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Pamela Gien's The Syringa Tree reopens this week, back by popular demand for four weeks only. The Syringa Tree, a tale of South Africa, by Pamela Gien runs from July 31 through August 30, Tuesday through Sunday. Directed and designed by Joel Sass, The Syringa Tree stars Sarah Agnew.

SHN is pleased to announce the 2009-2010 Citibank Best of Broadway season, under the direction of Carole Shorenstein Hays and Robert Nederlander presented at San Francisco's Orpheum, Curran and Golden Gate Theatres. SHN, the pre-eminent theatrical entertainment company in San Francisco, offers the ultimate Broadway experience to all Bay Area audiences.

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 the 21st Annual Free Summer Theatre Program, CLICK, CLACK, MOO, a new musical based on the Caldecott Honor children's book by Doreen Cronin and Betsy Lewin.

New Artists Theater Company and the city of Hoboken present a staged reading of ON THE WATERFRONT, written by Budd Schulberg and produced by Nick Puccio and the Hudson Film Group. The staged reading will be presented Tuesday, July 28 and Wednesday, July 29, 2009 at 7pm in Frank Sinatra Park between 4th and 5th Street in Hoboken, NJ, and features cast members from The Sopranos, Oz, and Brotherhood.

San Francisco Shakepeare Company presents The Comedy of Errors in the parks.

The Richmond / Ermet Aids Foundation presents HELP IS ON THE WAY XV: NO BUSINESS LIKE SHOWBUSINESS, the 15th Anniversary Gala and Northern California's Largest Annual Star-studded AIDS Benefit Concert & Gala. HELP IS ON THE WAY XV will be held Sunday, August 2, 2009 at the Herbst Theatre in San Francisco, benefiting four Bay Area AIDS service organizations.

Issues of racism and sexism and male and female relationships will be explored in two one-act plays by renowned poet Sonia Sanchez that are being presented by the Bebop Theatre Collective at the Riverside Theatre.

MadCaP Productions is proud to present Buddy Thomas' DEVIL BOYS FROM BEYOND as part of the 13th annual New York International Fringe Festival - Fringe NYC.

Laurel Mill Playhouse Summer Youth Production, located at 508 Main Street in historic Laurel, MD., presents Cinderella by Rodgers and Hammerstein. Directed and produced by Patti Knazik and musically directed by Stu Knazik, this family musical opens Friday, July 31.

Since its world premiere in May 2005 at the Victoria Palace Theatre in the West End, Billy Elliot the Musical has played to over 3.5 million people worldwide including HM The Queen, Mikhail Baryshnikov, Hilary Clinton, Bill Gates, Hugh Jackman, Michael Jackson, Nicole Kidman, Ben Stiller and Anna Wintour.

Creede Repertory Theatre is offering day camps for kids August 3rd - 8th. Boomtown Jr. for ages 12+ will explore the basics of improv comedy. This camp, taught by Jessica Jackson and Charlie Thurston (very talented members of CRT's Boomtown troupe), is held from 9am-1pm each day.

The Unexpected Man Extends! The Unexpected Man, a play by Yasmina Reza in the Christopher Hampton translation, directed by Stephen Drewes, has been extended through August 15.

Wolf 359 presents Evanston: A Rare Comedy as part of the Summer Sublet Series at HERE Arts Center on August 3, 4, and 5.

The cast has been announced for the reading of Operation Epsilon, a new play by Alan Brody (Housewives of Manheim), directed by Andy Sandberg (Producer of Hair). This developmental reading is being presented by Ellen Berman (Enchanted April), and this presentation is supported by a grant from the Council of the Arts at MIT.

R.Evolución Latina presents its 2nd Annual D2BG Children's Performing Arts Camp, where Broadway stars lend their time and talent.

Galapagos Arts Space presents URBANOPOLIS at the Galapagos Art Space (16 Main Street at the corner of Water, Dumbo, Brooklyn, 718-222-8500). Take the subway: A, C to High St.; or F to York St.

Artistic Director Nicholas Martin presents the second Nikos Stage show of the 2009 season, What is the Cause of Thunder? by Noah Haidle (Saturn Returns, Mr. Marmalade) playing through August 2.

Chicago audiences will now have the unique opportunity to witness an author appearing on stage in her own dramatic work. Playwright Anita Chandwaney will now appear in her play, 'Instant Recall,' for the first three weeks of the run, August 13-30.

Intiman Theatre, under the leadership of Artistic Director Bartlett Sher and Managing Director Brian Colburn, continues its 2009 season with OTHELLO.

Second Stage Theatre (Carole Rothman, Artistic Director, Ellen Richard, Executive Director) continues this summer's Second Stage Theatre Uptown Series with the world premiere of Lila Rose Kaplan's Wildflower. Directed by Giovanna Sardelli, Wildflower features Nadia Bowers, Ron Cephas Jones, Quincy Dunn-Baker, Jake O'Connor and Renée Felice Smith. Previews began Monday, July 13 and opening night is this evening, Monday, July 27 at 7:00pm.