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Producer Jed Bernstein has leaked the line up of special celebrity guest stars for this week's performances of Don't Quit Your Night Job.

Farley Granger, a popular leading man from the Golden Age of Hollywood, will appear in Los Angeles next month to celebrate the release of his new memoir.

Manhattan Theatre Club Artistic Director Lynne Meadow and Executive Producer Barry Grove announced that their 2007 Spring Gala raised over $1.3 million.

The New Globe Theatre, Inc. has announced the second production of their current 2006-2007 season: a vivid and moving adaptation of Nathaniel Hawthorne's renowned novel, The Scarlet Letter, adapted for the stage by New Globe Artistic Director Stuart Vaughan with Marie Kreutziger.

Producers Eric Falkenstein and Michael Alden have announced that Obie Award-winner and original Rent star Anthony Rapp will join the cast of the acclaimed Naked Angels production of Spalding Gray: Stories Left To Tell beginning Tuesday through Sunday, May 27

Abingdon Theatre Company will present Up Close & Personal on Monday, May 21, 2007 at 7:30 PM at the Abingdon Theatre Arts Complex, June Havoc Theatre

The Irish Repertory Theatre will hold their 14th Annual Gala Benefit at the Trianon Ballroom at the Hilton New York on Monday, June 4, 2007.

Producer David Stone has announced that the acclaimed Tony Award-winning musical comedy The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, will come to Los Angeles starring its complete original Broadway cast, reunited for the first and only time since the production began two years ago in New York.

LAByrinth Theater Company announce dcasting today for Romantic Poetry: The Musicale, a special one-night-only event to benefit LAByrinth

Vivid characterizations coupled with an effective minimalist staging cuts right to the heart of Daniel MacIvor's funny, touching play, Marion Bridge. * * * * * (out of 5)

Expanding on its fifty-year history of developing new plays and cultivating new voices for the American Theater, The Public Theater has announced the creation of The Public Writers Initiative - a long-term initiative that will provide key support and resources for writers at every stage of their careers.

Enter to win one of 5 pairs of tickets to Spotlighters' The Nerd AND Fat Pig! Two shows, one contest!

Scott Stander and Associates will present TV's one and only Wonder Woman, after a 20-year absence up close and personal. Lynda Carter appears, by popular demand, in her LA début at the Catalina Club.

The Tony Award Administration Committee met today for the final time this season to decide the eligibility of thirteen Broadway productions for the 2007 American Theatre Wing's Tony Awards, presented by the League of American Theatres and Producers and the American Theatre Wing.

Epic Theatre Center has announced additional programming and participants for their 'Beyond Beauty Initiative.'

Happy Sunshine Kung Fu Flower, written and directed by Matthew-Lee Erlbach, will continue with a new show later this month.

Ground UP Productions will present the New York premiere of The People vs. Mona, a new Southern murder mystery musical from Jim Wann and Patricia Miller

The Louisiana Chapter of the Human Rights Campaign will present Broadway star Bryan Batt with its Equality Award at a gala dinner on May 19th.

What can be said about a play that is both hauntingly audacious and boringly pretentious all at once? Nightwood theatre's enigmatic production of Sarah Kane's play Crave is the sort of production that will alienate some and fascinate others, but it achieves one of the main objectives of good art: it makes you think. * * * (out of 5)

Stairway to Paradise, an original Encores! production celebrating the great Broadway revue, starring Kristin Chenoweth, Kevin Chamberlin, Christopher Fitzgerald, Capathia Jenkins and Ruthie Henshall, runs from May 10 - 14 at New York City Center.

Stage Centre Productons finsihes their 30th anniversary season with beautifully staged AMADEUS. * * * * * *(OUT OF 5)

Anna Francolini and Gary Waldhorn will be joining the Royal Opera House's new production of Into the Woods next month