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ASTORIA PERFORMING ARTS CENTER is pleased to announce the upcoming production of Galt MacDermot's (HAIR) musical, THE HUMAN COMEDY, with libretto by William Dumaresq based on the story by William Saroyan.

"El-Gringuito" Written and performed by Éric-Dominique Perez, Directed by A.

In the middle of its acclaimed Cino Nights series, which runs through April 2012, Rising Phoenix Rep presented a workshop on Sunday, March 27th of Maya Macdonald's new play The Really Important People, directed by RPR artistic associate Julie Kline.

Iron Jaw Company (Erica Linderman & Kitty Lindsay, producers) will present the World Premiere of Erin Browne's (Trying at the Bushwick Starr; A Meth Play) NARRATOR 1, May 11-29 at The Lion Theater at Theater Row (410 West 42nd Street between 9th and 10th Avenue)

Yangtze Repertory Theatre of America will present the American premiere of The Empress of China from June 3 through June 26, 2011 following the critically acclaimed world premiere commissioned and produced by Hong Kong Repertory Theatre in Hong Kong in January 2011.

Tennessee Williams is the subject of A LONELY MAN'S HABIT, a new play performed and written by Jeremy Lawrence, inspired by the words and work of the legendary author who would have celebrated his 100th birthday last Sunday.

The Tragical Life of Cheeseboy makes U.

In this day and age when budgets for Broadway musicals are reaching unprecedented highs and audiences expect to see a spectacle, often the very foundation of the musical - the score- is overlooked.

Teresa Deevy's brilliant one-act play, Light Falling, was her last ever to be produced.

The Accidental Repertory Theater (ART) is please to announce its next production, ADAMS' APPLES inspired by Chekhov's CHERRY ORCHARD, written and directed by John Strasberg and being presented at the Living Theatre.

Urban Research Theater presents THEATRICALE ~ a tragedy

Tongue in Cheek Theater Productions (Jake Lipman, Artistic Director and Producer) is pleased to announce its spring 2011 production of The Drunken City by Adam Bock.

Please join us for the kick off of our One Act Reading Series

59E59 Theaters (Elysabeth Kleinhans, Artistic Director; Peter Tear, Executive Producer) welcomes Random Accomplice and the Scottish Government as part of Scotland Week with the US premiere of Douglas Maxwell's THE PROMISE, directed by Johnny McKnight.

The Wagner College Theatre will present "Seussical, The Musical," by Lynn Ahrens and Stephan Flaherty, on its Main Stage for two weeks: April 13-16, and April 27 through May1.

From July 5 to 25, 2011, the 63rd season of Festival d'Aix-en-Provence will offer six new opera and musical theater productions including two world premieres; a concert series featuring symphonic works, chamber music and recitals; and the programs of the 14th Academie Europeenne de Musique.

Horse Trade Theater Group (Erez Ziv, Managing Director, Heidi Grumelot, Artistic Director) regret to announce that all performances of Lone Wolf Tribe's HOBO GRUNT CYCLE, previously scheduled to play a three-week engagement at The Kraine Theater (85 East 4th Street between 2nd Ave and Bowery) April

Brown Bear Productions presents the world premiere Actors' Equity Showcase production of To Protect the Poets, an "elegant, humorous and inspirational" new play by John Doble.

In celebration of the Royal Shakespeare Company's unprecedented five-play, six-week residency this summer at Lincoln Center Festival 2011 in Park Avenue Armory, Lincoln Center announces Bard Madness, possibly the first Shakespeare tournament of its kind.

Tongue in Cheek Theater Productions (Jake Lipman, Artistic Director and Producer) is pleased to announce its spring 2011 production of The Drunken City by Adam Bock.

Theater at The Tank & Rebellious Subjects Announce Hamlet Cast

Fourth Arts Block's member organizations are offering an alternative to pricey Broadway outings with 15 theater plays and shows for $20 or less this April.

Join Face Off Unlimited, JeBon Sushi, and the American Red Cross as we raise money for the relief effort in Japan.

In conjunction with Women's History Month, The Riverside Theatre is hosting five exceptional women for Women of Excellence in the Arts, an evening of conversation sharing the beauty and power of women in the arts as experienced through the unique artistic journeys of Jawole Willa Jo Zollar, Carol Ma

Gingold Theatrical Group -- which made history as the first company ever to present every play (including full-length works, one-acts and sketches) written by George Bernard Shaw -- continues its fifth year of PROJECT SHAW with two one-act plays by Shaw, GREAT CATHERINE and ANNAJANSKA, THE WILD GRAN