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This year's Critics Circle Awards, sponsored by Actor's Equity Association, today announced is nominees for excellence in San Francisco Bay area theater. Berkeley Rep's production of American Idiot, which played in the fall of 2009, leads with 12 nominations and will open on Broadway this spring.

The Denver Center Theatre Company completes the 2009/2010 season with Mama Hated Diesels - a Denver Center World Premiere musical by Randal Myler and Dan Wheetman, an intimate setting of William Shakespeare's Othello and the winner of the National Latino Playwriting Award - Mariela in the Desert by Karen Zacarías.

A Denver Center Commissioned World Premiere Eventide by Eric Schmiedl From the novel by Kent Haruf Directed by Kent Thompson January 29 - February 27, 2010 (Opening Thursday, February 4) The Stage Theatre

A Denver Center Commissioned World Premiere Eventide by Eric Schmiedl From the novel by Kent Haruf Directed by Kent Thompson January 29 - February 27, 2010 (Opening Thursday, February 4) The Stage Theatre

A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens Adapted for the stage by Richard Hellesen Music by David de Berry Directed by Bruce K. Sevy November 27 - December 26, 2009 (Opening Thursday, December 3) at The Stage Theatre

A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens Adapted for the stage by Richard Hellesen Music by David de Berry Directed by Bruce K. Sevy November 27 - December 26, 2009 (Opening Thursday, December 3) at The Stage Theatre

A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens Adapted for the stage by Richard Hellesen Music by David de Berry Directed by Bruce K. Sevy November 27 - December 26, 2009 (Opening Thursday, December 3) at The Stage Theatre

The Denver Center Theatre Company concludes the season by opening a new production of the inspiring pioneer musical Quilters by Molly Newman and Barbara Damashek, music and lyrics by Barbara Damashek - one of the most honored and best loved world premieres in the company's 30 season history.

The Denver Center Theatre Company concludes the season by opening a new production of the inspiring pioneer musical Quilters by Molly Newman and Barbara Damashek, music and lyrics by Barbara Damashek - one of the most honored and best loved world premieres in the company's 30 season history.

The Guthrie today announced complete casting for its first-ever staging of A Delicate Balance, Edward Albee's 1966 Pulitzer Prize-winning portrait of upper-upper-middle-class suburban WASP culture. Under the direction of eight-time A Christmas Carol director Gary Gisselman, actors Margaret Daly (Jane Eyre) and Tom Tammi (Richard III, 1965) return for their second Guthrie productions, teaming to play Agnes and Tobias, the dysfunctional suburban couple at the center of Albee's sharp and witty masterpiece. A Delicate Balance begins previews January 10, opens January 16 and plays through March 1, 2009. Single tickets are priced from $24 to $60, with opening night prices ranging from $54 to $70. Tickets are on sale through the Guthrie Box Office at 612.377.2224, toll-free 877.44.STAGE and online at www.guthrietheater.org.

Representing the print and electronic media, 21 members of the San Francisco Bay Area Theatre Critics Circle announced the winners of 36 drama awards and 31 musical awards from 243 nominated actors, designers, productions, and more reviewed in 2007. Over 400 productions were seen in 2007 by Circle critics reviewing theatre from San Jose to Santa Rosa, San Francisco to Concord.

American Conservatory Theater (ACT) presents N. Richard Nash's classic western romance The Rainmaker; directed by the esteemed Mark Rucker. The Rainmaker will play ACT October 25 through November 25. Press night is Tuesday, October 30, at 8PM. Tickets - starting at $14 - are now available.

A touring regional production of Hank Williams: Lost Highway, presented by the Arizona Theatre Company, will play dates in Phoenix, Mesa, Tucson, Kansas City and Dallas

Harold Thau will present the New York premiere of ALMOST HEAVEN: THE SONGS OF JOHN DENVER, a new musical opening Wednesday, November 9, 2005 at Off-Broadway's Promenade Theatre (2162 Broadway at 76th Street). Directed by Tony Award nominee Randal Myler (It Ain't Nothin' But the Blues), ALMOST HEAVEN begins preview performances on Friday, October 28.

A new musical tells of Russian Jews in Texas