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On October 9th, 2008 Olivier-nominee Scarlett Strallen and ADAM FIORENTINO (in their Broadway debuts as Mary Poppins and Bert, respectively), were welcomed to the company of the award-winning musical Mary Poppins at the New Amsterdam Theatre (214 West 42nd Street). After their debuts the two celebrated at Sardi's Restaurant in New York City.

CAPTURE NOW, a new play by Josh Jonas, is currently being given its world premiere Off-Broadway this fall, beginning previews October 10 prior to opening October 22 at The Theatres at 45 Bleecker Street (45 Bleecker Street) in Manhattan. Producers are Kurt Peterson and Jane Bergere. Tickets are on sale now.

THE OPEN BOOK and NUNKIE THEATRE COMPANY are pleased to announce the upcoming production of 'OH, WHISTLE…,' two ghost stories by M R JAMES and performed by R M LLOYD PARRY at the 78th Street Theatre Lab. 'OH, WHISTLE…' plays Wednesdays through Saturdays at 7:30 PM, October 22nd through November 8th. In addition, performances of Lloyd Parry's 2007 M R James show, 'A PLEASING TERROR,' plays 10:00 PM on Friday, October 24th, 31st and November 7th.

SPRING AWAKENING has announced that they will play a special election week schedule.

Critically acclaimed theatre company Circus Theatricals proudly announces that playwright SHEM BITTERMAN has won the 2008 Pen USA Literary Award for Drama for his play HARM'S WAY. Past winners of the award include Sarah Rule, Luis Alfaro, Donald Freed, and Craig Volk.

Landmark on Main Street welcomes back Broadway's Tony Award-winning star Brian Stokes Mitchell to the Jeanne Rimsky Theater on Saturday, November 8, 2008, in a special performance debuting his new show 'Songs I Want to Sing' for Landmark's 14th Annual Spotlight Gala 2008.

Adam Kantor, who made his Broadway debut as the final Mark in Rent, will replace Hunter Parrish in the all-star benefit concert performance of DRIFT with music and lyrics by Jeremy Schonfeld.

The cast, crew, and creative team of the upcoming Broadway production of David Mamet's masterpiece, American Buffalo, are collaborating on a web series, called 'American Buffalo: Backstage,' which presents audiences with a rare view of what really happens backstage, in rehearsal, and outside of rehearsal on a major production

A special revival of God's Trombones by James Weldon Johnson's as part of his Tribute to Black Preachers will be presented on Friday & Saturday, October 24 & 25, 2008 @ 7:30PM at Broadway Advent Church (2504 Broadway @ West 93rd Street) There is a suggested donation of $25.00 per person.

Theatre for a New Audience's Artistic Director, Jeffrey Horowitz and New York Theatre Workshop's Artistic Director James C. Nicola announced that their co-prodocution of THE GRAND INQUISITOR will extend by popular demand through November 30th, 2008.

Ars Nova has posted a video of the launch party of their inaugural A.N.T FEST (Ars Nova Theater Festival) on YouTube. Click HERE to view the video and get a preview of what to expect at the festival.

Next month, Tony Award-winning director Mary Zimmerman returns to Berkeley Repertory Theatre with an alluring adaptation of The Arabian Nights.

On Monday, October 27th, at 8:00pm the New Globe Theater presents SHAKESPEARE IN THE BRAVE NEW WORLD (from the Colonies to Bart Simpson) at NYU Skirball Center.

Disney Theatrical Productions premiered the musical TARZAN® last night in Hamburg, Germany at the Theater Neue Flora. The performance was sold-out and was well received by the German press.

3LD Art & Technology Center presents the World Premiere of THE ONLY TRIBE beginning previews November 28. Conceived by Roland Gebhardt, this unique theatrical experience animates 80 geometric masks by Gebhart with choreography by Peter Kyle, video design by Reid Farrington, and music by Stephen Barber. Opening night is slated for December 3.

The National Museum of Women in the Arts will present a Lifetime Achievement Award to Lynda Carter Friday, November 7 at NMWA's Annual Fall Benefit. At the event, Lynda will perform a variety of pop and Broadway hits from her current Cabaret show

Supertossers has created a special video tribute to The Cast of [title of show], using their song 'Nine People's Favorite Thing.' People from all across the world, including theater, television and film stars Jonathan Groff, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Neil Patrick Harris, Jimmy Kimmel, Celia Keenan-Bolger, Mara Davi, T.R. Knight, Andrea Martin, Seth Rudetsky and more participated.

Justice takes the stage when Gerald W. Lynch Theater at John Jay College of Criminal Justice, 899 Tenth Avenue, presents Dahlia: A Very Nearly True Theatrical Fantasia, a new play by P. Seth Bauer, directed by Heath Cullens, with video projections by Tal Yarden, for three performances only Friday, Saturday and Monday, October 24, 25 and 27, at 7:00 pm, at the John Jay College Gerald W. Lynch Theater ,899 Tenth Avenue at 58th Street.

Abingdon Theatre Company will celebrate its 16th Anniversary by honoring Austin Pendleton and Pamela Paul (former Co-Artistic Director) Monday, November 10, 2008 at Tavern on the Green, Central Park West at 67th St.

Passage Theatre, Trenton's premiere professional theater company, will open its new season with the world premiere of The Summer House, written by Amber Kain, October 30 through November 23 (press opening: Saturday, November 1). The production, directed by Jade King Carroll, will be performed in Trenton's historic Mill Hill Playhouse (Front and Montgomery Streets).