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The Courthouse Center for the Arts and Center Stage Productions recently announced the Rhode Island Premiere of Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, the musical this March.Dirty Rotten Scoundrels runs March 13-29th at the Courthouse Center for the Arts, located at 3481 Kingstown Rd, West Kingston RI. Performances are Fridays and Saturdays at 8pm with Matinees on Sundays at 2pm. Tickets are $27 for adults, $24 for Seniors and CCA Members, and $20 for Students. Tickets can be purchased online at www.courthousearts.org or by calling (401) 782-1018. Join the con and get yours today!

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The Courthouse Center for the Arts and Center Stage Productions recently announced the Rhode Island Premiere of Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, the musical this March.Dirty Rotten Scoundrels runs March 13-29th at the Courthouse Center for the Arts, located at 3481 Kingstown Rd, West Kingston RI. Performances are Fridays and Saturdays at 8pm with Matinees on Sundays at 2pm. Tickets are $27 for adults, $24 for Seniors and CCA Members, and $20 for Students. Tickets can be purchased online at www.courthousearts.org or by calling (401) 782-1018. Join the con and get yours today!

MCC THEATER (Robert LuPone, Bernard Telsey, Artistic Directors; William Cantler, Associate Artistic Director; Blake West, Executive Director) today announced that their World Premiere Production of Michael Weller's Fifty Words, under the direction of Austin Pendleton, has been extended Off Broadway. Performances of the two-character play began at the Lucille Lortel Theatre (121 Christopher Street, NYC) on September 10 and the show's stars Norbert Leo Butz and Elizabeth Marvel were showered with rave reviews following its October 1 opening. The show is now scheduled to run through Saturday, November 8.

MCC THEATER (Robert LuPone, Bernard Telsey, Artistic Directors; William Cantler, Associate Artistic Director; Blake West, Executive Director) today announced that Tony Award-winner Norbert Leo Butz has been signed to star opposite Elizabeth Marvel in the World Premiere Production of Michael Weller's Fifty Words, under the direction of Austin Pendleton. The two-character play begins performances at the Lucille Lortel Theatre (121 Christopher Street, NYC) on September 10 and continues through October 25, with an opening night set for Sunday, September 28 at 6:30 p.m.

The Cape Playhouse in Dennis, Massachusetts presents Brent Barrett and Perry Ojeda following in the crooked footsteps of John Lithgow, Jonathan Pryce, and Tony Award-winner Norbert Leo Butz. The good news? They're rotten!

America's longest running professional summer theatre, The Cape Playhouse will proudly present the regional debut of Broadway's recent hit musical 'Dirty Rotten Scoundrels' as their third summer offering with a stable of Broadway talent including Brent Barrett, Dee Hoty ,Perry Ojeda, Stephanie Youell, Heather Parcels and John Scherer.

Roger Bart, Brian d'Arcy James, Priscilla Lopez, and Sherie Rene Scott will be on 'Working in the Theatre- Performing Musicals' on CUNY TV on Sunday, April 27th at 5pm.

America's longest running professional summer theatre, The Cape Playhouse will celebrate its 82nd Anniversary Season starting June 23rd and will feature six main-stage productions with performances slated through September 13th.

DIRTY ROTTEN SCOUNDRELS - MEXICO CITY PREMIERE

Second Stage Theatre has announced that Tony nominees Alice Ripley and Brian d'Arcy James will star in their upcoming musical, Next to Normal, featuring music by Tom Kitt, book and lyrics by Brian Yorkey, and direction by two-time Tony nominee Michael Greif. Beginning previews January 16 at Second Stage.

The National Tour of the scamming, scheming, double-crossing hit Broadway musical, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, is coming to Grand Rapids at DeVos Performance Hall from November 20-25, 2007.

The National Tour of the scamming, scheming, double-crossing hit Broadway musical, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, launches at the Victoria Theatre in Dayton, OH on September 25.

'Is He Dead?' opening at Broadway's Lyceum Theatre on November 29 will star Norbert Leo Butz, Jenn Gambatese, David Pittu, Tom Alan Robbins.

TheatreWorks presents its 50th World Premiere this summer with 'EMMA' from Tony-nominated composer Paul Gordon, beginning August 22.

Is He Dead?, a new comedy by master American novelist and satirist Mark Twain, adapted by David Ives, directed by two-time Tony Award winner Michael Blakemore, and starring Tony Award winner Norbert Leo Butz, will open on November 29, 2007 at the Lyceum Theatre

The national tour of the scamming, scheming, double-crossing hit Broadway musical, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, is coming to Fort Worth's Bass Performance Hall, for one week only, July 24 - 29.

The national tour of the scamming, scheming, double-crossing hit Broadway musical, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, will play Chicago's Auditorium Theatre of Roosevelt University, 50 E. Congress Parkway, July 31 through August 12, 2007.

Tony Award-winner Norbert Leo Butz will return to Broadway next season in the farce Is He Dead?.