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The U.S. Senate issued a unanimous consent confirmation of Rocco Landesman as the next Chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts yesterday. In his first sit-down interview since his nomination by President Obama, Landesman spoke to The New York Times about the road ahead as NEA Chairman.

The New Victory Theater, New York's Theater for Kids and Families, Announces 2009-10 Season. Season Launches with Scottish Theater Festival. Followed by a Holiday Reunion for The Flaming Idiots, An Anglo-glam Opera, 'Under The Radar' Theater, and Much, Much More! September 18, 2009 through May 23, 2010.

Americans for the Arts President and CEO Robert L. Lynch issued the following statement on the U.S. Senate's unanimous consent confirmation of Rocco Landesman as the next Chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts:

The New Victory Theater, New York's Theater for Kids and Families, Announces 2009-10 Season. Season Launches with Scottish Theater Festival. Followed by a Holiday Reunion for The Flaming Idiots, An Anglo-glam Opera, 'Under The Radar' Theater, and Much, Much More! September 18, 2009 through May 23, 2010.

President Obama said, ?This impressive group of people will add valued voices to my administration as we work to tackle the many challenges our nation faces. I am grateful for their decision to serve, and I am confident they will work hard as we put our country on a path towards prosperity and security.?

The New York Times is reporting that theatrical producer and race-track aficionado, Rocco Landesman, who brought hits like 'Big River,' 'Angels in America' and 'The Producers' to Broadway, has been nominated as the next chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts.

Finian's Rainbow, which just ended a critically acclaimed five-performance run at New York City Center's Encores! series last weekend, will move to Broadway's St. James Theatre in the fall. Producers David Richenthal and Jack Viertel announced that the show, which hasn't been seen on Broadway since 1960 (it premiered in 1947), will be adapted from the Encores! concert presentation into a full production.

Eight new productions, four of which are company premieres, will highlight the Metropolitan Opera's 2009-10 season. General Manager Peter Gelb and Music Director James Levine jointly announced plans that include: the Met premieres of Rossini's Armida, Verdi's Attila, Jan?ček's From the House of the Dead, and Shostakovich's The Nose; new productions of Bizet's Carmen, Offenbach's Les Contes d'Hoffmann, Thomas's Hamlet, and Puccini's Tosca; and 18 revivals from the company's repertory. The season is the first to be entirely planned under Gelb's leadership, in collaboration with Levine (the past three seasons were planned before Gelb became General Manager in 2006-07 but included some productions, repertoire, and casting changes made by Gelb).

Playwrights Horizons (Tim Sanford, Artistic Director; Leslie Marcus, Managing Director) New York premiere of PRAYER FOR MY ENEMY, a new play by two-time Tony Award nominee, Pulitzer Prize finalist and two-time Obie Award winner Craig Lucas (Small Tragedy at Playwrights Horizons, The Light in the Piazza, Prelude to a Kiss, Reckless, The Dying Gaul) officially opens tonight Off-Broadway.

Previews will begin tomorrow, Friday, November 14 at 8PM for the Playwrights Horizons (Tim Sanford, Artistic Director; Leslie Marcus, Managing Director) New York premiere of PRAYER FOR MY ENEMY, a new play by two-time Tony Award nominee, Pulitzer Prize finalist and two-time Obie Award winner Craig Lucas (Small Tragedy at Playwrights Horizons, The Light in the Piazza, Prelude to a Kiss, Reckless, The Dying Gaul).

Previews will begin today, Friday, November 14 at 8PM for the Playwrights Horizons (Tim Sanford, Artistic Director; Leslie Marcus, Managing Director) New York premiere of PRAYER FOR MY ENEMY, a new play by two-time Tony Award nominee, Pulitzer Prize finalist and two-time Obie Award winner Craig Lucas (Small Tragedy at Playwrights Horizons, The Light in the Piazza, Prelude to a Kiss, Reckless, The Dying Gaul).

Rehearsals are now underway for the Playwrights Horizons (Tim Sanford, Artistic Director; Leslie Marcus, Managing Director) New York premiere of PRAYER FOR MY ENEMY, a new play by two-time Tony Award nominee, Pulitzer Prize finalist and two-time Obie Award winner Craig Lucas (Small Tragedy at Playwrights Horizons, The Light in the Piazza, Prelude to a Kiss, Reckless, The Dying Gaul).

B.B. King Blues Club and Grill and The Highline Ballroom, two of the nation's most respected music venues and New York's premier home for Broadway stars and cabaret, present their schedule of performances, with recently added or altered shows.

Playwrights Horizons (Tim Sanford, Artistic Director; Leslie Marcus, Managing Director) has announced additional casting and details for the third production of its 2008/2009 Season, the New York premiere of PRAYER FOR MY ENEMY, a new play by two-time Tony Award nominee, two-time Pulitzer Prize finalist and two-time Obie Award winner Craig Lucas (Small Tragedy at Playwrights Horizons, The Light in the Piazza, Prelude to a Kiss, Reckless, The Dying Gaul). PRAYER FOR MY ENEMY is the first of two plays by Mr. Lucas that will receive their New York premiere this season.

New York City Opera General Manager-Designate Gerard Mortier is very pleased to announce that Maestro George Manahan has renewed his contract as Music Director of the New York City Opera through 2012.

According to this morning's New York Post, John Lithgow will be cast to lead a coming Broadway revival of Arthur Miller's All My Sons. No further details on cast, theatre or dates were announced.

New York City Opera presents its 2006-7 awards for artistic excellence today, April 17, at a luncheon at the Carlyle Hotel. The awards and the recipients are as follows.

Four new principals will join the cast of Les Miserables, beginning Tuesday, April 24th at the Broadhurst Theatre

Marc Kudisch and Judy Kaye have signed on to headline the Reprise! Broadway's Best staged concert production of the Kander and Ebb musical Zorba from May 2nd through 14th at the UCLA Freud Playhouse

John Lithgow has been cast as a new character--a ruthless producer--in the upcoming film version of Dreamgirls

On February 15th, Christopher Hampton's play Embers, starring Jeremy Irons, will open in London

Jeremy Irons will make his long-awaited return to the London stage in Embers, a new play by Christopher Hampton and directed by Michael Blakemore that will open on March 1st, 2006

Acclaimed theater company Playwrights Horizons (Tim Sanford, Artistic Director; Leslie Marcus, Managing Director) has announced it will present the return of its unique and second-annual benefit evening 'STORIES ON 5 STORIES' on Monday, November 14.

Hoty, Newman and Bogardus will be featured in the cast of the Civil Light Opera's production of Sondheim's A Little Night Music which runs from June 7th-12th

Jeremy Irons will play opposite Melissa Errico in the Hollywood Bowl's August 14th presentation of Lerner and Loewe's Camelot