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After 24 years in publications, All About Barbra Magazine is about to be relaunched with an exclusive Q&A with Barbra herself. This is not the first time Barbra has participated. She has been extremely kind and giving with photos for publication and signed items used to raise money for various charities from Childline to Aids Benefits.

The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts presents three-time Tony nominee Rebecca Luker in 'Songs for the Theater: The Next Generation' on November 8, 2008 at 7:30 p.m. in the Terrace Theater. The evening is part of Barbara Cook's Spotlight, which features theater cabaret performances throughout the 2008-2009 season by Broadway artists chosen by Barbara Cook.

The Highline Ballroom has made the following additions and revisions to its upcoming lineup of performers.

The Mount Vernon Hotel Museum & Garden invites New Yorkers to spend Halloween with the author of 'The Raven' himself, poet Edgar Allan Poe.

The Laurie Beechman Theatre will present SAY Something: A SPOKEN WORD SALON featuring Phil Geoffrey Bond, Sonny Fox, Carl Kissin, Marni Nixon, Christine Pedi, Seth Rudetsky, Sarah Schulman and James Wesley. Sunday, October 12th @ 6pm.

The critically acclaimed Los Angeles Theatre Ensemble concludes its 2008 Season with the World Premiere of a new comedy that is both poignant and timely. Quixotic by Kit Steinkellner, a modern re-telling of Cervantes' classic novel 'Don Quixote,' opens on October 30 at The Powerhouse Theatre in Santa Monica.

Don't Quite Your Night Job Presents 'The Broadway National Convention' on Monday, November 3 at 7:30 PM

On Friday October 3rd, at the Mathaser Cinema, the red carpet Munich Premiere of 'High School Musical 3' was attended by the film's stars, including Zac Efron, Vanessa Hudgens, Ashley Tisdale and Corbin Bleu, as well as director Kenny Ortega.

The Shakespeare Society (Michael Sexton, Artistic Director) will present Liev Schreiber, Richard Easton, 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.

The Will Geer Theatricum Botanicum takes Social Science and World History 'Off-the-Page' with Fremont High School students this fall as part of two long-term arts-education residency programs, Americana off the Page: Viva La Raza! and Americana off the Page: African-American History.

The New York Musical Theater Festival may be spawning something extraordinarily special with their production of PLAY IT COOL. The show, with a book by Martin Casella and Larry Dean Harris, features music by Philip Swan and lyrics by Mark Winkler. Is set in a 1920's Hollywood jazz club catering to a gay clientele and is owned my Mary (Sally Mayes), who has put all her life's savings into it.

Next month, Tony Award-winning director Mary Zimmerman returns to Berkeley Repertory Theatre with an alluring adaptation of The Arabian Nights. This is Zimmerman's sixth trip to Berkeley Rep, and for the first time she works her magic on the intimate Thrust Stage. The Arabian Nights runs from November 13 through January 4 with the official press night on November 19.

For years, the public's number one request for improved service at Theatre Development Fund's TKTS Discount Booths has been the addition of credit cards as a method of payment. When TDF's new booth opens 'under the red glass steps' in the newly revitalized Father Duffy Square (Broadway and 47th Street, Manhattan) on Thursday, October 16 at 3pm, ticket buyers will be able to make their purchases using major credit cards, in addition to cash and travelers checks, for same-day tickets to Broadway, Off Broadway, music and dance productions.

Jamie McGonnigal will present 'Broadway Loves Joe's Pub' a concert featuring the best of the best from the Broadway concerts at Joe's Pub over the last ten years.

The Broadway cast of 13 will be featured on MTV News, Monday, October 6th & Tuesday, October 7th. The show, which opened on Sunday, October 5th, 2008, began preview performances on Broadway at the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre (242 West 45th Street) on September 16th, 2008.

Returning after a three year hiatus, Author Services Inc, located one block west of Grauman's Chinese Theatre on Hollywood Blvd, is once again hosting live music and story-readings of L. Ron Hubbard's 'Stories from the Golden Age,' with some of the world's most talented musicians and Hollywood's most recognized actors, including Chick Corea, Edgar Winter, Karen Black and David Carradine.

The Drama Desk and Obie Award-wining Mint Theater Company kicks off their 2008-2009 season with the American Premiere of J. B. Priestley's The Glass Cage, and announced that performances will continue through November 8th.

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.

Hiroshima, a musical group merging jazz, R&B, and world music with an awesome array of Japanese percussion and other native instruments will be at The Rrazz Room, Hotel Nikko, 222 Mason, SF from October 8-11 at 8 PM Oct 8 and 9, and at 7 PM and 9:30 PM on Oct 10 and 11.

On October 6th, 2008 theater, television, and film celebrities Polly Draper, S. Epatha Merkerson, Talia Balsam and Cybill Shepherd attended the second annual 'Reinvention Convention', hosted by More Magazine.