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Jim Caruso's Cast Party and TheaterMania.com, the leading source for exclusive theater information and live-events tickets nationwide, are proud to announce THE TODD LONDAGIN FIVE Monday, July 7, 2008 at 7:00p.m.

Producing team Stewart F. Lane and Bonnie Comley (in conjunction with William Collier) took the 2008 Tony Award-winner for Best Theatrical Event, Jay Johnson: The Two and Only to England. The show is being performed for a limited run, from June 25th to September 28th at the Arts Theatre London.

The Jove's recent appearances include the 2007 Miami Improv Festival opening for The Groundlings from Los Angeles and Upright Citizens Brigade from New York City. It was their third straight year performing at the Miami Improv Festival, a collection of the nation's best Improv comedy troupes. The Jove has also been invited to perform on the main stage at Artigras 2006, as well as countless corporate training and entertainment events all across Palm Beach County, including the Kravis Center, The Maltz Jupiter Theater, Duncan Theater and The Cuillo Centre for the Arts. The group received a 2005 Impy award for best sketch comedy in Palm Beach County. They were also an integral part in raising thousands of dollars for the American Red Cross in 2004 and 2005, donating proceeds from their show to benefit hurricane victims.

Summer Brave has been dubbed as the 'rewritten and final version of the romantic comedy Picnic' and follows the same basic story of its Pulitzer Prize winning counterpart - with a few distinctions, thus making it a separate work that can hold its own. The setting is a small Kansas town

Following a highly successful two-week, pre-sale period which grossed more than $1 million, tickets for the new Broadway production of Arthur Miller's ALL MY SONS will go on sale to all ticket buyers this weekend. Tickets will go on sale to the general public on Saturday July 5 and will be available through www.telecharge.com or by calling Telecharge at 212 239 6200. All traditional forms of payment will be accepted on that date.

The Essentials will present 'PERFECT HARMONY,' a hit of the 2006 New York International Fringe Festival, this summer on Theatre Row.

Disney legend and Broadway star Lea Salonga will be performing at the Walt Disney Concert Hall on July 11, 2008.

Gateway Playhouse in Bellport remains and is so popular that local residents know better than to drive along South Country Road at certain hours lest they become entangled in traffic either entering or exiting the theater. The Gateway Playhouse is located on the site of the former Mott Estate on the eastern-most tip of Bellport , New York . Rumors are rife about the ghost of Lucretia Mott still haunting one of the buildings on the premises but she seems to be benign and hasn't caused any significant problems in the past few decades.

Academy Award nominee Spike Lee will be filming three performances of the Broadway musical Passing Strange this August.

Polly Stenham's That Face will complete its run in the West End on at the Duke of York's Theatre on 5 July as previously announced.

Joe's Pub is Proud to Announce: BE IN: A Night of Music and Love with members of the Public Theater's cast of HAIR A Benefit for Broadway Cares, Equity Fights AIDS on Mondays, July 7th and August 11th, 9:30pm.

Due to an abbreviated rehearsal period with the show's full company, Second Stage Theatre (Carole Rothman, Artistic Director; Ellen Richard, Executive Director) will move the opening night of Richard Nelson's Some Americans Abroad to Thursday, July 24, to allow for a longer preview period.

Bensonhurst native KERRY BUTLER, the star of Broadway's musical hit XANADU, Brooklyn Borough President MARTY MARKOWITZ and Assemblywoman JOAN MILLMAN (52nd Assembly District, Brooklyn, NY) will lend a hand to help cut the ribbon at the opening for Theatre Development Fund's new TKTS Downtown Brooklyn Discount Ticket Booth on Thursday, July 10 at 10:15am.

Following a highly successful two-week, pre-sale period which grossed more than $1 million, tickets for the new Broadway production of Arthur Miller's ALL MY SONS will go on sale to all ticket buyers this weekend. Tickets will go on sale to the general public on Saturday July 5 and will be available through www.telecharge.com or by calling Telecharge at 212 239 6200. All traditional forms of payment will be accepted on that date.

On July 4th THE AFTER PARTY welcomes the winner of the 2nd Annual Broadway Beauty Pageant and Xanadu's MARTY THOMAS with Fireworks.

Hot off sold-out runs in Washington D.C., Chicago and New York, 'Political Idol,' a hilarious spoof of the upcoming presidential elections returns to Off-Broadway's Triad Theatre opening on Wednesday, July 23 (7PM) for a four week run.

The new UK musical Daydream Believer, based off of the story of 60's pop group The Monkees has now been cancelled. Today the show's producers stated, 'It is with regret that, due to unforeseen circumstances, the production of Daydream Believer has been cancelled for the foreseeable future.' Rumor has been circulating that it is because of poor initial ticket sales.

The Williamstown Theatre Festival has announced its Free Theatre production: Trouble Tales (for boys and girls).