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As The Prince of Homburg opens at the Donmar, Michael Grandage, the company's Artistic Director announces a major expansion to the run of his forthcoming production of King Lear, which will see the company tour nationally, and will be broadcast to over 22 countries worldwide in collaboration with National Theatre Live.

Lynne Meadow (Artistic Director) and Barry Grove (Executive Producer) are pleased to announce that Academy Award winner Frances McDormand will return to Broadway in Manhattan Theatre Club's world premiere production of GOOD PEOPLE, the new play by Pulitzer Prize winner David Lindsay-Abaire to be directed by Tony Award winner Daniel Sullivan.

Actress sisters Liz and Ann Hampton Callaway will tour with their show BOOM!, Ann Hampton Callaway announced on her official website. This tribute to the boomers music of the 1960s and 1970s celebrates the soundtrack of the sisters' childhood. The duo also shares heartwarming and humorous stories of their years growing up in Chicago and New York. BOOM! includes songs such as 'Both Sides Now,' 'Up, Up and Away,' 'That's the Way I've Always Heard It Should Be,' 'Bridge Over Troubled Waters,' 'Will You Love Me Tomorrow?' and 'Downtown,' and many more.

Stratford, Ontario's Stratford Shakespeare Festival has announced the lineup for the 2011 Festival.

A Red Orchid proudly announces its 2010-2011 season, featuring the Midwest Premieres of Paul Mullin's Louis Slotin Sonata, directed by Ensemble Member Karen Kessler, and Enda Walsh's The New Electric Ballroom, directed by Robin Witt.

Miller Theatre's 2010 - 2011 season is the first fully programmed by its exuberant new director Melissa Smey. The season is a richly drawn exploration of diverse musical genres and styles, confirming what The New York Times declared: 'For sheer adventurousness, Miller Theatre remains the place to go.'

At a press conference yesterday the Oregon Shakespeare Festival provided a comprehensive picture of the scope of new work underway over the next several season supported by grants totaling more than $800,000. OSF recently received a grant of $600,000 from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation over three years (2010-2012) for the decade-long commissioning, production, and public dialogue initiative American Revolutions: the United States History Cycle. The Edgerton Foundation of Los Angeles, California awarded OSF a four-year $200,000 grant to support the commissioning of five new American musicals, putting OSF in the unique position of creating new American musicals with a resident acting company.

The Emelin Theatre is excited to continue its long tradition of presenting the best in bluegrass into the 2010/2011 season. Series curator Arnie Fleischer has assembled a line up of the finest artists and groups the genre has to offer, including industry mainstays and exciting new artists alike.

Sisters of Swing: The Story of the Andrews Sisters plays May 29 - June 13, 2010. A toe-tapping, finger-snapping musical tribute to the most successful female group of all time. Totem Pole Playhouse brings Sisters of Swing, a joyful celebration of music, family and patriotism, to the stage for the 60th anniversary season.

The New School for Drama has announced that the award-winning director Joe Mantello will be the distinguished artist-in-residence for the 2010-2011 academic year. Mantello's directing credits include the wildly popular Wicked, as well as Assassins and Take Me Out, each of which earned him a Tony Award for directing.

Sisters of Swing: The Story of the Andrews Sisters plays May 29 - June 13, 2010. A toe-tapping, finger-snapping musical tribute to the most successful female group of all time. Totem Pole Playhouse brings Sisters of Swing, a joyful celebration of music, family and patriotism, to the stage for the 60th anniversary season.

Subscriptions to the Signature Theatre Company (Founding Artistic Director James Houghton; Executive Director Erika Mallin) 2010-2011 season celebrating Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Tony Kushner sold out in less than 24 hours after going on sale to the public on Tuesday, May 18.

The CW Network unveiled the schedule for its 2010-2011 season today at a presentation for advertisers, affiliates and national media in the Theater at Madison Square Garden, where singer Katy Perry rocked the house to open the show. The announcement was made by Dawn Ostroff, President of Entertainment, The CW.

Steppenwolf Theatre Company is pleased to announce its 2010/2011 Subscription Season, exploring the theme of public/private self. Season subscriptions are currently on-sale.

Classic Stage Company (CSC), under the leadership of Artistic Director Brian Kulick and Executive Director Jessica R. Jenen, has announced details for their upcoming 2010-11 season, the esteemed downtown theater company's 44th, which will include five Mainstage productions, as well as their popular Special Series.

Strawdog Theatre Company is proud to announce their 23rd anniversary season of presenting 'the whole wide world in a little black box,' with three main stage plays focusing on the theme ‘Extraordinary Matters.'

East West Players (EWP), the nation's premiere Asian American theater, announces its 45th Anniversary Season, running from September 2010 to June 2011. This season, themed 'Shake It Up' includes MYSTERIOUS SKIN by Prince Gomolvilas based on the novel by Scott Heim, CRIMES OF THE HEART by Beth Henley, WRINKLES by Paul Kikuchi, and KRUNK FU BATTLE BATTLE with book by Qui Nguyen, lyrics by Beau Sia and vocal music by Marc Macalintal.

Baz Bamigboye is reporting in today's UK Daily Mail that Trevor Nunn has Follies on the list of shows that he wants to direct as part of his year-long committment for 2011 at the Theatre Royal Haymarket.

Beavercreek Community Theatre, with two shows remaining in the current season, is already gearing up for next season by announcing its show line up. The Dayton Power & Light Foundation, a supporter of BCT since 1997, will sponsor the 2010-2011 season.

Magic Theatre, San Francisco's home for new plays, announces its 2010-2011 Season: the west coast premiere of Tarell Alvin McCraney's The Brothers Size, an unforgettable tale of brotherhood directed by Octavio Solis; the world premiere of Theresa Rebeck's What We're Up Against, a subversive comedy about men, women, and survival in the workplace directed by Loretta Greco; the west coast premiere of Liz Duffy Adams' Or, a cross-dressing contemporary restoration comedy directed by Loretta Greco; and the rolling world premiere of The Lily's Revenge, a fantastical 5-hour cornucopia of theatre, party, and circus, written by and starring playwright and burlesque performer Taylor Mac.

Miracle Theatre Group, the Northwest's premier Latino arts and culture organization, today announces its 2010-2011 season featuring an exciting line-up of four world premiere productions and a Pulitzer Prize winning drama.

Steve Jobs, three tall women, five Irish sisters, and an entire small town haunted by one strange urban legend. Seattle Repertory Theatre announces its 2010-11 season, which brings to life a whole host of characters (fictional and otherwise) in eight plays by some of the most exciting new writers and celebrated contemporary playwrights. Season tickets go on sale April 8.

Signature Theatre Company (Founding Artistic Director James Houghton; Executive Director Erika Mallin) is pleased to announce the final production for their 20th Anniversary 2010-2011 Season, celebrating the work of Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize-winner Tony Kushner.

Signature Theatre Company has announced the final production for their 20th Anniversary 2010-2011 Season, celebrating the work of Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize-winner Tony Kushner. Joining the previously announced first New York Revival of Parts 1 and 2 of ANGELS IN AMERICA: A GAY FANTASIA ON NATIONAL THEMES and the New York premiere of THE INTELLIGENT HOMOSEXUAL'S GUIDE TO CAPITALISM AND SOCIALISM WITH A KEY TO THE SCRIPTURES will be THE ILLUSION, Kushner's freely adapted version of Pierre Corneille's L'Illusion Comique, directed by Tony Award-winner Michael Mayer. The production will be presented in Spring, 2011 at the Peter Norton Space, (555 West 42nd Street, between 10th and 11th Avenues). Dates and casting will be announced at a later date.

Artistic Director of the internationally acclaimed Donmar Warehouse, Michael Grandage, today announced new details surrounding the new Donmar season through until February 2011 including. Casting has been announced for Polar Bears; David Leveaux has been pronounced director of Simon Gray's The Late Middle Class; von Kleist's The Prince of Homburg has been added to the season; new events in celebration of Sondheim's 80th birthday - in addition to the production of Passion - have been revealed; and Michael Grandage has been confirmed to direct Derek Jacobi in King Lear.