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The Performing Arts Center at UNLV, Southern Nevada's premier performing arts venue, recently announced its 2008-2009 season. In addition to the longstanding Charles Vanda Master Series, New York Stage & Beyond Series, and UNLV Classical Guitar Series, the Performing Arts Center also will offer a special holiday performance of David Benoit's A Charlie Brown Christmas.

Louis Spisto, Executive Producer of the Tony Award®-winning Old Globe, is pleased to announce the Theatre's 2008-2009 Winter Season. In the Old Globe Theatre, a large-scale revival of Clare Boothe Luce's The Women (September 13 - October 26, 2008), directed by Resident Artistic Director Darko Tresnjak will launch the season.

The fifth annual Fall for Dance Festival will run from September 17 - 27, 2008, showcasing 28 national and international companies and choreographers in six unique programs (four programs will be repeated).

Jim Caruso's Cast Party will present EXTRAVAGAINZA: THE SONGS OF HENRY GAINZA, Monday August 11th at 7:00 p.m., as part of the long-running, Nightlife Award-winning concert series Broadway at Birdland.

Ars Nova (Jason Eagan, Artistic Director; Jon Steingart and Jenny Wiener, Executive Producers) announces the sassy, uncensored comedy of RUTH AND ESTHER'S LEMONADE REVUE and cutting edge music from Theo Eastwind's full band, WINDSHAKE!

Algonquin Theatre Company and Pierre Weidemann will present 'National Pastime,' the comedy which has appeared in the Major League Baseball Hall of Fame, for one week only here in Manhattan August 21st-24th.

Jim Caruso's Cast Party and TheaterMania.com, the leading source for exclusive theater information and live-events tickets nationwide, are proud to announce LAUREL MASSÉ Monday, September 15, 2008 at 7:00p.m., as part of the long-running, Nightlife Award-winning concert series Broadway at Birdland.

Wayne Brady to play B.B. King Blues Club and Grill.

Paper Mill Playhouse is proud to announce an open call audition on Saturday, September 6th, 2008 for Disney's High School Musical to find local talent for this all new production.

Hamlet directed by Gregory Doran opens tonight at the Royal Shakespeare Company.

On Monday, August 4, 2008 the Friars Club presented DIVA NIGHT! in the Frank Sinatra Dining Room at the Friars Club. The evening was Hosted & Produced by Randie Levine-Miller and starred Christine Andreas, Anna Bergman, Beth Fowler, Alice Frazier, Liz McCartney, Rena Strober, Christianne Tisdale, Deborah Tranelli. Paul Chamlin served as Musical Director for the evening. The theater and cabaret stars performed songs from 'The Broadway Songbook'.

HAIRSPRAY star Nikki Blonsky will be making her NYC Cabaret debut at Feinstein's at Loews Regency this fall.

THE FIRST BREEZE OF SUMMER, the first production of Signature Theatre Company's 2008-2009 season celebrating the historic Negro Ensemble Company (NEC), will begin previews today, August 5th.

The Broadway Workshop, Manhattan's fastest growing acting program for young artists, has teamed up with Broadway's Stephanie Fittro for its first ongoing acting class.

Theater Oobleck's acclaimed production of Mickle Maher's The Strangerer will play its final performance this Thursday, August 7 at the Barrow Street Theatre (27 Barrow Street).

The new play Six Nights In the Black Belt written by Lowell Williams, directed by Clayton Phillips will have a staged reading at The Theatre at St. Clements, August 12th (423 West 46th street) at 3:30PM

Due to a scheduling conflict Allyce Beasley will not be able to perform in the upcoming Fringe Festival comedy, The Grecian Formula.

Beginning this month, the cast of STOMP will star in a PSA being shown on video screens currently installed most of the city's medallion taxicabs promoting the 'STOMP OUT LITTER' campaign.

THE FIRST BREEZE OF SUMMER, the first production of Signature Theatre Company's (James Houghton, Founding Artistic Director; Erika Mallin, Executive Director) 2008-2009 season celebrating the historic Negro Ensemble Company (NEC), will begin previews tomorrow, August 5th. THE FIRST BREEZE OF SUMMER, by Leslie Lee and directed by Ruben Santiago-Hudson, officially opens on Thursday, August 21st and continues through September 28th at the Peter Norton Space located at 555 West 42nd Street (between 10th and 11th Avenues).

The YORK THEATRE COMPANY (James Morgan, Producing Artistic Director) announces casting for its first Fall Mainstage Series show, ENTER LAUGHING: THE MUSICAL.

Broadway favorites and more are at Joe's Pub this August.