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On February 18 and 19, La MaMa will host an open house, 'New Voices Heard,' featuring a sampling of eight plays that were developed during the summer of 2008 in the La MaMa Umbria International Playwrights Retreat. This free event will take place at La MaMa La Galleria, 6 East First Street, Manhattan (between Second Avenue and Bowery), Manhattan. Admission is free. Excerpts of eight plays will be presented. Seven will be staged readings and one will be fully acted.

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.

April Nixon performs 'Breakthrough' featuring songs of Larry O'Keefe and Nell Benjamin, and Kenny Kacmar and Joe Miloscia, and special guests Norm Lewis, Marcus Paul James, and Lisa Nicole Wilkerson on May 12th and 19th.

Cheyenne Jackson, Randy Graff and Ana Gasteyer will join previously announced cast members Sean Hayes and Jane Krakowski in DAMN YANKEES running July 5 - 27, 2008 at New York City Center (55th Street between 6th & 7th Avenues). Damn Yankees will be directed by John Rando with Music Direction by Rob Berman and the original Bob Fosse choreography recreated by Mary MacLeod. A July 10 opening is planned.

Manhattan Theatre Club has announced its upcoming Broadway production of William Inge's Come Back, Little Sheba will be directed by Michael Pressman and will star Emmy- and Golden Globe Award-winner and Tony Award nominee S. Epatha Merkerson.

'The only thing I've ever wanted to do in my entire life is to be on Broadway' ~ Audra McDonald upon winning her fourth Tony Award and Broadway is all the better for it!

CenterStage presents THE MURDER OF ISAAC by Motti Lerner through March 12. Perfs: Tues - Sat at 8PM, Sun at 730PM, matinees Sat & Sun at 2PM, Wed, March 1 & 8 at 1PM. Tix: $10 - $60. Senior & Student Discounts: ? price day of show; College Night in advance, ? price Thursday, February 23rd. Groups of 15+: call 410.986.4008 or groups@centerstage.org. Box Office: 410.332.0033 or centerstage.org.

Irene Lewis directs American Premiere by Israeli playwright Motti Lerner

Café Carlyle (located in The Carlyle Hotel, Madison Avenue at 76th Street), announces the return engagement of UTE LEMPER, international star of stage and screen (Chicago, Cabaret, Cats) and screen (Pret-A-Porter) for a three-week engagement beginning February 7th.

Performances of THE PAJAMA GAME will begin Friday, January 27th on Broadway at the American Airlines Theatre with the official opening set for Thursday, March 2nd. The limited engagement is scheduled to run 20 weeks through June 18th, 2006.

Broadway's Lost Treasures III, which will premiere on PBS on August 7th, will offer up a treasure trove of Tony Awards rarities from the past

SHAMELESS! The Life and Times of Laura Bell Bundy will be hitting the stage of Joe's Pub this October! The one-woman show will be produced by Lynn Shaw and directed by Jamie McGonnigal