The Corsair - Broadway Articles Page 10.6

Due to the overwhelming demand, producers Eric Krebs and Chase Mishkin have announced a second extension for their Off-Broadway hit, The Castle which will now play through September 27th at New World Stages (340 West 50th Street).

Andrea McArdle is currently making her Metropolitan Room debut with 'You Don't Know Me'. Show dates and times are Aug. 13 at 7:30 PM. Subsequent shows are scheduled for Aug. 14 at 7:30 PM, Aug. 15 at 7:30 PM, Aug. 16 at 7:30 PM, Aug. 22 at 7:30 PM, Aug. 23 at 7:30 PM, Aug. 24 at 7 PM and Aug. 25 at 7:30 PM.

On Thursday August 14th, 2008 the upcoming Broadway production of A Man for All Seasons held a 'Meet & Greet' for the press and BroadwayWorld.com was there to capture the event.

Joe's Pub has announced some additions to their August and September lineup of performances:

WAKE UP MARCONI! is pleased to announce the production of THE SPITFIRE GRILL, directed by Robert Francis Perillo.

Paper Mill Playhouse has announced the opening of the theatre's 70th Season with Rodgers and Hammerstein's Oklahoma!

Michael Ritchie, Artistic Director of Center Theatre Group, has set the 2009 season at the Mark Taper Forum of the Los Angeles Music Center. The new season, which features six productions, will run from January 15, 2009, through January 24, 2010.

The Jove performs a brand new show each month at the Atlantic Theater in Jupiter, which it has called home for the past four years. Recent appearances for The Jove include: private corporate events and corporate seminars throughout the state of Florida, numerous television commercials, a featured role in the movie Film Contest?, which debuted at the Palm Beach International Film Festival as well as signing a development deal with moli.com to produce a comedic webseries.

Pittsburgh CLO is bringing back The Gong Show for one night only, in homage to the television classic that recently returned on Comedy Central. Hosted by CLO's own Jason Coll, the performance starts at 10:30 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 15, at the Cabaret Theater. Tickets cost just $5 at the door.

On Friday August 15th, 2008 the Public Theater will present Summer Shakeup at Shakespeare in the Park. The event is a special acting workshop for children in seventh grade and up. The event will start at 9:30AM and end at 12:30 PM and take place at the famous Delacorte Theater sponsored by Bank of America.

American Conservatory Theater's Young Conservatory director Craig Slaight announced casting today for The Exam, commissioned by London's National Theatre and written by renowned British writer and comedian Andy Hamilton. Directed by Amelia Stewart, the production features actors from A.C.T.'s acclaimed Young Conservatory program. The Exam plays August 15-22 at A.C.T.'s newest performance space, the Garret Room, located on the fifth floor of the American Conservatory Theater. General admission tickets are $10 and are available by calling A.C.T. Ticket services at 415.749.2228 or online at www.act-sf.org.

Nine-time Tony Award-winner and National Medal of the Arts recipient Tommy Tune directs the world premiere of this glorious musical from the writers of the Tony Award-winning Jersey Boys.

Chicago Shakespeare Theater (CST) kicks off the 2008/09 Subscription Season with Peter Shaffer's award-winning drama, Amadeus…

Intiman Theatre, under the leadership of Artistic Director Bartlett Sher and Interim Managing Director Kevin Maifeld, continues its 2008 season with the comedy The Little Dog Laughed by Douglas Carter Beane, directed by Fracaswell Hyman.

Media City Ballet, Natasha Middleton, Artistic Director, will present 'An Evening of Khachaturian: The Composer and His Ballets,' featuring Principal Dancers, Arsen Serobian, Gabrielle Palmatier, Amara Baptist, Edgar Nikolyan, Felicia Guzman, Ellen Rosa and Stephen Nelson, along with Soloists and Corps Dancers from Media City Ballet. Jenkyns Pelaez will appear as a Guest Artist.

Spring Awakening and recent Les Miserables in Concert at the Hollywood Bowl star Lea Michele will be performing at Upright Cabaret in Mark's Restaurant (861 N. La Cienega Blvd) on August 15-17, 2008. With the Friday night and Saturday night shows sold out, an additional Sunday night 9pm show has just been added and is already selling fast.

The New York Pops will open its 26th season at Carnegie Hall on Friday, October 17 at 8:00PM.

The New Group has announced their 2008-2009 season

The hit off-Broadway show Life In A Marital Institution (20 Years Of Monogamy In One Terrifying Hour), written and performed by award-winning monologist James Braly and directed by Hal Brooks (Thom Pain, No Child) will end its scheduled run at the SoHo Playhouse on August 31, 2008.

Tickets for I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change at the CLO Cabaret are on sale now at CLOcabaret.com, by calling (412) 456-6666 or at the Box Office at Theater Square. The show opens Oct. 9, 2008, and plays through Feb. 1, 2009.

Theatre for a New Audience's Artistic Director Jeffrey Horowitz has set an ambitious four-play season that opens with the New York premiere of C.I.C.T./Théâtre des Bouffes Du Nord's production of The Grand Inquisitor directed by Peter Brook October 22 through November 23 (co-presented with New York Theatre Workshop).

Gramercy Theatre and the historic Plaza Theatre opened their summer production of Disney's Aladdin Jr. on Friday August 8. Performances run through August 17 at the Main Stage Theatre of The Plaza, 425 North Bumby Ave, Downtown Orlando.

The Town Hall has announced the return of the October Cabaret Festival