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Michael Riedel reports in the New York Post this morning that Patrick Cassidy is at work on a new piece about his father, the late musical actor Jack Cassidy, who died in an accidental fire at the age of 49. The younger Cassidy is developing a one-man show about Jack, with the help of some of Jack's old friends, including Hal Prince and John McMartin.

So, dear readers, I know you're used to me writing about all things Seattle Theater related but I'm currently out on my pilgrimage to Mecca (as it were) visiting New York to see some of the new shows (both on and off Broadway) they have to offer.

What's more fun - being the President of the United States or playing the President of the United States in a David Mamet comedy with more than 75% of the line load and never leaving the stage?

What's more fun - being the President of the United States or playing the President of the United States in a David Mamet comedy with more than 75% of the line load and never leaving the stage?

HollywoodChicago.com offers an all expenses paid flyaway package for the upcoming movie, 'Dinner For Schmucks.' The film, which stars Steve Carel and Paul Rudd, opens on July 30th.

Bulgarians, Russians, Austrians, Serbs, and a Swiss--it's an international carnivale, a study into human happiness and the self-woven tapestry of truths and falsehoods that define ourselves, as the Spotlighters Theatre presents George Bernard Shaw's 'Arms and the Man.'

Mark Rylance (Valere), David Hyde Pierce (Elomire) and Joanna Lumley (The Princess) are joined by Stephen Ouimette (Bejart), Lisa Joyce (Marquise-Therese Du Parc), Greta Lee (Dorine), Robert Lonsdale (Rene Du Parc), Michael Milligan (De Brie), Liza Sadovy (Catherine De Brie) and Sally Wingert (Madeleine Bejart) in Matthew Warchus' production of David Hirson's La Bête.

ACT - A Contemporary Theatre splashes into summer with the continuation of its SOIL at ACT window displays, the irreverent satire The Female of the Species by Joanna Murray-Smith, then shifts to edge-of-your-seat intrigue with the Seattle premiere of Yankee Tavern by acclaimed playwright Steven Dietz.

ACT - A Contemporary Theatre splashes into summer with the continuation of its SOIL at ACT window displays, the irreverent satire The Female of the Species by Joanna Murray-Smith, then shifts to edge-of-your-seat intrigue with the Seattle premiere of Yankee Tavern by acclaimed playwright Steven Dietz.

The Lyric Hammersmith aims to produce work that is provoking, entertaining, popular, eclectic, messy, contradictory and diverse. We want to be at the heart of our community as well as being internationally recognised.

Machine Theatre will be holding auditions for its July production of THOMTHOM (IF THAT BIRD WON'T SING) on Monday, April 26 at Plaza Presbyterian Church, located at 2304 The Plaza Charlotte, NC 28205. Auditions are from 6-9 pm. The show will rehearse the month of June (with a few meetings to work on music in May) and perform the first three weeks of July. Auditionees should come dressed to move and prepared to do cold readings from the text. Call backs, if needed, will be held on Thursday April 29th 6pm at the same location.

The Lyric Hammersmith aims to produce work that is provoking, entertaining, popular, eclectic, messy, contradictory and diverse. We want to be at the heart of our community as well as being internationally recognised.

Machine Theatre will be holding auditions for its July production of THOMTHOM (IF THAT BIRD WON'T SING) on Monday, April 26 at Plaza Presbyterian Church, located at 2304 The Plaza Charlotte, NC 28205. Auditions are from 6-9 pm. The show will rehearse the month of June (with a few meetings to work on music in May) and perform the first three weeks of July. Auditionees should come dressed to move and prepared to do cold readings from the text. Call backs, if needed, will be held on Thursday April 29th 6pm at the same location.

The Lyric Hammersmith aims to produce work that is provoking, entertaining, popular, eclectic, messy, contradictory and diverse. We want to be at the heart of our community as well as being internationally recognised.

What a busy week it's been at Center Stage. Sunday was their very successful Radio Auction. The American premiere of Let There Be Love ends Sunday March 7 and a trio of three short works entitled Working It Out (by Aaron Sorkin, Lynn Rosen, and Rick Cleveland) runs to March 28.

So Long on Lonely Street is dramatic comedy, written by Sandra Deer and directed by Joe Merck, set in a rundown old southern house on 25 acres of valuable land, and is the gathering of the Vaughnum family for the reading of crotchety old Aunt Pearl's will. The secrets of three generations are revealed slowly as the potential heirs try to decide who is the rightful owner of the property.

WESTPORT COMMUNITY THEATRE announces AUDITIONS for The Hound Of the Baskervilles by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle & Adapted for the Stage by F. Andrew Leslie.

WESTPORT COMMUNITY THEATRE announces AUDITIONS for The Hound Of the Baskervilles by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle & Adapted for the Stage by F. Andrew Leslie.

WESTPORT COMMUNITY THEATRE announces AUDITIONS for The Hound Of the Baskervilles by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle & Adapted for the Stage by F. Andrew Leslie.

In an industry as unpredictable as show business, it is truly a unique experience to meet one of the longtime greats - a performer who has done everything from Broadway to off-Broadway, film, television, children's specials and variety circuits, who been everywhere from London to Abu Dhabi and back over the course of a nearly 45 year career. It is particularly exciting to be sitting next to this same someone, who I personally grew up watching on T.V. in shows and specials like the unforgettable 'Roots,' and who created some of the most famous roles in show business that have been copied thousands of times by professionals, amateurs and students alike, including 'Judas Iscariot' in Jesus Christ Superstar (Tony nomination), and 'Leading Player' in Pippin (Tony Award). This is a man who has made almost as much of a a name for himself on stage as he has off as an activist for diabetes awareness and arts in education, a motivational speaker, acting coach, mentor, and lecturer in black history (amongst other things) throughout the country.

Following his successful first season as Lyric Artistic Director, Sean Holmes announces new productions to complete the spring season for the theatre. The season includes collaborations with some of the most exciting and innovative UK companies and artists.

American Conservatory Theater (A.C.T.) has announced that the West Coast premiere of David Mamet's presidential farce November has been extended by popular demand through Sunday, November 22, 2009. Directed by Ron Lagomarsino, November will have six additional performances: 8 p.m. performances Wednesday, November 18, through Saturday, November 21, with 2 p.m. matinees on Saturday, November 21, and Sunday, November 22.

American Conservatory Theater (A.C.T.) has announced that the West Coast premiere of David Mamet's presidential farce November has been extended by popular demand through Sunday, November 22, 2009. Directed by Ron Lagomarsino, November will have six additional performances: 8 p.m. performances Wednesday, November 18, through Saturday, November 21, with 2 p.m. matinees on Saturday, November 21, and Sunday, November 22.

American Conservatory Theater (A.C.T.) continues its ongoing relationship with Tony Award- and Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright David Mamet with the West Coast premiere of his hilarious presidential farce November, directed by the acclaimed Ron Lagomarsino (The Gamester and The Imaginary Invalid at A.C.T.).

American Conservatory Theater (A.C.T.) continues its ongoing relationship with Tony Award- and Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright David Mamet with the West Coast premiere of his hilarious presidential farce November, directed by the acclaimed Ron Lagomarsino (The Gamester and The Imaginary Invalid at A.C.T.).