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Ten Chimneys Foundation, the National Historic Landmark estate of Broadway legends Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne, has chosen Steppenwolf Theatre Company ensemble member Francis Guinan as one of its eleven inaugural LUNT-FONTANNE FELLOWS, as part of the LUNT-FONTANNE FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM, a groundbreaking national program to serve regional theatre actors and the future of American Theatre.

'Little Death' won't die. The provocative new musical performance that reveals the erotic intersections between sex and death, will have an afterlife after all. The well-received two-part performance starring Karen Kohler, who is backed by a delicious 5-piece band led by Doug Oberhamer, adds three performances through Tuesday November 18.

The Shakespeare Society (Michael Sexton, Artistic Director) will present Richard Easton, Christian Camargo, Jeremy Strong, Elisabeth Waterston, and Professor David Scott Kastan in Politics, Prince Hal, and the Making of a Leader on Monday, November 3 at 6:30pm at the Kaye Playhouse at Hunter College, East 68 Street, between Park and Lexington Avenues.

Following visionary New York productions of The Misanthrope (2007) and Hedda Gabler (2004), Flemish director Ivo van Hove returns with Opening Night, a U.S. premiere engagement that also marks the New York debut of his company, Toneelgroep Amsterdam. A joint production by Toneelgroep Amsterdam and the Belgium-based company NTGent, Opening Night transforms director John Cassavetes' award-winning 1977 film to the stage. Five performances of Opening Night will take place in the BAM Harvey Theater on Dec 2-6 at 7:30pm.

Center Theatre Group announced today that one of its new plays has been chosen by the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) as one of the inaugural selections in the NEA New Play Development Program.

Full Spectrum and New York Theatre Workshop will present THE SKEPTICS, a panel discussion with six creators whose work explores the ground between belief and uncertainty.

Cirque du Soleil is seeking new backstage, production and operations talent for its current productions and upcoming creations, and will send some recruiters to New York City in from November 17-19, 2008.

Row Man Productions NYC and LSNelson Productions proudly present the New York Premiere of Missa Solemnis or The Play About Henry, written by Roman Feeser and directed by Linda S. Nelson.

The 2008 Dramatists Guild Awards Celebration, presented by the Dramatists Guild Fund will be held on Tuesday, November 18, 2008 at The Players (16 Gramercy Park, NYC 10003).

TVGuide.com is reporting that actor Nathan Lane will be appearing on FOX's sitcom 'Til Death' on November 19th, 2008. Lane will be 'playing the gay brother of Brad Garrett's Eddie. Recently split from his longtime companion, Lane's character ultimately commiserates with his kin over how they each have come to rely on their better halves.'

Michael Attenborough will direct the European premiere of Neil LaBute's new play, In a Dark Dark House, which runs at the Almeida from 20 November 2008 - 17 January 2009, with press night on 27 November. In a Dark Dark House is designed by Lez Brotherston, with lighting by Howard Harrison and sound by Howard Wood.

The Public Theater (Artistic Director Oskar Eustis; Executive Director Andrew D. Hamingson) announced today that it received a substantial three-year grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to launch the first Public Theater Master Writer Chair position.

The Lifetime Original Movie 'Nora Roberts' Midnight Bayou,' starring Jerry O'Connell ('Crossing Jordan'), Lauren Stamile ('Grey's Anatomy') and Faye Dunaway ('Chinatown') is the second of the 2009 Nora Roberts' movie slate to begin production.

From Hilary A. Williams, London producer of Who's Afraid of Virgina Woolf with Kathleen Turner and The Postman Always Rings Twice with Val Kilmer and the Chicago Director Tom Mullen (Urinetown, I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change) comes the exciting Chicago premiere of Tomorrow Morning, an acclaimed new musical by accomplished U.K. playwright, composer and lyricist Laurence Mark Wythe. Tomorrow Morning runs Friday,Oct 31st through Sunday, Dec. 7 at the Greenhouse Theater, 2257 N. Lincoln Avenue, Chicago.

The Professional Theatre Awards Council (PTAC), presenter of the annual Kevin Kline Awards ceremony, announced its Executive Board Officers for 2008-09.

The Public Theater (Artistic Director Oskar Eustis; Executive Director Andrew D. Hamingson) will begin previews on Friday, November 7 for the New York premiere of TAKING OVER, the first new solo play by OBIE Award winner Danny Hoch in 10 years.

Stamford Theatre Works is in the process of discontinuing its programming and dissolving its theater operations after 20 years of producing professional Equity theater in Stamford, Connecticut.

The Directors Company production of Irena's Vow, the new play by Dan Gordon, starring four-time Tony nominee, and three-time Drama Desk Award-winner Tovah Feldshuh and directed by Michael Parva, has sold out its entire world premiere Off-Broadway run (SRO at every performance, from the show's first preview September 7th through closing night, November 2nd).

Soho Rep - the nine-time OBIE Award-winning, Off-Broadway theatre company - which sold out its initial run and its first extension, announces a second extension of its critically acclaimed production of Sarah Kane's landmark play BLASTED which will now play an unprecedented additional six weeks - through December 21st, according to Soho Rep's Artistic Director Sarah Benson.

The producers of the Tony Award nominated new Broadway production of GREASE announced the full cast today for the national tour of the show, launching at the Providence Performing Arts Center in Providence, RI on December 2, 2008.