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Bay City Players announces the cast for the musical comedy COMPANY, with Book by George Furth, Music and Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim.

'Downton Abbey' stars Joanne Froggatt (Anna Bates), Lesley Nicol (Mrs. Patmore), Matt Milne (Alfred Nugent), Nigel Harman (Mr. Green) and Robert Bathurst (Sir Anthony Strallan) are among the guest-star voice cast in a special episode of Disney Junior's Emmy-nominated animated series

The Met Opera Live in HD presents Richard Wagner's Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg at 12 noon on Sunday, December 14.

For the fourth consecutive year, Murad, Inc. announced the company's observance of Breast Cancer Awareness Month through a continued partnership with City of Hope, one of the nation's leading research, treatment and education centers for cancer and other life-threatening diseases. Murad will be running a comprehensive campaign designed to raise awareness and educate consumers on the work that is being done at City of Hope. Additionally, Murad will donate a portion of the proceeds of the company's limited edition Hydrate for Hope set to benefit City of Hope's women's cancers programs. Since the inception of the Hydrate for Hope set in 2011, Murad has donated over $250,000 to City of Hope's breast and women's cancers research, treatment and education programs.

Allan Markowitz and concrete timbre & d'moiselles present Un Lieu de Vie, a bilingual (English and French), hybrid music-theatre work, at Gallery MC (549 West 52nd Street, between 10th and 11th Ave.) October 26th through November 3rd. Ann Warren directs, and Whitney George is the musical director.

The Marsh announces the newest solo show by award-winning actor/playwright Dan Hoyle, EACH AND EVERY THING, will give its final performance tonight, October 4.

Soiree Marie, benefiting Stages Repertory Theatre's 2014-2015 costume and clothing design, will be held on Thursday, October 16, at 6:30pm at Crimson, 5018 Kirby Drive, Houston, TX 77098.

Point and Shoot is a devised play based on the true story of Diana Hopper, a girl born to a family of lost souls in the California desert, and her friendship with John Locke, a lonely gay man and artist with a mysterious past of his own. John plays a leading part in Diana's life as she grows into adulthood. When tragedy strikes twice, Diana's plans for her life are demolished and John's mortality is laid bare.

Westport Country Playhouse's autumn Script in Hand playreadings will kick off with the humorous and stirring historically based drama, 'Trying' by Joanna McClelland Glass, on Monday, November 10, at 7 p.m., followed by Agatha Christie's classic hodunit, 'The Mousetrap' on Monday, December 15, at 7 p.m. Director of both one-night-only Script in Hand playreadings is Anne Keefe, Playhouse associate artist and curator of the playreading series. Casting for both readings will be announced soon. Tickets to each Script in Hand playreading are $15.

Rodgers and Hammerstein's award-winning South Pacific is based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning book Tales of the South Pacific by James A. Michener. The musical is set on an island paradise during World War II and tells two parallel love stories against the dangers of prejudice and war and the importance of valuing diversity. Its portrayal of Americans stationed in an alien culture in wartime is as relevant today as when it first thrilled audiences in 1949. Playing at Westchester Broadway Theatre through January 25, 2015, you can check out photos from opening night below!

The CSULB Theatre Arts Department's University Players open the 2014-2015 season with Merrily We Roll Along, with book by George Furth and music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, running today, October 3rd through 12th in the Studio Theatre. Based on Kaufman and Hart's eponymous play, Merrily We Roll Along tells the story, in reverse chronological order, of the life of successful Hollywood mogul Franklin Shepard.

Rehearsals begin today, Thursday, October 2 in New York City for The River, a new play by Jez Butterworth, starring Hugh Jackman, Laura Donnelly and Cush Jumbo and directed by Ian Rickson. The River begins preview performances in four weeks on Friday, October 31 and will open on Sunday, November 16 at the Circle in the Square Theatre (50th Street between Broadway and Eighth Avenue). The production will play a strictly limited 13-week engagement through Sunday, January 25, 2015.

Queens Theatre (QT) is pleased to announce that their 2014-2015 Season Dance Series will begin with performances by the world-renowned Martha Graham Dance Company on Saturday, October 11 at 2pm & 8pmand Sunday, October 12 at 3pm at Queens Theatre (14 United Nations Avenue South, Flushing Meadows Corona Park). Tickets are available at queenstheatre.org and range from $25-$42. (Photos for Queens Theatre events are available here:http://bit.ly/QT_Photos)

Below, check out Joaquin Phoenix in the new trailer for “Inherent Vice,” the seventh feature from Paul Thomas Anderson and the first ever film adaption of a Thomas Pynchon novel. The film hits December 2014.

Alan Smithee Directed This Play from Big Dance Theater comes to BAM's Harvey Theater (651 Fulton Street), running tonight, September 30-October 4, 2014.

Little Theatre of Mechanicsburg is proud to present the musical The Fantasticks to open their 2014-2015 Season. This longest-running New York musical opened in 1960 at The Sullivan Street Theater in New York City. Following a brief hiatus after 42 years, the musical was reopened in 2006 and is currently running there.

Westchester Broadway Theatre presents SOUTH PACIFIC, with Music by Richard Rodgers, Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II and Book by Oscar Hammerstein II and Joshua Logan. Directed by Charles Repole and choreographed by Michael Lichtefeld, with musical direction by Leo Carusone, the musical runs now through November 30th and December 31st - January 25th, 2015, starring George Dvorsky and Haley Swindal. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the cast in action below!

For the first time at the Met, star soprano Anna Netrebko delivers her searing portrayal of Lady Macbeth, the mad and murderous mate of Željko Lu?i?'s doomed Macbeth. Adrian Noble's chilling production of Verdi's masterful adaptation of Shakespeare's tragedy also stars Joseph Calleja as the noble Macduff and Rene Pape as Banquo. Fabio Luisi conducts.

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Westchester Broadway Theatre will be donating a portion of all ticket sales for the opening night of SOUTH PACIFIC to sponsor the upcoming October 18th flight from Westchester with the second flight following in April of 2015.