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With their Platinum Anniversary just around the corner, Paper Mill Playhouse is celebrating the abundance of springtime with a musical comedy favorite, Cole Porter's 'Kiss Me, Kate!' James Brennan's 'wunderbar' direction and 'too darn hot' choreography by Patti Columbo take center-stage with the hard-working and high-energy cast led by Mike McGowan, Michele Ragusa, Amanda Watkins and Timothy J. Alex!

Kenny, portrayed by the stirring Tobias Segal, is the juvenile under-the-microscope in Liz Flahive's 'From Up Here,' directed by Leigh Silverman, now playing MTC in collaboration with Ars Nova. Segal discusses the effects of portraying his deep role in this striking new dark family comedy about love, forgiveness and the actualities of today's youth at home and school...

After over 1,000 performances as Broadway's favorite big-girl Tracy Turnblad, Shannon Durig will take her final 'Hairspray' bow on Sunday, April 13, 2008. Amidst teasing-up her towering hair and busting-down TV segregation, Shannon has fostered a loving family among the nicest kids in town...

From the pen of young playwright Itamar Moses, helmed by young director Pam MacKinnon and interpreted by young actors Michael Esper and Gideon Banner - MTC presents 'The Four Of Us' - a story of male companionship that reverberates for audiences young and old! Banner and Esper discuss their amiable characters in this delightful new comedic drama that shines a soft blue light on the intimacy and fragility of friendship...

On Monday, March 31, 2008, Broadway belter Sherie Rene Scott, currently starring as the notorious eight-armed sea-witch Ursula in Disney's 'The Little Mermaid,' will concoct an experiment in truth-telling in her new and original one-woman show 'You May Now Worship Me.' The one-night-only concert at the Eugene O'Neill Theatre benefits Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS and the Phyllis Newman Women's Health Initiative.

Paper Mill Playhouse, the 70-year-old regional theater in Millburn, New Jersey nearly closed its doors a year ago due to a financial crisis. Today, Paper Mill Playhouse is making a come-back as incredible as the New York Giants in the recent Super Bowl. Although the theatre still needs additional contributed support, Paper Mill Playhouse is seeing an all-around resurgence.

The new musical Passing Strange is truly bringing something 'strange' to today's world of musical theatre... originality. Shaped out of personal life experiences, 'Passing Strange' utters a refreshing sound for the streets of Broadway. The cast dive-into their eclectic mix of characters and the roots of this adventurous new musical which seeks 'the real.'

Today's the day the Teddy Bears had their picnic! And they brought along all their Broadway-loving friends for another successful and entertaining Broadway Bears auction, presented by Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS! To the thrill of bear and fan-boy alike, the 11th Annual event raised over $127,000! Top winners were 'Cyrano de Bergerac,' 'The Lion King' and 'Spamalot.'

The new musical Passing Strange is truly bringing something 'strange' to today's world of musical theatre... originality. Shaped out of personal life experiences, 'Passing Strange' utters a refreshing sound for the streets of Broadway. The cast dive-into their eclectic mix of characters and the roots of this adventurous new musical which seeks 'the real.'

Budding actress Zoe Kazan has found a polished balance between her role as an independent woman 'now' and the guidelines of being a girl 'then.' Zoe Kazan discusses her Broadway debut and the effects of her character on William Inge's classic tale of marriage, alcohol and the social standards of the 1950s.

After 2-hours of a gripping and wild-ride at the Cort, audience members who were still itching for more Pinter and an opportunity to crack open the mysteries of the play stayed in their seats… And just five short minutes later, Bogosian, Roy Harris (stage manager), and stars Ian McShane, Michael McKean, Gareth Saxe and James Frain joined the audience for an engaging post-show discussion.

For any American playwright to debut new material with an acclaimed New York theatre company is a privilege. But to debut new material over an entire season is a paradise! Especially if your plays are as well-received as this season's Charles Mee series at The Signature Theatre Company. Following hits 'Iphigenia 2.0' and 'Queens Boulevard,' Charles Mee (aka Chuck) chatted about his nostalgic new play, 'Paradise Park,' and its themes of the lost paradise of Americana...

Pitting legend and superstition against the risk of card-playing and the drink, Conor McPherson's new play 'The Seafarer' balances upon polished performers like Hollywood film and TV star David Morse and acclaimed-actor Ciaran Hinds. In the depths of the Booth Theatre, both men discuss their extraordinary characters who fill each inch of this powerfully engaging and humorous production.

The BMI Musical Theatre Workshop is a one-of-a-kind program with the soul purpose of fostering creativity in the art of musical theatre, and to provide the footing for tomorrow's composers and lyricists whose music may one day leap from the page and onto the stage. Tony Award-winning composer and lyricist, Maury Yeston, teaches the Advanced Workshop class and shares some of the remarkable history and opportunities BMI offers.

Max Von Essen will make his Carnegie Hall debut as Tremont, the exclamatory transsexual in Jerry Springer - The Opera in Concert with pumps and potty mouth in-town. Max takes a moment to hype-up his anticipated role, laugh at the pending political-incorrectness, and share his excitement off portraying a role unlike any he's attempted before!

Anxious for Opening Night of 'The Little Mermaid' on Thursday, January 10, Tituss Burgess (currently starring as Sebastian) shares some of his thrills in playing one of the world's most notable shellfish, the creative processes behind the new musical, and what audiences have to look forward to at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre!

Magic Theatre begins the new year with the world premiere production of Betty Shamieh's Territories directed by Jessica Heidt.

SHN announces today that Andrew Lloyd Webber and Jim Steinman's musical, Whistle Down The Wind will play San Francisco's Curran Theatre April 1-20, 2008.

A.C.T.'s 2007-2008 season gala, Illuminate the Night: A Spotlight on Our Shining Stars. At this benefit for A.C.T.'s actor-training programs, two-time Tony Award-winner Christine Ebersole, Billy Stritch, and A.C.T.'s own Master of Fine Arts Program and Young Conservatory students will entertain San Francisco's most prominent community leaders on Sunday, April 6, 2008, at San Francisco's Four Seasons Hotel.

Internationally renowned playwright Sir Tom Stoppard will visit the American Conservatory Theatre (ACT) of San Francisco to take part in a Koret panel discussion on the A.C.T. stage. The one-hour conversation, part of the Koret Visiting Artists Series, takes place Saturday, January 5, 2008, at 10AM.