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The Evening Standard Theatre Awards, established in 1955, are presented annually for outstanding achievements in London Theatre. Sponsored by the Evening Standard newspaper, this year's awards will be announced on November 20.

Voting in the 2011 BWW:UK Awards has been open for over a week now - and The Wizard of Oz and Much Ado About Nothing are leading the pack for the big prizes! Betty Blue Eyes is pushing the Palladium's spectacular hard in the musicals categories, though, and the National's much-acclaimed Frankenstein may yet overtake the Josie Rourke-directed Shakespeare revival.

WICKED, the smash hit musical that tells the untold story of the Witches of Oz, is pleased to announce that Gina Beck and Matt Willis will join the cast on Monday 12 December 2011 to star as Glinda and Fiyero respectively. Desmond Barrit is returning to the show to play The Wizard. They will be joined by Lillie Flynn (Nessarose), Christopher Howell (Doctor Dillamond) and Adam Pettigrew (Boq).

You know her as Cosette in Les Mis and Christine in Phantom, but how much do you really know about Gina Beck?

Artistic Director Dennis Za?ek and Executive Director Jan Kallish announce the Chicago Premiere of The Gospel According to James by Charles Smith, directed by Chuck Smith.

Renaissance Theaterworks (RTW) opens its 2010-11 mainstage season with REASONS TO BE PRETTY by Neil LaBute. RTW Co-Founder and Co-Artistic Director, Suzan Fete will direct this play featuring Lenny Banovez, Carrie Coon, Georgina McKee and Steve Wojtas.

Renaissance Theaterworks (RTW) opens its 2010-11 mainstage season with REASONS TO BE PRETTY by Neil LaBute. RTW Co-Founder and Co-Artistic Director, Suzan Fete will direct this play featuring Lenny Banovez, Carrie Coon, Georgina McKee and Steve Wojtas.

Ars Nova presents, as part of the Out Loud series, a FREE reading of: SOUTH OF SETTLING by Emily Schwend, directed by Davis McCallum. The cast includes Justin Adams, Craig Bockhorn, Kate Forbes, Mariann Mayberry and Jake O'Connor.

Ars Nova presents, as part of the Out Loud series, a FREE reading of: SOUTH OF SETTLING by Emily Schwend, directed by Davis McCallum. The cast includes Justin Adams, Craig Bockhorn, Kate Forbes, Mariann Mayberry and Jake O'Connor.

RENAISSANCE THEATERWORKS' PROVOCATIVE PRODUCTION OF ‘BLACKBIRD' EXAMINES THE QUESTION 'WHEN IS IT SEXUAL ASSAULT?' By David Harrower

SUNDAY, DECEMBER 6, 2009 7:00 PM at The Acorn Theatre- DRAMATIZING HISTORY: Rob Urbinati's Mama's Boy

SUNDAY, DECEMBER 6, 2009 7:00 PM at The Acorn Theatre- DRAMATIZING HISTORY: Rob Urbinati's Mama's Boy

RENAISSANCE THEATERWORKS' PROVOCATIVE PRODUCTION OF ‘BLACKBIRD' EXAMINES THE QUESTION 'WHEN IS IT SEXUAL ASSAULT?' By David Harrower

Lincoln Center Theater (under the direction of Andre Bishop, Artistic Director, and Bernard Gersten, Executive Producer) has announced that Laura Benanti, Quincy Tyler Bernstine, Michael Cerveris, Maria Dizzia, Thomas Jay Ryan, Wendy Rich Stetson, and Chandler Williams will be featured in its upcoming production of IN THE NEXT ROOM or the vibrator play, a new play by Sarah Ruhl, to be directed by Les Waters.

Lincoln Center Theater (under the direction of Andre Bishop, Artistic Director, and Bernard Gersten, Executive Producer) has announced that Laura Benanti, Quincy Tyler Bernstine, Michael Cerveris, Maria Dizzia, Thomas Jay Ryan, Wendy Rich Stetson, and Chandler Williams will be featured in its upcoming production of IN THE NEXT ROOM or the vibrator play, a new play by Sarah Ruhl, to be directed by Les Waters.

The Tony Award®-winning Old Globe presents the world premiere of Back Back Back, by Globe Playwright-in-Residence Itamar Moses (The Four of Us, Bach at Leipzig), directed by Davis McCallum, to run in the Globe's arena stage at the San Diego Museum of Art's James S. Copley Auditorium September 19 - October 26 (press opening: Thursday, September 25 at 8pm). Tickets are available by calling (619) 23-GLOBE, online at www.TheOldGlobe.org, or by visiting the Globe Box Office at 1363 Old Globe Way in Balboa Park.

The Tony Award®-winning Old Globe presents the world premiere of Back Back Back, by Globe Playwright-in-Residence Itamar Moses (The Four of Us, Bach at Leipzig), directed by Davis McCallum, to run in the Globe's arena stage at the San Diego Museum of Art's James S. Copley Auditorium September 19 - October 26 (press opening: Thursday, September 25 at 8pm). Tickets are available by calling (619) 23-GLOBE, online at www.TheOldGlobe.org, or by visiting the Globe Box Office at 1363 Old Globe Way in Balboa Park.

The Warren, RI theater finishes up it summer with a light, breezy comedy

'The Belle's Stratagem', directed by Ed Shea, runs from August 6 - 30 at the Warren, RI theater.

Comedy, drama, history, romance and courtship will play out under the twinkling Spring Green, Wisconsin stars as American Players Theatre (APT) opens their 29th full season. Plays for the 2008 season include Shakespeare's popular romantic comedy A Midsummer Night's Dream and the historical Henry IV, Parts I and II; Eugene O'Neill's nostalgic comedy Ah, Wilderness!; George Bernard Shaw's Widower's Houses and Hannah Cowley's lighthearted comedy of manners, The Belle's Strategem.