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On Saturday, September 5, 2009 through Monday, September 7, 2009, the Kennedy Center hosts its eighth annual Page-to-Stage New Play Festival, featuring more than 30 theaters from the D.C. metropolitan area, all with a mission to produce and support new work. The three-day, Center-wide event offers a series of free readings and open rehearsals of plays and musicals being developed by local, regional, and national playwrights, librettists, and composers.

HOWL! Festival presents HOWL! ARTS PROJECT 2009: THEATER SERIES September 18-29 at 45 Bleecker

On Saturday, September 5, 2009 through Monday, September 7, 2009, the Kennedy Center hosts its eighth annual Page-to-Stage New Play Festival, featuring more than 30 theaters from the D.C. metropolitan area, all with a mission to produce and support new work. The three-day, Center-wide event offers a series of free readings and open rehearsals of plays and musicals being developed by local, regional, and national playwrights, librettists, and composers.

The Open Fist Theatre Company presents the West Coast premiere of THE DEVIL WITH BOOBS, written by Nobel Prize-winner Dario Fo (Accidental Death of an Anarchist) with a translation by Jon Laskin, choreography by Diana Wyenn, original music by Alex Wright and direction by Tom Quaintance. THE DEVIL WITH BOOBS will preview on Saturday, March 21, Sunday March 22, and Thursday, March 26 at 8pm and will open on Friday, March 27 at 8pm and run through Saturday, May 16 at The NEW Open Fist Theatre, 6209 Santa Monica Blvd. (former home of The Actor's Gang) in Hollywood.

The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis (The Rep) concludes its 2008-2009 Mainstage series with Jeffrey Hatcher's new adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson's gothic thriller Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. Performances of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde will be given on the Browning Mainstage of the Loretto-Hilton Center for the Performing Arts, 130 Edgar Road, Webster Groves, March 18-April 12, 2009.

The Open Fist Theatre Company presents the West Coast premiere of THE DEVIL WITH BOOBS, written by Nobel Prize-winner Dario Fo (Accidental Death of an Anarchist) with a translation by Jon Laskin, choreography by Diana Wyenn, original music by Alex Wright and direction by Tom Quaintance. THE DEVIL WITH BOOBS will preview on Saturday, March 21, Sunday March 22, and Thursday, March 26 at 8pm and will open on Friday, March 27 at 8pm and run through Saturday, May 16 at The NEW Open Fist Theatre, 6209 Santa Monica Blvd. (former home of The Actor's Gang) in Hollywood.

The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis (The Rep) concludes its 2008-2009 Mainstage series with Jeffrey Hatcher's new adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson's gothic thriller Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. Performances of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde will be given on the Browning Mainstage of the Loretto-Hilton Center for the Performing Arts, 130 Edgar Road, Webster Groves, March 18-April 12, 2009.

Yale Repertory Theatre (James Bundy, Artistic Director; Victoria Nolan, Managing Director) presents the east coast premiere of Lydia by Octavio Solis, directed by Juliette Carrillo at Yale Repertory Theatre (1120 Chapel Street, at York Street) beginning February 6 through February 28. Opening Night is Thursday, February 12. Lydia features music composed by Chris Webb; sets by Andrew Boyce; costumes by Amanda Seymour; lighting by Jesse Belsky; sound design, additional music, and arrangements by David Molina; voice and dialect by Beth McGuire; fight direction by Rick Sordelet; dramaturgy by Matt Cornish; and stage management by Donald E. Claxon.

YALE REPERTORY THEATRE (James Bundy, Artistic Director; Victoria Nolan, Managing Director) presents the east coast premiere of LYDIA by OCTAVIO SOLIS, directed by JULIETTE CARRILLO at Yale Repertory Theatre (1120 Chapel Street, at York Street) beginning February 6 through February 28. Opening Night is Thursday, February 12. LYDIA features music composed by Chris Webb; sets by Andrew Boyce; costumes by Amanda Seymour; lighting by Jesse Belsky; sound design, additional music, and arrangements by David Molina; voice and dialect by Beth McGuire; fight direction by Rick Sordelet; dramaturgy by Matt Cornish; and stage management by Donald E. Claxon. The cast of LYDIA includes Carlo Alb?n, Christian Barillas, Stephanie Beatriz, Armando Dur?n, Catalina Maynard, Onahoua Rodriguez, and Tony Sancho.

YALE REPERTORY THEATRE (James Bundy, Artistic Director; Victoria Nolan, Managing Director) presents the east coast premiere of LYDIA by OCTAVIO SOLIS, directed by JULIETTE CARRILLO at Yale Repertory Theatre (1120 Chapel Street, at York Street) beginning February 6 through February 28. Opening Night is Thursday, February 12. LYDIA features music composed by Chris Webb; sets by Andrew Boyce; costumes by Amanda Seymour; lighting by Jesse Belsky; sound design, additional music, and arrangements by David Molina; voice and dialect by Beth McGuire; fight direction by Rick Sordelet; dramaturgy by Matt Cornish; and stage management by Donald E. Claxon. The cast of LYDIA includes Carlo Alb?n, Christian Barillas, Stephanie Beatriz, Armando Dur?n, Catalina Maynard, Onahoua Rodriguez, and Tony Sancho.

Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol, Orange County's beloved holiday tradition, returns to South Coast Repertory for its 29th season.

Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol, Orange County's beloved holiday tradition, returns to South Coast Repertory for its 29th season.

Jim Caruso's Cast Party will present EXTRAVAGAINZA: THE SONGS OF HENRY GAINZA, Monday August 11th at 7:00 p.m., as part of the long-running, Nightlife Award-winning concert series Broadway at Birdland.

Jim Caruso's Cast Party will present EXTRAVAGAINZA: THE SONGS OF HENRY GAINZA, Monday August 11th at 7:00 p.m., as part of the long-running, Nightlife Award-winning concert series Broadway at Birdland.

The third IN THE HEIGHTS interactive character card features Robin de Jesús as Sonny! Learn all about him here....

Any Wednesday, the weekly concert-series at the Lincoln Triangle Barnes & Noble (1972 Broadway at 66th St.) announces its September 2007 line-up.