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Neal Hefti, a jazz arranger and composer of the the Batman and The Odd Couple theme songs died on Saturday October 11th, 2008 from complications due to cancer. He was 85 years old.

The National Aphasia Association will present a special staged reading of Susan Yankowitz's Night Sky at the Baruch Performing Arts Center in New York City on October 21st, 2008 at 8PM

InterAct Theatre Company will present the East Coast premiere of THE WAR PARTY by Vincent Delaney directed by Rebecca Wright. It will run from Oct. 24 - Nov. 23 2008 at The Adrienne in Center City, PA.

At Pasadena Playhouse's 11th Annual Gala, Pasadena Playhouse Artistic Director Sheldon Epps, new Board Chair Michele Dedeaux Engemann and outgoing Board Chair Kerry McCluggage (the Gala's honoree), announced the theatre's receipt of a $3 million anonymous gift for the Playhouse's Next Stage Campaign.

Members of BroadwayWorld.com can purchase special discounted $22.00 tickets (reg. $27.50 and $30 at the door) to The Affair in 22B. To get your discounted tickets go to www.3stc.com and click on the 22B poster. When ordering, enter the coupon code: 22BBW. A confirmation email will be sent to your inbox. Just print it and bring it to the box office. No refunds or exchanges are allowed.

Following sold-out runs in Los Angeles and Chicago, and a twice-extended Off-Broadway run in New York earlier this year, Paul Stroili's Straight Up with a Twist has been invited to open and close the 2008 Los Angeles Comedy Festival November 7 and 23 with a third performance added on November 10, 2008.

Rita Moreno, singer, actor, and winner of an Oscar, Tony, Emmy, Grammy and Golden Globe, will appear at The Rrazz Room, Hotel Nikko, 222 Mason, SF from November 5-22 at 8 PM, and at 5 PM on Nov. 9, 16, and 23. Tickets are $50-$55 and can be purchased at www.therrazzroom.com, directly through www.ticketweb.com, or 866 468 3399.

The B Street Theatre, Sacramento's professional new works theatre, is pleased to present THE SEAFARER by Conor McPherson. Nominated for a Tony award in 2008 for best play, THE SEAFARER is the second production of the B Street Theatre's 2008-2009 'B3 Series.'

Theatre Rhinoceros and Grooviness Productions presents His Heart Belongs to Me. A new play by Jerry Metzker and directed by Maureen Studer.

Individual tickets for Broadway Sacramento's presentations of AVENUE Q and FROST/NIXON go on sale Monday, October 13.

Brian Friel's MOLLY SWEENEY will be presented by the 6th Street Playhouse.

The Ross Valley Players presents Sabrina Fair by Samuel Taylor to be directed by Michael Paul Pulizzano.

The Laurie Beechman Theatre will continue THE AFTER PARTY, their weekly 'schmoozefest for the theatrically inclined' that has become the hit of midtown.

What On Stage is reporting that Sean Holmes will succeed David Farr as the Artistic Director of London't Lyric Hammersmith. Holmes will begin in the Spring of 2009. David Farr announced he was leaving the position this past May after three years at the Hammersmith. He will now be the Associate Director fo the Royal Shakespeare Company.

Philadelphia's Obie Award winning Pig Iron Theatre Company will add an additional performance to its sold out run of CHEKHOV LIZARDBRAIN at The Ohio Theater on Saturday, October 18 at 2pm. This surreal comedy loosely inspired by Anton Chekhov's Three Sisters and the 'Three Brain' theory of Paul D. MacLean is directed by Dan Rothenberg with text by Robert Quillen Camp and the ensemble.

Arizona-based actress SUSAN CLAASSEN has just returned from a highly successful engagement on London's West End as legendary Hollywood designer Edith Head in 'A CONVERSATION WITH EDITH HEAD'.

As part of REDCAT's Fall 2008 season, CalArts will present the Los Angeles premiere of Songs of Ascension, a new evening-length work from composer, singer, director/choreographer Meredith Monk and the renowned visual artist Ann Hamilton, for five performances only, October 29 - November 2 at REDCAT, the Roy and Edna Disney/CalArts Theater.

The Drama League (Roger Danforth and Gabriel Shanks, Co-Executive Directors) is pleased to announce that Gypsy star and Tony Award winner Laura Benanti will serve as host for the organization's Fifth Annual 'Fall Festivities' concert, to be held on Monday, November 17, 2008 at the Metropolitan Room (34 West 22nd Street, NYC). The concert begins at 6 p.m.

MCC THEATER (Robert LuPone, Bernard Telsey, Artistic Directors; William Cantler, Associate Artistic Director; Blake West, Executive Director) today announced that their heretofore private PlayLab new play readings by members of the company's Playwrights' Coalition are going public.

This Great Performers season kicks off with a two-week focus on Leonard Bernstein. From Wednesday, October 15 through Saturday, November 1, in the Walter Reade Theater, the legacy of the iconic conductor, composer, and music educator is celebrated in The Joy of Music: Leonard Bernstein on Film.