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Central Works presents Blastosphere!, a new comedy about the biological imperative written by Aaron Loeb and Geetha Reddy and directed by Molly Aaronson-Gelb. The show runs from October 24 ? November 22. It is a Central Works Method Play developed in collaboration with Molly Aaronson-Gelb, Gary Graves, Gwen Loeb, Mick Mize, Kendra Oberhauser, Cathleen Riddley, Gregory Scharpen & Jan Zvaifler.

KVPAC's Encore Players is hosting Wine Nights at the Theatre!, a special occasion to come to Katy's only adult community theater who is proudly presenting this year's fall musical, Into the Woods. Wine Nights at the Theatre! will be at KVPAC on Oct 9 & 10, 8:00 pm performances only. BYOB ... Bring Your Own Bottle ... and we will serve it to you! The $10 per bottle corkage fee includes a fruit & cheese plate to enjoy during intermission. Concession sales directly offset the show's production costs.

This weekend, beginning September 26, L.A. Theatre Works will air its production of The Paris Letter by Jon Robin Baitz, starring John Glover, Neil Patrick Harris, Josh Radnor, Ron Rifkin and Patricia Wettig The broadcast can be heard locally in Southern California on Saturday from 10 pm to midnight on KPCC 89.3 FM, and can also be streamed on demand at http://www.latw.org/.

This October, a night out to see a play in Portland continues part of a national movement celebrating the magic of live theater. Portland Area Theatre Alliance (PATA) presents Portland?s second annual Free Night of Theater which kicks off ticket sales October 1, 2009.

StageTime Classes announces their upcoming classes.

The New York Musical Theatre Festival and Mass Street Productions/Ryan J. Davis are proud to present the World Premiere of Street Lights, a contemporary musical drama by Joe Drymala. From the creators of the Broadway-bound White Noise, which was a hit at NYMF in 2006, Street Lights features a groundbreaking score that uses modern hip hop, R&B and pop to tell a timeless story in the musical language of today's youth, while creating a bridge to earlier generations by incorporating samples of old civil rights anthems within the modern songs and beats. Ryan J. Davis directs a cast of 14 including Carla Duren* (Bway: 110 in the Shade, Hairspray),Chad Carstarphen (Off-Bway: The Conscientious Objector), Miguel Jarquin-Moreland*, Kevin Curtis* (NYMF: Twilight in Manchego, Maccabeat), Gayle Turner* (Bway: The Wiz), Jim Stanek* (Bway: Story of My Life, Lestat, Little Women), Virginia Cavaliere (Regional: High School Musical), Joy Lynn Matthews* (Bway: The Music Man; Marie Christine), Roberto Araujo, Claudeen Benoit, Geri Brown, Jay Garcia*(Off-Bway: Altar Boyz), Ejyp Johnson, and Melissa Joyner all of whom are dedicated to supporting new musicals and whose credits encompass every major regional theater in the country, along with significant achievements in film, television and cabaret. Performances will be held at American Theatre for Actors (Chernuchin), 314 West 54th Street, (bet. 8th & 9th Avenues) in New York City from October 13th-18th.

Danai Gurira?s ?Eclipsed,? which will be presented by Center Theatre Group as the first production in the 2009-2010 season at the Kirk Douglas Theatre, opened on September 20, 2009, and continuing through October 18.

Stageworks presents the adventurous narrative, Puss in Boots and other Cat Tails by Stephanie Routman at Mesa Arts Center October 30th through November 8th. Audiences are taken on a wild adventure around the world with stories of the most famous cats in history. Tickets and show times are available through the Mesa Art Center Box Office at mesaartscenter.com or by calling 480-644-6500.

Icon and legend Joan Collins, performs her one woman show, An Evening with Joan Collins, in an exclusive one night only engagement, Fri., Oct. 16, 8 p.m. at the Carpenter Performing Arts Center in Long Beach. The internationally acclaimed actress, author and columnist, shares an intimate, playful, and entertaining evening, taking an irreverent look at the highs and lows of her remarkable roller coaster life and career. From her early pin-up model days, to her infamous you-love-to-hate-her role as ?Alexis Carrington Colby? on the hit television series, Dynasty, Joan Collins offers her unique perspective on working with some of the biggest names and legends in Hollywood. An Evening with Joan Collins at the Carpenter Performing Arts Center marks the West Coast premiere of her show and one of only two U.S. performance dates. Ms. Collins first performed her show last Fall, receiving critical acclaim for her sold out date at The Mohegan Sun.

Actor and magician Michael Carbonaro returns to The Rrazz Room, Hotel Nikko, 222 Mason, SF, in a program of wit, magic and comic absurdity called Phantazmic on Saturday, October 10 at 8:00PM. Tickets are $30 and can be purchased at www.therrazzroom.com or directly through www.ticketweb.com or 866 468 3399.

Lorenzo-The Man Who Wrote Mozart- is set to premiere off-Broadway on October 5, presented by Maximus Productions, as part of the 2009 New York Musical Theater Festival.

Last night, History Theatre was honored by the Twin Cities theatre community with the an IVEY Award for its production of Jeffrey Hatcher's play Tyrone & Ralph which premiered in the fall of 2008. The play, which was directed by Ron Peluso and starred Steve Hendrickson as Tyrone Guthrie and Mark Benninghofen as Ralph Rapson, re-imagined the dynamic relationship between the two artists who shaped the creation of the original Guthrie theater.

The following is BoHo's 2009-2010 season.

Westport Country Playhouse's 2009-10 Family Festivities are now on sale. Purchase any 2010 Family show before November 15 and pay just $12.

The following are notes from SARTA.

Rich Little, who premieres his new one-many comedy about the Hollywood life of Jimmy Stewart, made his rounds at Ruidoso service clubs Tuesday afternoon, enticing club members to come out to the Spencer at 8 p.m. Friday, Sept. 25 & Saturday, Sept. 26. Rich will also be the host of a luncheon benefiting the Wounded Warrior Fund at the Spencer on Sunday, Sept. 27 at noon. Tickets are available to all events. Call the Spencer Box Office at 575.336.4800 for information.

The Aurora Fox Theater is set to host a fundraiser on Monday, September 28th, 2009.

This month, the Aspen Writers' Foundation (AWF) launches the second Big Read Roaring Fork Valley. The Big Read is designed to restore reading to the center of American culture. This community-based reading campaign aims to get as many people as possible in a given area reading and talking about the same book at the same time. Over the next two months the AWF is inviting the entire Roaring Fork Valley to join in reading and celebrating To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee.

To begin the 2009-10 Mainstage Season in October, the Theatre and Interpretation Center (TIC) at Northwestern University welcomes Tony Award-winning director Frank Galati with his production of the classic farce-comedy ?Arsenic and Old Lace,? featuring guest artists Dennis Zacek and John Mohrlein and award-winning Northwestern acting faculty Cindy Gold and Mary Poole as the sinister, but hilarious sisters.

REDCAT (the Roy and Edna Disney/CalArts Theater) welcomes back to its theater The California E.A.R. Unit performing a one-night engagement of world premieres entitled The Lindas on Saturday, October 10, 2009.