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Gateway to Shakespeare is a consortium of Shakespeare related performances and events designed to spotlight Shakespeare in the coming year. In support of all Shakespeare-related performance and educational events during the upcoming St. Louis Theatre Season, Shakespeare Festival St. Louis, in celebration of its Tenth Anniversary Year, is collecting for cross- promotion projects and performance dates from organizations and individuals for any Shakespeare related public event from October 2009 - July 2010. Participation might include a Shakespeare related theatre production, film or staged reading, concert, window display or artistic installation, Guinness World Record attempt.

Broadway In Chicago is proud to announce the complete 2010 Broadway In Chicago Season Series. The shows included in the 2010 Season Series are Billy Elliot the Musical, Shrek The Musical, August: Osage County, NETworks presentation of Disney?s Beauty and the Beast, and The 39 Steps; the selection of shows continue to emphasize Broadway In Chicago?s long-standing commitment to bringing the best of Broadway to Chicago. Season subscriptions go on sale Sunday, September 13, 2009 at 10 a.m.

Burning Coal Theatre Company of Raleigh, NC will present Ragni, Rado and McDermott?s Hair September 10 ? 27, 2009 at Meymandi Theatre at the Murphey School, 224 Polk Street, Raleigh. Performances are Thursdays through Saturdays at 7:30 pm and Sundays at 2 pm. Tickets are $20 or $15 for students, Seniors and Active Military. Thursday tickets are $10. Sunday, September 13 at 2 pm in Audio Described for the Hearing Impaired and ?Pay What You Can? day. For reservations, please call 919-834-4001 or visit us at www.burningcoal.org. Show contains mature subject matter and brief nudity.

The following is the Gallery Theater's upcoming events.

To mark Giancarlo Guerrero?s official debut as Music Director, and to kick off the 2009/10 season with an extra flourish, the Nashville Symphony is presenting two special features at its First Tennessee All-Beethoven Opening Night with piano sensation Lang Lang on Friday, September 11.

Aspiring musical theatre performers from all over the world will have the opportunity to work with a Broadway veteran faculty in the Musical Theater Conservatory Program at the New York Film Academy, merging stage and screen with cutting-edge movie musical opportunities. Additional faculty announcements include Jenn Colella (High Fidelity, Urban Cowboy), Lisa Mandel (Sunset Boulevard, Producers, Mamma Mia!), David Balderamma (In The Heights, Movin? Out, Saturday Night Fever), Robin Irwin (Titanic, Grease, Dance of the Vampires), Stephanie Kurtzuba (Billy Eliott, Boy From Oz, Mary Poppins), Dan Johnson and Timothy Smith (Aida, Sweet Charity, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels).

Iron Age Theatre brings two productions to Shakes Mainfor the Fringe festival. First is Shakesploitation II: Iambic Boogaloo by Andy Grigg at the 941 Theater 941 N Front Street, Philadelphia.(Northern Liberties). Second is Citizen Paine by Bill Hollenbach

Single Carrot Theatre will open its 2009/2010 season with Ruhl?s Eurydice, a vibrant new take on the ancient Greek myth of Orpheus and Eurydice (pronounced yoo-RID-uh-see). Ruhl?s version tells the familiar love story from the perspective of Eurydice, whose wedding to Orpheus is marred by her sudden death.

A group of exceptional young artists from Europe and the United States will convene in Los Angeles this October. Feldstärke ('Force Field') International is a joint educational exchange project led by three international arts organizations: Cent Quatre in Paris, France, PACT Zollverein in Essen, Germany and California Institute of the Arts (CalArts) in Los Angeles, California. Designed to foster dialog and collaboration among advanced arts students and recent graduates, the goal of this ongoing program is to create opportunities for arts students from all disciplines (design, dance, cinema, circus arts, landscape art, visual art, music, new media, film/video and theater) to collaborate across international boundaries.

New Edgecliff Theatre opens its 2009-2010 season with the critically acclaimed Equus. Written by the Oscar Award-winning Peter Shaffer, Equus opened at the National Theatre in 1973 and became a worldwide sensation, winning both the Tony and Drama Desk Awards. In 2007, a new production opened in London starring Richard Griffiths and Daniel Radcliffe (star of the Harry Potter series), becoming one of the biggest hits ever seen in the West End before moving to Broadway.

San Francisco?s cutting-edge Cutting Ball Theater presents the first installation in this season?s Hidden Classics Reading Series, Aristophanes? The Knights. Full of Aristophanes? trademark bawdy humor and political satire, The Knights, written in 424 BC, tells the story of two servants who come across an oracle that will change their lives, as well as the life of an honorable but lowly street vendor. Attacking corruption, injustice, and public figures, The Knights reminds us that it?s never a good idea to get on Aristophanes? bad side.

Rebel Theater Company will present a series of staged readings of Little Rock written and directed by Rajendra Ramoon Maharaj. Little Rock presents untold stories of nine young teenagers otherwise known as ?Little Rock Nine? and their struggles, strengths, hardships, and triumphs over the tragic events of the 1957 Little Rock crisis. The readings will be September 29th at 7pm, September 30th at 12noon and 7pm at Union Square Theater, 100 East 17 Street. Seating is limited. For ticket information, contact wicgrsvp@gmail.com.

Celebrity Autobiography: In Their Own Words returns for a second season at New York's Triad Theatre Monday, September 14 with Scott Adsit, Craig Bierko, Rachel Dratch, Jackie Hoffman, Kristen Johnston, Carol Kane, Eugene Pack, Dayle Reyfel, Sherri Shepherd, Michael Urie, and Alan Zweibel.

Harlem Stage?s new music series Uptown Nights at Harlem Stage, which debuts Sept. 26, reaches back to the time when uptown was the place to seek out the next big thing in music, and to hear top artists of the time play in settings where socializing, and community building, was paramount.

After a quarter of a century, Trustus Theatre is celebrating ?25 Fabulous Years? with a season comprised of hit musicals, Columbia?s favorite Trustus shows, uproarious comedies, and some challenging premieres and new works. Trustus will kick off its 25th Anniversary season with the return of Paul Rudnick?s hilarious comedy The Most Fabulous Story Ever Told September 11th at 8:00pm.

The Broken Arrow Community Playhouse is proud to present Neil Simon?s ?The Sunshine Boys? directed by Martha Cherbini. Martha has directed several successful shows for the BACP over the years, the last of which was the highly acclaimed The Gin Game. She has chosen a phenomenal cast of BACP veterans and newcomers featuring Tom Berenson as Willie Clark and Brian Shoop as Al Lewis. The role of Ben Silverman, Willie?s nephew and agent, is played by Ron Friedberg. Rounding out the cast are Stephen Brown, Kelley Childers-Friedberg, Lori Jackson and Richard Perceful.

Auditions for the play will be held on September 9 and 10 at the theatre. There are roles for two men and one woman. The roles are Iris Henniman, in her 30s or 40s; Dan Henniman, also in his 30s or 40s; and William Reach, in his 20s or 30s. Auditions will begin at 7 pm. Actors may attend either evening to try out for a role. Those trying out for a role will be asked to do a cold reading from the script.

Freeport Players and Gaslight Theater are set to present An American Warewolf in London. This Tim Ryan-directed show will be performed on October 30th and 31st.

The Freeport Players invite you to audition for their 6th Annual tribute to the Golden Age of Radio: WFCP's Home Time Radio Hour 2009. Auditions will be held Sunday, September 13 6-8 PM and Monday, September 14 6:30-8:30 PM at Mast Landing School. Performance dates are December 5 & 6, 2009.

Warren Leight's Side Man opens Upstairs at 140 Main Street Freeport (across from Post Office). Side Man runs from September 18-20, 25-27, & Oct 2-4, 2009 (Friday, Saturday 7:30pm; Sunday matinee 2pm). The Sara Stelk-directed show contains adult language and situations.