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In June, Birdland Theatre and Talk Is Free Theatre's co-production of Stephen Sondheim's ASSASSINS won the prestigious Dora award for Outstanding New Musical. The companies have announced that they will bring the production back the Theatre Centre in Toronto in January 2011. Rumor has it that most of the cast will return for the victory lap.

The West End premiere of FLASHDANCE: THE MUSICAL will be postponed until tomorrow evening, September 25. Due to technical difficulties, tonight's opening has been cancelled. The official premiere of the new musical will be October 14.

According to an article from the website ShowbizSpy, 'Transformers' actress Megan Fox tells insiders she would rather be onstage.

Roundabout Theatre Company's latest commission, Julia Cho's THE LANGUAGE ARCHIVE, will begin tonight, Friday, September 24. The play was the winner of the prestigious 2009 Susan Smith-Blackburn prize for outstanding new English language play by a woman. The play runs through December 19.

What puppeteer doesn't wonder what will happen to him as he impersonates the creator? In 'Wake Up, You're Dead!,' Aaron Haskell of Brooklyn Art Department (www.brooklynartdepartment.com), one of the original designers of Nightmare: NYC's Haunted House, gives us a Halloween-flavored creation myth. It's a De La Guarda-type event and spectacle that adds a late-night attraction to 'La MaMa Puppet Series IV--Built to Perform.' It will be presented October 29 to November 7 in the second-floor Club of La MaMa E.T.C., 74A East Fourth Street.

Due to popular demand, Seanachaí Theatre Company is thrilled to announce that its Jeff Recommended and critically acclaimed production of THE WEIR by Conor McPherson, directed by Matthew Miller, is extending. The cast remains intact and includes company members Jeff Christian, Kevin Theis and Sarah Wellington, with Brad Armacost and Brad Smith.

Honoring the 1960 premiere of 'Revelations,' Alvin Ailey's signature masterwork, all tickets will be specially-priced at just $19.60 for Target 1960 Night on Thursday, December 2nd. Generously sponsored by Target, tickets for this Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater performance will ONLY be sold at the New York City Center box office on Saturday, September 25th.

The Hartman Group, Broadway's premiere PR agency, is having a moving sale Friday, September 24. Both current and vintage Broadway posters will be available for sale. All posters are set in black plastic or glass frames and protective covering and are standard 'window card' size - 14' x 22'. Posters will be priced at $20 with the frame included.

Uploaded on Sep 20 2010 Models wear creations by designer Ana Locking at the Cibeles Madrid Fashion Week Spring/Summer 2011 show in Madrid September 20, 2010. REUTERS/Andrea Comas (SPAIN - Tags: FASHION)

Nightlife sensation, and co-founder of Broadway Speaks Out! , Marti Gould Cummings hosts his new show Glitter & Be Gay Tuesdays with Marti at the Upper East Side?s Evolve Bar Tuesday, September 21st at 10:30pm.

The Tank Space for Visual and Performing Arts presents a monthly installment this fall featuring the work of composers/percussionists Loop 243, along with their featured guests and collaborators. The programming of the residency highlights new work by Loop 243 with collaborations by multi-media artists, along with guest spots that showcase the duo's interests and influences.

The Wexford Opera House will present the 59th Wexford Festival Opera Saturday 16 - Saturday 30 October 2010. According to the Wexford Opera House website, 'the Wexford Festival Opera has been running since 1951, playing a central role in the cultural life of Ireland, in the world of Opera and Arts internationally. From small and humble beginnings it has achieved world-wide success and critical acclaim by demonstrating passion, innovation and a willingness to lead audiences and artists into neglected territories to explore the rich vein of operatic work worldwide.'

Amas Musical Theatre and their Six O'Clock Musical Theatre Lab will present NELLIE BEEZER'S MELTING POT FOLLIES OF 1922, October 11 and 12.

NBC's 'Saturday Night Live' premieres with three consecutive shows starting on September 25 with Amy Poehler and musical guest Katy Perry.

Louis De Rougemont is a cosseted, sickly child until he leaves home in search of adventure at the age of 16. He finds all the adventure he could hope for, and more, encountering wild weather, wacky characters, a giant octopus and a tribe of friendly (and somewhat cannibalistic) aborigines. But who will believe his fantastic story when he returns to civilization?

QED, a play about Richard Feynman, popularizer of science and one of the best-known physicists in the world, will be presented in a theater-in-the-round setting Sept. 23 to Oct. 10 at Northwestern University.

The new production of the Pulitzer Prize and Tony® Award-winning musical A CHORUS LINE comes to the Fox Cities Performing Arts Center for a limited one-week engagement November 9 through 14. Tickets for A Chorus Line start at $43 and go on sale Friday, September 24, 2010 at 10:00 a.m

In an interview with Arifa Akbar of The Independent, Cameron Mackintosh talks about his latest projects, 'Les Mis' twenty-five years later and somewhat surprisingly for the notoriously lavish producer, theater on a budget.

Directed by Jim Mickle, to new indie vampire flick 'Stake Land' opened to positive reviews this past week at the Toronto Film Festival.

Set in the turn of the century Russian countryside, Uncle Vanya captures the idle and by contrast, the toil of country life. The professor (Ed Schultz) and his young wife Yelena (Lauren Kelston) descend upon the estate owned by the family of his dead wife - namely, his daughter Sonya and his brother-in-law, Vanya played by James Leach. The once hard-working household comes to a stand still to meet the needs of the revered professor and his beguiling new wife. Time passes and the characters are left to wonder how much of their lives have really been wasted.