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Rattlestick Playwrights Theater (David Van Asselt, Artistic Director and Sandra Coudert, Managing Director) continues its 14th anniversary season with the World Premiere of Geometry of Fire, a new drama by Stephen Belber, directed by Lucie Tiberghien (The Pavilion).

Lincoln Center Theater (under the direction of Andre Bishop, Artistic Director, and Bernard Gersten, Executive Producer) has announced that Bartlett Sher has been named Resident Director of the Theater. As Resident Director Mr. Sher will have an office at LCT, consult with Artistic Director Andre Bishop on artistic matters and direct one LCT production each year.

The Union Theatre will present Sweeney Todd beginning Wednesday 12 November through Saturday 6 December 2008.

Multi-award-winning leading lady Maria Friedman returns to the West End for one night only to headline this year's instalment of Christmas in New York, the annual celebration of classic carols and seasonal show-stoppers, at the Lyric Theatre on Sunday 7 December 2008, alongside Avenue Q's Julie Atherton, Wicked's Oliver Tompsett and Ashleigh Gray, Spamalot's Michael Xavier and a full supporting cast including Adrian Hansel, Zoe Rainey, Richard Reynard and Lorna Want.

Today, the Jefferson Awards announced the winners among the 150 nominees in 35 categories for Chicago Equity theatrical productions which opened between August 1, 2007 and July 31, 2008. Beginning with this season, the Jeff Awards is acknowledging the work of Large and Midsize theatres in separate categories for productions and technical elements.

The close-up conjurer and storyteller Eric DeCamps will pop up at The Metropolitan Room every Sunday at 4pm beginning November 9 in 'Pure Magic.'

500 Clown Theater,, founded in 2000 and made a non-profit in 2007, presents its holiday hit '500 Clown Christmas' for a limited holiday 2008 engagement during the first season of programming at North Central College's Meiley-Swallow Hall.

Fishamble's Artistic Director, Jim Culleton, will direct the British premiere of Robert Massey's Rank running at the Tricycle from 3 November until 29 November with press night on 5 November.

The New Group has pushed back the first preview of the U.S. premiere of Kevin Elyot's Mouth to Mouth directed by Mark Brokaw, to October 22nd for technical reasons. Mouth to Mouth will open the New Group's season and run through December 27

Straight from a sold out run in New York, Dane Vannatter will bring his new cabaret and jazz show, 'Alone Together: A Tony Bennett Album' to the Gardenia Room (7066 Santa Monica Blvd., West Hollywood) on Wednesday, November 12th (9PM) and make his West Coast cabaret debut.

Grammy-Award winning superstar Usher has officially announced his plans for the fall -- a 'ladies only' tour titled, 'One Night Stand.'

The Maltz Jupiter Theatre highlights its 'We Create Art' season campaign with the Emerging Artist Series in Musical Theater Playwriting.

Clay Aiken, currently starring in Monty Python's SPAMALOT, has announced the 'Write Clay's Playbill Biography Contest' winner. The contest offered members of his fan club the chance to write his official Playbill biography.

Actress Katie Holmes, currently appearing on Broadway in ALL MY SONS, will be guest starring on the ABC 'Eli Stone' tonight, October 21st, 2008.

Classic 70s funk infuses pioneering hip hop theater artist Will Power's fierce new coming-of-age tale, debuting October 24 at The Children's Theatre Company (CTC). FIVE FINGERS OF FUNK, created by Power in collaboration with composer Justin Ellington and director Derrick Sanders, runs through November 16 on the Cargill Stage as the first show in the ctc4teens season.

Broadway's Boy George Euan Morton will host the 2008 Theatre Museum Awards for Excellence on Tuesday October 21, 2009 at New York City's famed Players Club located at 16 Gramercy Park. Cocktails and Silent Auction at 6 p.m. Dinner at 7 p.m. Awards Ceremony at 8 p.m.

Outer Critics Circle will host a special evening celebrating the new theatre season with an emphasis on playwrights when they host 'Return of the Playwright' on Wednesday, November 5th (5-7:30PM) at Sardi's Restaurant in the Eugenia Room (234 West 44th Street). For the second year, the event is co-chaired by OCC Executive Committee member Rosalind Friedman and sponsored in part by The Samuel French Company, Inc.

Following rave reviews and near capacity attendance, the producers of 'The Affair in 22B' have decided to extend performances through November 2nd.

Gavin Esham and Christopher Sloan perform their original comic cabaret on October 26, 2008 9:30 PM at the famous Duplex Cabaret Theater entitled Chris and Gavin's Broadway Campaign '08: In Your Heart, You Know Their Right.

Playwrights Horizons, under the leadership of Artistic Director Tim Sanford and Managing Director Leslie Marcus, has announced additional casting and details for its 2008/2009 Season.