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Second Stage Theatre (Carole Rothman, Artistic Director) will launch its 31st season this fall with the New York premiere of Anna Deavere Smith's LET ME DOWN EASY. Conceived, written, and performed by Ms. Smith and directed by Leonard Foglia, LET ME DOWN EASY will begin preview performances on Tuesday, September 15 and will officially open on Wednesday, October 7 at 6:45pm.

The Alliance Theatre Lab returns to the South Florida theatre scene with the announcement of its 2009/2010 season. The Alliance, 'dedicated to producing contemporary dramatic works which give voice to the outsider,' is preparing to bring its vision to the Miami area with four works: Swimming in the Shallows by Adam Bock (Fall 2009), Orphans by Lyle Kessler (Winter 2010), Coyote on a Fence by Bruce Graham (Spring 2010), and Martin McDonagh's A Skull in Connemara (Summer 2010).

Variety is reporting that Michael Haneke's 'The White Ribbon,' the black-and-white drama set in a rural German village on the eve of WWI, received the Palme d'Or from the jury of the 62nd Cannes Film Festival on Sunday. The trade paper also reports that Sony Pictures Classics nabbed the North American rights to the film before the festival.

Take Christchurch comedy troupe The Court Jesters, mix them up with William Shakespeare, Quentin Tarantino and the insanity of NZ's longest-running comedy show Scared Scriptless and you've got an improvised show of epic proportions - PULP WILLIAM.

Prepare for non-stop, raw and brazen laughs with the bleeping hilarious series from the creator of 'Family Guy' and 'American Dad' when Seth MacFarlane's CAVALCADE OF CARTOON COMEDY debuts on unrated Blu-ray and DVD May 12 from Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment. Featuring exclusive new episodes too outrageous for television or the internet, the DVD is packed with 50 shorts in total and highlights all-new classic characters, 'Family Guy' voice talent and hilarious pop culture parodies of Jesus Christ, Bob Dylan, Ted Nugent, Quentin Tarantino, Super Mario, Jeff Goldbum and more.

Following a critically acclaimed season which included the Pulitzer Prize finalist Becky Shaw and the Broadway transfer of its musical hit Next to Normal, Second Stage Theatre (Carole Rothman, Artistic Director; Ellen Richard, Executive Director) has announced three of the four plays scheduled for its upcoming 31st Season.

Take Christchurch comedy troupe The Court Jesters, mix them up with William Shakespeare, Quentin Tarantino and the insanity of NZ's longest-running comedy show Scared Scriptless and you've got an improvised show of epic proportions - PULP WILLIAM.

Artistic Director BJ Jones and Executive Director Timothy J. Evans announce the Chicago Premiere of The Lieutenant of Inishmore by Martin McDonagh, directed by BJ Jones. The production runs April 29-June 7, 2009 at Northlight Theatre, 9501 Skokie Blvd in Skokie. The press opening is Thursday, May 7, 2009, at 7:30 p.m.