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Theater for the New City, 155 First Avenue (at East Tenth Street) Presented by Theater for the New City in association with Electric Black Experience Productions Th-Sat at 8:00 pm, Sun at 3:00 pm $15/$10 students with ID Box office: (212) 254-1109; www.theaterforthenewcity.net Show's web address: www.lonelysoldierplay.com REVIEWERS ARE INVITED on or after MARCH 6. Runs 1:40.

Olympia Entertainment is pleased to announce an American Sign Language Interpreter will be provided at two upcoming performances of Sesame Street Live 'When Elmo Grows Up' at the Fox Theatre. The ASL Interpreter will translate the following performances: Saturday, Jan. 31- 5:30 p.m. performance Thursday, Feb. 5- 11 a.m. performance

Olympia Entertainment is pleased to announce an American Sign Language Interpreter will be provided at two upcoming performances of Sesame Street Live 'When Elmo Grows Up' at the Fox Theatre. The ASL Interpreter will translate the following performances: Saturday, Jan. 31- 5:30 p.m. performance Thursday, Feb. 5- 11 a.m. performance

No matter what team you cheer for this weekend in the big game, everyone attending Sesame Street Live 'When Elmo Grows Up' at the Fox Theatre is a big winner! Elmo, along with his furry and feathered friends, are celebrating with a special offer-SUPER SUNDAY SAVINGS-where all seats are 50% off for all performances on Sunday, Feb. 1! Show times are 10:30 a.m., 2 p.m. and 5:30 p.m. Prices for these performances start at just $6! To redeem this super offer, just ask for the SUPER SUNDAY SAVINGS discount when purchasing tickets. Tickets for the Sunday, Feb. 1 performances ($6, $8.50, $11 & $16) are on sale now at OlympiaEntertainment.com, the Fox Theatre and Joe Louis Arena box offices, or charge by phone at (800) 745-3000. For additional information, call (313) 471-6611. Please note this offer is not available at Ticketmaster outlets, with any other discount or on previously purchased tickets. Tickets ($12, $17, $22 & $32) for all other performances, Jan. 30-Feb. 15, are on sale now. Don't miss the Detroit Public TV Benefit Performance on Friday, Feb. 6 at 7 p.m. For more information, call (248) 305-3900 or log onto detroitpublictv.org.

Sesame Workshop, the nonprofit educational organization behind Sesame Street, powers up this January with a new version of one of television's most beloved children's series, The Electric Company. The new series, designed to combat the literacy crisis America's second graders are facing, has been re-energized with 35 half-hour episodes for today's media-driven generation with a truly interactive experience. The series launches on PBS KIDS GO! January 19th with a special two hour sneak peek marathon before it settles into its regular weekly timeslot on Fridays beginning January 23rd (check local listings).

BYE GEORGE! AN END OF AN ERROR is hosted by Lea Delaria, with very special guests: Michael Urie (Ugly Betty), Comedienne Jessica Kirson (The Tonight Show), Justin Bond (Kiki & Herb) Stephanie D'Abruzzo (Avenue Q), cast members of the upcoming Broadway hit Hair, and much much more! ONE NIGHT ONLY, Monday January 19 at 7:00 At JOE'S PUB (425 Lafayette Street)

Stage and screen star Kristin Chenoweth, Tony Award winner for 'You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown,' and Tony Award nominee for originating the role of Glinda the Good Witch in 'Wicked,' will now perform her Benefit Concert at Westport Country Playhouse (Joanne Woodward and Anne Keefe, artistic directors, Jodi Schoenbrun Carter, managing director) on March 28th instead of the original date of February 7th, 8 p.m.

Screen Actors Guild Award-winner Lauren Ambrose (Awake and Sing!, 'Six Feet Under') and Tony? Award- winner Andrea Martin (My Favorite Year, Young Frankenstein) will star in Eugene Ionesco's EXIT THE KING, joining the previously announced Geoffrey Rush and Susan Sarandon. Translated by Neil Armfield and Geoffrey Rush and directed by Neil Armfield, EXIT THE KING will begin performances Saturday, March 7, 2009 at the Barrymore Theatre (243 West 47th Street) and open on Thursday, March 26, 2009. This limited engagement will run for 14 weeks only, through Sunday, June 14, 2009. Additional casting will be announced soon. EXIT THE KING is a hilarious and poignant comedy about a megalomaniacal ruler, King Berenger (Rush) whose incompetence has left his country in near ruin. Despite the efforts of Queen Marguerite (Sarandon) and the other members of the court to convince the King he has only 90 minutes left to live, he refuses to relinquish any control.

YALE REPERTORY THEATRE (James Bundy, Artistic Director; Victoria Nolan, Managing Director) presents the east coast premiere of LYDIA by OCTAVIO SOLIS, directed by JULIETTE CARRILLO at Yale Repertory Theatre (1120 Chapel Street, at York Street) beginning February 6 through February 28. Opening Night is Thursday, February 12. LYDIA features music composed by Chris Webb; sets by Andrew Boyce; costumes by Amanda Seymour; lighting by Jesse Belsky; sound design, additional music, and arrangements by David Molina; voice and dialect by Beth McGuire; fight direction by Rick Sordelet; dramaturgy by Matt Cornish; and stage management by Donald E. Claxon. The cast of LYDIA includes Carlo Alb?n, Christian Barillas, Stephanie Beatriz, Armando Dur?n, Catalina Maynard, Onahoua Rodriguez, and Tony Sancho.

Sesame Workshop, the nonprofit educational organization behind Sesame Street, powers up this January with a new version of one of television's most beloved children's series, The Electric Company. The new series, designed to combat the literacy crisis America's second graders are facing, has been re-energized with 35 half-hour episodes for today's media-driven generation with a truly interactive experience. The series launches on PBS KIDS GO! January 19th with a special two hour sneak peek marathon before it settles into its regular weekly timeslot on Fridays beginning January 23rd (check local listings).

BYE GEORGE! AN END OF AN ERROR is hosted by Lea Delaria, with very special guests: Michael Urie (Ugly Betty), Comedienne Jessica Kirson (The Tonight Show), Justin Bond (Kiki & Herb) Stephanie D'Abruzzo (Avenue Q), cast members of the upcoming Broadway hit Hair, and much much more! ONE NIGHT ONLY, Monday January 19 at 7:00 At JOE'S PUB (425 Lafayette Street)

Back in Pictures celebrates the songs that were originally written for the masterpieces of the Golden Age of Hollywood, featuring music from Casablanca, Easter Parade, A Star Is Born, Pennies From Heaven, Disney, Meet Me In St. Louis, Gentlemen Prefer Blonds, The Wizard of Oz and many more. Back in Pictures is showing at the Reprise Room, 245 West 54th Street, between Broadway and 8th Avenue, New York, from April 7, 2008 through January 5, 2009.

Roundabout Theatre Company (Todd Haimes, Artistic Director) is proud to announce John Goodman (Pozzo) and David Strathairn (Lucky) will join Bill Irwin (Vladimir) and Nathan Lane (Estragon) in a new Broadway production of Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett and directed by Tony? award winner Anthony Page.

Stage and screen star Kristin Chenoweth, Tony Award winner for 'You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown,' and Tony Award nominee for originating the role of Glinda the Good Witch in 'Wicked,' will appear in a Valentine's Benefit Concert at Westport Country Playhouse (Joanne Woodward and Anne Keefe, artistic directors, Jodi Schoenbrun Carter, managing director) on Saturday, February 7, 8 p.m. A pre-show champagne welcome will begin at 7 p.m. Tickets for the fundraising event are $100, $150, $250.

Goodspeed Musicals, the only two time Tony Award winning theatre in the country, is proud to announce the cast of its upcoming world premiere production of Jim Henson's classic holiday favorite Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas, adapted for the stage. Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas will run December 7, 2008, through January 4, 2009, at the Goodspeed Opera House in East Haddam, Connecticut.

Paul Benedict who was best recognized for his roles as The Number Painter on the PBS children's show Sesame Street, and as the eccentric English neighbor 'Harry Bentley' on the classic CBS sitcom The Jeffersons was found dead at his home, he was 70.

Goodspeed Musicals, the only two time Tony Award winning theatre in the country, is proud to announce the cast of its upcoming world premiere production of Jim Henson's classic holiday favorite Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas, adapted for the stage. Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas will run December 7, 2008, through January 4, 2009, at the Goodspeed Opera House in East Haddam, Connecticut.

Broadway Kids Care (BKC), the organization of theater kids for kids (and others), will perform festive holiday songs at the 2008 UNICEF Snowflake lighting ceremony today (Wednesday, November 19) at the Grand Army Plaza in New York City.

Gregg Greenberg presents the World Premiere of CLEMENZA AND TESSIO ARE DEAD November 14 - 22, 2008