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It was just confirmed that George Furth, best known the book writer of Company, has passed away. He was 75 years old.

The Walnut Street Theatre opens its landmark 200th anniversary season with STATE FAIR.

Splash Bar presents Scott Nevins' Curtain Call with 'XL STAR' winner Emily McNamara!

When a wood nymph marries a stolid banker, she becomes sex-starved and ends up becoming a pimp as she learns about sexual commerce in Stanton Wood's new Fairy Tale Satire 'Big Thick Rod', presented by Rabbit Hole Ensemble as part of the 2008 New York International Fringe Festival.

The award-winning Judith Shakespeare Company NYC returns to the New York stage with its first full production in nearly 4 years -- the world-premiere production of Paul Hagen's new play THE RAPE OF THE LOCK -- with previews beginning September 11 prior to its official press opening on September 14 at The Duo Theatre (62 East 4th Street) in Manhattan. Jane Titus is set to direct.

The Public Theater (Artistic Director Oskar Eustis; Executive Director Mara Manus) announced today that it would extend HAIR: The American Tribal Love-Rock Musical an additional week at The Delacorte Theater in Central Park this summer.

Jack W. Batman, Executive Producer of the White Plains Performing Arts Center, announced that Robert Cuccioli will be returning to the theatre to play King Arthur in this season's opening production, Camelot. This is a brand new production of the Tony Award-winning musical that will play a limited engagement from September 26 - October 5, 2008.

The Public Theater (Artistic Director Oskar Eustis; Executive Director Mara Manus) announced today that it would extend HAIR: The American Tribal Love-Rock Musical an additional week at The Delacorte Theater in Central Park this summer.

Anne Berlin (Book & Lyrics) and Andy Cohen's (Music) 'Charlie Chang and the Mysterious Salami' played to sold-out houses at The Bad Musicals Festival this past month, and was directed by Tony Spinosa.

Award-winning producers, MICHAEL & BARBARA ROSS, will present the 2008 Back Stage Bistro Award Winning GREG PURNHAGEN in BABALU-CY - the art of Desi Arnaz, Off-Broadway, at the Actors Temple Theatre, beginning August 23rd, with the opening set for Wednesday, September 17th.

Pangs Theater Ensemble announces that, from September 4, 2008 through September 14, 2008, the San Francisco Fringe Festival will host Pangs Theater Ensemble's performance of Sonderkommando, a modern multi-genre piece on the subject of genocide and mass suffering. Sonderkommando is written and directed by Wolfgang Thompson, Pangs Theater Ensemble's Artistic Director.

The Tony Award-winning Manhattan Theatre Club (Peter J. Solomon, Chairman of the Board; Lynne Meadow, Artistic Director; Barry Grove, Executive Producer) will dedicate its Broadway theatre the 'Samuel J. Friedman Theatre' on Thursday, September 4.

Kevin Bishop will star as 'Carter' and Nicholas Burns as 'Tom' alongside Joanna Page as 'Jeannie' and Ella Smith as 'Helen' in the transfer of Neil LaBute's hit comedy 'FAT PIG', which will open at the Comedy Theatre in London on Thursday 11 September. 'FAT PIG', currently starring Kris Marshall, Joanna Page, Ella Smith and Robert Webb, will finish its Trafalgar Studios season on Saturday 6 September. 'FAT PIG' opened in May this year to critical acclaim and has been playing to sell-out houses.

Her professional development workshops for artists have been offered nationally and internationally, most recently at the Broward Cultural Division's Artist as an Entrepreneur Institute, Artist Space in New York and Centro Leon Cultural Center in the Dominican Republic.

The Zipper Factory is proud to present Stars in the Margin: An Evening of Special Guests . . . brought to you by Martha Plimpton, Lucy Wainwright Roche and Dan Lipton on Monday, August 11 at 9:30 p.m.

Originally set in London on the eve of Gay Pride, Sol Theatre, with the blessing and help of playwright Matthew Todd, has adapted the play's language and setting to Fort Lauderdale, resulting in a play that is culturally relevant to its environment and its intended audience - gay men.

SPARE SOME CHANGE: NYC ARTISTS FOR BARACK OBAMA will be held on the campus of New York University on Monday, August 11th at 8 p.m. In keeping with the inclusionary spirit of Senator Obama's revolutionary campaign, artists from all walks of life will take part in the call for change - from subway musicians and soap opera stars to Broadway luminaries.

Blue Man Group, the wildly popular Off-Broadway sensation and international entertainment phenomenon, is looking for additional Blue Man performers with an open casting call in New York City on Monday, August 11.

Monday Nights New Voices: Chicago returns on August 11th to The Chicago Center for Performing Arts with an evening honoring Broadway composer, Andrew Lippa.