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This year, The Carol Tambor Best of Edinburgh Award goes to OVID'S METAMORPHOSES, adapted and directed by Peter Bramley with original music by Lucy Egger. The production is from the acclaimed London-based company Pants On Fire. The Carol Tambor Theatrical Foundation will present the winning production at the Obie and Drama Desk Award-winning The Flea Theater in January 2011.

Celebrate the work of Dr. Seuss with The Pennington Players' 'Seussical the Musical,' coming to Mercer County Community College's Kelsey Theatre.

September 23 at the Patterson, Bashi Rose, Rain Pryor, Marc Steiner, Mama Kay of WombWork Productions, and Doc Cheatham from the NAACP read excerpts from former political prisoner Eddie Conway's memoir.

Der junge amerikanische Tenor Stephen Costello (Hausdebüt) wird anstelle von Rolando Villazón den Rodolfo in La Bohème am 6. und 9. September 2010 singen. Im gegenseitigen Einverständnis zwischen der Wiener Staatsoper und Rolando Villazón wurde entschieden, seine Auftritte zu einem späteren Zeitpunkt in dieser Spielzeit nachzuholen. Die Termine werden zu gegebener Zeit bekanntgegeben.

Houston Grand Opera (HGO) today confirmed plans to co-produce a complete Ring cycle with Opera Australia, which will bring Wagner's complete Der Ring des Nibelungen to Houston for the first time in the company's history.

According to a report in the New York Times' Arts Beat, Trevor Nunn, former director of Britain's National Theater, has been named a visiting professor for St. Catherine's College at Oxford. Nunn, whose work on productions like Cats and the Broadway revival of A Little Night Music will become the Cameron Mackintosh Visiting Professor of Contemporary Theater.

Just after finishing her performance as Maureen in Rent at the Hollywood Bowl, Nicole Scherzinger of the Pussycat Dolls has been cast as a guest star in an upcoming episode of the CBS sitcom 'How I Met Your Mother,' says reports in Entertainment Weekly.

Richard Bean's revised version of Carlo Goldini's A Servant of Two Masters will feature James Corden in the title role, reports Whatsonstage.com. The production, directed by Nicolas Hynter, is scheduled to open in May at the National Theatre's Lyttleton Theatre.

This year, the winner of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe was Pants on Fire's modernized production of Ovid's Metamorphoses, reports Variety. The production won the Carol Tambor Best of Edinburgh Award, which was presented by the Carol Tamber foundation.

This Saturday at Ceasers, Atlantic City, 'Saturday Night Live' funnyman Joe Piscopo will team up with Jersey Boys star Michael Longoria to pay tribute to some of Jersey's greatest talent, says a report in NJ.com.

Viagra Falls, a new comedy which held its Off-Broadway opening night on Wednesday, July 21 at the Little Shubert Theatre, will be closing on August 29th.

This year, the National Tour of Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Phantom of the Opera ends its run at the Pantages Theatre in Los Angeles. The Phantom of the Opera is currently the longest running show in Broadway history, and has been performed in over 100 cities worldwide.

Television star Michelle Collins, best-known as ‘Cindy Beale' in 'EastEnders' as well as the BBC television series 'Two Thousand Acres of Sky' and 'Sunburn', has been cast as the Nurse in the upcoming production of Romeo and Juliet at the Octagon Theatre Bolton. Romeo and Juliet has been scheduled to run February 3 - March 5.

The fifth season of HBO's drama series Big Love is already underway with guest stars Gregory Itzin and Christian Campbell slated to join the cast, says reports by Entertainment Weekly and TV Fanatic.

The IU Department of Theatre and Drama and acclaimed New York theater company Waterwell will present several 'workshop performances' -- minimal props and costumes with a focus on sound and lighting design and final script development -- of the premiere of Waterwell's new The Wizard of Wall Street: The Life and Achievements of Financier/Railroad King Jay Gould.

West End musicals Stomp, Blood Brothers and Love Never Dies have all recently announced that they will be extending their booking periods.

Monday, September 13 at the Lucky Strike Bowling Alley, Broadway talent will appear in Inappropriate: The Concert. The featured performers include Stephen Bienskie (Chess, Cats), Lisa Brescia (Wicked, Woman in White), Kristy Cates (Wicked), Ali Ewold (Les Mis, West Side Story), Zachary Prince (Jersey Boys), Steven Stofford (Spamalot) and Lee Zarett (Hair, Spelling Bee).

The New York Times reports that songwriter George David Weiss died in his home in Oldwick, New Jersey this past Monday. Weiss was 89 years old and, according to his wife Claire, died of natural causes.

Gavin Creel, Tony Award Nominee and independent singer-songwriter will be performing at several venues in the UK this October. Creel's performances will be hosted by Brighton's Komedia on Tuesday, October 19, London's Jazz Cafe on Wednesday, August 20 and Manchester's Deaf Institute on Thursday October 21.

The New York Comedy Club has announced upcoming events for the weekend of September 3. The New York Comedy Club is located at 241 E. 24th St. (between 2nd & 3rd Ave. ) in New York. For subway directions, take the N,R or 6 to 23rd St. For more information about these events or any other upcoming events, please call 212-696-5233 or visit www.newyorkcomedyclub.com