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Center Theatre Group's production of 'Lydia' by Octavio Solis opens at the Mark Taper Forum April 15, and continues through May 17, 2009.

Tyler Perry, the award-winning playwright, director, actor and creator of such hit plays as Diary of a Mad Black Woman and Madea Goes to Jail (now a major motion picture) brings his latest stage production, Tyler Perry's The Marriage Counselor, to New York City's New Beacon Theater (2124 Broadway be

The writer who brought us The Light in the Piazza, Reckless, and Prelude to a Kiss now investigates how history collides with the human heart in his funniest and most poignant work to date.

Completing its 30th Anniversary Season, Second Stage Theatre (Carole Rothman, Artistic Director; Ellen Richard, Executive Director) will present EVERYDAY RAPTURE, written by Dick Scanlan (Tony nominee for Thoroughly Modern Millie) and Sherie Rene Scott (Tony nominee for Dirty Rotten Scoundrels), wit

Legendary playwright Robert Patrick shares some thoughts and remembrances of the late Jack Wrangler.

In the tradition of Mike Daisey and Nilaja Sun, acclaimed monologist Barry Levey returns with his latest show, this time exploring contemporary Jewish identity with some of the most celebrated Holocaust Revisionists in the field today.

After 12 years of SRO performances in theatrical venues on five continents, actor/writer/composer David M.

*NEW DATE: JUN 17* Wed, Apr 22, 8 pm, $12 advance / $15 door Radiotheatre Presents: H.

The Gerald W.

KRAPP, 39, Written and performed by Michael Laurence, directed by George Demas Now running through Sunday, May 31, 2009.

South Ark Stage (Rhoda Herrick, Producing Artistic Director) has announced it will present the Off-Broadway revival of the comedy Sophistry by Jonathan Marc Sherman (Things We Want).

Meghann Dreyfuss (currently in MAMMA MIA! on Broadway); Kevin T.

Voice & Vision and Crossing Jamaica Avenue present a special 4-week event re-examing 1945 atomic attacks and aftermath THE HIROSHIMA PROJECT Featuring the world premiere of I HAVE BEEN TO HIROSHIMA MON AMOUR, a new American play by Chiori Miyagawa ('America Dreaming'), about finding love amid the r

Mega stage and screen star Hugh Jackman attended off-Broadway's dark comedy 'RUMSPRINGA' Saturday night, April 4th and visited after with the cast and writer/director Peter Zinn.

Producer Debbie Bisno and Ars Nova (Jason Eagan, Artistic Director; Jon Steingart and Jenny Wiener Steingart, Executive Producers) announce a by-invitation only Equity staged reading of new musical Big Money by Kyle Jarrow and Nathan Leigh, presented at Ars Nova on April 13 and 14.

RED BULL THEATER presents A STAGED READING OF A JOVIAL CREW by Richard Brome adapted by Stephen Jeffreys music & lyrics by Mickey Gallagher & Ian Drury on Monday April 6, 7pm.

As the unemployment numbers rise to an all-time high, the producers of the internationally acclaimed show Puppetry of the Penis, the Ancient Australian Art of Genital Origami, will hold open auditions for its upcoming Res-Erection Tour and Private Parties.

Complete casting has been announced for the Group Theatre Too's upcoming production of the rock-and-rollin' play Album by David Rimmer.

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

'The INCA of PERUSALEM' With Two Other Extremely Rare and Tantalizing One-Acts! 'ARTHUR AND THEACETONE' & 'INTERLUDE AT THEPLAYHOUSE' by George Bernard Shaw Monday · APRIL 20, 7pm @THE PLAYERS 16 Gramercy Park South

The Toxic Avenger, the brand new musical about New Jersey's first superhero, features a score by Bon Jovi's David Bryan and Joe Di Pietro.

59E59 Theaters (Elysabeth Kleinhans, Artistic Director; Peter Tear, Executive Producer) is proud to announce the AMERICAS OFF BROADWAY festival taking place at 59E59 Theaters (59 East 59th Street, between Park and Madison Avenues).

The Alchemy Theatre, in association with LAByrinth Theater, presents 'Sweet Storm' by Scott Hudson, Off Broadway at The Kirk Theatre (Theatre Row), 410 West 42nd Street, NYC.

roducers Jean Cheever and Tom Polum have announced that Time Life will release the original cast recording of The Toxic Avenger to coincide with the new musical's New York opening night - Monday, April 6th at New World Stages.

New Georges (Susan Bernfield, Artistic Director; Sarah Cameron Sunde, Associate Director), the OBIE Award-winning downtown theater company founded in 1992, and Hip-Hop Theater Festival will present the premiere of OBIE Winning Actress/Pulitzer-nominated playwright Eisa Davis' 'ANGELA'S MIXTAPE,' dir