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Theatreworks USA (Barbara Pasternack, Artistic Dir.; Ken Arthur, Producing Dir.),the nation's leading not-for-profit professional theatre for family audiences, is pleased to announce that Tina Fey and Jeff Richmond will serve as Opening Night Co-Chairs for its 22nd Annual Free Summer Theatre Program. This summer's featured production is the world premiere of the new musical WE THE PEOPLE: AMERICA ROCKS!

TV Guide Magazine has created a 'Power List' of television's twenty-five most influential people. Although the entire list has yet to be revealed, cbsnews.com reports that the list includes 'Glee' creator Ryan Murphy and Neil Patrick Harris, Broadway actor and star of 'How I Met Your Mother.'

San Francisco's cutting-edge Cutting Ball Theater proudly announces the lineup for its 11th season.

Comedy Central's favorite up-front, man-on-the-street comedian Dave Attell returns to Las Vegas to perform at Treasure Island's Mystère Theatre Friday, June 11, at 9 p.m. Guests must be 18 years or older to attend.

Edward Albee once noted, 'Will Eno is one of the finest young playwrights I've come across.' It's no surprise that following the praise, Eno was selected as a fellow in the Edward F. Albee Foundation. For Eno, that honor was one of many.

Theatreworks USA (Barbara Pasternack, Artistic Dir.; Ken Arthur, Producing Dir.),the nation's leading not-for-profit professional theatre for family audiences, is pleased to announce that Tina Fey and Jeff Richmond will serve as Opening Night Co-Chairs for its 22nd Annual Free Summer Theatre Program.

Opened in September 2006 in Manhattan's booming Meatpacking District, Comix has quickly defined itself as the premier comedy club in New York City. Comix is Zagat's highest rated comedy venue, and was dubbed 'one of the top six clubs in the country' by the Hollywood Reporter. Comix was also named the top headliner club in New York City by both GrandLife and Digital City.

The BMI-Lehman Engel Musical Theatre Workshop announces its Spring Smoker, a semi-annual showcase for new songs from Workshop writers. The event will be held at the The Actors Temple Theatre, 339 West 47th Street, (between 8th and 9th Aves) at 5:30PM and is open to members of the entertainment industry as well as Workshop members.

The New York Innovative Theatre Foundation, the organization dedicated to celebrating Off-Off-Broadway, has announced that it will host CABARETION! [KA-ba-'RAY-sh-un !] , noun - The fusion of contribution, performance, and celebration of the Off-Off Broadway community at Carolines on Monday, May 17th from 6-9pm.

Comedy Central's favorite up-front, man-on-the-street comedian Dave Attell returns to Las Vegas to perform at Treasure Island's Mystère Theatre Friday, June 11, at 9 p.m. Guests must be 18 years or older to attend.

Lewis Black is back, in black, on 'The Daily Show with Jon Stewart,' and his latest appearance on the Comedy Central show was built around a frightfully funny attack on Fox News' Glenn Beck -- a man Black says has Nazi Tourette's...

The Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art - MoCCA is proud to announce two new offerings from its Education Department. Organized by Senior Vice-President of Education, DANNY FINGEROTH, and hot on the heels of the MASTER CLASS SERIES IN COMICS WRITING, the department's next amazing classes will be:

Puppet cops, 80's hair bands, Jesus Christ, a modern day take on 'The Odd Couple,' race relations, office politics in Deep Space and a live sex show. These ideas and many, many more make up COMEDY CENTRAL's 2010-2011 development slate announced today by Kent Alterman, head of original programming and production, COMEDY CENTRAL.

Opened in September 2006 in Manhattan's booming Meatpacking District, Comix has quickly defined itself as the premier comedy club in New York City. Comix is Zagat's highest rated comedy venue, and was dubbed 'one of the top six clubs in the country' by the Hollywood Reporter. Comix was also named the top headliner club in New York City by both GrandLife and Digital City.

This is one smokin' show that's B.Y.O.B. (bring your own blanket). 'The Daily Show & Friends' is this year's presentation of 'COMEDY CENTRAL Park' which will take place on Wednesday, July 21 at 8:00 p.m. The event will be hosted by Lewis Black and feature stand-up performances by 'Daily Show' correspondents Wyatt Cenac and John Oliver, series alum Rob Riggle, executive producer Rory Albanese and supervising producer Adam Lowitt.

The American Southwest Theatre Company at New Mexico State University Theatre Arts will close Nikolai Gogol's, THE GOVERNMENT INSPECTOR, May 2 at the Hershel Zohn Theatre on the NMSU campus. It is the final production of the 2009 - 2010 ASTC/NMSU Season.

Acclaimed Off-Broadway theater company Playwrights Horizons (Tim Sanford, Artistic Director; Leslie Marcus, Managing Director) has announced details for this year's special online Auction in connection with its annual Spring Gala Benefit.

Upcoming shows at Comix

As part of the 2010 Marymoor Concert Series, Seattle Theatre Group (STG Presents), Live Nation, and The Lakeside Group present the second annual No Depression Festival, sponsored by the pioneering and influential roots-music magazine and website. The festival will take place Saturday, August 21, 2010, at Marymoor Park in Redmond, Washington, just outside Seattle. The all-day event will feature The Swell Season, Lucinda Williams, The Cave Singers, Punch Brothers, Alejandro Escovedo, Chuck Prophet & Sera Cahoone.

Elevator Repair Service (ERS) is hosting their spring benefit on Monday, May 3rd, 2010. The company is currently finishing the third play in a trilogy of critically acclaimed plays based on great American novels by William Faulkner, F. Scott Fitzgerald, and Ernest Hemingway. This event will celebrate ERS's success with Frances McDormand (Burn after Reading, Fargo), Lili Taylor ('Six Feet Under'), Fred Armisen ('Saturday Night Live'), Frankie Faison ('The Wire'), and ERS company members in a one night only performance of loved, banned and mythologized American fiction. Authors include Edith Wharton, Willa Cather, and Edgar Allan Poe. Readings will be accompanied by ERS's unique signature sound design.