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Due to Hurricane Irene, Westport Country Playhouse has CANCELLED the Saturday, August 27, 8 p.m. and Sunday, August 28, 3 p.m. performances of Suddenly Last Summer. All other performances will continue as planned unless otherwise noted.

As the West End recovers from the scare of the city's recent riots and prepares for the 2012 Summer Olympics, the two incoming heads of the Society of London Theaters (SOLT, Julian Bird and Mark Rubinstein), are optimistic about the coming year, according to Variety.

The play President Lincoln attended the night of his assassination will run for one more weekend at Lincoln Amphitheatre.

BEN CAMERON (Wicked, Aida, Footloose) is the host and creator of BROADWAY SESSIONS at THE MIDTOWN THEATRE at the HA! Comedy Club (163 West 46th Street / Between 6th & 7th Avenues) every Thursday night at 11:00pm. Broadway Sessions is described as an evening of musical performances, games and open mic featuring a new Broadway guest each week, and features musical director/composer Will Van Dyke (The Addams Family) on piano. In addition after the show we open the microphone up to anyone who wants to sing. Open mic from 12:00-2am.

The Department of Theatre Arts & Dance at Sonoma State University announces its 2011 to 2012 performance season. Beginning October 2011, the department presents a vibrant and eclectic mix of two dance concerts and five theatrical productions that demonstrate diverse and developing ambition and talent - featuring students on stage and working behind the scenes.

PushPush is offering four new SmallTall after-school workshops in theater and film for youth, ages 4-17. PushPush's signature workshops are focused around classic literature and give young people a one-of-a-kind experience in story-building, theater and media arts. All workshops are lead by professional working artists.

Thrillpeddlers announces their anticipated annual Halloween season extravaganza Shocktoberfest 12: FEAR OVER FRISCO - A Trio of Noir-Horror Plays by Eddie Muller. This 12th annual festival of Grand Guignol horror theatre and black comedies, plays Thurs., Fri., and Sat. at 8:00 pm from Sept. 23 through Nov. 19, 2011, with a special Halloween performance on Mon., Oct. 31 at 8:00 pm. Previews begin Fri., Sept 23. Opening Night (press night) - Thurs., Sept. 29, 2011. Thrillpeddlers' Hypnodrome Theatre is located at 575 10th Street, San Francisco 94103. (Bryant & Division Sts.)

CENTERSTAGE Artistic Director Kwame Kwei-Armah announces this week that Gleam, an adaptation of Zora Neale Hurston's beloved novel Their Eyes Were Watching God, by Bonnie Lee Moss Rattner, will fill the third slot of the 2011-12 Season, running Jan 4-Feb 5, 2012.

A Red Orchid Theatre's Board of Directors will host the Company's annual benefit, Wet Your Whistle While You Water the Orchid on September 19, 2011 at 6:00 p.m. at Boka Restaurant, 1729 N. Halsted. The intimate event will be emceed by founding Ensemble Member, Oscar Nominee and star of HBO's 'Boardwalk Empire,' Michael Shannon.

Drury Lane Theatre, 100 Drury Lane, will present Stephen Sondheim's Tony Award-winning masterpiece SWEENEY TODD, running through October 9. This razor-sharp tale of murder and corruption is Directed and Choreographed by multi-Jeff Award winner Rachel Rockwell (Ragtime and Miss Saigon at Drury Lane Theatre), who was named 'Best Director' by Chicago Magazine in 2010. SWEENEY TODD stars four-time Tony Award nominee Gregg Edelman as 'Sweeney Todd' (nominated as Best Actor in a Musical for City of Angels, Anna Karenina, 1776, and Into the Woods; other Broadway credits include Evita, Cabaret, and Les Miserables and the films Little Children and Spider-Man 2). Bistro Award winner and NYMF Award recipient Liz McCartney stars as 'Mrs. Lovett' (The Phantom of the Opera, Mamma Mia!, Thoroughly Modern Millie, and Les Miserables on Broadway).