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The 2009 Theater District Open House at Alley Theatre is set to take place on Sunday, August 30 from 12:00pm - 4:00pm. Activities include Back-Alley Garage Sale, Stage Combat Demonstrations and Backstage Tours.

Attic Playhouse is set to present Norm Foster's The Affections of May. The show runs from September 11 - October 18.

Write and perform your own material with other funny women at Sketchfest Seattle's Women Only Sketch Comedy Intensive, a six-day series of two and a half-hour workshops held during SketchFest Seattle (Sept. 21-26), which will culminate in a performance on the final Saturday of the fest (Sept. 26). All women are welcome, regardless of experience level in theater or comedy.

Bill Borst's The Last Memory of an Ol' Brownie Fan hits Sound Stages Theater (214 Crestwood Mall Art Space) on September 25. Charly Kelly as the Ol' Brownie Fan in this Jim Meady-directed show. Tickets cost $15.00 (general admission) and $12.00 (seniors and students).

Robert Louis Stevenson?s masterful adventure story is set to come to life onstage in Ken Ludwig?s brand new adaptation of Treasure Island, opening September 4 on the Los Altos stage. Bus Barn Stage Company presents the Bay Area premiere of this rollicking pirate tale that runs through October 3.

Today, August 23rd, the Drama Desk, Lortel and Obie Award-winning Mint Theater Company continued its EnrichMINT Events, an exciting series of post and pre-show discussions throughout the Mint's current engagement of Lennox Robinson's Is Life Worth Living? starring Jordan Baker and Kevin Kilner.

The Strand opens its second season with Neil LaBute's Mercy Seat, directed by Danielle Young. Mercy Seat runs September 11th to October 4th, 2009. Set on September 12, 2001, The Mercy Seat continues Neil LaBute?s unflinching fascination with the often-brutal realities of the war between the sexes. In a time of national tragedy, the world changes overnight. A man and a woman explore the choices now available to them in an existence different from the one they had lived just the day before. Can one be opportunistic in a time of universal selflessness?

Rover Dramawerks opens the musical My Way: A Musical Tribute to Frank Sinatra, conceived by David Grapes and Todd Olson on Thursday, September 10. Performances will be at the Cox Building Playhouse, 1517 H Avenue in Plano (next to the Courtyard Theater), continuing through October 3, 2009, with shows on Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays at 8:00 p.m., and an additional matinee performance on Saturday, September 19 at 2:00 p.m.

Cape Rep Theatre announces the final addition to the 2009 Indoor Theatre Season. A Class Act, the Broadway musical features music and lyrics by Edward Kleban and book by Linda Kline and Lonny Price. A Class Act will open September 17 and run for 5 weeks through October 18. Performances will take place Thursday, Friday and Saturday evenings at 8pm with Sunday matinees at 2pm. There is no performance on September 20. Tickets are $28-$35 and are available by calling 508.896.1888 or visiting www.caperep.org.

New Line Theatre, 'the Bad Boy of Musical Theatre,' closed its 18th season of alternative musical theatre this month and is proud to report the most financially and critically successful season in its entire history, with more than 6,000 people seeing New Line's performances. Despite the difficult economic times, St. Louis audiences filled New Line's intimate theatre night after night, and more than ever before, all three shows in the season enjoyed many repeat customers who came back to the see the same show multiple times. Excerpts from this season's many rave reviews can be found on the company's website at www.newlinetheatre.com/review.html.

ShenanArts invites you to the Registration/Open House for their brand new theatre training program for everyone from elementary students to adults!

Harlequin Productions opened Mating Dance of the Werewolf last night and had a howling good time. Literally. They had audience members howling their approval during the standing ovation. Don't miss this show! The show runs until September 12, 2009.

A Chorus Line, winner of the 1975 Tony Award for Best Musical and Pulitzer Prize for Drama, is running at Simmons Pioneer Memorial Theatre September 25th through October 10th, 2009. It's the story of dancers auditioning for a Broadway show, and the trials they go through in the name of dedication to their art form.

What do you get when you cross Mama's Family, Gunsmoke and Texas Chainsaw Massacre? It's Jane Martin's hilarious 'B Western Horror Flick for Stage' Flaming Guns of the Purple Sage. Ensemble Arts will present the New Orleans premiere of the farce August 14-30 at the Nims Black Box Theatre at NOCCA, located at 2800 Chartres Street.

Rehearsals are under way for 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, opening on September 20, 2009, and continuing through October 18. Previews begin September 13.

Acclaimed jazz stylist Jane Scheckter will make her Metropolitan Room debut with her all new show, ?Play A Simple Melody ? A Tribute to Irving Berlin,? with four shows only on Tuesday, Sept. 1, Wednesday, Sept. 2, Tuesday, Sept. 8 and Saturday, Sept 13. All shows are at 7:00 except Sept. 2 which is at 7:30. Tedd Firth will be musical director with Tom Hubbard on bass and Peter Grant on drums. Metropolitan Room at Gotham is located at 34 West 22nd Street (between 5th & 6th Avenues.) There will be a $20 music charge and a two drink minimum. Discounts for MAC, NYSMS and Cabaret Hotline. Reservations: (212) 206 0440.

The Candlelight Dinner Playhouse is set to present the thrilling stage production, Phantom, now playing Thursday, Friday, Saturday evenings and Sunday matinees through November 8, 2009.

Little Shop of Horrors runs at Lyric Theatre August 18th-22nd. The show will be performed Tuesdays-Saturdays at 8pm and Sundays at 2pm.

Theatre of Pitman's 2010 season tickets on sale now . Season tickets are now available for purchase online. Purchase by September 30 to get your free ticket for It's a Wonderful Christmas Carol, their 2009 bonus show!

Zachary James, Broadway actor and Opera singer recently founded the new NYC experimental opera company, Metropolis Opera Project. He recently appeared in Lincoln Center?s South Pacific as an original cast member, and in 2010, will be playing Lurch in The Addams Family.