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SNL's Cast Member Taran Killam and two-time Tony nominated Jeremy Shamos join David Wain, Joe Lo Truglio and others for one-night-only reprise of SEX (a.

Due to overwhelming popular demand, the producers of Gerard Alessandrini's brand- new FORBIDDEN BROADWAY: ALIVE AND KICKING have announced the show will be extending its run at the 47th Street Theatre (304 West 47th Street - just west of Eighth Avenue) through April 28th, 2013.

Woodie King Jr's New Federal Theatre, in association with Castillo Theatre, will present Sowa's Red Gravy by Diane Richards at Castillo Theatre (543 West 42nd Street, between 10th and 11th Avenues.

Medicine Show Theatre Ensemble, one of New York's longest-running experimental theatres, opens its production of Fifty Million Frenchmen next week, with music and lyrics by the great Cole Porter and book by Herbert Fields.

Margaret Copeland and Kevin James Doyle, stars and creators of the new Off-Broadway comedy HOW TO BE A NEW YORKER, unveiled the insanely delicious dessert treat 'Fudgetaboutit' on Friday, October 12th at the Times Square Tasti D-Lite.

Making Books Sing (MBS), the critically acclaimed New York-based non-profit that promotes children's literacy and social development through professional theater productions and arts-in-education programs will, in conjunction with The Louis Armstrong House Museum and the Aaron Copland School of Musi

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Woodie King Jr's New Federal Theatre, in association with Castillo Theatre, will present Sowa's Red Gravy by Diane Richards at Castillo Theatre (543 West 42nd Street, between 10th and 11th Avenues.

KIT-Kairos Italy Theater--the preeminent Italian theater company in NY, will present "NO ESCAPE," four One-Acts by Dino Buzzati, commemorating the 40th anniversary of his death.

Abingdon Theatre Company - which has produced more than 77 new American plays in its 20-year history - is set to celebrate its 20th Anniversary with ABINGDON: SETTING THE STAGE FOR 20 YEARS, its Annual Benefit Gala and dinner on Monday, October 29 at Espace (635 West 42nd Street) Manhattan, beginnin

Actress Leandra Ramm, one of the stars of 'A for Adultery,' a dramatic musical based on Hawthorne's 'The Scarlet Letter,' has announced her appearance on Lifetime's new series 'My Life is a Lifetime Movie', scheduled to premiere tonight, October 17 at 10PM ET.

Lincoln Center Theater's Platform Series, a forum for public discussion between Lincoln Center Theater artists and interested theatergoers, opens its 15th season on Thursday, November 1, at 6 pm with Christopher Durang and Nicholas Martin, the playwright and director of the new play VANYA AND SONIA

Due to popular demand the Castillo Theatre is extending to November 4th the American premiere of Children of Killers by award-wining playwright, Katori Hall.

Amandine, ten years in the making, is a collaboration between three of New York City's most distinctive theater artists: Winter Miller, 13P founding member who penned In Darfur (The Public Theater), among other acclaimed plays; Lance Horne, Emmy Award-winning composer and pianist known for his own w

HOW TO BE A NEW YORKER, the new Off-Broadway comedy written and performed by Margaret Copeland and Kevin James Doyle, is set to open tomorrow night, October 17th at Sofia's Downstairs Theater in the heart of Times Square.

Off-Broadway's Irish Repertory Theatre continues its 25th Anniversary Season with Julian Sands in A CELEBRATION OF HAROLD PINTER, with an official press opening tonight, October 16, in the Irish Repertory Theatre's W.

Madeleine Martin, currently starring in Atlantic Theater Company's production of HARPER REGAN, will join hosts John Elliot, Lisa Kerney and Carolina Bermudez on WLNY's "Live from the Couch" tomorrow morning, October 17 in the 7:30 AM half-hour.

Sam Buntrock, who received a 2008 Tony Award nomination for directing the award-winning revival of SUNDAY IN THE PARK WITH GEORGE will helm the World-Premiere of SLEEPING ROUGH, the first professional production in New York by playwright Kara Manning and presented Off-Broadway by Page 73 Productions

The York Theatre Company (James Morgan, Producing Artistic Director) and the company of the hit musical Closer Than Ever will join forces to collect donations following each performance through October 21st to benefit The Avon Foundation for Women in conjunction with the Tenth-Annual Avon Walk for B

{Your Name Here} A Queer Theater Company presents a one night only reading of the new play The Click of the Lock, a new play by Justin Sayre (The Meeting*, Night of a Thousand Judys).

Stephen Sondheim's “Uptown, Downtown,” that axed-from-Follies number about a woman who splits her personality between Schlitz and The Ritz, might well apply to the most recent plays of A.

Rob Sedgwick, accomplished New York actor, will join the cast of Warren Manzi's Perfect Crime, the longest running play in the history of New York theater, as Lionel McAuley, the deranged patient of physiatrist Margaret Brent.

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he Other Josh Cohen: The Story of One Man's Battle with Money, Heartache and Neil Diamond will host the "I Love Neil Diamond Halloweekend" for all performances October 26-30, 2012 at SoHo Playhouse (15 Vandam Street).

Falling premieres tonight, Monday, October 15th at 7.