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Ian Herman, an award-winning musical director and Broadway veteran, made his solo debut in 'Alone at Last' on Wednesday, July 30, at 8p.m. at the Zipper Factory, 336 W. 37th St., in New York City. Herman, whose Broadway credits include 'Grease' and 'Swing!,' performed a concert of his original pop, blues, jazz, classical and Latin pieces.

Broadway performers Jeffry Denman and Erin Crouch will be married on August 17th in NYC. Erin Virginia Crouch, the daughter of Victoria Crouch and John Crouch of Fallbrook, California will marry Jeffry Andrew Denman, the son of Marguerite Ellen Denman and Robert D. Denman of Buffalo, NY. Pastor Phil Trzynka will officiate at St. Luke's Lutheran Church in Manhattan.

CAMP BROADWAY®, the award-winning theater arts event and education company, has named Lisa Poelle to the position of Chief Executive Officer to lead the company's national expansion.

The Friend Center at the The Jewish Community Center of San Francisco (JCCSF) today announced details of its comprehensive Performing Arts programming for 2008/09. The eclectic array of performances in intimate Kanbar Hall will include solo performances by luminaries such as Bebe Neuwirth, Phoebe Snow and Arlo Guthrie, and five fascinating thematic series: Abracadabra: an exploration of the conjuring arts and Jewish tradition; a salute to American icon Leonard Bernstein; an Italian Jewish film series; Let the Games Begin, a series of sports related programming; and Evolve, part of a city-wide celebration of Charles Darwin's 200th birthday

At South Coast Repertory's Annual Meeting on July 30, Board President Larry Higby presented an assessment of the 2007-08 Season and introduced a new slate of officers for 2008-09, headed by incoming President Wylie Aitken. The unanimously elected executive committee will lead the theater during the 45th Season (September 1, 2008 - August 31, 2009), which will be a landmark for South Coast Repertory and its founders David Emmes and Martin Benson, America's longest-running co-artistic directors.

Steppenwolf Theatre Company announced its 2008-2009 Subscription Season, exploring the theme of the imagination. The season opens with Kafka on the Shore, adapted for the stage and directed by ensemble member Frank Galati, based on the work by Haruki Murakami and featuring ensemble members Francis Guinan and Jon Michael Hill. The season continues with The Seafarer by Conor McPherson, directed by ensemble member Randall Arney and featuring ensemble member Francis Guinan, Tom Irwin, John Mahoney and Alan Wilder. Following The Seafarer is Art by Yasmina Reza, translated by Christopher Hampton and directed by ensemble member Rick Snyder. The fourth play is The Tempest by William Shakespeare, directed by ensemble member Tina Landau and featuring ensemble members Alana Arenas, K. Todd Freeman, Frank Galati, Jon Michael Hill, Yasen Peyankov and Alan Wilder.

NVA remounts its most acclaimed production to date - with new cast changes. This stylistically daring love story brings us a cynical man and a true believer who battle over beautiful women and the power of love. John Patrick Shanley's Sailor's Song was named one of the best productions of 2007 by SD Magazine and SD Reader and winner of 5 SD Critics Circle Awards. Shanley's Sailor's Song opens 8/2 at NVA

Hypothetical Theatre Company will present the World Premiere of Jennifer Maisel's THERE OR HERE. Workshopped at PlayPenn in Philadelphia, the play was selected as a finalist for the 2007 Sundance Theatre Lab, the 2008 O'Neil Theatre Conference, and the 2008 STAGE International Script Competition for the best new play about science and technology. Directed by Amy Feinberg, previews begin September 6th at the 14th Street Theater. Opening night is slated for Tuesday, September 9th.

Due to popular, Primary Stages has announced a two-week extension for the first production of the their 24th season, the New York premiere of Buffalo Gal by A.R. Gurney.

In 2002 Elaine Stritch played a sensational season at the Old Vic In London. In 2008 for 12 performances only the legend that is Elaine Stritch returns to London to play Feinsteins at the Shaw Theatre.

Rattlestick is proud to announce the 2008/09 Season! This season will see four new plays, beginning with the return of Rattlestick alum Craig Wright and his new play Lady, which will be directed by Dexter Bullard (Tracey Letts' BUG).

Casting is complete for the revival of John Guare's modern American classic comedy, 'The House of Blue Leaves,' which will open the new Mark Taper Forum after its year-long renovation. Directed by Nicholas Martin, 'The House of Blue Leaves' begins previews August 30, opens September 14 and continues through October 19, 2008.

Collected Stories, one of South Coast Repertory's most successful commissioned plays, will replace the previously announced Daniel Sullivan-directed King Lear as the final production of South Coast Repertory's 2008-09 season. Donald Margulies' Pulitzer Prize nominated play about two women writers at opposite stages of their careers will run May 15 through June 14, 2009 on the Segerstrom Stage. King Lear will open SCR's 2009-10 season. 'We are delighted to have this opportunity to revisit one of Donald's most celebrated plays and reintroduce it to Southern California audiences,' said Artistic Director Martin Benson, who will direct the revival. Collected Stories received its World Premiere in 1996 on SCR's Second Stage. After its New York premiere at Manhattan Theatre Club, Collected Stories received a commercial Off-Broadway run, and the Los Angeles production at the Geffen Playhouse was subsequently filmed for PBS. Since then, Collected Stories has been produced throughout the U.S. and the world. 'Although we've had to postpone King Lear due to an unexpected conflict with Daniel Sullivan's spring schedule, we're happy to be able to replace it with Donald's engaging play,' said Producing Artistic Director David Emmes. 'Fortunately, Dan will be able to direct King Lear in the fall and we gain an exciting way to open our 2009-10 season.' In addition to Collected Stories, Margulies is the author of four plays that were commissioned and premiered by South Coast Repertory: Brooklyn Boy and Pulitzer Prize finalist Sight Unseen, which received Broadway productions, and Shipwrecked! An Entertainment - The Amazing Adventures of Louis de Rougemont as Told by Himself. Dinner with Friends, which had its West Coast Premiere at SCR, won the 2000 Pulitzer Prize. LOCATION: South Coast Repertory is located at 655 Town Center Drive in Costa Mesa, at the Bristol Street/Avenue of the Arts exit off the San Diego (405) Freeway in the Folino Theater Center, part of the Segerstrom Center for the Arts. Parking is available off Anton Blvd. on Park Center Drive. CALENDAR: An Italian Straw Hat: A Vaudeville (9/5-10/5), dead man's cell phone (9/21-10/12), The Heiress (10/17-11/16), Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing (11/7-11/23). PHOTO EDITORS: Digital images of South Coast Repertory productions are available at www.southcoastrepertory.com/photos.html. Tony Award-winning South Coast Repertory, under the artistic direction of David Emmes and Martin Benson, is widely recognized as one of the leading professional theaters in the United States. Founded in 1964, SCR is committed to theater that illuminates the compelling personal and social issues of our time, not only on its stages but through its education and outreach programs. While its productions represent a balance of classic and modern theater, SCR is renowned for its extensive new play development program, including the Pacific Playwrights Festival. Of SCR's more than 400 productions, 107 have been world premieres with subsequent stagings achieving enormous success across America and around the world. SCR-developed works have garnered eight Pulitzer Prize nominations with Margaret Edson's Wit winning the prize in 1999 and David Lindsay-Abaire's Rabbit Hole in 2007. Located in Costa Mesa, California, in 2002 SCR opened the Folino Theater Center, an expanded three-theater complex that includes the 507-seat Julianne Argyros Stage, the 336-seat Julianne Argyros Stage and the 94-seat Nicholas Studio.

John Glover, appearing in Roundabout Theatre Company's The Marriage of Bette and Boo, will be featured on The American Theatre Wing's 'Downstage Center' on XM Radio channel 28. Glover will appear as the special guest on Friday, August 1st at 6PM.

Nine-time Tony Award-winner and National Medal of the Arts recipient Tommy Tune directs the world premiere of this glorious musical from the writers of the Tony Award-winning Jersey Boys.

Acting legend Lynn Redgrave and four-time Tony Award-winner Boyd Gains will kickoff the new theatre season at the 12th Annual Broadway Blessing on Monday, September 8th from 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine, 1047 Amsterdam Avenue (at 112th Street), Manhattan.

Editors and readers of Northshore Magazine have voted and North Shore Music Theatre (NSMT) is among the 'Best of North Shore 2008'! The Theatre is acclaimed as Editors' Choice for 'Best Live Theater Venue' and Readers' Choice for 'Best Live Music Venue' in the August/September issue of Northshore Magazine.

The Broadway League and The Times Square Alliance announced today that the 17th Annual Broadway on Broadway® presented by Continental Airlines, will be held on Sunday, September 14th at 11:30 a.m. in Times Square (entrance on 43rd Street and Broadway).

John MacDonald & Maggie Maes' production of LIGHTS & MUSIC, written by PATRICK CERVANTES LETTERII & directed by JEREMY QUINN, will extend its run at the 45th Street Theatre, through August 10th.

Tickets for A BRONX TALE, the funny and touching one-man show written by and starring Academy Award-nominated actor Chazz Palminteri, which became a major film directed by Robert DeNiro, will go on sale Sunday, August 3rd. A BRONX TALE will play a limited engagement at the Golden Gate Theatre beginning Tuesday, September 23 through Sunday, October 19.

Reprise Theatre Company presents Ben Vereen on stage in a rare evening of conversation and music. This unique evening is presented in Los Angeles by Reprise Theatre Company for one night only on Monday, September 8, 8pm, at UCLA's Freud Playhouse.

Steppenwolf Theatre Company presents the 4th annual First Look Repertory of New Work.