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Artist Take Action! is a not-for-profit organization created by artists, for artists, to benefit arts education in inner-city public schools. Their mission: to support, encourage and enrich positive thinking in the arts and its future. The Artists Take Action! Benefit Concert will feature an extraordinary night of diverse musical performances by some of New York's best. Artists scheduled to perform include accomplished New York based rockers, Ryness; pop-mod-rock band, The Academics; singer/songwriter, Alex Brumel; spoken word and hip-hop artist, Matt Sax; singer/songwriter, Maddy Wyatt and the electronic sounds of DJ Kyle Sullivan, amongst others. The concert will kick off Monday, November 10th at 8 p.m. at New York City's Sullivan Hall (Sullivan St. between West 3rd and Bleecker St.). All proceeds will go to The Striking Viking Story Pirates for their work in furthering arts education in New York's inner-city public school system. Artists Take Action! Founder and Co-Producer, Eli Zoller, along with Co-Producer, Michael Kohn, say of their motivation for launching the benefit, 'Good art with good intentions is getting ignored, as are the children in our public schools who are lacking a decent arts education. Forming Artists Take Action! is the ideal way to begin solving these problems. It is in the interest of everyone that children be given arts education opportunities to create open-minded, free-thinking, fully educated adults.' Tickets for the Artists Take Action! Benefit Concert are $12 in advance, $15 at the door and also includes limited table options currently up for auction. Tickets can be purchased by calling CEG Music on 212-634-0427 or online at www.cegmusic.com. For more information on Artists Take Action!, or to make a contribution, please e-mail artiststakeaction@yahoo.com. For more information on The Striking Viking Story Pirates, please visit www.storypirates.org. About Founder/ Co-Producer, Eli Zoller: Eli Zoller is a professional actor/musician and a proud member of AEA. He received a B.F.A. from The University of Michigan for Musical Theatre and attended Interlochen Fine Arts Camp. He is also an accomplished orchestrator and music director. About Co-Producer, Michael Kohn: Michael Kohn is a New York based actor and proud member of Actors Equity. He is a graduate of the Northwestern University Theatre Dept. and an alumnus of Interlochen Arts Camp in Michigan, where the seeds of Artists Take Action! were planted.

Artist Take Action! is a not-for-profit organization created by artists, for artists, to benefit arts education in inner-city public schools. Their mission: to support, encourage and enrich positive thinking in the arts and its future. The Artists Take Action! Benefit Concert will feature an extraordinary night of diverse musical performances by some of New York's best. Artists scheduled to perform include accomplished New York based rockers, Ryness; pop-mod-rock band, The Academics; singer/songwriter, Alex Brumel; spoken word and hip-hop artist, Matt Sax; singer/songwriter, Maddy Wyatt and the electronic sounds of DJ Kyle Sullivan, amongst others. The concert will kick off Monday, November 10th at 8 p.m. at New York City's Sullivan Hall (Sullivan St. between West 3rd and Bleecker St.). All proceeds will go to The Striking Viking Story Pirates for their work in furthering arts education in New York's inner-city public school system. Artists Take Action! Founder and Co-Producer, Eli Zoller, along with Co-Producer, Michael Kohn, say of their motivation for launching the benefit, 'Good art with good intentions is getting ignored, as are the children in our public schools who are lacking a decent arts education. Forming Artists Take Action! is the ideal way to begin solving these problems. It is in the interest of everyone that children be given arts education opportunities to create open-minded, free-thinking, fully educated adults.' Tickets for the Artists Take Action! Benefit Concert are $12 in advance, $15 at the door and also includes limited table options currently up for auction. Tickets can be purchased by calling CEG Music on 212-634-0427 or online at www.cegmusic.com. For more information on Artists Take Action!, or to make a contribution, please e-mail artiststakeaction@yahoo.com. For more information on The Striking Viking Story Pirates, please visit www.storypirates.org. About Founder/ Co-Producer, Eli Zoller: Eli Zoller is a professional actor/musician and a proud member of AEA. He received a B.F.A. from The University of Michigan for Musical Theatre and attended Interlochen Fine Arts Camp. He is also an accomplished orchestrator and music director. About Co-Producer, Michael Kohn: Michael Kohn is a New York based actor and proud member of Actors Equity. He is a graduate of the Northwestern University Theatre Dept. and an alumnus of Interlochen Arts Camp in Michigan, where the seeds of Artists Take Action! were planted.

Lincoln Center Theater (under the direction of Andre Bishop, Artistic Director, and Bernard Gersten, Executive Producer), by arrangement with Primary Stages (Casey Childs, Founder and Executive Producer, Andrew Leynse, Artistic Director, Elliot Fox, Managing Director), will present Horton Foote's critically acclaimed new play, DIVIDING THE ESTATE, directed by Michael Wilson this fall on Broadway at The Booth Theatre (222 West 45 Street). The production is scheduled to begin performances Thursday, October 23 and open on Thursday, November 20 for a limited engagement.

LCT3, Lincoln Center Theater's new initiative devoted to producing work of emerging playwrights, directors and designers, will produce STUNNING, a new play by David Adjmi, directed by Anne Kaufmann, as the second offering of its inaugural season. STUNNING will be presented June 1 - 27, 2009 at The Duke on 42nd Street, a New 42nd Street project, (229 W. 42 Street).

Lincoln Center Theater (under the direction of Andre Bishop, Artistic Director, and Bernard Gersten, Executive Producer) has announced that Bartlett Sher has been named Resident Director of the Theater. As Resident Director Mr. Sher will have an office at LCT, consult with Artistic Director Andre Bishop on artistic matters and direct one LCT production each year.

Lincoln Center Theater (under the direction of Andre Bishop, Artistic Director, and Bernard Gersten, Executive Producer) will present SATURN RETURNS, a new play by Noah Haidle, directed by Nicholas Martin, which will begin performances Thursday, October 16 and open on Monday, November 10.

This fall Lincoln Center Theater (under the direction of Andre Bishop, Artistic Director, and Bernard Gersten, Executive Producer) will begin a new programming initiative - LCT3 -devoted to producing the work of emerging playwrights, directors and designers. LCT3 will begin with two productions at The Duke on 42nd Street, a New 42nd Street® Project, (229 W. 42 Street).

The first production of LCT3 (Lincoln Center Theater's new programming initiative) CLAY , a hip-hop musical written, scored and performed by Matt Sax and developed in collaboration with and directed by Eric Rosen, will begin performances on Monday (October 6), at The Duke on 42nd Street, a New 42nd Street® project, (229 W. 42 Street). Opening night is Wednesday, October 15.

On September 22nd, the 2008 Ovation Award Nominees were announced. Now in its 19th year, the LA Stage Alliance Ovation Awards will celebrate the 168 theatre companies, 390 registered productions, and over 2,000 individual artists who participated in the September 1, 2007 to August 31, 2008 season

Hip-hop has arrived at Kansas City Repertory Theatre. Eric Rosen kicks off his adventurous first season as the Rep's artistic director with the powerful new hip-hop musical Clay, written and performed by Matt Sax and developed in collaboration with and directed by Rosen. The show contains loud music, adult language and strong content.

This fall Lincoln Center Theater (under the direction of Andre Bishop, Artistic Director, and Bernard Gersten, Executive Producer) will begin a new programming initiative - LCT3 -devoted to producing the work of emerging playwrights, directors and designers. LCT3 will begin with two productions at The Duke on 42nd Street, a New 42nd Street® Project, (229 W. 42 Street).

Lincoln Center Theater (under the direction of Andre Bishop, Artistic Director, and Bernard Gersten, Executive Producer) will present SATURN RETURNS, a new play by Noah Haidle, directed by Nicholas Martin, which will begin performances Thursday, October 16 and open on Monday, November 10.

Lincoln Center Theater (under the direction of Andre Bishop, Artistic Director, and Bernard Gersten, Executive Producer), by arrangement with Primary Stages (Casey Childs, Founder and Executive Producer, Andrew Leynse, Artistic Director, Elliot Fox, Managing Director), will present Horton Foote's critically acclaimed new play, DIVIDING THE ESTATE, directed by Michael Wilson this fall on Broadway at The Booth Theatre (222 West 45 Street). The production is scheduled to begin performances Thursday, October 23 and open on Thursday, November 20 for a limited engagement.

Lincoln Center Theater has announced its 2008-2009 Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater season.

This fall, Lincoln Center Theater will begin a new programming initiative - LCT3 - which will be devoted to producing the work of emerging playwrights, directors and designers.

The new musical Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson had its world premiere Sunday at Center Theatre Group's Kirk Douglas Theatre, in Culver City, and is set to run through February 17th...

Three world premieres are among the six new plays presented in the 2007-8 season of the Kirk Douglas Theatre.