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EUROPEAN PREMIERE by Michael Healey, Directed by Eleanor Rhode. Designed by Kim Alwyn-Blotting and Aimee Sajjan-Servaes.

In January, hit nude literary salon Naked Girls Reading is throwing a nationwide book release party for the publication of burlesque-infused pulp murder mystery 'The Corpse Wore Pasties' by Jonny Porkpie.

Roundabout Theatre Company (Todd Haimes, Artistic Director) is proud to present the New York premiere of Theresa Rebeck's new comedy The Understudy, directed by Scott Ellis featuring Mark-Paul Gosselaar (TNT's 'Raising the Bar') as 'Jake', Justin Kirk (Showtime's 'Weeds') as 'Harry' and Tony Award winner Julie White as 'Roxanne'.

The Understudy opens officially on Thursday, November 5, 2009 at the Laura Pels Theatre at the Harold and Miriam Steinberg Center for Theatre (111 West 46th Street). This is a limited engagement through Sunday, January 3rd, 2010.

In January, hit nude literary salon Naked Girls Reading is throwing a nationwide book release party for the publication of burlesque-infused pulp murder mystery 'The Corpse Wore Pasties' by Jonny Porkpie.

Push Push Theatre presents The Secretaries written by The Five Lesbian Brothers and 101 Humiliating Stories by Lisa Kron (of The Five Lesbian Brothers), running now through December 30.

The Providence Performing Arts Center is pleased to announce that ANTHONY BOURDAIN, chef and author of the New York Times bestselling memoir and restaurant exposé Kitchen Confidential, will make his first appearance at the Theatre on Saturday, January 23 at 8P.

A mind-bending collision of Grand Guignol, David Lynch, Broadway musicals, and police procedurals, A BRIEF HISTORY OF MURDER tells the story of a series of grisly killings in the small town of Sentinel, Oklahoma.

Metropolitan Playhouse, 'theatrical archaeologist extraordinaire' (Backstage), presents a revival of Under the Gaslight, by Augustin Daly. First presented at the New York Theatre in1867, Under the Gaslight will be revived in Metropolitan's home at 220 E 4th Street November 20th through December 19th, 2009.

Push Push Theatre presents The Secretaries written by The Five Lesbian Brothers and 101 Humiliating Stories by Lisa Kron (of The Five Lesbian Brothers), running now through December 30.

The State Theatre presents Anthony Bourdain on Friday, April 23 at 8:00 pm.

Thom Sutherland's new production of the musical version of The Full Monty at the New Players Theatre looks set to be the hit of the holiday season in London. This scaled-down, intimate and inventively staged presentation pushes all the right buttons for an audience looking for a musical that is funny and entertaining without sacrificing its level of intelligence.

14 Companies boasting over 100 artists and collaborators, and spanning theatre, dance, multi-media, gothic storytelling, live art, cinema, glove puppetry, not to mention an interactive self-help focus group will take part in this year's COIL festival at Performance Space 122.

EUROPEAN PREMIERE by Michael Healey, Directed by Eleanor Rhode. Designed by Kim Alwyn-Blotting and Aimee Sajjan-Servaes.

Metropolitan Playhouse, 'theatrical archaeologist extraordinaire' (Backstage), presents a revival of Under the Gaslight, by Augustin Daly. First presented at the New York Theatre in1867, Under the Gaslight will be revived in Metropolitan's home at 220 E 4th Street November 20th through December 19th, 2009.

Seattle Theatre Group (STG) presents Wild Beasts, with special guest Still Life Still on February 14, 2010 at 8:00pm at Chop Suey.

Following a bestselling week at the box office, Roundabout Theatre Company (Todd Haimes, Artistic Director) is pleased to announce a two-week extension of Theresa Rebeck's new comedy The Understudy, directed by Scott Ellis.

'RENT,' the Tony Award-winning musical has been added to the Broadway Sacramento schedule for the week of February 3-7, 2010, at the Sacramento Community Center Theater.

California Musical Theatre has announced that 'RENT,' the Tony Award-winning musical has been added to the Broadway Sacramento schedule for the week of February 3-7, 2010, at the Sacramento Community Center Theater.

Roundabout Theatre Company (Todd Haimes, Artistic Director) is proud to present the New York premiere of Theresa Rebeck's new comedy The Understudy, directed by Scott Ellis featuring Mark-Paul Gosselaar (TNT's 'Raising the Bar') as 'Jake', Justin Kirk (Showtime's 'Weeds') as 'Harry' and Tony Award winner Julie White as 'Roxanne'.