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Sarah Glendening (Broadway's Good Vibrations), joins the colorful cast of characters in the world premiere musical Nightmare Alley opening at the Geffen Playhouse on April 21, 2010.

Broadway veteran James Barbour (A TALE OF TWO CITIES, ASSASSIN, URINETOWN) leads a colorful cast of characters in the world premiere musical Nightmare Alley opening at the Geffen Playhouse on April 21, 2010.

Jonathan Larson Award Winning composer Matt Gould and Griffin Matthews have been invited to workshop their new piece, WITNESS UGANDA, alongside Stephen Schwartz (Wicked, Pippin, Godspell) as part of the Disney/ASCAP Workshop. Schwartz has described Witness Uganda as 'a new form of musical theatre...breathtaking.'

SAN DIEGO REPERTORY THEATRE kicks off the 2009-2010 Season with the whirlwind musical LONG STORY SHORT - written by Brendan Milburn and Valarie Vigoda of the band Groovelily - tonight, October 9th after a week of previews that began on October 3rd. The musical takes audiences on a journey through one couple's 50 year relationship.

SAN DIEGO REPERTORY THEATRE kicks off the 2009-2010 Season with the whirlwind musical LONG STORY SHORT. Written by BRENDAN MILBURN and VALERIE VIGODA of the band GROOVELILY, this audacious musical takes audiences on a beautiful journey through one couple's 50 year relationship.

SAN DIEGO REPERTORY THEATRE kicks off the 2009-2010 Season with the whirlwind musical LONG STORY SHORT. Written by BRENDAN MILBURN and VALERIE VIGODA of the band GROOVELILY, this audacious musical takes audiences on a beautiful journey through one couple's 50 year relationship.

SAN DIEGO REPERTORY THEATRE kicks off the 2009-2010 Season with the whirlwind musical LONG STORY SHORT. Written by BRENDAN MILBURN and VALERIE VIGODA of the band GROOVELILY, this audacious musical takes audiences on a beautiful journey through one couple's 50 year relationship.

SAN DIEGO REPERTORY THEATRE kicks off the 2009-2010 Season with the whirlwind musical LONG STORY SHORT - written by Brendan Milburn and Valarie Vigoda of the band Groovelily - tonight, October 9th after a week of previews that began on October 3rd. The musical takes audiences on a journey through one couple's 50 year relationship.

SAN DIEGO REPERTORY THEATRE kicks off the 2009-2010 Season with the whirlwind musical LONG STORY SHORT. Written by BRENDAN MILBURN and VALERIE VIGODA of the band GROOVELILY, this audacious musical takes audiences on a beautiful journey through one couple's 50 year relationship.

San Diego Repertory Theatre Announces Final Dates And Casting For The 2009-2010 Season: LONG STORY SHORT October 3 - November 1, 2009; THE SEAFARER - November 14 - December 13, 2009; boom - January 9 - 31, 2010; CULTURE CLASH IN AMERICCA - February 18 - March 7, 2010; A WEEKEND WITH PABLO PICASSO - March 21 - April 11, 2010; THE COMPLETE WORKS OF WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE (abridged) - June 11-20, 2010; and THE 17th ANNUAL LIPINSKY FAMILY SAN DIEGO JEWISH ARTS FESTIVAL - June 1 - 22, 2010

BroadwayWorld's own James Sims joined Shipwrecked! star Gregory Itzin and Director Bart DeLorenzo at the Geffen Playhouse to learn of the voyage Louis de Rougemont took in becoming a 'tabloid sensation' of his Victorian England days with his amazing tales chronicling a voyage full of wild characters and plenty of imagination...

Growing up in a coastal community, dreams of swashbuckling and great sea adventures floated around throughout my adolescence, and thanks, in part, to Disney recently giving a much needed boost to the pirate adventures series, tales of the high seas are back in vogue. Subsequently, what was once the toast of Victorian England, Louis de Rougemont's wild stories of a life out at sea, has come full circle and once again shines as bright as the North Star at South Coast Repertory...

Shipwrecked! An Entertainment, The Amazing Adventures of Louis de Rougement (as told by himself), by Donald Margulies and directed by Bart DeLorenzo makes its world premiere at the South Coast Repertory Theatre. Opening is tonight, Thursday September 27 at 7:45PM with performances through October 14 at the Julianne Argyros Stage.

South Coast Repertory will present the world premiere of Shipwrecked! An Entertainment - The Amazing Adventures of Louis de Rougemont (As Told by Himself). Gregory Itzin portrays the title role in this adventure from Pulitzer Prize winner Donald Margulies. Directed by Bart DeLorenzo, Shipwrecked! will run from September 23 through October 14 on the Julianne Argyros Stage. Low-priced previews are available September 23 to 27. Opening night is September 28.

The National Alliance for Musical Theatre (NAMT)'s 18th Annual Festival of New Musicals was held at New World Stages (340 West 50th St. between 8th and 9th Avenues) on Sunday, October 8 and Monday, October 9