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Writer, director, producer Del Shores may be best known for creating the Theater, Film and Television versions of the cult classic 'Sordid Lives,' which became Logo TV's biggest hit show - starring Olivia Newton John, Rue McClanahan, Caroline Rhea, Leslie Jordan and Bonnie Bedelia.

On Tuesday, August 9th, NAKED GIRLS READING NYC - New York's 'Best Story Hour' (The Village Voice Best of NY 2010) - celebrates the summer theatre season in the decadent boudoir setting of Greenwich Village's Madame X lounge, as the hit nude literary salon presents a special in-the-buff reading of G

Olivier Award Winner Lesli Margherita (ZORRO - West End) makes her NYC nightclub debut with her critically acclaimed act ALL HAIL THE QUEEN (HAIL YES!).

Come join the Off Broadway Theatre for a ridiculously funny improv comedy show at a GREAT PRICE ($7) AND all proceeds go to support HEARTS AND HANDS IN ACTION.

59E59 Theaters (Elysabeth Kleinhans, Artistic Director; Peter Tear, Executive Producer) welcomes Inis Nua Theatre Company (Philadelphia, PA) with the New York premiere of DUBLIN BY LAMPLIGHT, written by Michael West and directed by Tom Reing.

This season, Dixon Place will offer special 25th Anniversary Pricing, featuring free, $5 and $10 tickets for most fall shows as well as lounge specials including $5 beer, wine & well, plus special cocktails nightly.

Ars Nova (Jason Eagan, Artistic Director; Jeremy Blocker, Managing Director) is now accepting applications for Play Group, a vibrant and eclectic group of emerging writers who gather twice a month at Ars Nova to share new work and get peer feedback.

Actress Lauren Hodges joins the fully improvised live sitcom, Naked in a Fishbowl, at The Cherry Lane Theatre Monday, August 8th at 7:00pm.

Ars Nova presents, as part of the Out Loud series, a FREE reading of: THE SCIENTIFIC METHOD by Jenny Connell, directed by Giovanna Sardelli.

Transport Group, the Drama Desk and OBIE award-winning theatre company has announced that I Loved Lucy, written by Lee Tannen, based on his best-selling memoir about the author's friendship with Lucille Ball during the last years of her life, will play a special one-night-only performance of the Lag

Olivier Award Winner Lesli Margherita (ZORRO - West End) makes her NYC nightclub debut with her critically acclaimed act ALL HAIL THE QUEEN (HAIL YES!).

Harlem9 presents 48 HOUR IN HARLEM - a twist on the traditional 24- hour play festival.

MAIEUTIC THEATRE WORKS (MTWorks) will present a retrospective evening encompassing scenes from all ten plays produced by the company in the last five years, directed by MTWorks? Artistic Director, David Stallings.

The Amoralists are proud to present HotelMotel, a site-specific theatrical event featuring the New York Premiere of Animals and Plants, written and directed by Obie Award-winner Adam Rapp, and the World Premiere of Pink Knees on Pale Skin, written and directed by Derek Ahonen.

SHIDA, the new one-woman musical I have been developing with the amazing Jeannette Bayardelle (The Color Purple; Hair), will be having a One-Night-Only Concert Presentation at Birdland on Monday, August 15th, at 7:00pm.

BAMBOOZLED! Or THE REAL REALITY SHOW, a little Operetta for the Street is set to begin August 6th.

Writer, director, producer Del Shores may be best known for creating the Theater, Film and Television versions of the cult classic 'Sordid Lives,' which became Logo TV's biggest hit show - starring Olivia Newton John, Rue McClanahan, Caroline Rhea, Leslie Jordan and Bonnie Bedelia.

The sixth-annual Bring a Weasel and a Pint of Your Own Blood Festival presents four original plays at the East 13th Street Theater from August 4th to August 6th.

Theater for the New City's award-winning Street Theater Company opens its 35th annual tour August 6 with 'Bamboozled, or The Real Reality Show,' a rip-roaring musical which will tour City streets, parks and playgrounds throughout the five boroughs through September 18.

The award-winning VITAL THEATRE COMPANY has announced that its 2011-2012 Family Programming will include four musicals for children and families, performed by adults.

Playwright Michael Patrick Flanagan Smith focuses on the last thoughts of Woody Guthrie in his new play with music, 'Woody Guthrie Dreams,' directed by Isabel Milenski, that will be presented by Theater for the New City from September 8 to October 1, 2011.

On Wednesday, August 31 the monthly sketch comedy group Beaches 2 will present their best sketches from the past ten months.

Woodstock Fringe presents CHAPTER & VERSE by Memrie Innerarirty, Fri & Sat Aug 5 & 6 at 8pm, Sun Aug 7 & 14 at 5pm.

PINKALICIOUS, THE MUSICAL is pleased to announce extended performances at the Manhattan Movement & Arts Center September 3rd through October 30th, 2011 with performances Saturdays and Sundays at 11am.

Libra Theater Company presents MIDSUMMER MUSICALS, a concert reading of four short musicals by Joshua H.