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The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts at Lincoln Center has acquired the papers of renowned performers and acting teachers Uta Hagen and Herbert Berghof. The collection consists of thousands of pages of unpublished correspondence, diaries, scripts and manuscripts, photographs, clippings and other documentation relating to the dynamic theatrical careers of both Hagen and Berghof. This collection of professional and personal papers, spanning nearly 100 years of theater history, is being made public for the first time. To celebrate the bequest, the Library is planning a series of eight free public programs featuring many close friends and colleagues of Ms. Hagen and Mr. Berghof's including such figures as Harold Prince, Edward Albee, David Hyde Pierce and Eli Wallach. Programs take place in the Bruno Walter Auditorium in The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts at Lincoln Center located at 111 Amsterdam Avenue (between 64th and 65th streets). Admission to all programs is free and first come, first served. For information, please call (212) 642-0142 or visit www.nypl.org/lpaprograms. Programs are curated by Alan Pally, Manager of Public Programs at the Library for the Performing Arts.

Naked Boys Singing!', the fifteen-song celebration of the male form that recently began its tenth year, announced it will offer a one-day sale on tickets for only $8 on Friday, October 3rd, for any Friday at 10:30 PM performance in October. To get $8 tickets, visit 8coupons.com and join their 'Go Green' initiative by texting the $8 Ocho Loco coupon to your cell phone. Then, just show the mobile coupon to the New World Stages box office on October 3rd between 1:30PM -10:30PM and purchase your $8 tickets (cash only, subject to availability).

'Gem of the Ocean' opens on October 11, with performances Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays at 8 pm and Sundays at 2 pm through November 16. Previews are scheduled October 3 through 10. Tickets are $25.00 on Thursdays and Fridays and $28.00 on Saturdays and Sundays, except opening night (October 11), which is $30.00 and previews which are $15.00. On Thursdays and Fridays only, students with ID are $18.00 and seniors $23.00. The Fountain Theatre is located at 5060 Fountain Avenue (at Normandie) in Los Angeles. For reservations and information, call (323) 663-1525 or go to www.FountainTheatre.com.

Patrick Summers will conduct all performances of Richard Strauss' 'Salome' this season, replacing Mikko Franck, who is ill. 'Salome' opens September 23, and continues September 26 and 30, October 4 (matinee), 7, 11 (matinee), and 16.

Ars Nova will present its inaugural A.N.T. FEST (Ars Nova Theater Festival), dedicated to new work and emerging artists. A.N.T. FEST will run Thursday through Monday evenings, October 16th through November 24th, at Ars Nova (511 West 54th Street). Performances begin at 8pm. All tickets are $10 and can be purchased in advance at www.smarttix.com or by phone at (212) 868-4444.

On Monday, September 29th, at 11:30pm Scott Nevins' 'Curtain Call' will be performed with the cast of 'The Marvelous Wonderettes' at Splash Bar.

Luba Mason will preview her latest project 'Krazy Love' at the Birdland Jazz Club (315 W 44th St New York, NY 10036) on Tuesday, October 7th at 8:30 PM and 11 PM. Call (212) 581-3080 or visit http://www.birdlandjazz.com/, http://www.lubamason.com/, or http://lubamason.typepad.com/ for more information.

'Caesar and Cleopatra' by George Bernard Shaw will be performed Monday, September 22 at 7pm at The Players, located at 16 Gramercy Park South (20th St. east of Park Avenue). 'Caesar and Cleopatra' will be performed Mondays at 7 pm. These performances are open to the public. Tickets are now on sale for $20; call 212.352.3101 or visit Projectshaw.com.

'The F Trip' travels to be performed at The Zipper Factory Theatre for a series of Tuesday night performances, October 7, 14 & 28 at 7pm.

Theatre Under The Stars regrets to announce that performances of 'The Color Purple' are cancelled for Tuesday September 16th and Wednesday September 17th. Classes at the Humphreys School of Musical Theater are also cancelled for Monday September 15th and Tuesday September 16th.

'Spit It Out!,' written and performed by Valerie Smaldone and Amy Coleman, will be presented at Etcetera Etcetera Restaurant. The show will be performed September 19 and 26, and October 3 and 17, at 7:00 PM and 9:30 PM each night. Call (212) 399 - 4141 for reservations.

The Magic Meathands Community Comedy Ensemble will return to Hermosa Beach presenting an evening of one act plays called 'All in the Timing,' by David Ives, and their signature improvisation games. The performance evenings are September 26th and 27th at 8 PM, at The Hermosa Beach Playhouse. Tickets are $12.

Four Glenwood Avenue Arts District theatres - Bohemian Theatre Ensemble, Lifeline Theatre, Side Project Theatre Company, and Theo Ubique - are combining to offer a flexible subscription pass to see productions in Chicago's Rogers Park neighborhood throughout this season, running from September 15, 2008, to July 1, 2009.

After a sell-out show at Lucky Chengs, MargOH! Channing is back with a brand new show, 'Mamma MargOH!'s All Soul Burlesque Revue' October 16 at Don Hills ( 511 Greenwich St. @ Spring St) 9PM.

Before heading to Broadway, the incomparable Mark Nadler will bring his one-man comedy-in-music adventure, 'Russian on the Side,' to the Marines Memorial Theatre (609 Sutter Street, 2nd floor) for a limited engagement beginning October 16, 2008. Tickets are on sale now at the Marines Memorial Theatre box office, by phone at 415-771-6900 and online at Ticketmaster.com.

Off-Broadway's theatre company the stageFARM (Carrie Shaltz, Founder / Executive Director and Alex Kilgore, Artistic Director) will hold their 3rd annual $HAKEDOWN benefit at The Bell House (149 7th Street in Brooklyn). The evening will headline with bands Kidz in the Hall and Blitz the Ambassador.

'Old Wicked Songs,' by Jon Maranas, directed by Peter Rothstein, will be opening September 13 at the Guthrie Theater.

Yale Repertory Theater (James Bundy, Artistic Director; Victoria Nolan, Managing Director) will present a reading of the 2008 winner of the Yale Drama Series, 'Grenadine' by Neil Wechsler, directed by Yale Rep Resident Director Evan Yionoulis, on Monday, September 15 at 7:30PM at the New Theater, located at 1156 Chapel Street, New Haven, Connecticut. The cast features Brennan Brown, MacIntyre Dixon, Adam LeFevre, David Matranga, Anne O'Sullivan, Michael Rudko, William Youmans, and Marnye Young.

Performance Space 122 has announced some adjustments and additions to their fall lineup