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Talk show listings for Wednesday, September 28.

Talk show listings for Tuesday, September 27.

Talk show listings for Monday, September 26.

Beechmont Players, Inc. will present ALL MY SONS from November 4-12 at the Anderson Center Theater (7850 Five Mile Road Cincinnati, Ohio 45230).

Singer, songwriter, and violinist Andrew Bird has attracted a following with his unique blend of swing, jazz, rock, and blues music. He will be performing at the Capitol Center for the Arts with special guest Dosh on Friday October 14th at 8pm. Tickets are on sale now for $33.

Mesmerized by the daily broadcasts by top television networks of sensational courtroom dramas during 1990s, a young playwright noticed similarities to the 18th century trials in London. He worked off a collision of two ideas: one antiquated and one modern; one firmly rooted in the history of crime and punishment and the other as near as the television. The result was his play, 'Kite's Book: Tales of an 18th Century Hitman.'

Sonoma State University Department of Theatre Arts & Dance presents 'How I Learned to Drive' by Paula Vogel. The production will be directed by Danielle Cain.

Cinnabar Theater will present 'Crimes of the Heart' by Beth Henley. This Pulitzer Prize winning play tells the story of a troubled family escaping their past to seize the future. Winner of the 1981 Pulitzer Prize and the New York Drama Critics Circle Award, 'Crimes of the Heart' is a 'dramedy' about the dysfunctional Magrath family and how they come together following tragedy. Heartfelt, zany and irreverent this play teems with humanity and humor as it examines the plight of three Mississippi sisters betrayed by their passions.

Open auditions will be held on October 8 from 1:00pm to 4:00pm and October 10 from 7:00pm to 9:30pm for A WINTER SOLSTICE CELEBRATION at Cotuit Center for the Arts, 4404 Falmouth Road (Rte. 28) in Cotuit. Director Carol McManus seeks actors, singers, dancers, jugglers, jesters, serving maids and wenches for this production of theater, dance and music, in a Medieval setting, saluting the winter solstice. Music direction by Patti Anderson and choreography by Michele Colley help to make this holiday production, fun for all.

A chess game between international masters takes on larger meaning in the award-winning 1980s rock opera 'Chess,' which is currently touring the UK. The next stop is Toronto's Princess of Wales Theatre, where it will open on September 24 before a run in London's West End.

Hugh Jackman recently sat down the The Tonight Show's Jay Leno to talk about his decision to get into theater. Click below to hear what Jackman had to say!

Negin Farsad, Amy Albert and Beth McGregor present the weekly standup show, Comedy School Dropout. In the grand tradition of East Village alternative rooms, Comedy School Dropout brings top-notch standup comics, the occasional comedy musical act, subversive duo, or extremely talented threesome, to the stage for the cut-rate price of zero dollars!

The new musical, Facing East will hold a developmental concert performance on October 3, 2011. The performance will serve as a benefit for The Trevor Project, in advance of a full production next year.

Created and performed by Ben Spatz, Rite of the Butcher is a visceral fable about the power of fantasy, as told by the Butcher -- refugee, criminal, shaman -- through poetry, martial dance, and folk songs in an invented language. This unique work opens new doors for solo theatre by combining rigorous physical and vocal craft with an investigation of pressing contemporary themes. The 45-minute piece deals with loss, trauma, and the fantasy of revenge while shifting back and forth between the style of a traditional monologue and that of European-style experimental performance. Rite of the Butcher will have its world premiere on Saturday, November 5th at 7:30pm at the United Solo Festival at Theatre Row (410 West 42nd Street, New York City). Tickets are available at the box office or via Telecharge.

Lucio Fernandez, 2008 MAC Award nominee and winner of the ITRA Award, Star Award, and Premio ARTE Award, will be performing his new show 'Lucio...Less Cuban Than Ever' opening October 15, 2011 at The Laurie Beechman Theatre in the heart of New York City on 42nd Street.

On Sunday, September 18, Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz, the Brooklyn Literary Council and Brooklyn Tourism hosted the sixth annual Brooklyn Book Festival. Each year, the Brooklyn Book Festival 'BoBi' Award is given to an author whose body of work exemplifies or speaks to the spirit of Brooklyn and has had a broad impact on the field of literature. This year's recipient is Jhumpa Lahiri, who was celebrated at the Brooklyn Book Festival Gala Mingle on Saturday, September 17, at the Green Building in Carroll Gardens. Lahiri also participated in this year's Festival program, in a conversation with book critic Liesl Schillinger at St. Ann and the Holy Trinity Church in Brooklyn Heights.

BROOKLYN PHILHARMONIC opens 2011-12 season with two free preview concerts:

On Tues. 9/13, stars came together at the Carrie Hamilton Theatre in Pasadena to present CONCERT FOR VICTOR: A BENEFIT. All proceeds from the concert go to 23-year-old Victor Rodriguez and his family. In June 2011, Sacramento newlyweds Victor and Crystal Rodriguez went parasailing on the last day of their honeymoon in the Bahamas. At a height of approximately 200 feet their harness snapped, and they fell into the ocean. Crystal was killed, and Victor suffered severe injuries. Neither of them had health or life insurance. They had only been married 12 days.

'8,' a new play chronicling the historic trial in the federal legal challenge to California's Proposition 8, will have its World Premiere on Broadway in a one night-only staged reading to benefit the American Foundation for Equal Rights (AFER) at the Eugene O'Neill Theatre on Monday, September 19, 2011. That morning (tomorrow), two of the reading's stars will appear on MSNBC news programs to discuss their roles in '8.'

The Project Rushmore Theatre company will present Bob Ader's one man show FIFTY YEARS IN THE BUSINESS (the musical memoirs of an overgrown, 50+ year old child actor) on Monday 9/26 at the Pearl Studios, 500 8th Ave., Studio 1209.