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The Marvelous Wonderettes OriginalCast Recording will be released by PS Classics, the label dedicated to the heritage ofBroadway and American popular song. The recording session will take place on Thursday,September 18. The CD will be produced by Grammy® Award-winning producer Jeffrey Lesserand is slated for release on November 11.

Writers' Theatre Artistic Director Michael Halberstam and Executive Director Kathryn M. Lipuma announce William Inge's Picnic directed by David Cromer. The production runs September 16-November 16, 2008, at Writers' Theatre, 325 Tudor Court in Glencoe.

Soho Rep launches the 10th season of its highly popular WRITER/DIRECTOR LAB READING SERIES, readings of the very newest work by writers and directors at Soho Rep on Monday, April 7 at 7pm with, playwright Mike Daisey's THE MOON IS A DEAD WORLD, directed by Maria Goyanes -- the first of six new plays commissioned for the lab.

We interview director Jerry Rapier and playwright Carol Lynn Pearson of the new Off Broadway show, the powerful Mormon drama, Facing East.

Honoring the 30th birthday of the late Matthew Shepard, an all-star benefit reading of Moises Kaufman's The Laramie Project took place at the Town Hall Theater in Times Square on December 1st

Mary-Louise Parker, Joshua Jackson, Kathy Najimy and James Murtaugh have joined the previously announced all-star cast of the December 1st reading of The Laramie Project

On December 1, 2006, the Matthew Shepard Foundation will honor Moises Kaufman's acclaimed play The Laramie Project with a reading that will feature Stockard Channing, Judith Light and more

Part II of II: Members of the cast of Southern Baptist Sissies, the acclaimed production at Baltimore's Spotlighters Theatre on Gay/Straight relations, Dolly, Reba and Wynonna, and Family.

The complete cast is now set for the upcoming Public Theater Shakespeare in the Park production of Macbeth, starring Liev Schreiber and Jennifer Ehle; it will begin performances at the Delacorte Theare in Central Park on June 13th for a run through July 7th

The Public Theater's Artistic Director Oskar Eustis and Executive Director Mara Manus announce that The Public Theater's 2006 Summer Gala will bring the Public's 50th Anniversary Season to a close by honoring Kevin Kline and Meryl Streep, two prominent actors who have made significant artistic contributions to The Public Theater over the last four decades.

The Theatre Outlet presents the world-premiere of MEN OF CLAY, a comedy written and directed by Jeff Cohen (founder of the award-winning Worth Street Theater Company). Matthew Arkin and Obie Award winner Steve Ratazzzi join the previously announced Danton Stone in a cast that also includes Daniel Ahearn, Victor Barbella and Gabrielle Maisels.

Teens and their families are invited to discuss bullying and peer violence at an open forum led by a panel of scholars, lawmakers and peers, including: NYC Council Member ALAN JAY GERSON,New York Times bestselling author RACHEL SIMMONS, 14 year-old, Paperboy author OMARI JEREMIAH.