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4TH WALL THEATRE opens its 15th anniversary season with The Spitfire Grill

New Repertory Theatre, in residence at the Arsenal Center for the Arts has announced Collected Stories by 2000 Pulitzer Prize playwright Donald Margulies.

On October 9, for one night only, Mari Kimura, inventor of Subharmonics for the violin, will perform four new works for violin, electronics and integrative graphics in the culminating event of the New York Electronic Art Festival (NYEAF) at Roulette Performance Space, 509 Atlantic Avenue, Brooklyn. Her concert is titled 'Eigenspace' after its centerpiece composition, a work of that name for Augmented Violin and Interactive Graphics composed by Kimura. It was commissioned by Harvestworks and features interactive graphics by Tomoyuki Kato, a noted Japanese visual artist and film director.

New Repertory Theatre, in residence at the Arsenal Center for the Arts has announced Collected Stories by 2000 Pulitzer Prize playwright Donald Margulies.

Full casting has been announced for the upcoming national tour of THE ADDAMS FAMILY, a new musical based on the bizarre and beloved family of characters created by legendary cartoonist Charles Addams. THE ADDAMS FAMILY is scheduled to open the Adrienne Arsht Center's Broadway in Miami 2011-2012 season, with performances from October 25-30, 2011. Tickets start at $27 and may be purchased through the Adrienne Arsht Center box office by calling (305) 949-6722, or online at www.arshtcenter.org.

THEATER TALK, the series that TV WORTH WATCHING called 'the perfect vicarious orchestra-seat view of what's news and why,' kicks off its new season Friday night at 1 AM, on Thirteen.

The national tour of THE ADDAMS FAMILY, a new musical based on the bizarre and beloved family of characters created by legendary cartoonist Charles Addams kicked off September 15 at the Mahalia Jackson Theater in New Orleans. Joining Tony Award® nominee Douglas Sills as Gomez and Sara Gettelfinger as Morticia are Tony Award® nominee Martin Vidnovic as Mal Beineke, two-time Tony Award® nominee Crista Moore as Alice Beineke, Blake Hammond as Uncle Fester, Pippa Pearthree as Grandma, Tom Corbeil as Lurch, Patrick D. Kennedy as Pugsley, Brian Justin Crum as Lucas Beineke and Cortney Wolfson as Wednesday. Check out production shots from the show below!

The national tour of THE ADDAMS FAMILY, a new musical based on the bizarre and beloved family of characters created by legendary cartoonist Charles Addams comes to the Fox Theater. Joining Tony Award® nominee Douglas Sills as Gomez and Sara Gettelfinger as Morticia are Tony Award® nominee Martin Vidnovic as Mal Beineke, two-time Tony Award® nominee Crista Moore as Alice Beineke, Blake Hammond as Uncle Fester, Pippa Pearthree as Grandma, Tom Corbeil as Lurch, Patrick D. Kennedy as Pugsley, Brian Justin Crum as Lucas Beineke and Cortney Wolfson as Wednesday.

New York City's Avian Orchestra (www.avianmusic.com) returns this fall with a new program touching on the growth of vines, carnivorous plants, psychedelic gardens, and more.

The Raymond F. Kravis Center for the Performing Arts announced that single tickets for the national tour of the new musical THE ADDAMS FAMILY, based on the bizarre and beloved family of characters created by legendary cartoonist Charles Addams, will go on sale September 24th at 9AM. The first 100 people in line for THE ADDAMS FAMILY tickets will receive a free CD sampler from the show. A special 'Addams Family Photo Booth' will also be set up that day for some special, spooky fun. Ticket prices start at $25 and will be available at the Kravis Center box office 701 Okeechobee Boulevard in West Palm Beach, by visiting www.kravis.org, or by calling 561.832.7469 or 800.572.8471. Group orders of 20 or more may be placed by calling 561-651-4438 or 561-651-4304

New York City's Avian Orchestra (www.avianmusic.com) returns this fall with a new program touching on the growth of vines, carnivorous plants, psychedelic gardens, and more.

The Raymond F. Kravis Center for the Performing Arts announced that single tickets for the national tour of the new musical THE ADDAMS FAMILY, based on the bizarre and beloved family of characters created by legendary cartoonist Charles Addams, will go on sale September 24th at 9AM. The first 100 people in line for THE ADDAMS FAMILY tickets will receive a free CD sampler from the show. A special 'Addams Family Photo Booth' will also be set up that day for some special, spooky fun. Ticket prices start at $25 and will be available at the Kravis Center box office 701 Okeechobee Boulevard in West Palm Beach, by visiting www.kravis.org, or by calling 561.832.7469 or 800.572.8471. Group orders of 20 or more may be placed by calling 561-651-4438 or 561-651-4304

The national tour of THE ADDAMS FAMILY, a new musical based on the bizarre and beloved family of characters created by legendary cartoonist Charles Addams kicked off September 15 at the Mahalia Jackson Theater in New Orleans. The show runs in New Orleans through September 24th. Joining Tony Award® nominee Douglas Sills as Gomez and Sara Gettelfinger as Morticia are Tony Award® nominee Martin Vidnovic as Mal Beineke, two-time Tony Award® nominee Crista Moore as Alice Beineke, Blake Hammond as Uncle Fester, Pippa Pearthree as Grandma, Tom Corbeil as Lurch, Patrick D. Kennedy as Pugsley, Brian Justin Crum as Lucas Beineke and Cortney Wolfson as Wednesday. The first production shot has been released and BroadwayWorld brings you a first look below!

Choreographers Nora Chipaumire and Jawole Willa Jo Zollar lend their distinct perspectives and innovative movement styles to visible, a new dance theater work commissioned by Harlem Stage and produced by Zollar's company Urban Bush Women (UBW) that has its world premiere at the Harlem Stage Gatehouse October 12-15, 2011.

The national tour of THE ADDAMS FAMILY, a new musical based on the bizarre and beloved family of characters created by legendary cartoonist Charles Addams kicks off tonight at the Mahalia Jackson Theater in New Orleans. The show runs here through September 24th. Joining Tony Award® nominee Douglas Sills as Gomez and Sara Gettelfinger as Morticia are Tony Award® nominee Martin Vidnovic as Mal Beineke, two-time Tony Award® nominee Crista Moore as Alice Beineke, Blake Hammond as Uncle Fester, Pippa Pearthree as Grandma, Tom Corbeil as Lurch, Patrick D. Kennedy as Pugsley, Brian Justin Crum as Lucas Beineke and Cortney Wolfson as Wednesday.

New Repertory Theatre, in residence at the Arsenal Center for the Arts has announced Collected Stories by 2000 Pulitzer Prize playwright Donald Margulies.

The legendary Broadway star, actress/singer Betty Buckley will offer a special Summer Workshop of Song Interpretation and Scene Study beginning September 7. The Fort Worth native will assist aspiring artists, educators and experienced performers in the craft of singing, acting and storytelling.

Parade Productions, a brand new theatrical company based in Boca Raton, has scored an impressive coup their first time out of the gate: Acclaimed South Florida actor Avi Hoffman will star in the company's premiere production - Donald Margulies' Brooklyn Boy.

2nd Story opens the door to its 2011-12 Season with a production of Alan Ayckbourn's Communicating Doors, a terrifyingly funny, film noir-esque comedy thriller that takes us on a time-travelling journey where regrets are reversed, past hurts are undone, mistakes are modified, and murder (yes, murder!) gets a make-over.

Berkeley?s acclaimed Aurora Theatre Company proudly announces the lineup for its 20th anniversary season. Paying homage to Aurora?s beginnings at the Berkeley City Club, and to its growth, both artistically and physically, over the past 19 seasons, the 2011-12 season is a true celebration of Aurora Theatre Company?s artistic past, present, and future.