Transport Group, the winner of a special 2007 Drama Desk Award and a 2007 Obie Award, has announced its 2008-09 season: Bury the Dead, written by Irwin Shaw and directed by Joe Calarco, and Being Audrey, music and lyrics by Ellen Weiss, book by James Hindman, additional book and lyrics by Cheryl Stern, developed with Jack Cummings III and Adam R. Perlman, and directed by Jack Cummings III.

Photo Flash: 'The Man Who Would Be King' With Brian d'Arcy James In Recording Studio

The Tetonic Theater Comapny is currently recording and rehearsing for The Man Who Would Be King, a new musical. The music is written by Neil Berg with lyrics and book by DJ Salisbury. Wendy Bobbitt Cavett is the musical supervisor. Dramaturgy is by Moises Kaufman.

Photo Flash: Jamie Farr and Anita Gillette of 'Flamingo Court' Ring NASDAQ Bell

On Wednesday morning, August 27th, Jamie Farr and Anita Gillette, the stars of off-Broadway's hit comedy Flamingo Court, were invited to ring the NASDAQ opening bell in Times Square.

The Urbanworld Film Festival presented by BET Networks, the largest international competitive festival of its kind, today announced that Academy Award-nominated actress Queen Latifah will serve as Honorary Chair of this year’s festival.

Chicago Shakespeare Theater (CST) announces its eighth annual collaboration with The Chicago Chamber Musicians (CCM) on a program for young audiences and their families. Leaping Leopold! The Mozart Show by Bruce Adolphe is an interactive concert designed to introduce families with children ages four and up to the joys of live performance.

Theatres are usually dark on Mondays, but several times each season Berkeley Repertory Theatre makes Monday night glow with Page to Stage, a series of talks which engage brilliant guests in sparkling conversation.

Crossroads Theatre Company will open the 2008-2009 celebration season opens with The Colored Museum by George C. Wolfe which had its World Premiere at Crossroads Theatre in 1986 under the direction of Crossroads co-founder L. Kenneth Richardson. George C. Wolfe was a resident artist at Crossroads at that time and it is widely recognized that The Colored Museum helped to put Crossroads on the national map as well as launch Wolfe's brilliant career.

The entire cast of Broadway’s hit show Xanadu, including stars Kerry Butler, Cheyenne Jackson and Tony Roberts, with roller skates in tow, roll into Serendipity 3, the landmark NYC dessert emporium, to receive New York’s sweetest honor – an ice cream sundae created just for the spectacular show.

The Los Angeles premiere of Pulitzer Prize winner Robert Schenkkan’s By the Waters of Babylon brings two award-winning, long-time theater actors to the Geffen stage for the first time: Demián Bichir and Shannon Cochran.

Ghostlight Records is proud to confirm plans to record the Original Broadway Cast Album of '13, A New Musical'. The recording will be released digitally as of 9/30, and will be available for purchase at The Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre soon thereafter.

Photo Flash: Neil LaBute Directs 'Fat Pig' At Comedy Theatre

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.

ENSEMBLE STUDIO THEATRE (William Carden, Artistic Director, Paul Alexander Slee, Executive Director) is proud to announce New York Premiere of Close Ties, by Elizabeth Diggs.

Photo Coverage: Sneak Peek at 'Enter Laughing' In Rehearsal

The YORK THEATRE COMPANY (James Morgan, Producing Artistic Director) will present ENTER LAUGHING: THE MUSICAL. Performances begin September 3rd with opening night set for September 10. This limited engagement runs through October 12; all performances will be at the company’s home at The Theatre at Saint Peter's (Lexington Avenue just south of 54th Street).

Manoel Felciano, Tony Award–nominated actor and musician, is having the time of his life in the City by the Bay. But then making his Bay Area and Tom Stoppard debut at A.C.T. has been a dream come true. “To be able to make my Bay Area professional debut at A.C.T. with a Stoppard play is like hitting the jackpot on all three levels: professional, artistic, and personal,” says Felciano, who stars in the West Coast premiere of Stoppard’s Rock ’n’ Roll at A.C.T. Born and raised in San Francisco before moving to New York City to pursue a career in music, Felciano plays the lead role of Jan, a rock music–obsessed graduate student fighting for freedom of expression in Soviet-dominated Prague. Performances start September 11.

David Eldridge’s Under the Blue Sky will complete its run at the Duke of York’s Theatre on 20 September as previously scheduled. Directed by Anna Mackmin, Under the Blue Sky is designed by Lez Brotherston with lighting by Mark Henderson and sound by Paul Arditti, and is produced in the West End by Sonia Friedman Productions, Robert G. Bartner and Jamie Hendry.

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.

Goodspeed Musicals, the only two time Tony Award winning theatre in the country, announces the cast of Big River, a spirited musical adventure like no other. Big River will begin September 26 and run through November 30, 2008 at the Goodspeed Opera House in East Haddam, Connecticut. Big River is sponsored by Bank of America and Connecticut Light & Power / Yankee Gas.

om Holland (age 12 from Kingston-upon-Thames) and Tanner Pflueger (age 13 from Norfolk, Nebraska, USA) are to join the cast of the Billy Elliot the Musical next month to play the title role following in the footsteps of Jamie Bell who created the iconic role on film, and sixteen other boys who have played Billy on stage at the Victoria Palace Theatre.

On Sunday September 21 at 2 p.m., Waltham’s Reagle Players will present a one time only matinee benefit salute to the works of Rodgers and Hammerstein. Memorable numbers from their hit shows will be presented.

What's On Stage is reporting that director David Grindly has stepped down from the upcoming production of Rain Man. He was replaced with director and playwright Terry Johnson.

City Theatre is thrilled to announce a surprise special engagement, Without You, written and performed by Anthony Rapp.

Direct from an 8-week special limited engagement at Laguna Playhouse (beginning July 8, 2008) and a record-setting 19 month run at the El Portal Theatre in North Hollywood, The Marvelous Wonderettes lands at Off-Broadway’s Westside Theatre, with performances beginning on Tuesday, August 29.

On Thursday August 28th at 5PM Barnes and Noble at Lincoln Triangle will host Tony and Olivier Award-winning Patti LuPone, four-time Tony Award-winner Boyd Gaines and Tony Award-winner Laura Benanti in a Q&A with theater journalist Patrick Pacheco (NY1, The Los Angeles Times), followed by a CD signing with additional members of the Gypsy cast and multiple Grammy nominated producer Robert Sher.

In 16 days even the most intrepid theatergoer can only sample a small fraction of the over 200 offerings at the New York International Fringe Festival. Now in its third year, the FringeNYC Encore Series gives theatre lovers a second chance at seeing some of the Festival's favorite shows.

The New York Musical Theatre Festival (NYMF) celebrates its fifth year with 24 full productions, a dance series, a developmental series, concerts and special events.

THE 39 STEPS, the winner of two Tony Awards, two Drama Desk Awards and the 2007 Olivier Award for Best New Comedy, is proud to announce Hitchcock Month, a series of events throughout September honoring Alfred Hitchcock, the director of the legendary 1935 film on which the quick-change Broadway comedy is based. THE 39 STEPS is in its eighth month delighting Broadway audiences and is playing at the Cort Theatre (138 West 48th Street).

John Gallagher, Jr. formerly of Broadway's Spring Awakening and roots band Old Springs Pike, plays folk rock songs full of celebratory admittance, passion, honesty and energy. Gallagher will play at the Highline Ballroom (431 16th Street) on Sunday September 14th. Doors are at 7PM and the show begins at 8PM. Tickets are $12.50 in advance and $15 at the door. To purchase tickets please call 866-468-7619 or visit www.ticketweb.com.

The Laurie Beechman Theatre, located within The West Bank Café (407 West 42nd St.), is pleased to continue our Friday night soiree, THE AFTER PARTY. Now going strong it's second year, THE AFTER PARTY is billed as "a weekly schmoozefest for the theatrically inclined." Every Friday from 10:30 pm until the wee hours, pros from Broadway and aspiring stars alike belt it out on the stage of The Laurie Beechman Theatre.

From the award-winning imagination of 2007 Kleban Award recipient and theatre scribe Jeremy Desmon, Man of the People: The Only-Recently Discovered Secret Political Recordings of Acting Mayor Francis "Woody" Woodson is a weekly, audio-only web series. Akin to comedic serials "Prairie Home Companion" or Joss Whedon's "Dr. Horrible," Man of the People echoes radio plays of the past, while providing an up-to-the-minute, satirical take on the 2008 election through the guise of a heated mayoral race in the fictional hamlet of Daltonville (pop.. 1799)

On September 7, 2008 the curtain will fall on Broadway for the final performance of Rent. The producers of this landmark Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize musical have generously donated a pair of "prime" tickets to the final performance and closing night gala to be auctioned with the proceeds to benefit Broadway Cares / Equity Fights AIDS.

'9 to 5' Delays L.A. Previews Until 9/6

The first preview for “9 to 5: The Musical” will now take place on Saturday, September 6, 2008, at 8 p.m. at the Center Theatre Group/Ahmanson Theatre. Audiences for the previously-announced previews on September 3, 4 and 5 will be moved to other performances.

fter successful runs at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival and the Dublin International Gay Theatre Festival, 108 Productions award-winning production of Terrence McNally¹s Corpus Christi returns to the New York stage.

Cavern Club Theater will present entertainer Neile Adams in her new 60-minute cabaret show, “Something Cool,” directed by Ted Sprague, with Andy Howe serving as Musical Director.

Philip Seymour Hoffman will direct the European premiere of “RIFLEMIND”, a new play by Sydney Theatre Company Co Artistic Director Andrew Upton. “RIFLEMIND” will open at the Trafalgar Studios in the hubbub of London’s West End on Thursday 18 September, following previews from 15 September.

Signature Theatre Opens ACE Tonight, August 27th

Signature Theatre is pleased to announce complete casting for the opening show of its 2008-2009 season, ACE. With music by Richard Oberacker and book and lyrics by Robert Taylor and Richard Oberacker, ACE will be directed by Signature’s Artistic Director Eric Schaeffer with choreography by Karma Camp. Set just after WWII, ACE is an epic story of a young boy’s search to come to terms with his past and unlock his future. A tale of triumph, humor, and heart as seen through a child’s eyes, ACE magically explores the heroic lives and unforeseen legacies of the men and women of America’s Greatest Generation.

The New York Musical Theatre Festival and Leschen, Mrozek & Sauter present the world premiere of BEDBUGS!!!, an official selection of the New York Musical Theatre Festival’s 2008 Next Link Project.

Seth Rudetsky announced that he will be hosting Young Frankenstein star Beth Leavel on his popular show Chatterbox on Thursday, August 28th. The event will take place at 6PM at Don't Tell Mama. There is a $10 cover charge which will go to benefit BC/EFA. Call 212-757-0788 for reservations.

Sail into the fall this September with another reason to enjoy Chicago’s acclaimed Chicago Architectural Foundation river cruise one last time on Tuesday evenings in September.

This September, Charles Strouse’s year-long 80th birthday celebration continues in the United Kingdom. Following tributes at venues ranging from New York’s Jazz at Lincoln Center, The Paley Center for Media, New York Public Library for the Performing Arts at Lincoln Center, Chicago’s Theatre Building and Washington DC’s The Library of Congress and The Kennedy Center, Strouse will cross the Atlantic where he will celebrate his 80th birthday, his 50 years of composing for the theatre, film and television and the release of his new book, Put On a Happy Face – A Broadway Memoir.

The Down Syndrome Association of Houston is proud to announce that the 2nd Annual DSAH, "Evening With The Stars" Gala, will be held on Saturday October 4, 2008 at the Hilton Americas Hotel in Downtown Houston, benefitting the Down Syndrome Clinic of Houston at Texas Children's Hospital.

McGregor, Hunter, Sewell and More To Perform 'Hamlet' At Globe

September 6th marks one year since The Factory performed a secret performance of Hamlet to a small invited audience of Facebook friends.

NCTC announces the Bay Area premiere of The History Boys. Previews are September 19 – 26 and the show opens on Saturday, September 27th, and runs through October 26, 2008: Wednesdays through Saturdays at 8pm and Sundays at 2pm.

Marin Alsop will lead the New York Philharmonic in four concerts, each featuring Dvořák’s Symphony No. 9, From the New World, October 7, 10, and 11, 2008. The programs on October 7 at 7:30 p.m. and October 11 at 8:00 p.m. will comprise Bartók’s The Wooden Prince Suite; Chopin’s Piano Concerto No. 2, with Rafał Blechacz making his New York Philharmonic debut; and the Dvořák symphony.

Win Tickets and more from Madagascar! at the Bronx Zoo

To celebrate the opening of MADAGASCAR! at the world famous Bronx Zoo, we're giving away a Prize Package featuring tickets and more!

Roundabout Theatre Company (Todd Haimes, Artistic Director) announces the full cast for The Language of Trees, a new play by Steven Levenson, directed by Alex Timbers. The Language of Trees will feature Maggie Burke as “Kay Danley,” Natalie Gold as “Loretta Trumble-Pinkerstone,” Michael Hayden as “Denton Pinkerstone,” Gio Perez as “Eben Trumble-Pinkerstone” and Michael Warner as “Bill Clinton.”

Turtle Shell Productions has extended the New York Premiere of 'Turtle Tales' a teen play festival featuring the plays WACKY TERRESTRIALS, A CLUMSY ASTRONOMER, ABANDONED SOCKS, BROTHERS AND SISTERS, A DIVIDING WALL, AND A TALKING HEAD. Added performances will take plays on August 27th at 7PM and September 4th at 7PM. All shows take place at the Turtle's Shell Theater (300 W. 43rd Street). For more information www.theatermania.com

Photo Flash: Once On This Island at Freud Playhouse

Director Billy Porter and Grammy nominee Ledisi mark their debuts with Reprise Theatre Company in the 1990 musical “Once on This Island,” opening the 2008-2009 season, September 2 to 14 at UCLA’s Freud Playhouse. The press opening is September 3. Bradley Rapier, founder of the Groovaloos, choreographs and Darryl Archibald is the music director. Reprise Theater Company is led by Artistic Director Jason Alexander and Producing Director Susan Dietz.