Mark Brown News

The Irish Repertory Theatre in association with The Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park will present AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS. This high-spirited, fast-moving and highly imaginative show, by Mark Brown from the novel by Jules Verne, begins previews July 11th, opens July 20th and continues through September 7th at the Irish Repertory Theatre.

San Jose Repertory Theatre's Artistic Director Timothy Near announced the Rep's 2008-2009 line-up, with five of the six plays of the season, which begins August 20, 2008 and runs through June 7, 2009.

Opening night to actor/writer Joanna Rush's one-woman show, Asking For It, directed by Tony-nominee Lynne Taylor-Corbett, as part of the New York International Fringe Festival occurred Tuesday, August 14 at 7:30PM at the Cherry Lane Theatre

Bethesda's Strathmore Hall presents This Musical Concert for One More Night, May 17.

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Michele Riml's laugh-out-loud and moving comedy about long-time marriage and later-life sex, Sexy Laundry is on stage at Theatre Aquarius, Hamilton's regional professional theatre. Directed by Sue Miner, Sexy Laundry previews October 25, opens October 27, and runs until November 11 in the Irving Zucker Auditorium of the Dofasco Centre for the Arts.

The Jersey Shore town has two professional theaters; both, appropriately enough, are currently presenting plays set in the Victorian age.

Andre De Shields opened in the title role of Satch: The Life and Music of Louis Armstrong on June 20th at the Cape Playhouse in Dennis, MA; the show will run through July 2nd

Harriet Harris has signed on to perform in the Cape Playhouse's July production of A.R. Gurney's The Dining Room