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"Mad Men" meets Broadway as the Riverdale Repertory Company present the classic musical comedy about big business in the 1960s, HOW TO SUCCEED IN BUSINESS WITHOUT REALLY TRYING for six performances only, November 1-16, 2014.

Shakespeare made his living writing timeless plays. But what if his life and those of his acting troupe were imperiled by his next work in progress?

Obie Award winner Melia Bensussen (Luck of the Irish, Circle Mirror Transformation) returns to the Huntington Theatre Company to direct Awake and Sing!, Clifford Odets' stirring American classic about a working-class Jewish family striving for a better future. Performances at the Avenue of the Arts / BU Theatre begin Friday, November 7 and continue through Sunday, December 7, 2014.

Sundance Institute today announced the projects and artists that will participate in its two Fall artist development programs: the inaugural Playwrights Studio at Flying Point in Water Mill, NY (October 19-26), as well as the two-week Theatre Lab (November 30 - December 14) for musical theatre, ensemble-generated projects and solo work at the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art (MASS MoCA). Under the supervision of Artistic Director Philip Himberg and Producing Director Christopher Hibma, the initiatives are among the Theatre Program's five annual Labs and Residencies for theatre artists and part of the 24 artist residency labs across many creative disciplines Sundance Institute offers annually.

Roundabout Theatre Company (Todd Haimes, Artistic Director) just announced that the new Broadway production of the classic musical ON THE TWENTIETH CENTURY starring Tony® & Emmy® Award winner Kristin Chenoweth as 'Lily Garland' and Golden Globe & SAG Award winner & Tony® nominee Peter Gallagher as 'Oscar Jaffee,' will feature Tony® nominee Andy Karl as 'Bruce Granit,' Mark Linn?Baker as 'Oliver Webb,' Tony® Award winner Michael McGrath as 'Owen O'Malley' and Tony® Award winner Mary Louise Wilson as 'Letitia Primrose.' On The Twentieth Century will be choreographed by Tony® Award winner Warren Carlyle and directed by six?time Tony® nominee Scott Ellis, and features music by Cy Coleman and book & lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green. On The Twentieth Century is based on plays by Ben Hecht, Charles MacArthur & Bruce Mullholland. The original Broadway production was directed by Harold Prince.

Red Bull Theater's Revelations Readings will kick off its new season with a gala benefit reading of WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE'S THE TEMPEST, featuring Michael Cerveris as Prospero.

Noted Chicago playwright Douglas Post will join Raven Theatre's [Working Title] new play development series with a fully staged workshop production of his comedy Forty-Two Stories, to be directed by Jessica Fisch and performed on the Raven Theatre East Stage Monday, November 3 through Wednesday, November 5.

After a sold-out engagement at The Public Theater in 2013 and the current commercial off-Broadway run at The Public Theater producers Joey Parnes and Emursive have announced that the David Byrne and Fatboy Slim's' smash hit musical, Here Lies Love, directed by Alex Timbers, will play its final performance in New York on Sunday, January 4th, 2015. The initial Public Theater production began performances on April 2, 2013 and ended its run (after four extensions) on July 28, 2013. The current production reopened at The Public Theater on April 14, 2014 with an official opening on May 1, 2014

Noted Chicago playwright Douglas Post will join Raven Theatre's [Working Title] new play development series with a fully staged workshop production of his comedy Forty-Two Stories, to be directed by Jessica Fisch and performed on the Raven Theatre East Stage Monday, November 3 through Wednesday, November 5. Curtain times for all three performances will be 7:30 pm.

Tuesday, October 14th, marked the midway point of New York City Center's Fall for Dance and represented companies from three continents: South Africa's Vuyani Dance Theatre in a spiritual meditation, Sara Mearns and Company in full Broadway fanfare, Trisha Brown Dance Company's reconstruction of Son of Gone Fishin', and, National Ballet of China in a 16th century tale.

'Subversion: music about conflicts, politics, and war' is a chamber music program presented by TENTH INTERVENTION consisting of four pieces by different, living composers, inspired by the tragedy, the drama, and the irony of conflict. Each work represents a different perspective of the human experience touched by war: a soldier in troubled Vietnam, the melancholy of American civilian life, identities fractured by centuries of intolerance, and the capacity of individuals for aggression and violence.

Red Bull Theater's Revelations Readings will kick off its new season with a gala benefit reading of WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE'S THE TEMPEST, featuring Michael Cerveris as Prospero.

This beautifully surreal production of INTO THE WOODS is the finest production of a Sondheim musical I have had the pleasure of seeing on the stage.

Crackle is poised to make history with the announcement today that production will begin next month on “Joe Dirt 2,” the first ever made-for-digital sequel to a major motion picture.

The EverGreen Theatre Ensemble, an engagement theater company based in Naperville, will present a radio-style version of 'Bill W. and Dr. Bob' by Dr. Samuel Shem and Dr. Janet Surrey, opening tonight, Oct. 10 at the Center Stage Theater, 1665 Quincy Ave. Suite 143 in Naperville.

Following a second sold-out residency at Château de Versailles Spectacles, Opera Lafayette returns home to the United States to launch its 20th anniversary season. The 2014-2015 season begins with the modern staged premiere of Jean-Philippe Rameau's Les Fêtes de l'Hymen et de l'Amour, ou Les Dieux d'Egypte (The Celebrations of Marriage and Love, or the Gods of Egypt) tonight, October 9, 2014, at the At Jazz at Lincoln Center's Rose Hall.

The EverGreen Theatre Ensemble, an engagement theater company based in Naperville, will present a radio-style version of "Bill W. and Dr. Bob" by Dr. Samuel Shem and Dr. Janet Surrey, opening this Friday, Oct. 10 at the Center Stage Theater, 1665 Quincy Ave. Suite 143 in Naperville.

According to a new Equity announcement, a new musical adaptation of AUGUST RUSH is holding auditions for a developmental lab in New York City, which will be held November 13 through December 10, 2014.

freeFall Theatre's 2014/15 season, AN ESCAPE FROM REALITY, opens with Stephen Sondheim's classic musical take on what happens after happily ever after. INTO THE WOODS is one of freeFall's top-requested shows and is the second Sondheim musical produced at the theatre since the inaugural production of THE FROGS in 2010. Artistic Director Eric Davis has created a new and exciting staging that will delight and intrigue audiences of all ages with its imaginative storytelling.

Revered pianist/singer Brandon McCune will be joined by bassist and musical director Chris Berger and bebop jazz guitarist extraordinaire Ron Affif to perform as The Brandon McCune Trio during a Sunday-night residency at Bemelmans Bar in The Carlyle, A Rosewood Hotel through October.