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Soon to be a feature film, see it first at Porchlight Music Theatre!

Porchlight Music Theatre's production of the sultry musical 'Nine' runs April 6 and runs through May 18.

Steppenwolf's 2008 Traffic Series Continues With Tatsu Aoki's Miyumi Project: 'East Meets the Rest' Friday, May 9, 2008

Steppenwolf Theatre Company Presents GALA 2008 • Saturday, May 3, 2008

Curt Columbus directs Noel Coward's metaphysical comedy, which runs through April 27th

Among the many real-life characters depicted are Peter H. Bergson (a Zionist emissary in the United States, born Hillel Kook,) prominent Reform Rabbi Stephen Wise, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Henry Morgenthau, Jr. (FDR's Secretary of the Treasury,) Breckenridge Long (FDR's obstructionist immigration overseer) and Hollywood screenwriter Ben Hecht.

REVIEW: Laurel Mill Playhouse concludes its reunion run of this modern farce this weekend.

Joe's Pub announced today that on Monday, APRIL 28 at 11:30pm Tony award winner Sutton Foster will be retuning to Joe's Pub. Get a sneak peak as she prepares to go into the studio to record her debut solo album Wish. Already a Broadway veteran, Sutton is currently staring as Inga in Young Frankenstein after recent roles in The Drowsy Chaperone, Little Women, and Thoroughly Modern Millie.

Suzanne Shaw, who has just won the ITV television series Dancing on Ice, will return to the West End stage to star as Roxie Hart in the smash hit West End musical Chicago at the Cambridge Theatre on Monday 2 June for six weeks only (finishing on 12 July). Her other television credits include The Bill, City Central and Holby City. A member of Hear'Say (the original winners of television's Popstars), Suzanne has had several hit singles.

Project Oriented Productions (POP) is proud to feature the works of playwrights Kellie Arens and Jonathan Albert in a night of two one-acts: Cornered and Transit, two plays fighting against a stagnant country with 88-hour work weeks and $8.00 cups of coffee.

On April 3rd, 2008 John Lithgow and other Broadway stars were honored at a dinner at La Boheme in Hollywood, CA hosted by The American Theatre Wing and The Broadway League. This was the first time and event took place honoring Tony award winners and nominees on the west coast.

The new season on Broadway will begin with fireworks the day after July 4th when the musical [title of show] begins previews at the Lyceum Theatre (149 W. 45 St) on Saturday, July 5th prior to its official opening night on July 17th. [title of show] -- a most original American musical about the making of an original musical -- will be produced on Broadway by Kevin McCollum, Jeffrey Seller, Laura Camien, Roy Miller, Kris Stewart and The Vineyard Theatre, where [title of show] had its Off-Broadway debut in 2006.

Premieres include works by Agatha Christie, Ray Bradbury, Rupert Holmes & Mary Higgins Clark

Laura Griffith received the ceremonial Gypsy Robe as the cast member of South Pacific with the most ensemble credits under her belt. Griffith was previously in The Sweet Smell of Success, Oklahoma! and The Light in the Piazza.

REVIEW: A highy polished, professional grade student production of the Stephen Schwartz classic, Pippin.

LAByrinth Theater Company (Artistic Director John Ortiz; Co-Artistic Director Philip Seymour Hoffman; Co-Artistic Director and Executive Director John Gould Rubin) and The Public Theater (Artistic Director Oskar Eustis; Executive Director Mara Manus) announced today that the world premiere of Stephen Adly Guirgis' THE LITTLE FLOWER OF EAST ORANGE will extend its run through Sunday, May 4. The production, directed by Philip Seymour Hoffman, will open on Sunday, April 6 and was originally scheduled to close on Sunday, April 20.

In their most ambitious projects to date, 3-Legged Dog will present the World Premiere of Charles Mee's FIRE ISLAND at the 3LD Art & Technology Center opening April 10.

Filming schedule forces 'Private Practice' star back to LA

Tony Award winner Mandy Patinkin returns to Broadway for one night only to benefit off-Broadway's Classic Stage Company on Monday, May 19.

Jenny O'Hara (King of Queens, Mystic River) has replaced Jean Smart in the West Coast premiere of Julie Marie Myatt's Boats on a River.

Westchester Broadway Theatre presents The Amazing Kreskin, the world's foremost mentalist for one night only on Tuesday, April 29th. The price is $73 per person, which includes dinner and the show!