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New Harmony Theatre, the Tri-State?s only professional Equity theatre, will stage a season of classics of the American stage in 2009. The season, which opens runs June 12 ? August 16, 2009 at New Harmony?s Murphy Auditorium, features a company of seasoned performers with credits including Broadway, major regional theatre, film, and television. According to Lenny Leibowitz, artistic director, the season ?celebrates the American dreamer in all of her grace, fragility, and oddball exuberance. These plays ? ?A Streetcar Named Desire,? ?Harvey,? and ?Guys and Dolls? ? capture the limitless vitality of our nation?s spirit. When audiences first encountered these plays, they were finding their footing after a generation of war and upheaval. These three pinnacles of post-war American theatre ask us ? now as they did then ? to reflect on and re-chart our course. Their leading players - Blanche, Elwood, and Sky ? are inveterate dreamers who hold fast to their aspirations and ideals, resisting the inexorable drumbeat of conformity. They embolden us all to dream with ardor and panache.?

Theatre World Awards for Outstanding Broadway or Off-Broadway Debut performances during the 2008-2009 theatrical season will be presented by former Theatre World Award winners, including: Craig Bierko (The Music Man, 2000), Daniel Breaker(Passing Strange, 2008), Kristin Chenoweth (Steel Pier, 1997), Tovah Feldshuh (Yentl, 1976),Susan Kellermann (Last Licks, 1980), Loretta Ables Sayre (South Pacific, 2008), and John Tartaglia (Avenue Q, 2004).

Theatre World Awards for Outstanding Broadway or Off-Broadway Debut performances during the 2008-2009 theatrical season will be presented by former Theatre World Award winners, including: Craig Bierko (The Music Man, 2000), Daniel Breaker(Passing Strange, 2008), Kristin Chenoweth (Steel Pier, 1997), Tovah Feldshuh (Yentl, 1976),Susan Kellermann (Last Licks, 1980), Loretta Ables Sayre (South Pacific, 2008), and John Tartaglia (Avenue Q, 2004).

The UK Sun is reporting that filmmaker Guy Ritchie is reportedly in Hollywood to begin writing a script for a big screen remake of Guys And Dolls.

The 2008/2009 POW! Professional Performance season concludes in May 16, 2009 with a rare live appearance by the peerless screen legend Eva Marie Saint (On the Waterfront, Raintree County, North by Northwest, etc.).

Director Ed Shea finishes a season of American Classics at the Warren, RI theater with perhaps the most iconic play of the 20th Century

The Stella Adler Studio of Acting recently announced the 60th anniversary of its founding. It is one of the oldest actor training schools in the country, founded by the legendary Stella Adler in New York City in 1949. Over the years, the Studio has trained many of the industry's preeminent artists including Marlon Brando, Robert De Niro, Salma Hayek and Susan Sarandon and today is nurturing the next generation of artists.

The weather's not the only thing that's been heating up the Altarena Playhouse lately. Final rehearsals for our production of Tennessee Williams' white-hot drama A Streetcar Named Desire are underway, and it looks like there will be more than a few sparks onstage when the show opens next Friday, May 8th and runs until June 7th. Tickets for this Sue Trigg-directed show cast $20 (general admission), and $17 (students under 18 and seniors 62+). Tickets can be purchased online at http://www.altarena.org/ or by phone at 510-523-1552 (1:00 - 6:00pm, Tuesdays - Saturdays).

When Frank Loesser wrote the music and lyrics for Guys and Dolls - a Musical Fable of Broadway he may not have envisioned an outdoor production at an iconic venue nestled in the Hollywood Hills, but the all-star cast of Guys and Dolls in Concert at the Hollywood Bowl will sing and dance beneath those 'stars in the sky' in an original, fully-staged production especially adapted for the Hollywood Bowl stage. BroadwayWorld is excited to bring you 'behind the scenes' with these photos from the recent Los Angeles auditions.

With a new book out, Grodin discusses his work as an actor, director, playwright, activist and commentator.

Guys and Dolls in Concert at the Hollywood Bowl is a one-of-a-kind production by the same creative team behind last summer's Les Misérables in Concert, led by director Richard Jay-Alexander, with choreography by Tony award-winner Donna McKechnie and musical direction by Kevin Stites, conducting the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra.

The 2008/2009 POW! Professional Performance season concludes in May 16, 2009 with a rare live appearance by the peerless screen legend Eva Marie Saint (On the Waterfront, Raintree County, North by Northwest, etc.).

The World of Movie Props-An evening with Don Nunley A fasciniating evening of Hollywood legends and lore by award-winning Tinseltown props man Don Nunley. A once-in-a-lifetime look at props from memorable movies like Spartacus, Little Big Man, The Ugly American and Woman in Red-along with photos and stories from Don's life ?on set' and behind-the-scenes.

The Belcourt Theatre, 2102 Belcourt Ave. Nashville, TN 37212 (615) 846-3150 hosts Weekend Classics: GUYS AND DOLLS Damon Runyon's Manhattan short stories became the hit broadway play which beget this sterling cinemascope rendering. Nathan Detroit (Frank Sinatra), who maintains the 'Oldest Established Permanent Floating Crap Game in New York.', is seeking a location and $1000 for his latest game.

The Belcourt Theatre, 2102 Belcourt Ave. Nashville, TN 37212 (615) 846-3150 hosts Weekend Classics: GUYS AND DOLLS Damon Runyon's Manhattan short stories became the hit broadway play which beget this sterling cinemascope rendering. Nathan Detroit (Frank Sinatra), who maintains the 'Oldest Established Permanent Floating Crap Game in New York.', is seeking a location and $1000 for his latest game.

The Stella Adler Studio of Acting recently announced the 60th anniversary of its founding. It is one of the oldest actor training schools in the country, founded by the legendary Stella Adler in New York City in 1949. Over the years, the Studio has trained many of the industry's preeminent artists including Marlon Brando, Robert De Niro, Salma Hayek and Susan Sarandon and today is nurturing the next generation of artists.

THE NEW SCHOOL FOR DRAMA PRESENTS FOURTH ANNUAL RANDOM ACTS! ONE-ACT PLAY FESTIVAL WITH WORKS BY JOHN M. SYNGE, THORTON WILDER, AND MANY MORE February 19, through April 25, 2009, Thursdays-Saturdays, 8:00 p.m.; Saturday matinees, 3:00 p.m. The New School for Drama, 151 Bank Street, 3rd floor For five weeks this spring, the Random Acts! One-Act Play Festival invites audiences toexperience the best of The New School for Drama's up-and-coming actors, directors, and playwrights. Free to the public, the festival features the work of 24 actors, 8 directors, and 6new playwrights in 15 presentations of plays drawn from classic and contemporary repertories-including 6 original works by Drama's playwrights featured in the final two weeks! February 19, through April 25, 2009 Thursdays-Saturdays, 8:00 p.m.; Saturday matinees, 3:00 p.m. WHERE:The New School for Drama, 151 Bank Street, 3rd FloorWHAT: A full schedule is attached. Please note: productions, performers, and directors are subject to change. TICKET INFO: Free. Reservations recommended for general admission. Call Ticket Central at 212.279.4200 or visit www.ticketcentral.com. Visit www.drama.newschool.edu. At The New School for Drama, the instinct to create is revered. Through its interrelated, three-year MFA program in acting, directing, or playwriting, the school is forging the next generation of performing artists. A faculty of working professionals brings to the fore students' unique and original voices, and helps them establish a rooted sense of who they are as individuals and as artists. The New School's history in the dramatic arts began in the 1940s, when the Dramatic Workshop, led by founder Erwin Piscator and a faculty including Stella Adler and Lee Strasberg, fostered artistic voices as distinctive as Tennessee Williams and Marlon Brando. Since 1994, the university has offered an MFA degree in the performing arts. For more information, visit www.drama.newschool.edu.

The musical comedy classic Guys and Dolls rolls onto the Arizona Broadway Theatre stage February 27 through April 5, 2009. Guys and Dolls is the fifth production in ABT?s fantastic fourth season.

This year Walnut Street Theater celebrates its 200th birthday, and on February 3rd they will hold a big birthday bash. Boasting over 56,000 subscribers, The Walnut is not only the most popular theater company in Philadelphia, but also the most subscribed theatre company in the world. This season includes three magnificent and beloved musicals: get ready for DIRTY ROTTEN SCOUNDRELS, OLIVER! and FIDDLER ON THE ROOF. The Walnut also offers two spellbinding plays: A world premiere production of Eric Conger's THE ECLECTIC SOCIETY and Noel Coward's classic comedy, FALLEN ANGELS. The New Year brings new theatre to the Walnut stage with the world premiere production of Eric Conger's THE ECLECTIC SOCIETY (January 19 - March 7). It's the 1960's, and in order to become the big man on campus, you've got to play the game. In this fraternal society, new recruits need testing and traditions need to be upheld. This new American play celebrates the spirit of youth and the mischief that follows.

A new adaptation of On the Waterfront by Steven Berkoff will make the transfer to the West End this month.