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Ripe Time and New Dramatists will present "Shape Shifting: Antigone In Action," an evening of new work created in response to what makes Antigone necessary today.

Due to demand for tickets, Naked Angels (Geoffrey Nauffts, Artistic Director and Brittany O'Neill, Managing Director) has extended the world premiere engagement of Stephen Belber's new dark comedy Fault Lines, directed by David Schwimmer.

Soho Rep - the nine-time OBIE Award-winning, Off-Broadway theatre company - will extend its critically acclaimed, sold-out production of Sarah Kane's landmark play BLASTED by two weeks - through November 9th, it has been announced by Soho Rep's Artistic Director Sarah Benson.

Henning Rübsam: SENSEDANCE performs a special engagement for its 2008 season with the premiere of 'Cloudforest' at The Ailey Citigroup Theater (The Joan Weill Center for Dance), 405 West 55th Street at 9th Avenue.

Visionary director Martha Clarke brings Hieronymus Bosch's provocative painting to life in Garden of Earthly Delights, exploring heaven, hell, and the beauty and sins amid, beginning performances Saturday, November 8 at Off-Broadway's Minetta Lane Theatre, 18 Minetta Lane.

Emmy Award-winning comedy writer Ted Greenberg brings his 'off-kilter brand of mindless inanity' back for a limited run Saturday nights at the Soho Playhouse, opening November 8th.

The Drama Desk and Obie Award-wining Mint Theater Company kicks off their 2008-2009 season with the American Premiere of J.

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

It has been announced that Tom Lucca will be replacing actor Jerry Dickstein in Romantic Poetry on November 18th, 2008 as 'Frankie'

On November 6th, 2008 the landmark NYC restaurant Serendipity3 bestowed its highest honor on the Off-Broadway show Rock of Ages by presenting an ice cream concoction that is fueled by high-octane 80's rock: "I Wanna Rock Root Beer Float".

MC Squared Productions begins performances of THE FUNERALOGUES tonight, November 7th, 2008.

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

Men Are Real, the spicy, savagely-funny monologue show featuring an all-Latino cast returns to Off-Broadway's Theaters at 45 Bleecker Street on Friday, Nov.

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Blue Hill Troupe, Ltd.

New York City Center's 2008-09 Encores! season, running November 19 - 23, will present ON THE TOWN, the first Broadway musical written by Betty Comden and Adolph Green with a score by Leonard Bernstein.

The York Theatre Company has announced initial casting and lineup for their upcoming readings.

Frances Hill, Founder/Artistic Director Lauren Schmiedel, Managing Director in association with Sara Katz presents Larson & Kleban Award Winning Composer JOE ICONIS' World Premiere of ReWrite; a musical comedy triple feature, directed by John Simpkins.

Project Shaw has announced that actor Charles Busch will replace Tyne Daly in the lead role of 'Jitta' in their upcoming reading of JITTA'S ATONEMENT.

Nathan Lane presents Sleepwalk With Me, a new comedy written by and starring Mike Birbiglia.

59E59 Theaters' Holiday E:Café toasts the Festive season with SIMON GREEN Sings COWARD AT CHRISTMAS: A Cabaret for Noël

PERFORMANCE SPACE 122 PRESENTS Joseph Silolvsky's Jester of Tonga world premiere from November 13 - November 23rd.

Playwrights Horizons (Tim Sanford, Artistic Director; Leslie Marcus, Managing Director) has announced that the theater company has been awarded a $2 million grant from The Andrew W.

59E59 Theaters (Elysabeth Kleinhans, Artistic Director; Peter Tear, Executive Producer) welcomes Jeff Harnar with critically acclaimed cabaret show THE 1959 BROADWAY SONGBOOK.