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The Manhattan Theatre Club (Lynne Meadow, Artistic Director; Barry Grove, Executive Producer)world premiere production of Nick Whitby's 'To Be or Not To Be' opens on Broadway tonight, Tuesday October 14th.

Next month, Tony Award-winning director Mary Zimmerman returns to Berkeley Repertory Theatre with an alluring adaptation of The Arabian Nights. This is Zimmerman's sixth trip to Berkeley Rep, and for the first time she works her magic on the intimate Thrust Stage. The Arabian Nights runs from November 13 through January 4 with the official press night on November 19.

West Coast Ensemble presents the West Coast Premiere of Christopher Durang's MISS WITHERSPOON, directed by Joel Swetow (The Cherry Orchard, Twelfth Night). MISS WITHERSPOON will preview Sunday, October 26 at 3pm; Wednesday, October 29; Thursday, October 30; and Friday October 31 at 8:00pm and will open on Saturday, November 1 at 8:00pm and continue through Sunday, December 14 at the new home of West Coast Ensemble - The El Centro Theatre, 800 N. El Centro Ave. in Hollywood.

This first show in the Furious season is the West Coast premiere of the Susan Smith Blackburn Prize winning play, which recently finished an Off-Broadway run.

Manhattan Theatre Club (Lynne Meadow, Artistic Director; Barry Grove, Executive Producer) is pleased to announce full casting for their upcoming world premiere production of Nick Whitby's 'To Be or Not To Be.' The play, based on the 1942 motion picture of the same name will be directed by three-time Tony Award nominee Casey Nicholaw ('The Drowsy Chaperone,' 'Monty Python's Spamalot').

It was announced today that in its European premiere production at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, Funk It Up About Nothin' has won the Dress Circle Award for Best Musical Production at the Scotsman Fringe First Awards Ceremony, following its world premiere engagement at Chicago Shakespeare Theater (CST). This new'ad-rap-tation' of Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing is created and directed by The Q Brothers, GQ and JQ, co-creators of the international success The Bomb-itty of Errors (Fringe Stage Award-Best Ensemble, 2002) and the MTV cult classic, Scratch and Burn. The Q Brothers also star in this exuberant hip-hop extravaganza-Shakespeare's romantic comedy rapped to the rhythm of six MCs and a live DJ.

Edinburgh, August 22, 2008- It was announced today that in its European premiere production at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, 'Funk It Up About Nothin' has won the Dress Circle Award for Best Musical Production at the Scotsman Fringe First Awards Ceremony, following its world premiere engagement at Chicago Shakespeare Theater (CST).

Broken Watch Theatre Company (Drew DeCorleto, Artistic Director) will present The Framer by Edward Allan Baker, directed by Kevin Confoy.

The two-time Laurence Olivier Award-winning actress Lindsay Duncan is to star in Polly Stenham's That Face at the Royal Court, showing at the Jerwood Theatre Upstairs.

The Midtown International Theatre Festival, which showcases more than 40 different productions over a three-week period every summer, is expanding its reach with the Next Step MITF Developmental Series, presenting six works by MITF Alumni, and running from January 15th - June 28

For its 5th Anniversary season, the Downtown Urban Theater Festival (DUTF) will return to the legendary Cherry Lane Theatre in Greenwich Village, June 14 to June 24, with two weeks of new theatrical works by a cross section of urban playwright

I recently caught a brief glimpse of wizardry at the show's rehearsal, and even managed to chat to the two lead performers Richard Winsor and Sam Archer.

Actors Patrick Kilpatrick and Christopher Niebling are both currently appearing in the Chesapeake Shakespeare Company's production of Moliere's The Imaginary Invalid. The show plays its final performances this Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Tickets are available at www.chesapeakeshakespeare.com or 866-811-4111, and information is available by calling 410-752-3994.

Bill Kenwright and Marla Rubin announce that they will present the Almeida Theatre production of FESTEN, the hugely successful London play about a family with a dark secret, on Broadway at the Music Box Theatre (239 W. 45th St.), with performances beginning Thursday, March 23. Larry Bryggman, Michael Hayden, Ali MacGraw and Julianna Margulies have been cast in the Broadway production. Directed by Rufus Norris, in a dramatization by David Eldridge from the Danish 1998 film, FESTEN will have its official press opening on Sunday, April 9.

...the oft-employed character actor has risen from the ashes of 'After the Night and the Music' to do three shows in a row, including the Broadway-bound 'Drowsy Chaperone.'

Anthony Rapp will host Edge Theater Company's third annual Bingo Night at SHOW (135 West 41st St. between 6th Avenue and Broadway) on Monday, March 7th. Rosario Dawson, Chris Noth, Dallas Roberts, Marylouise Burke, and others will appear to call games of bingo. Steve Salad (the King of France), Peter Salett, The Petersons, Lucas Pappaelias, and Less will perform.

Toronto Smash Hit premiers as part of New York Musical Theatre Festival