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On Monday, March 31, New York Theatre Barn will be presenting its next installment of its monthly show highlighting new composers, writers and artists, NYTB at the Duplex.

Straight Up With a Twist, the hilarious new comedy written and performed by Paul Stroili, has critics cheering and audiences roaring with laughter.

Dreck Productions and the Austrian Cultural Forum are proud to present a NYC revival of Dirt, the European award-winning one-man show written by Robert Schneider, which went on to become a critically acclaimed production at the 2007 NY International Fringe Festival.

Mo Rocca, of Comedy Central's 'The Daily Show,' and Amy Goodman, New York Times best-selling author and host of 'Democracy Now!,' were special guests for The Onion-sponsored Happy Sunshine Kung Fu Flower launched at The Zipper Factory for a 10PM show on March 21.

Lone Wolf Series, Coyote REP Theatre Company's repertory stage production of one-woman shows offering unique takes on their season's theme of 'Isolation.

ProACTive Artists produces two of Israel Horovitz's 1968 one-act plays, 'Rats' and the Obie-winning 'The Indian Wants the Bronx', at Manhattan Theatre Source.

Tom Swirly's Psych-o-delic Circus is a new weekly variety show featuring actor / musicians Tom Swirly and Jeremy X.

Retro Productions Presents Sally Nemeth's 1989 Drama MILL FIRE

Artistic New Directions presents Eight New Plays direction by Bob Berky

The Guthrie Theater is pleased to present Flying Foot Forum's French Twist, a foot-stomping, heart-stopping, slap-happy faux-French pastiche of dance, song and comedy that's both inspiring and entertaining.

The Tony Award-winning Negro Ensemble Company -- celebrating its historic 40th anniversary season as a national showcase and home for black actors, writers and directors -- opens its present season with the NEC premiere of award-winning playwright Layon Gray's WEBEIME, with previews to begin March 2

The comedy club and theatre collide in Diversity Players of Harlem's production of the Stage Play Die Laughing starring uptown Kevin Brown of NBC's 30 Rock.

New Village Arts announces 'Prelude to A Kiss' running from 4/19 through 5/18.

ASTORIA PERFORMING ARTS CENTER is pleased to announce the production of TRIUMPH OF LOVE, a musical directed by Brian Swasey.

DON'T QUIT YOUR NIGHT JOB, the critically acclaimed comedy variety show featuring a revolving cast of Broadway's brightest performing without a net, welcomes the Spring at their monthly home - The Zipper Factory (336 West 37th Street, between 8th and 9th Avenues) - on Thursday, March 27 at 11:30 p.

Award-winning Playwright/Composer CAROL HALL joins Kia Corthron, Jeffrey Sweet, Gary Garrison, Roland Tec, Hilary Chaplain & David Engel, Kristine Niven and Margo Hammond in Artistic New Directions' presentation of 'AN ECLECTIC EVENING OF SHORT WORKS.

Pan Asian Repertory Theatre in association with The Institute for Vietnamese Culture & Education (IVCE) and Music Fan Company announces the North American premiere of THE MISSING WOMAN, a Vietnamese folk tale examining the lives of women in Vietnamese society.

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SP THEATRE PRODUCTIONS is pleased to announce the full cast for its upcoming producton of STILL LIVES, a new play written by PAUL HANCOCK and directed by JOCELYN SAWYER.

In Untitled Mars: This Title May Change, director Jay Scheib crash-lands seven performers into a simulated Martian environment.

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Original Intent Theater will present the world-premiere of Janeen Stevens' Barcinda Forest - a new environmental play dealing with the subject of deforestation and its effects on the forest-dwellers - with previews beginning April 16 at the Where Eagles Dare Theater (347 West 36th Street - btw.

Ars Nova presents, as part of the Out Loud series, a FREE reading of The Memory Library by Joe Waechter, directed by Pam MacKinnon.

Columbia Stages announces its presentation of Tennessee Williams' Camino Real directed by Tony Speciale.