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Primary Stages (Casey Childs, Founder & Executive Producer; Andrew Leynse, Artistic Director; Elliot Fox, Managing Director) concludes its 25th anniversary season of new works celebrating the female playwright with the New York premiere of Happy Now? by Lucinda Coxon.

Black Dahlia Theatre has announced the full casting for their upcoming production of David Schulner's FORGIVENESS, premiering at the theatre beginning February 17th. The cast will include Emily Bergl, Lee Garlington, Morlan Higgins, Ron Menzel, and Kendall Toole. The production will run through March 28th.

The New York Times is reporting that HAPPY NOW? will extend its run at Primary Stages through March 21st. With direction by Liz Diamond, the seven-member cast features Kate Arrington as Bea, Kelly AuCoin as Johnny, Mary Bacon as Kitty, Brian Keane as Carl, Joan MacIntosh as June, Quentin Mare as Miles and CJ Wilson as Michael.

Primary Stages concludes its 25th anniversary season of new works celebrating the female playwright with the New York premiere of Happy Now? by Lucinda Coxon. With direction by Liz Diamond, the seven-member cast features Kate Arrington as Bea, Kelly AuCoin as Johnny, Mary Bacon as Kitty, Brian Keane as Carl, Joan MacIntosh as June, Quentin Mare as Miles and CJ Wilson as Michael. Performances began January 26, 2010 for a limited run through Saturday, March 6, 2010 at Primary Stages at 59E59 Theaters. Opening night is Tuesday, February 9, 2010.

Primary Stages (Casey Childs, Founder & Executive Producer; Andrew Leynse, Artistic Director; Elliot Fox, Managing Director) concludes its 25th anniversary season of new works celebrating the female playwright with the New York premiere of Happy Now? by Lucinda Coxon.

Black Dahlia Theatre has announced the full casting for their upcoming production of David Schulner's FORGIVENESS, premiering at the theatre beginning February 17th. The cast will include Emily Bergl, Lee Garlington, Morlan Higgins, Ron Menzel, and Kendall Toole. The production will run through March 28th.

Primary Stages (Casey Childs, Founder & Executive Producer; Andrew Leynse, Artistic Director; Elliot Fox, Managing Director) concludes its 25th anniversary season of new works celebrating the female playwright with the New York premiere of Happy Now? by Lucinda Coxon.

Primary Stages (Casey Childs, Founder & Executive Producer; Andrew Leynse, Artistic Director; Elliot Fox, Managing Director) concludes its 25th anniversary season of new works celebrating the female playwright with the New York premiere of Happy Now? by Lucinda Coxon.

Primary Stages has announced its upcoming 26th season of new works with the three productions: the New York premiere of Secrets of the Trade by Jonathan Tolins; the world premieres of a new musical, In Transit with book, music and lyrics by Kristen Anderson-Lopez, James-Allen Ford, Russ Kaplan and Sara Wordsworth; and a new comedy, Black Tie, by A.R. Gurney, at Primary Stages at 59E59 Theaters (59 East 59th Street).

The Center Theatre Group in Los Angeles has announced its lineup for the 2009-2010 DouglasPlus series, according to a report in the Los Angels Times.

Bernadette Peters and Nikki Blonsky guest star on UGLY BETTY tonight January 8th, 2009. UGLY BETTY is a Golden Globe and Emmy winning comedy starring America Ferrera in the title role, along with Eric Mabius, Judith Light, Rebecca Romijn and Vanessa Williams. The series premiered on September 28, 2006, on ABC in the United States.

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. The 2008 Ovation Awards took place on November 17th, 2008 in The Fine Arts Complex in Los Angeles, CA.

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

Tony Award winner John Glover, Amy Aquino, Bill Brochtrup, Mark L. Taylor, and Edward Tournier will star in the world premiere of Jonathan Tolins' Secrets of the Trade, to run March 12-April 20 at Los Angeles' Black Dahlia Theatre. The production, which will open officially on March 15, will be directed by Matt Shakman.

Casting has been announced for the first week of Summer Play Festival shows

The Summer Play Festival (SPF), apart from presenting 15 shows at Theatre Row in July, will continue its advanced programming to nurture playwrights and other theatre artist

The 3rd Annual Summer Play Festival (SPF) has announced the directors who will be staging the 15 plays to be showcased at this year's festival, as well as the on sale date (June 5th)