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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

The Frist Center for the Visual Arts celebrates its tenth year and continues to gain prominence as a major center for art exhibitions with the 2011 Ingram Gallery exhibition schedule that includes the Frist-organized Vishnu: Hinduism's Blue-Skinned Savior, Warhol Live: Music and Dance in Andy Warhol's Work and the stunning exhibition of Egyptian antiquities, To Live Forever: Egyptian Treasures from the Brooklyn Museum.

Twenty-four years ago, Fells Point Corner Theatre was born. Its first main stage production was Fool For Love, by Sam Shepard, directed by Barry Feinstein. Fell's Point Corner Theatre is delighted to announce that Fool for Love, once again under Barry Feinstein's direction, will open the 2010-2011 Season.

The Staten Island Children's Museum has announced their summer events schedule for the remainder of August. Museum Hours are usually noon - 5 p.m. when NYC public schools are open and 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. when NYC public schools are closed (including weekends & summer recess).

Totem Pole Playhouse will extend its 60th anniversary season with eight performances of the wildly popular Late Nite Catechism by Vicki Quade and Maripat Donovan. This one woman, audience participatory show, which is billed as part catechism class and part stand-up routine, first open in 1993 in Chicago, IL. Now in its 17th year, Late Nite Catechism has brought its nostalgic look at life in Catholic school to all 50 states as well as Canada, the U.K., and Australia

Single tickets for CENTERSTAGE's 2010-11 Season go on sale this Monday, August 23. Memberships have been selling like snowballs all summer, signaling another sizzling season at CENTERSTAGE.

The 2010 New York Clown Theatre Festival begins on September 3 with its traditional opening day parade from Union Square through the L line subway to Williamsburg, followed by an open-to-the-public pie fight at The Brick Theater. The festival closes on September 26 with the traditional closing day Funeral, with clowns weeping and wailing in the streets of Williamsburg. This year's festival will also present 5 different clown cabarets, including a cabaret devoted to clowns over 50, Short and Fatty's Half-Century Extravaganza.

According to her recent interview on Live with Regis and Kelly, Jennifer Anniston has interest in returning to New York and breaking onto the stage.

The Stratford Shakespeare Festival will present The Tempest, directed by Des McAnuff, at Festival Theatre. The Tempest opens June 25 and runs through September 12.

The US tour of The Phantom of the Opera is coming to an end, and the final performance has been announced for October at Los Angeles' Pantages Theater. The run at Pantages Theater will begin September 23 and run through October 31.

Tonight, The Duplex hosts In Providence, a musical comedy which allows the audience to decide the characters' fates. The audience gets the chance to decide the setting for the love story that takes place within the musical, choosing from the pitches set before them by the Muses.