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Seattle Repertory Theatre has cancelled their production of the Broadway bound Waiting for Godot due to the loss of a financial backer. Actor Bill Irwin was set to star in production, scheduled to open on January 15th and run through February 14th. The theater has replaced the production with Athol Fugard's Road to Mecca, directed by Leigh Silverman.

ZOMBIE JOE'S UNDERGROUND THEATRE GROUP has begun celebrating Halloween early this fall with is bloody new theatrical experience called URBAN DEATH currently playing late night weekend performances at The Players Theatre in Greenwich Village.

IRVING BERLIN'S WHITE CHRISTMAS stars, Tony Award nominee Stephen Bogardus (Love! Valour! Compassion!) and Broadway favorite Kerry O'Malley (Into the Woods) sit down for an interview and performance with 'Sirius Live on Broadway' host Seth Rudetsky tomorrow Wednesday, October 15th at 12:00p (EST) live from the Broadway Concierge and Ticket Center (1560 Broadway between 46th & 47th streets) in Times Square.

Roundabout Theatre Company (Todd Haimes, Artistic Director) presents a once-in-a-lifetime cast performing Stephen Sondheim and Hugh Wheeler's enchanting, Tony Award®-winning masterpiece, A Little Night Music. The gala concert reading will take place on Monday, January 12th, 2009 at 7:30PM at the Nokia Theatre Times Square (1515 Broadway at 44th St).

MC Squared Productions presents the New York premiere of THE FUNERALOGUES, a site-specific look at eulogies and the people who deliver them. Conceived and performed by Stacy Mayer, written by playwright Robert Charles Gompers, and directed by Molly Marinik, this unique theatrical experience has found its ultimate home at All Souls Chapel on New Yorks' Upper East Side. Workshopped at Emerging Artists Theatre's One Woman Standing Festival in 2007, previews begin November 7 with opening set for Saturday, November 15.

The Denver Center Theatre Company's fourth Colorado New Play Summit is continuing to receive heightened national attention due to the success of new plays premiered at last season's event.

This fall Seattle Shakespeare Company offers the rare opportunity to experience both parts of Shakespeare's epic Henry IV. Shakespeare's Henry IV parts 1 and 2 have been adapted into one emotionally packed drama by Daikin Matthews. Artistic Director Stephanie Shine directs Henry IV with David Pichette playing King Henry, Tim Gouran as the playboy prince Hal, and Richard Ziman as the funny and complex Falstaff. With a low-priced preview on October 23, Henry IV opens on Friday, October 24. The production runs through November 16 at the Center House Theatre at Seattle Center.

Marty Geiger is appearing this week in his new cabaret show called SUMMER BABY. In the 70 minute show directed by MAC Award Winner Lina Koutrakos, Marty looks back and remembers summers past in words and music, including quite a few Broadway songs. Paul Greenwood is the Musical Director.

The Program in Educational Theatre at New York University will present an original interview theatre production, The Class Project, from October 24 through November 2 at the Black Box Theatre, 82 Washington Square East.

TAPE, a new play will play from Friday, October 17th through Sunday, October 19th at the 78th Street Theatre Lab (236 W 78th Street). The play is written by Stephen Belber and produced by Justin Boccitto and The Group Theatre Too, LLC.

Autism Speaks invites you attend a very special one night only literary and musical celebration of Miracle Workers with inspiring celebrity readings and musical performances to raise money for autism.

Emmy Award winner Sarah Jessica Parker & Tony Award winner Matthew Broderick will host a one night only Broadway concert event, Broadway Voices For Change starring Tony Award winners Audra McDonald and Barbara Cook, to benefit America Votes on Sunday, October 19, at 8pm at Broadway's Al Hirschfeld Theatre (302 West 45th Street

This fall, Ghostlight Records is pleased to announce the upcoming cast album of Jason Robert Brown's 13, A New Musical and Patti LuPone at Les Mouches - a digitally restored CD from the legendary 1980 concerts. To celebrate these releases of the new theatre season memebers of BroadwayWorld.com will save 10 % when you visit http://www.sh-k-boom.com/ and use code SHKWORLD to save now through November 3rd!

Tony Award winner Jason Robert Brown, composer/lyricist of the new musical 13, to host '13 Questions' - a series of audience Q & A's - immediately following the 7pm performances on Tuesday, October 21, Wednesday, October 22 and Thursday, October 23, 2008. Special co-hosts to include 13's casting director, Mark Simon, 'fabulous' members of Broadway's first all teenage cast and band and other members of 13's creative staff. (Star Ledger) All audience members with tickets for that evening's performance are permitted to stay for that evening's talkback for free.

GableStage at the Biltmore - in association with Jay Harris - will present the Southeastern Premiere of NOVEMBER by David Mamet - opening October 18th and running through November 16th

What's On Stage is reporting that actor and director Kenneth Branagh, who is currently starring in Ivanov at Donmar, has pulled out of directing Hamlet and will be replaced by Donmar Artistic Director Michael Grandage.

At Berkeley Repertory Theatre, acclaimed actor Delroy Lindo is returning to the powerful play that earned him a Tony nomination - Joe Turner's Come and Gone by August Wilson - and, as the show's director, he has chosen four local children to perform with a cast of accomplished professionals.

FEINSTEIN'S AT LOEWS REGENCY, the nightclub proclaimed 'Best of New York' by New York Magazine and 'an invaluable New York institution' by The New York Post, will continue their 10th Anniversary season with the debut engagement of Grammy Award winner Crystal Gayle and Tony Award nominee Laura Bell Bundy, appearing together for the first time. 'Kentucky Girlfriends' - which celebrates their home state and their southern heritage - will make its world premiere at the club from October 28 to November 1.

London's Evening Standard is reporting that Andrew Lloyd Webber might be one of the potential buyers interested in the Rodgers and Hammerstein Organization. A source revealted that Webber is 'putting together a bid'.

Tickets go on sale today for Signature Theatre Company's (James Houghton, Founding Artistic Director; Erika Mallin, Executive Director) production of HOME, the second production of Signature's 2008-2009 season celebrating the historic Negro Ensemble Company (NEC).