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Upcoming Theatre Communication Group Member Shows - 12/12 for Hartford

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Upcoming Theatre Communication Group Member Shows - 12/05 for Connecticut

Upcoming Theatre Communication Group Member Shows - 12/05 for Hartford

Join Read to Grow for "A Conversation with Nora Ephron - humorist, novelist and writer-director - on Saturday, December 4 at 3:00 p.m. on Long Wharf Theatre's Mainstage in New Haven.

Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater is pleased to announce that it will launch the national tour of Second Stage Theatre's production Let Me Down Easy.

Comedian Michael Ian Black has joined the cast of Celebrity Autobiography, created by Eugene Pack and Dayle Reyfel, playing at Long Wharf Theatre.

Tony Award-winner Judith Ivey teams up again with Artistic Director Gordon Edelstein, the director of her Lucille Lortel Award winning performance in The Glass Menagerie, for the hit comedy Shirley Valentine by Willy Russell, on Long Wharf Theatre's Stage II from Dec. 2 through Jan. 2.

Long Wharf Theatre invites local Non-Equity actors ages 14 to 60 to audition for the musical Tiger Tiger Tiger to be produced by the Next Stage Program, a program for early career theatre professionals.

The producers of the Public Theater's Tony Award-winning production of HAIR: The American Tribal Love-Rock Musical are pleased to announce casting for the National Tour, which is coming to the Marcus Center on February 22 and runs through February 27, 2011. This Milwaukee engagement is presented by Broadway Across America-Milwaukee and the Marcus Center as part of the Time Warner Cable Broadway at the Marcus Center Series. Tickets go on sale at NOON on Sunday, December 5, 2010.

Joe Pantoliano, best known for his role as Ralph Cifaretto on "The Sopranos," and Tony Award-winner Roger Bart, who recently played Dr. Frankenstein in Young Frankenstein on Broadway, join the cast of Celebrity Autobiography at Long Wharf Theatre.

Join Read to Grow for 'A Conversation with Nora Ephron --- humorist, novelist and writer-director --- on Saturday, December 4 at 3:00 p.m. on Long Wharf Theatre's Mainstage in New Haven. Advance reservations are necessary.

Join Read to Grow for "A Conversation with Nora Ephron - humorist, novelist and writer-director - on Saturday, December 4 at 3:00 p.m. on Long Wharf Theatre's Mainstage in New Haven.

Tony Award nominated actors Harry Groener and Anthony Chisholm are set to star in The Train Driver, according to an announcement from Long Wharf Theatre. The theatre will present The Train Driver this fall, from October 27 to November 21.

Having recently been described by Boston Magazine as 'a unique initiative in the performing arts in the city,' Fort Point Theatre Channel is eager to announce the premiere of two one-act plays: Trapped Inside a Low-fat Twinkie by Silvia Graziano and Sunday with Joy by James Swindell.

Academy Award nominee Shirley Knight, Rufus Collins and Heidi Schreck complete the cast of The Old Masters, directed by Michael Rudman.

"Saturday Night Live" star Rachel Dratch and Tony Award-winning actress Karen Ziemba join the cast of Celebrity Autobiography, playing at Long Wharf Theatre.

Two River Theater Co. is proud to present Opus, a play about a renowned string quartet, written by Michael Hollinger and directed by Little Silver's Matthew Arbour.

The Huntington Theatre Company continues its 29th season with Circle Mirror Transformation, an acclaimed new comedy by Annie Baker.

The Falcon Theatre presents the hit one-woman show TEA AT FIVE, written by Matthew Lombardo and directed by Jenny Sullivan, the second production in its 2010-2011 Subscription Season. This gracefully funny and heartwarming tale stars Stephanie Zimbalist (Remington Steele) as legendary actress Katharine Hepburn.