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Marilyn Maye returns to San Francisco in a rare West Coast appearance of the 'Supreme Goddess of Music' at the Rrazz Room.

The Richmond/Ermet AIDS Foundation presents COMEDY KABARET: 2 (gay) Comics and a Diva, featuring Eddie Sarfaty, Scott Nevins and Connie Champagne.

The Theater Offensive's 18th Annual OUT ON THE EDGE Queer Theater Festival, happening October 23 through November 14, announces updates! The official line-up will begin with the world premiere of Come As You Are: Celebrate Queer Sex!, a nationally coordinated, locally produced series of performance events celebrating the role of sex in the queer liberation movement, 40 years after Stonewall.

August is a month of transitions, and Theater Offensive is taking the heat into the fall! Recently, Theater Offensive has wrapped up its first (ever!) True Color Summer Company, and are brimming with excitement to resume a new company in the fall.

A Contemporary American's Guide to a Successful Marriage (c) 1959 by Robert Bastron begins performances on August 17th at The Cherry Lane Theatre. Tickets and more information is available at: www.themarriageplay.com.

CityRep has the answer for economic recovery! We're bringing you FIVE knockout comedies for the same price you paid for FOUR productions in previous seasons. Plus, if you order by August 31, 2009, we'll offer you ADDITIONAL SAVINGS!

Timothy Childs and Anthony Francavilla present the August 10th performance of Erotic Broadway at The Triad, Off Broadway's sexiest, new late-night Monday series. There will be another performance on August 17.

Fall Classes will run from September 14th through November 23rd (classes will not meet the week of November 16th) at ACT One. The final recital will be performed on Tuesday, November 24th at 7:00 p.m. as part of our Cast Party for A Christmas Carol. A dress rehearsal for the performance will be held on Monday, November 23rd from 5:00 to 8:00.

Audition for the IMPACT Dance Troupe on August 31. Applications are due by August 21st. The troupe meets on Mondays from 6:00-8:30, and features Lillian Francis and guest choreographers. September 1st through August 1st (with selected weeks off), ages 13-adult. The class fee is $40 per month.

ACT One at The Academy of Christian Theatre in Kansas City, MO is holding auditions for A CHRISTMAS CAROL.

The Directors Studios is opening its doors (and floors) in September 2009 as the newest Twin Cities rehearsal home for the arts and entertainment community!

Continuing a tradition that dates back to 1920, when Burns Mantle founded the annual Best Plays Theater Yearbook, the Best Plays of 2008-2009 were announced today by editor Jeffrey Eric Jenkins.

The American Theatre Wing has announced that Tony Award-nominee Brian d'Arcy James (currently playing the title role in Shrek), is the next guest on their popular interview show, 'Downstage Center.' Hosted by American Theatre Wing Executive Director Howard Sherman, 'Downstage Center' features weekly in-depth interviews with the leading artists and professionals working on stage today.

Eastwind Theatre Company presents GREENDALE, G.P., written and directed by Brad Saville.

Ralph Lee's Mettawee River Theatre Company presents the New York premiere of BEYOND THE HIGH VALLEY, based on a folk story of the Quechua people.

The Irish Repertory Theatre and its guests, including Marian Seldes and Frances Sternhagen, celebrated last Thursday's Off-Broadway opening of Conal Creedon's AFTER LUKE and WHEN I WAS GOD -- two short plays, set in present-day Ireland, about the powerful bond between fathers and their sons -- at The Irish Repertory (132 West 22nd Street) in Manhattan.

Readers' Ensemble Company presents Intimate Apparel, written by Lynn Nottage and directed by Leslie Guyton.

THE PROCESS GROUP and PURPLE MAN THEATER in association with the 13th Annual New York International Fringe Festival present the production of the world premiere of Nicholas Gray's Population: 8 at the Soho Playhouse on Tuesday August 18th at 4pm, Friday, August 21st at 10pm, Saturday, August 22nd at 3:45pm, Tuesday, August 25th at 7:15pm, and Sunday, August 30th at 2:45pm

I CAN HAS CHEEZBURGER: THE MUSICLOL! comes to the New York International Fringe Festival - FringeNYC as a production of The Present Company from August 14th to 30th. Tickets: $15.

Join Art & Soul featured artist Mike Graves as he paints on and off the canvas - maybe even spectators - at the Indianapolis Artsgarden, on Thursday, August 13 at 7 p.m.