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MiddleMaddle Ensemble is proud to present Chasing Heaven as part of the 15th Annual New York International Fringe Festival (FringeNYC).

The Boomerang Theatre Company (Tim Errickson, Artistic Director; Sue Abbott, Managing Director) kicked off their 2011 season with an outdoor production of Shakespeare's Much Ado about Nothing, directed by Daniel Talbott and starring Sara Thigpen and Nate Miller.

Kids and adults will be able to cool off from the hot weather with children's favorite fairy tale shows at Galli Theater this summer.

The Common Tongue is proud to present the World Premiere of WHAT THE SPARROW SAID, by Danny Mitarotondo, as part of the 15th annual New York International Fringe Festival.

Cymbeline is back! Two sold-out weeks last January for Fiasco Theater's production of Cymbeline wasn't nearly long enough to satisfy the demands of a theatre-going public hungry for, as Ben Brantley of The New York Times wrote, 'the comedy, poignancy and unlikely magic of Cymbeline.

Erica Jensen of Calleri Casting directs Mother Eve's Secret Garden of Sensual Sisterhood, a 20 minute live theatre piece with singing and dancing that follows the sassy, sensual, hilarious self-help guru Mother Eve.

The international theatre company BITE (Brooklyn Innovative Theatre Experience) will present its first independent full-length production Prom Night of the Living Dead -- an interactive horror play equal parts John Hughes and George Romero - opening Thursday, August 18 at 8pm and running three weeks

Nuclear Love Affair, a bold new spectacle that looks at the journey of the American Dream, created by Built for Collapse (www.

Leave it on the Floor tells the story of Brad, our hero, who is thrown out of his dysfunctional home by his mother, Deondra.

Lot in Life Productions, LLC presents the New York premiere of playwright Vicki Vodrey's black comedy HANKY PANKY, directed by Richard Dines as part of the twelfth annual Midtown International Theatre Festival (MITF) on Saturday, July 23 at 3:00pm; Sunday, July 24 at 8:00pm; Monday, July 25 at 8:00p

Elyssa Rabinowitz, in association with All Out Arts and New Village Productions present the World-premeire of Dan Fingerman's new play THE AUSTERITY OF HOPE about a group of 20-something gay friends living, loving and growing in Astoria Queens - starring Max Rhyser (INBETWEENMEN.

Daphne Rubin-Vega joins the fully improvised live sitcom, Naked in a Fishbowl, at The Cherry Lane Theater for the opening night of a 5-week run.

The ReGroup Theatre Company announced the final additions their reading of Paradise Lost by Clifford Odets.

Elyssa Rabinowitz, in association with All Out Arts and New Village Productions present the World-premeire of Dan Fingerman's new play THE AUSTERITY OF HOPE about a group of 20-something gay friends living, loving and growing in Astoria Queens - starring Max Rhyser (INBETWEENMEN.

Have you ever been bullied? Have you ever felt like you don't belong? Do you have twenty dollars? If the answer to any of those questions is 'yes', then get your tickets now for RYAN RAFTERY'S IT GETS WORSE!

The upcoming production of BROWNSVILLE BRED at 59E59 Theaters will feature Talk Backs after every Sunday matinee performance.

Known for their raunchy humor, unbelievable (yet true) dating escapades and unique conjugations for the word 'penis,' Kelly Wallace-Barnhill and Lindsey Gentile take their one-hour comedic play to the 12th Annual Midtown International Theater Festival, taking place July 17 - 31 at The Jewel Box Thea

GHOSTS by Henrik Ibsen, the Classic Play Reading Series' Inaugural Full Production Adapted by Andrew Janet Directed by Emmy Frank With Antoinette LaVecchia, Marc LeVasseur, Nicole Rodenburg, Andrew Sellon & Timothy Warmen

SMALL POND ENTERPRISES is pleased to announce the world premiere production of Sarah Ford?s GEORGIA & ME, directed by Zoya Kachadurian.

HORSE TRADE THEATER GROUP is a self-sustaining theater development group; with a focus on new work, it has produced a massive quantity of stimulating downtown theater.

New Haarlem Arts Theatre (NHAT), the new professional theater company of City College of New York (CCNY), will present 'Blues for Mister Charlie' by James Baldwin, directed by Eugene Nesmith, from June 23 to July 17 at Aaron Davis Hall, located at W.

The Music Man, by Meredith Willson, will close July 17, 2011 on the grounds of the beautiful Snug Harbor Cultural Center in Staten Island, just minutes from the Staten Island Ferry.

The Boomerang Theatre Company's outdoor production of Shakespeare's Much Ado about Nothing, directed by Daniel Talbott and starring Sara Thigpen as Beatrice, will close on July 17.

Younger Child Productions presents the world premiere production of One, Two, Whatever you do.

Teatro La Tea and Core Creative Productions are pleased to announce a special talkback moderated by Robin Milling, following the 3:00 pm performance of a new play by Anthony P.