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Gingold Theatrical Group's Project Shaw -- now in the fourth year of its four-year series --continues tackling every play George Bernard Shaw ever wrote with its 41st presentation: Shaw's most epic play BACK TO METHUSELAH (PART ONE) to be performed Monday, September 21 at 7:00pm at the Players Club (16 Gramercy Park South) in Manhattan. David Staller to direct.

Gingold Theatrical Group's Project Shaw -- now in the fourth year of its four-year series --continues tackling every play George Bernard Shaw ever wrote with its 41st presentation: Shaw's most epic play BACK TO METHUSELAH (PART ONE) to be performed Monday, September 21 at 7:00pm at the Players Club (16 Gramercy Park South) in Manhattan. David Staller to direct.

The Public Theater (Artistic Director Oskar Eustis; Executive Director Andrew D. Hamingson) announced complete casting today for the Shakespeare in the Park production of Euripides' THE BACCHAE, directed by JoAnne Akalaitis with original music by Philip Glass and translated by Nicholas Rudall. Anthony Mackie (The Hurt Locker) will play the lead role of Pentheus joining George Bartenieff as Cadmus; André De Shields as Teiresias; Jonathan Groff as Dionysus; Karen Kandel as Chorus Leader; Joan MacIntosh as Agave; Steven Rishard as Cowherd; and Rocco Sisto as Messenger.

The Public Theater (Artistic Director Oskar Eustis; Executive Director Andrew D. Hamingson) announced casting for the Shakespeare in the Park production of Euripides' THE BACCHAE, directed by JoAnne Akalaitis with original music by Philip Glass and translated by Nicholas Rudall. THE BACCHAE will run August 11-August 30 at the Delacorte Theater in Central Park with an official press opening on Monday, August 24 at 8 p.m. Bank of America returns as lead sponsor of Shakespeare in the Park 2009.

The smash-hit short-form theatre festival returns for the third year as part of HERE's Autumn Artist Lodge! Curated by Dominic D'Andrea, the two-program event will present over 80 plays all under sixty-seconds by some of the most exciting emerging and established writers in the American Theatre.

Gingold Theatrical Group's Project Shaw presents SUPER SHAW One Night Only!! Tuesday, September 29 at 7pm at the Players Club (16 Gramercy Park South)

The Public Theater (Artistic Director Oskar Eustis; Executive Director Andrew D. Hamingson) will begin previews Tuesday, August 11, for the Shakespeare in the Park production of Euripides' THE BACCHAE, directed by JoAnne Akalaitis with original music by Philip Glass and translated by Nicholas Rudall.

The Public Theater (Artistic Director Oskar Eustis; Executive Director Andrew D. Hamingson) announced complete casting today for the Shakespeare in the Park production of Euripides' THE BACCHAE, directed by JoAnne Akalaitis with original music by Philip Glass and translated by Nicholas Rudall. Anthony Mackie (The Hurt Locker) will play the lead role of Pentheus joining George Bartenieff as Cadmus; André De Shields as Teiresias; Jonathan Groff as Dionysus; Karen Kandel as Chorus Leader; Joan MacIntosh as Agave; Steven Rishard as Cowherd; and Rocco Sisto as Messenger.

The Public Theater (Artistic Director Oskar Eustis; Executive Director Andrew D. Hamingson) announced casting for the Shakespeare in the Park production of Euripides' THE BACCHAE, directed by JoAnne Akalaitis with original music by Philip Glass and translated by Nicholas Rudall. THE BACCHAE will run August 11-August 30 at the Delacorte Theater in Central Park with an official press opening on Monday, August 24 at 8 p.m. Bank of America returns as lead sponsor of Shakespeare in the Park 2009.

Gorilla Rep will return to free Shakespeare in the park this August, with Julius Caesar, to be performed Fridays & Sundays, from August 7 -30, on the lawn below the New Leaf Café, Parking Area in Ft. Tryon Park. The production, which will be the full, uncut version, is directed by Stephen Fried & is presented to the public for FREE. There will be no intermission, but audiences will be able to leave & rejoin the performance in progress.

Wolf 359 presents Evanston: A Rare Comedy as part of the Summer Sublet Series at HERE Arts Center on August 3, 4, and 5.

Gorilla Rep will return to free Shakespeare in the park this August, with Julius Caesar, to be performed Fridays & Sundays, from August 7 -30, on the lawn below the New Leaf Café, Parking Area in Ft. Tryon Park. The production, which will be the full, uncut version, is directed by Stephen Fried & is presented to the public for FREE. There will be no intermission, but audiences will be able to leave & rejoin the performance in progress.

The Public Theater (Artistic Director Oskar Eustis; Executive Director Andrew D. Hamingson) will begin previews Tuesday, August 11, for the Shakespeare in the Park production of Euripides' THE BACCHAE, directed by JoAnne Akalaitis with original music by Philip Glass and translated by Nicholas Rudall.

Wolf 359 presents Evanston: A Rare Comedy as part of the Summer Sublet Series at HERE Arts Center on August 3, 4, and 5.

MRS. WARREN'S PROFESSION by George Bernard Shaw was performed Monday, July 20 at 7pm at The Players, 16 Gramercy Park South (20th St. east of Park Av), continuing the Project Shaw series. Mrs. Warren's Profession starred Michael Cristofer, Tyne Daly, Sean Dugan, Xanthe Elbrick, George S. Irving, Brian Murray, and narrator Howard Kissel, with guest host from NEWSWEEK: JEREMY McCARTER. Produced and directed by David Staller. BroadwayWorld.com was there to spent the evening with the talented cast!

MRS. WARREN'S PROFESSION by George Bernard Shaw plays Monday JULY 20 at 7pm at THE PLAYERS, 16 Gramercy Park South (20th St. east of Park Av.)

MRS. WARREN'S PROFESSION by George Bernard Shaw plays Monday JULY 20 at 7pm at THE PLAYERS, 16 Gramercy Park South (20th St. east of Park Av.)

MRS. WARREN'S PROFESSION by George Bernard Shaw plays Monday JULY 20 at 7pm at THE PLAYERS, 16 Gramercy Park South (20th St. east of Park Av.)

MRS. WARREN'S PROFESSION by George Bernard Shaw plays Monday JULY 20 at 7pm at THE PLAYERS, 16 Gramercy Park South (20th St. east of Park Av.)

Wolf 359 presents a new, full-length play by NYFA Fellow Michael Yates Crowley, directed by Michael Rau. Evanston: A Rare Comedy will debut in July 2009 as part of the undergroundzero festival at P.S. 122, and then in August will be performed at HERE Arts Center as part of their Summer Sublet Series. From the writer/director team behind The Ted Haggard Monologues, this black comedy begins with the disappearance of a teenage girl in deepest suburbia and ends when a meeting of The Evanston Women?s Book Club goes horribly awry.