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MC COY RIGBY ENTERTAINMENT presents the first production of their 2008-2009 season of shows, SOUVENIR, written by Stephen Temperley, directed by Jason Edwards and starring Linda Edwards.

Culture Project (Allan Buchman, Artistic Director) announced today two new shows that will comprise the 2008 fall season - it will next present the New York Premiere of the award-winning play In Conflict (beginning September 18), a compelling portrait of Iraq War veterans speaking out on duty, loss and the fight to stay alive.

Award-winning showbiz entertainers, Corky Hale and Charlotte Rae, will perform in a show emceed by Carl Reiner, with Jeff Lass serving as Music Director. The show, 'A Festive Evening For Westside Center for Independent Living,' is a benefit for WCIL.

Roundabout Theatre Company (Todd Haimes, Artistic Director) announced New York premiere of Lisa Loomer's Distracted, directed by Mark Brokaw with Cynthia Nixon as 'Mama.' Distracted will begin performances in February 2009 at the Laura Pels Theatre at the Harold and Miriam Steinberg Center for Theatre (111 West 46th Street). This will be a limited engagement.

Andy Anselmo's Singers Forum is proud to announce that its 12th annual Andy Anselmo Achievement Awards Gala will celebrate the non-profit foundation's 30th anniversary as New York's leading institution dedicated to the development and appreciation of the vocal arts through vocal training, performance and community service.

The recipients of the 2007 Barrymore Awards for Excellence in Theatre were announced in a ceremony on Monday, October 1.

The newest episode of 'here! on Broadway' features lively conversation with the co-composer of the hit Broadway musical, The Drowsy Chaperone.

John Steinbeck's timeless classic graces the New York stage for its 70th Anniversary production.

The Peccadillo Theater Company's critically-acclaimed production of Room Service will play its final performance on Sunday, April 8th at 3PM at the SoHo Playhouse

Roundabout Theatre Company is proud to present John Mahoney (Old Man), Annie Parisse (Rita) and Alan Tudyk (Peter) in a new Broadway production of Craig Lucas' romantic drama Prelude to a Kiss with Robin Bartlett (Mrs. Boyle) and James Rebhorn (Dr. Boyle), directed by Daniel Sullivan at the American Airlines Theatre on Broadway (227 West 42nd St).

Cast to feature Peter Weller as Frank Lloyd Wright, Harris Yulin as Louis Sullivan, Chris Henry Coffey, Holley Fain, Mary Beth Fisher, Maggie Siff, Jeremy Strong and Jay Whittaker

Philly's top theaters are honored at the Merriam Theater.

A weekly column on Broadway, Baltimore, and Washington Theater.

Sprint's longstanding sponsorship of the American Theatre Wing's Tony Awards will expand this year as the company partners with The Broadway Channel to produce 'Broadway star interviews at the Tonys' -- a red carpet exclusive with video clips streamed only to Sprint TV

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The Drama League (Jano Herbosch, President; Roger T. Danforth and Gabriel Shanks, Co-Managing Directors) proudly announces nominations for the 2005-06 Drama League Awards, to be awarded at the 72nd Annual Drama League Awards Ceremony and Luncheon on Friday, May 5, 2006 (Noon) at the Marriott Marquis Hotel in Times Square.

Playwrights Horizons (Tim Sanford, Artistic Director; Leslie Marcus, Managing Director) has announced additional casting and new details for the company's final production of its 2005/2006 35th Anniversary Season, the World Premiere of THE BUSY WORLD IS HUSHED, a new play by Keith Bunin (The Credeaux Canvas and The World Over, both at Playwrights Horizons).

Comic, former child star, outspoken activist, and 2006 TV Land Award winner Alison Arngrim--who played the badly-behaved Nellie Oleson on 'Little House on the Prairie' for seven years--will return to New York with Confessions of a Prairie Bitch on May 12 and 13 at The Cutting Room

The Drama League (Jano Herbosch, President) is proud to announce the recipients of its three annual specialty awards which will be presented at The 72nd Annual Awards Ceremony and Luncheon on Friday, May 5, 2006 (12 p.m.).

So In Love: A Night of Romance at the Rainbow Room will be held tonight on February 13th

Michael Cerveris, Kelli O'Hara, Aaron Lazar, Rachel York and the cast of Jersey Boys will join the stellar cast of So In Love: A Night of Romance at the Rainbow Room, which will be performed on February 13th

Broadway luminaries Harry Connick Jr., Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Julia Murney, Mary Testa, Marian Seldes, Richard Easton and Katie Clarke have just been added to the roster of stars appearing in 'SO IN LOVE: A NIGHT OF ROMANCE AT THE RAINBOW ROOM,' the 21st annual spring gala benefit concert for The Drama League on Monday, February 13, 2006 at The Rainbow Room in New York City (30 Rockefeller Plaza, 65th Floor).