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The MIT Musical Theatre Guild is set to present its IAP production Hack, Punt, Tool: an Original Musical by MIT Students.

William Inge's classic 1950s drama Come Back, Little Sheba takes to Morrisville's Heritage Center stage for a four-weekend run. A troubled marriage reaches the breaking point when a middle-aged couple fighting alcohol problems takes in an attractive college girl as a boarder.

William Inge's classic 1950s drama Come Back, Little Sheba takes to Morrisville's Heritage Center stage for a four-weekend run. A troubled marriage reaches the breaking point when a middle-aged couple fighting alcohol problems takes in an attractive college girl as a boarder.

Columbia University School of the Arts' Theatre Arts Program will introduce two bold new productions, directed by renowned Romanian actors and stage directors (and Columbia faculty) Ursula and Nikolaus Wolcz, and developed in collaboration with of this year's graduating class of MFA student actors. Schnitzler's La Ronde and Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream will be presented in repertory at The Riverside Theatre from October 18 through 28.

Matthew Cassidy's script in progress, A Patch of Green, enjoys its first public staged reading. A gritty fable set in war-torn Ireland in the 1950s (during 'the troubles'), A Patch of Green depicts life in an abandoned church, where a street-wise young pickpocket and a trio of misfits try to survive as a family. The abandoned church is Catholic. Outside, a Protestant gang is determined to burn it down, occupants and all.

It was announced today that The Stratford Shakespeare Festival's hit production of Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice's JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR, directed by the Festival's Artistic Director Des McAnuff, will open at the Neil Simon Theatre on Broadway on Thursday, March 22, 2012. Previews will begin Thursday, March 1, 2012.

Columbia University School of the Arts' Theatre Arts Program will introduce two bold new productions, directed by renowned Romanian actors and stage directors (and Columbia faculty) Ursula and Nikolaus Wolcz, and developed in collaboration with of this year's graduating class of MFA student actors. Schnitzler's La Ronde and Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream will be presented in repertory at The Riverside Theatre from October 18 through 28.

The NITWITS (Newnan Improv Troupe with Intelligent Talented Stooges) are staging a comedy show featuring new players, new games, new challenges, and fresh entertainment for loyal NITWITS fans. This show will have several 'firsts' for the NITWITS. It will be their first performance on a Friday night rather than a Saturday and their first show in the Black Box theatre. It will also be a first performance for new NITWIT Melanie Carrin.

The NITWITS (Newnan Improv Troupe with Intelligent Talented Stooges) are staging a comedy show featuring new players, new games, new challenges, and fresh entertainment for loyal NITWITS fans. This show will have several 'firsts' for the NITWITS. It will be their first performance on a Friday night rather than a Saturday and their first show in the Black Box theatre. It will also be a first performance for new NITWIT Melanie Carrin.

In November, JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR will open at La Jolla Playhouse with Des McAnuff directing. However, no plans are confirmed on it's expected move to Broadway, according to Sign On San Diego.

Today, Michael Riedel reports in the New York Post that the show will then head to Broadway this Spring, playing the Neil Simon Theatre.

Paragon Theatre's The Trench: A New Play Development Series presents The Uses Of Enchantment.

Fordham Alumni Theatre Company, now in its fourth season, presents Life Of Galileo for a limited run at the Veronica Lally Kehoe Theatre, located at Fordham University's Lincoln Center Campus (113 West 60th Street at Columbus Ave.) Performances end on Sunday, July 31st.

Paragon Theatre's The Trench: A New Play Development Series presents The Uses Of Enchantment.

Stratford Shakespeare Festival's new production of Jesus Christ Superstar opened at The Avon Theatre on Friday June 3rd to outstanding reviews with audiences and critics alike raving about this magnificent new take on the now four decade old show. Directed by Des McAnuff, the show tells the story of the last week of Christ's life. Since the show's opened, there has been a flood of theatre insiders travelling to Toronto to see the show to discuss moving it to Broadway.

La Jolla Playhouse has announced that the acclaimed Stratford Shakespeare Festival production of the musical Jesus Christ Superstar, lyrics by Tim Rice, music by Andrew Lloyd Webber, directed by Playhouse Director Emeritus and Stratford Shakespeare Festival Artistic Director Des McAnuff, will replace the previously-announced musical Finding Neverland. This thrilling revival will run in the Mandell Weiss Theatre November 18 - December 31, 2011.