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Presented in association with Ontological-Hysteric Theater, previews for IDIOT SAVANT continue through November 3.

A reading of Anna Ziegler's award-winning play, Photograph 51, will be a part of the Evening Reading Series at Rattlestick Playwrights Theater on Sunday November 15th.

Julie White and Theresa Rebeck have been featured in The New York Times Arts and Leisure section.

The Irish Repertory Theatre announces a one-week extension of its latest hit THE EMPEROR JONES -- Eugene O'Neill's powerful classic about the charismatic Brutus Jones, a self proclaimed emperor of an island nation, who attempts to flee the angry natives and his personal demons -- with performances n

The Cherry Lane Theatre has announced the roster of award-winning playwrights, director Hal Prince and renowned actress Tyne Daly to be featured in the theatre's annual, eagerly-anticipated MASTER CLASS - a series of 15 programs that offers theatergoers an inside view of theater from master of the c

HDM Productions presents TROUBADOUR, a new musical of the life of St.

According to The Clyde Fitch Report, the brand new Theatre C theatre company will launch its premiere season at the Barrow Street Theatre on November 2nd.

Productions presents TROUBADOUR, a new musical of the life of St.

Teatro oscuro and Trumpet Fiction Productions presents a reading of Jonathan Kravetz's whip smart comedy Better Lucky Than Smart Monday, November 2, 2009 at 2:00 pm and 7:00 pm at Theatre Row's Studio Theatre (410 West 42nd St.

Barbara Ligeti, Andrew Shaifer and Victor Syrmis have revealed the first photo of the conjoined twins from Off-Broadway's most outrageous new comedy, Made In Heaven.

Artistic Director, Carlos Armesto, launches a new theatre company, Theatre C, at The Barrow Street Theatre on November 2, 2009.

HDM Productions presents TROUBADOUR, a new musical of the life of St.

Barbara Ligeti, Andrew Shaifer and Victor Syrmis have announced that they will present the Off-Broadway premiere of Made In Heaven, a new comedy by Jay Bernzweig, directed by Andrew Shaifer, which won the ?Outstanding Production of a Play Award' at the 2009 Midtown International Theatre Festival.

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The Group Theatre Too's new musical, Count To Ten, which just finished a successful run at the New York Musical Theatre Festival (NYMF), received additional performances next week at the Hudson Guild Theater.

PERSISTANCE OF MEMORY, three one-act plays to benefit the charitable organization Cause Celebre.

Algonquin Theater Productions will present the New York premiere of Mike Folie's drama Slave Shack, the second production in Algonquin's 2009 Intimate Theater season, directed by Debra Whitfield.

TACT/The Actors Company Theatre (Scott Alan Evans, Cynthia Harris and Simon Jones, Co-Artistic Directors), the critically-acclaimed company 'dedicated to presenting neglected or rarely produced plays of literary merit,' will open its 17th Anniversary season with The Late Christopher Bean, a sly 1930

American Lyric Theater (ALT) will present 11 Family Preview Performances featuring excerpts from THE GOLDEN TICKET, a new opera based on Roald Dahl's 'Charlie and the Chocolate Factory,' as part of the KidZone program of family events at The New York Chocolate Show, to take place at The Metropolitan

La MaMa ETC - one of the standard-bearers of experimental theater in New York and around the globe since it was founded in 1961 by the inimitable Ellen Stewart - will rename its Annex theater the Ellen Stewart Theater at a gala entitled 'Celebrating Ellen' on Sunday, November 1 at 4 p.

The Tony Award-winning Vineyard Theatre has announced that it will extend its critically acclaimed play A BOY AND HIS SOUL - written and performed by Colman Domingo - by 2 weeks, now until November 1.

THE CONTRAST, which was written in 1787, and was the first play by an American author to be produced in the new United States, will be given a contemporary revival in Metropolitan's home at 220 E 4th Street October 2nd through November 1st, 2009.

Theater Ten Ten announces its fall mainstage production for the 2009-2010 season, George Bernard Shaw's comedy 'Arms and The Man.

Actress, comedienne, and cabaret star Alix Korey, whose Broadway credits include ALL SHOOK UP and CHICAGO, is set to join the cast of Abingdon Theatre Company's 2009-10 season opener -- the world premiere of INVENTING AVI (and other theatrical maneuvers), a new Off-Broadway comedy by Robert Cary and

Tony Award winner Bill Irwin, Meredith Monk, John Kelly and Peggy Shaw will be featured performers at La MaMa's 'Celebrating Ellen' fundraising event benefiting the non-profit theater on November 1 in the company's Annex Theatre.