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Alan Ball's FIVE ONE ACTS will be presented for the first time together on a New York stage as a special event for New Patrons of The Acting Company - young professionals aged 20 to 40 interested in the theater - on Monday, May 10, 7pm at the Baruch Performing Arts Center.

Alan Ball's FIVE ONE ACTS will be presented for the first time together on a New York stage as a special event for New Patrons of The Acting Company - young professionals aged 20 to 40 interested in the theater - on Monday, May 10, 7pm at the Baruch Performing Arts Center.

The Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts' season of Shakespeare concludes with two of America's most renowned touring/regional theater companies - The Acting Company and The Guthrie Theater - in six performances of Romeo and Juliet, April 20 - 24, 2010

The Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts' season of Shakespeare concludes with two of America's most renowned touring/regional theater companies - The Acting Company and The Guthrie Theater - in six performances of Romeo and Juliet, April 20 - 24, 2010

Emmy and Peabody Award-winning writer and producer Tom Fontana (OZ, Homicide, St. Elsewhere) has adapted and will direct a staged reading of Jane Austen's first novel, The Notorious Lady Susan, to benefit The Acting Company on Monday, April 12, 7 p.m.

Emmy and Peabody Award-winning writer and producer Tom Fontana (OZ, Homicide, St. Elsewhere) has adapted and will direct a staged reading of Jane Austen's first novel, The Notorious Lady Susan, to benefit The Acting Company on Monday, April 12, 7 p.m.

The Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts' season of Shakespeare concludes with two of America's most renowned touring/regional theater companies - The Acting Company and The Guthrie Theater - in six performances of Romeo and Juliet, April 20 - 24, 2010

The first readings of AN OFFICER AND A GENTLEMAN, a new musical, will premiere in New York City May 13th and 14th. The readings will be directed by Simon Phillips and produced by Gordon Frost Productions.

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.

Broadway favorite Jennifer Cody, who voiced Charlotte LaBouff in the Disney hit The Princess and the Frog, has garnered the Annie Award given to her by the International Animated Film Society on February 6 for her voice work in the Disney animated feature. Cody won the award in the category of Voice Acting in a Feature Production.

Romeo and Juliet began previews at the Guthrie on January 9, and continues its run through January 31, 2010

Aurora Theatre Company presents the World Premiere of lauded Chicago playwright Joel Drake Johnson's THE FIRST GRADE. Aurora Theatre Company Artistic Director Tom Ross directs this new play from Johnson, whom The Chicago Reader declared 'balances gallows humor with acute insight and compassion. He creates characters so real you wonder what will happen to them after the final blackout.' Featuring Julia Brothers and Warren David Keith, along with Rebecca Schweitzer, Paul Santiago, Tina Sanchez, and Adrian Anchondo, THE FIRST GRADE plays January 22-February 28 at the Aurora Theatre in Berkeley.

Producers David Richenthal, Eric Falkenstein and Randall Wreghitt have announced that Tobias Segal, Daniel Orsekes, Michael Cummings, Simone Joy Jones, Yvette Ganier and Lance Chantiles-Wertz complete the cast of the first revival of William Gibson's THE MIRACLE WORKER as the Tony Award® winning play celebrates its 50th Anniversary of opening on Broadway.

Variety reports this morning that Randy Newman's score for Disney's The Princess and the Frog has been ruled ineligible for Oscar consideration by the Academy music-branch executive committee.

The Guthrie Theater and The Acting Company (TAC) today announced complete casting for their 2010 co-production and national tour of William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet. Building on the success of their critically acclaimed 2009 production of Henry V, these two nationally recognized theater institutions will again showcase the talents of young performers from their ranks, including graduates of the University of Minnesota/Guthrie Theater B.F.A. Actor Training Program, participants of the Guthrie Experience (GEx), and alumni of The Acting Company.

The Guthrie Theater and The Acting Company (TAC) today announced complete casting for their 2010 co-production and national tour of William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet.

The Guthrie Theater and The Acting Company (TAC) today announced complete casting for their 2010 co-production and national tour of William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet. Building on the success of their critically acclaimed 2009 production of Henry V, these two nationally recognized theater institutions will again showcase the talents of young performers from their ranks, including graduates of the University of Minnesota/Guthrie Theater B.F.A. Actor Training Program, participants of the Guthrie Experience (GEx), and alumni of The Acting Company.

The competition for the Academy Awards' Original Score category is heating up with 84 film scores vying for a spot in the competition - yet one film's inclusion as potential nominee may have barely squeaked in despite the Academy's staunch rules on eligibility.

In a recent interview with Essence Magazine, Broadway star and current Disney Princess revealed that among her upcoming projects is starring in a new Broadway-bound musical that she has co-composed.

Broadway favorite Jennifer Cody, who voices Charlotte LaBouff in the current Disney hit The Princess and the Frog, has been named one of the top performers of 2009 by New York Magazine.