John Osbourne, directed by Maria Chiorando will be presented by CandyKing Theatre on the 2nd -7th September 2008- Tues - Sat at 7.30pm and Sun at 4pm.

On Friday August 15th, 2008 the Public Theater will present Summer Shakeup at Shakespeare in the Park. The event is a special acting workshop for children in seventh grade and up. The event will start at 9:30AM and end at 12:30 PM and take place at the famous Delacorte Theater sponsored by Bank of America.

BroadwayWorld.com is giving one lucky Spring Awakening fan the opportunity to interview Hunter Parrish. At the end of the contest one lucky fan will get to interview Hunter live via telephone.

Bold new theater company Remain in Light is set to showcase their range by mounting two edgy new interpretations of familiar shows, designed to capture the audience's imagination.

Road-tested yet brand new, ETHEL's TruckStop™: The Beginning is a heart-stirring presentation of the power of music as a common language. Since its launch in 2007, ETHEL's TruckStop™ tour has quickly grown as a vehicle for ETHEL to create music that is uniquely idiosyncratic, through rich and unexpected collaborations with musicians from a vast array of genres, traditions and geographic regions in a series of community-driven residencies and locally hosted performances. Over 40,000 miles later, ETHEL has come away profoundly moved and changed by the human experience and continues to defy categories and pioneer uncharted musical landscapes.

The Journey - 'Theatrical Gospel Concert' comes to the city of London.

In their Thursday Night Comedy Café, THE MAGIC MEATHANDS COMMUNITY COMEDY ENSEMBLE brings its unique brand of improvisational comedy to The Spot Café & Lounge, 4455 Overland Avenue, Culver City, CA. 90230 every Thursday night at 8 PM.

Molly Pope debuted The Diva-lution of Molly Pope to rave reviews at Don't Tell Mama's last spring. Hailed for her powerful vocals and dynamic dramatic intensity, Molly's performances of such songs as Dietz & Schwartz' 'By Myself' Cole Porter's 'It's Alright With Me' and even The Cardigans' 'Love Fool' provoked widespread comparison to a young Barbra Streisand. Now, under the direction of Ben Rimalower (Leslie Kritzer is Patti LuPone at Les Mouches) and featuring a band led by Sonny Paladino (White Noise), the new version of The Diva-lution of Molly Pope premieres at Joe's Pub (425 Lafayette Street) on Sunday, August 31st at 7:00 PM

Career Transition For Dancers is pleased and proud to announce the establishment of a new office in Chicago generously donated by Hubbard Street Dance Center at 1147 W. Jackson Blvd, Chicago, IL. 60607, and the appointment of their Career Counselor Maryellen Langhout, LPC, NBCCC. Ms. Langhout's territory will be the Midwest including the states of Illinois, Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri, Wisconsin, Michigan, Indiana, Kansas, Nebraska, North and South Dakotas and Ohio.

Academy Award winner Marisa Tomei and other actors to be announced will read the classic play 'Golden Boy' written by Clifford Odets and directed by Joanne Woodward, on Monday, August 25, 7 p.m., at Westport Country Playhouse (Joanne Woodward and Anne Keefe, artistic directors, and Jodi Schoenbrun Carter, managing director).

Wednesday, August 13 at 10AM, Playwrights Horizons (Tim Sanford, Artistic Director; Leslie Marcus, Managing Director) will be accepting entries for its popular LIVEforFIVE online lottery for $5 tickets to its next production, the World Premiere of THREE CHANGES, a new play by Nicky Silver (Fit to Be Tied at Playwrights Horizons, The Food Chain, Pterodactyls, Raised in Captivity).

Andrea McArdle will make her Metropolitan Room debut in August with 'You Don't Know Me.'

The Williamstown Theatre Festival has announced the full casting for Home by David Storey. Joining the previously announced Richard Easton (Tony Award - Invention of Love, Noises Off) and Dana Ivey (Tony Nominations - The Rivals, Butley) are Philip Goodwin (Tartuffe), Roberta Maxwell (Othello, Merchant of Venice) and C.J. Wilson (Festen, Long Day's Journey into Night). Directed by Tony Award-winner Joseph Hardy (Child's Play), Home will play the Main Stage from August 13-24, 2008 and marks the final Main Stage production of WTF's 2008 season.

Southeastern Premiere NOVEMBER by David Mamet. Set in the Oval Office just days before a presidential election, this funny new play by Pulitzer Prize winner David Mamet, which just closed on Broadway, involves civil marriages, gambling casinos, lesbians, American Indians, presidential libraries, questionable pardons and campaign contributions.

Variety is reporting that actor Matt Cavenaugh has been offered the role of Tony in the upcoming revival of West Side Story.

Full casting has been confirmed for SHREK THE MUSICAL, which opens at the Broadway Theatre (1681 Broadway @ 53rd St) in New York City on Sunday, December 14, 2008. Preview performances begin on November 8, 2008.

Produced by David J. Foster and Ross Mollision, SLAVA'S SNOWSHOW is the creation of Russian-born Slava Poulin. Inspired by the most famous mime artists of all time, including Charlie Chaplin, Marcel Marceau and Engibaro, Slava has dedicated his life since the age of 17 to re-claiming and re-establishing the art and craft of the true clown. After founding his own theater company 'Litsedei' in 1979, Slava has taken clowning out of the circus and into the streets, and from there to the major theaters around the world. Since its debut in 1993, the show has traveled to over 25 countries, performing to more than 2.5 million patrons in 80 cities including London, Toronto, Paris, Rome, Lisbon, and Berlin

Clay Aiken will return to the scene of his triumphant Broadway debut in the Tony Award-winning Best Musical, Monty Python's SPAMALOT this Fall. Clay's debut on Broadway earlier this year was met with wild enthusiasm from both his legion of fans and the New York press. He will reprise the role of 'Sir Robin ' at the Shubert Theatre from September 19 2008 - January 4 2009.