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The Providence Performing Arts Center presents a special evening with Garrison Keillor, host and creator of 'A Prairie Home Companion' at the Providence Performing Arts Center on March 11, 2010.

Bill Cain's How to Write a New Book for the Bible: A Play for an Older Actress will have a staged reading March 8 at 7:30 p.m. as part of South Coast Repertory's NewSCRipts series. (Please note that the date has changed since the series was first announced.) Bible is the 111th play to receive a staged reading in SCR's venerable play reading program.

According to published reports, NY Philharmonic's 'Sondheim: The Birthday Concert,' will be recorded for PBS' 'Great Performances' series. The concert will take place March 15-16 at Avery Fisher Hall.

Seattle Theatre Group (STG) presents two live broadcasts of 'A Prairie Home Companion with Garrison Keillor' (APHC) on Saturday, March 27 and Saturday, April 3 at 2:45pm at The Paramount Theatre.

Bill Cain's How to Write a New Book for the Bible: A Play for an Older Actress will have a staged reading March 8 at 7:30 p.m. as part of South Coast Repertory's NewSCRipts series. (Please note that the date has changed since the series was first announced.) Bible is the 111th play to receive a staged reading in SCR's venerable play reading program.

Marin Theatre Company Artistic Director Jasson Minadakis and Producing Director Ryan Rilette are pleased to announce the winners of MTC's two American Play Prizes.

Lynne Meadow (Artistic Director) and Barry Grove (Executive Producer) are pleased to announce the New York premiere of Bill Cain's EQUIVOCATION. The limited engagement will begin previews at MTC's New York City Center - Stage I (131 West 55th Street) on Tuesday, February 9, 2010 in preparation for a Tuesday, March 2, 2010 opening night.

The Providence Performing Arts Center presents a special evening with Garrison Keillor, host and creator of 'A Prairie Home Companion' at the Providence Performing Arts Center on March 11, 2010.

Lynne Meadow and Barry Grove have announced full casting for the New York premiere of EQUIVOCATION by Bill Cain (former artistic director of Boston Shakespeare Company), directed by Tony Award winner Garry Hynes (Translations, Beauty Queen of Leenane).

NPR personality Joe Frank's one night performance of Is There Something Wrong?: An Evening of Spoken Word and Music has been rescheduled for Saturday, March 13, 2010 at 8 p.m. in the Steppenwolf Downstairs Theatre, 1650 N. Halsted St. Tickets purchased for the original performance date Saturday, November 14, 2009 at 8:00 p.m. will be honored.

Joseph Gordon-Levitt, this week's host of Saturday Night Live opened the show talking about how much he enjoys singing and dancing and he treated the audience to 'Make 'Em Laugh', from Singin' in the Rain, which he described as his favorite musical growing up.

Steppenwolf Theatre Co. regrets to announce that due to illness, Joe Frank's one-night performance of Is There Something Wrong?: An Evening of Spoken Word and Music has been cancelled for Saturday, November 14, 2009 at 8:00 p.m.

NPR radio personality, author and performance artist Joe Frank appears at Steppenwolf for a one night only performance of Is There Something Wrong?: An Evening of Spoken Word and Music on Saturday, November 14, 2009 at 8:00 p.m. in the Steppenwolf Downstairs Theatre, 1650 N. Halsted St. Tickets go on sale Friday, October 2 at 11:00 a.m.

Garrison Keillor, best known for hosting A Prairie Home Companion for over three decades on NPR, will perform his one-man show, Stories From Lake Wobegon, at Kingsbury Hall on the University of Utah campus on Monday, December 7 at 7:30 p.m.

Steppenwolf Theatre Co. regrets to announce that due to illness, Joe Frank's one-night performance of Is There Something Wrong?: An Evening of Spoken Word and Music has been cancelled for Saturday, November 14, 2009 at 8:00 p.m.

Tony® Award-winner Liev Schreiber and Golden Globe nominee Scarlett Johansson, in her Broadway debut, will star in Arthur Miller's A VIEW FROM THE BRIDGE directed by Gregory Mosher on Broadway at the Cort Theatre (138 West 48th Street). Performances begin Monday, December 28, 2009 and the official opening is Sunday, January 24, 2010. The limited engagement will run for 14 weeks only.

The Caped Crusader faces a new villain in the upcoming Batman: The Brave & The Bold episode, 'Mayhem of the Music Meister!' The episode, from Warner Bros Animation, features the voice of Neil Patrick Harris (How I Met Your Mother, Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog) as the Music Meister, a menacing villain who is able to exert powerful mind-control through song. Producers and cast members received a standing ovation following a sneak-preview at Comic-Con this past July and, after much anticipation, the episode will finally air Friday, October 23 at 7:30 p.m. ET/PT on Cartoon Network.

NPR radio personality, author and performance artist Joe Frank appears at Steppenwolf for a one night only performance of Is There Something Wrong?: An Evening of Spoken Word and Music on Saturday, November 14, 2009 at 8:00 p.m. in the Steppenwolf Downstairs Theatre, 1650 N. Halsted St.

The Phantom of the Opera film star Gerard Butler and SNL regular cast member Kristen Wiig spoofed the Disney musical Beauty and the Beast on last night's episode of Saturday Night Live.

The Caped Crusader faces a new villain in the upcoming Batman: The Brave & The Bold episode, 'Mayhem of the Music Meister!' The episode, from Warner Bros Animation, features the voice of Neil Patrick Harris (How I Met Your Mother, Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog) as the Music Meister, a menacing villain who is able to exert powerful mind-control through song. Producers and cast members received a standing ovation following a sneak-preview at Comic-Con this past July and, after much anticipation, the episode will finally air Friday, October 23 at 7:30 p.m. ET/PT on Cartoon Network.