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Due to popular demand, When The Rain Stops Falling by Andrew Bovell, presented as part of Sydney Theatre Company?s 2009 Main Stage Season will run until 20 June, instead of closing on 13 June as previously advertised. The extension follows Sydney critics? praise for this ?beautiful, profoundly moving drama? (Sunday Telegraph) from Adelaide?s Brink Productions, giving it ratings of ?four-and-a-half out of five? and ?nine-out-of-ten?. A new production of Bovell?s play, directed by Michael Attenborough has only just opened at London?s Almeida Theatre.

The Victoria Theatre Association has been certified with the ?Standards of Excellence? award by the Ohio Association of Nonprofit Organizations (OANO). The Victoria Theatre Association received its certification at a ceremony, May 12, 2009 in Columbus, OH, at the Fourth Annual Ohio Nonprofit Excellence Award Luncheon at the Ohio Statehouse, with over 250 nonprofit executives in attendance.

TheatreWorks, the nationally-acclaimed theatre of Silicon Valley, celebrates its 40th Anniversary season and commitment to the creation and development of new works with its New Works Festival ?09, sponsored by Microsoft. The eighth annual Festival commences July 15 with the world premiere production of Tinyard Hill, a rousing new musical by Tommy Newman and 2009 Jonathan Larsen Award-winning composer Mark Allen. This season?s festival, held in Palo Alto at the Lucie Stern Theatre, will feature workshops of new works by artists including Chris Smith, Raquel Bitton, Darrah Cloud , Kim D. Sherman, Joe DiPietro, Brendan Milburn, Valerie Vigoda, Laura Schellhardt, Rajiv Joseph, Kait Kerrigan, and Brian Lowdermilk, in addition to stunning concerts by Grammy-winning vocalist Maureen McGovern, and the nationally acclaimed singer and composer, Vienna Teng. Tickets go on sale May 29 at 650-463-1960 or theatreworks.org.

An Italian musical will be staged abroad in its original version: ?Pinocchio? ? written by Saverio Marconi and Pierluigi Ronchetti, with music by Dodi Battaglia, Red Canzian and Roby Facchinetti (famous in Italy as the pop band POOH) and lyrics by Stefano D?Orazio and Valerio Negrini ? will be on stage at the Opera Theatre of Seoul Arts Center from August 7th to 23rd 2009. The director Saverio Marconi is just working to a new edition fitted for an international audience and said in a statement ?This is a milestone in Compagnia della Rancia?s history: two turning points will happen with only a few months between them: an original Italian musical staged in Korea in August and Cats? Italian edition première in Rome in October.?

When planning your child?s summer activities, why not consider The Playmakers? summer youth productions. It offers many benefits while giving the kids a lot of fun.

The Drama Desk organization's highly regarded panel discussions are looked upon as highlights of New York theater seasons, and this latest promises to be among of the most exciting.

The York Theatre Company (James Morgan, Producing Artistic Director) is pleased to announce the commencement of rehearsals today for The Grand Tour, the first of three Spring 2009 Musicals in Mufti staged concert presentations, playing May 29-31.

A tribute to an extraordinary time in Queensland?s cultural history, Bille Brown?s new play The School of Arts follows a band of travelling actors to Biloela where their gun-toting version of Hamlet creates comic mayhem.

Due to scheduling conflicts and construction delays in the company?s new performance venue, Echo Theatre Company has moved its June production of ?Nerve? to July 10-25, 2009. (The show was originally scheduled to open June 5.) In the July production of Adam Szymkowicz?s dark romantic comedy about the hazards and hilarity of online dating, Charlie Barron will play Elliot and Colleen Backer will play Susan.

The Shakespeare Society (Michael Sexton, Artistic Director) has announced that Dances with Shakespeare: A Midsummer Night?s Dream, a collaboration with the New York City Ballet (NYCB), will take place on Monday, June 8, at 7:00pm at the Kaye Playhouse at Hunter College, East 68 Street, between Park and Lexington Avenues. All tickets $25. For single tickets call the Kaye Playhouse at (212) 772-4448. For information about The Shakespeare Society, membership and member tickets, call 212-967-6802 or visit www.shakespearesociety.org. The evening is made possible by the generous support of the Jerome Robbins Foundation.

San Francisco?s cutting-edge Cutting Ball Theater proudly announces the lineup for its 10th Anniversary season. The season opens in October with The Bald Soprano, Eugène Ionesco?s absurdist comic masterpiece, in a new translation by Cutting Ball Artistic Director Rob Melrose, who will also direct. The company is also poised to present ? And Jesus Moonwalks The Mississippi, a new play by Marcus Gardley, directed by Amy Mueller. Back by popular demand is Eugenie Chan?s retelling of the Ariadne myth, Bone to Pick, which received its World Premiere in Cutting Ball?s 2007-2008 season as part of Avant GardARAMA!; this provocative play, starring Paige Rogers, will be accompanied by a newly commissioned companion piece, Diadem, in May; both will be directed by Rob Melrose.

Playhouse South, A Community Theater will hold open auditions for the Cole Porter?s play within a play, ?Kiss Me Kate? on June 15-17, 2009 at 7:30 pm at Fairmont Presbyterian Church, 3705 Far Hills Avenue in Kettering.

Intiman Theatre, under the leadership of Artistic Director Bartlett Sher and Managing Director Brian Colburn, will present a special conversation between actors Judd Hirsch, John Procaccino and Matthew Boston about the work of playwright Herb Gardner on Monday, June 1 at 7 pm. Tickets are $10 and are available now from www.intiman.org or 206.269.1900.

Three couples engage in Edward Albee?s trademark humorously wry, visceral banter at a party where the hostess happens to be dying. At the end of the first act a patrician woman claiming to be the dying woman?s mother arrives with a companion. Complications ensue. This is ?The Lady from Dubuque,? presented by Muddy Waters Theatre Company, June 12-28 at the Kranzberg Art Center in the Big Brother Big Sisters Building in Grand Center.

Directed by Brad Rondeau, this tale begins with three stories, two of them well-known fairy tales, and one not quite as recognized, all involving wishes. Dirty and hard-worked Cinderella wishes to go to the festival, Jack (from the beanstalk story) wishes his cow would give milk, and the baker and his wife wish their futile attempts at starting a family would finally result in a pregnancy. Though many characters? stories come and go in the first act, they all revolve around the baker and his wife trying to reverse a curse set on them by an ugly witch, who sends them on a wild goose chase to find three coveted items that will bring her what she?s been longing for: youth. Join these and other characters like, Rapunzel, The Wolf, Red Riding Hood, Prince Charming, Snow White, Sleeping Beauty and the Three Little Pigs, on a grown-up journey through times greatest fairy tale. Memorable songs from the show include: Children Will Listen, Agony, Your Fault and Giants in the Sky. This show is being Assistant Directed by Stephanie Heslip and Heidi Miles, Produced by Laura Clark, Ann Langford, Lisa Stahl and Lynn Wilde and Music Direction by Jill Quagliata.

CoHo Productions recently announced its 2009-2010 season.

In the world of international espionage there is only one name when it comes to action and adventure with a comedic twist! The name is Blonde...James Blonde. Whether saving the world from a power hungry madman or being a killer with the ladies, James Blonde will have you on the edge of your seat in laughter starting June 11th at Desert Star Playhouse.

Signature Theatre presents Partial Eclipse, a rock song cycle by Matt Conner directed by Artistic Director Eric Schaeffer, running June 10 through 13 in Signature?s MAX Theatre. Written by the composer of the musical Nevermore, Partial Eclipse is a fascinating evening of songs about six strangers all on the never-ending quest for love and happiness. With titles ranging from ?Cinderella? to ?Bed and Breakfast? to ?Sympathy,? Conner?s songs evoke visions of love from the simple to the edgy in the straight, gay, and lesbian worlds. Six of Signature?s favorite actor/singers, Kurt Boehm, Eleasha Gamble, Sam Ludwig, Eric Ulloa, Weslie Woodley, and Rachel Zampelli, will perform the song cycle accompanied by a four-man rock band.

Highly acclaimed Broadway veteran Jason Graae will perform his newest cabaret ?Magically Delicious: A Cabaret? at the Magic Castle?s Cabaret at the Castle. Jason Graae has starred on and off-Broadway in 'A Grand Night For Singing,' 'Falsettos,' 'Stardust,' 'Snoopy!,' 'Do Black Patent Leather Shows Really Reflect Up?,' 'Forever Plaid,' 'Olympus on My Mind,' 'All in the Timing,' 'Hello Muddah, Hello Fadduh,' and many more. In Los Angeles, he just won his second L.A. Drama Critics Circle Award - the 2008 Joel Hirschorn Award for Oustanding Achievement in Musical Theatre and won an Ovation Award for 'Forbidden Broadway Y2KLA!' Jason also originated the role of 'Houdini' in the L.A. production of 'Ragtime' at the Shubert Theatre. Hosting such greats as Richard M. Sherman and the legendary Carol Channing, Cabaret at the Castle?s producer Matt Patton brings the art of cabaret to Southern California in an intimate and elegant environment.

La Jolla Playhouse presents Dogugaeshi June 10-14, 2009 in the Sheila and Hughes Potiker Theatre at La Jolla Playhouse. The first Edge Series production of the 2009/2010 season, Dogugaeshi is an intimate, abstract work inspired by Japanese puppet theater, created and performed by Obie Award-winning puppeteer Basil Twist. Blending centuries of tradition with his own inimitable style, Twist mesmerizes audiences with a powerful voyage through historical and contemporary Japan.