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Record rain and temperatures in New York City have led to the wish-fulfillment tribute to lyricist Oscar Hammerstein II, titled "It Might As Well Be Spring," another communal sing-along presentation of SING! SING! SING! on Friday, April 30 at 7 p.

Wizard Oil Productions is proud to present the world premiere of Adam Kraar's new play Empire of the Trees.

Playwrights Horizons (Artistic Director, Tim Sanford; Managing Director, Leslie Marcus) and Vineyard Theatre (Artistic Director, Douglas Aibel; Executive Director, Jennifer Garvey-Blackwell) have announced complete casting for their co-production of the New York premiere of the new musical THE BURNT

Primary Stages (Casey Childs, Founder & Executive Producer; Andrew Leynse, Artistic Director; Elliot Fox, Managing Director) has announced a special addition to its 25th Anniversary Season with Primary Stages Spring Celebration, celebrating 25 years with 25 days of events.

LOVE, LINDA: THE LIFE OF MRS.

Lincoln Center Theater (under the direction of Andre Bishop, Artistic Director and Bernard Gersten, Executive Producer) has announced that Amari Cheatom, Brian D.

On behalf of Retro Productions, I am proud to invite you to their production of The Desk Set.

The Play Company - the Off-Broadway theatre company celebrating its 10th anniversary currently with the U.

The Public Theater (Artistic Director Oskar Eustis; Executive Director Andrew D.

The Fantasticks, the world's longest-running musical, will turn 50 this coming Monday, May 3, 2010.

My Big Gay Italian Wedding, a new comedy Anthony J.

New York Neo-Futurists' ongoing award-winning show TOO MUCH LIGHT MAKES THE BABY GO BLIND continues its run at The Kraine Theater (85 East 4th Street, New York, NY 10003) every Friday and Saturday at 10:30pm.

Edmund Gaynes has announced the new comedy Hebrew School Dropout, Or: How I Converted from Judaism to Catholicism and Back to Judaism AND Lost Those Stubborn Last 10 Pounds!, by Dave Konig, the three-time Emmy Award winning comedian.

On Thursday, April 29, Kaufman Center will present a reading of SHLEMIEL CROOKS, a new musical with songs by Scott Ethier and Clay Zambo and a script by Sean Hartley and Bob Kolsby.

After much anticipation, the new show Banana Shpeel will begin preview performances on April 29, 2010 at the Beacon Theatre (2124 Broadway).

Acclaimed Off-Broadway theater company Playwrights Horizons (Tim Sanford, Artistic Director; Leslie Marcus, Managing Director) has announced details for this year's special online Auction in connection with its annual Spring Gala Benefit.

At Hand Theatre Company presents the World Premiere of LETTERS TO THE END OF THE WORLD, written and directed by Anton Dudley (Slag Heap, Substitution, Getting Home).

The Flea Theater presents the World Premiere of PARENTS' EVENING, a two-hander by Bathsheba Doran.

Theater Ten Ten, is very pleased to announce its spring 2010 production, an alluring Elizabethan/Moroccan flavored production of William Shakespeare's TWELFTH NIGHT.

THE OPEN BOOK is pleased to announce the double bill production of MISTER JACK by MARVIN KAYE and the short one- act DON JUAN'S FINAL NIGHT by EDMOND ROSTAND.

New York's OBIE Award-winning Epic Theatre Ensemble (Zak Berkman, Melissa Friedman, Ron Russell, Founding Executive Directors) today announced plans for an ambitious series of events surrounding the highly anticipated New York premiere of Sarah Ruhl's Passion Play, directed by Mark Wing-Davey.

The Thursday night jazz series at Barge Music, New York City's floating concert hall, has been announced.

Lynne Meadow (Artistic Director) and Barry Grove (Executive Producer) have announced the Manhattan Theatre Club production of Polly Stenham's THAT FACE will be directed by Sarah Benson (Blasted, Artistic Director of Soho Rep) and will feature three-time Obie winner Elizabeth Marvel (Top Girls, 50 Wo

the cell joins as lead producer with Joie de Théâtrale and The New Voice Project to present the NYC Premiere of 'Limonade Tous les Jours,' a romantic comedy (in english), written by Charles L.

The Paley Center for Media celebrated the storied, multi-decade television career of Oscar, Tony, Golden Globe and BAFTA award-winning actor Joel Grey on Tuesday, April 27 with 'An Evening with Joel Grey.