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1000 lucky High School Musical super fans selected via call-in opportunities on Radio Disney, KIIS-FM and KABC-TV to show their HSM spirit. WHAT: Welcoming the ultimate High School Musical super fans, the 'High School Musical 3: Senior Year' Pep Rally will get fans pumped up for the film's October 24th opening.

Broadway and film actor Ned Eisenberg, Tony Award winner Dick Latessa, Emmy nominee Richard Masur and others will join previously announced Academy Award winner Marisa Tomei to read the classic play 'Golden Boy,' written by Clifford Odets and directed by Joanne Woodward, on Monday, August 25, 7 p.m., at Westport Country Playhouse (Joanne Woodward and Anne Keefe, artistic directors, and Jodi Schoenbrun Carter, managing director).

The 20th Anniversary revival of DAVID MAMET's Speed-The-Plow is proud to announce it will now begin previews at the ETHEL BARRYMORE THEATRE (located at 243 West 47th St.) on Friday, October 3, 2008 with a new official opening set for Thursday, October 23rd, 2008 at 7pm.

Steppenwolf Theatre Company launches its 2008-2009 season, an exploration of the imagination, with the world premiere of Kafka on the Shore, adaptd for the stage and directed by ensemble member Frank Galati, based on the book by Haruki Murakami.

Tickets for the upcoming Broadway production of IRVING BERLIN'S WHITE CHRISTMAS will go on sale exclusively to American Express® card members this Wednesday, August 20th through Wednesday, September 17th. Preferred seating will be available to Gold Card, Platinum Card® and Centurion® members. Tickets will go sale to the general public on Sunday, September 21st, 2008

TUTS' Humphreys School of Musical Theatre is thrilled to announce its fifth annual ACT@TUTS (Apprentice Conservatory Training at Theatre Under The Stars) program will present the Southwest Regional Premiere of Disney's Geppetto & Son a new stage musical based on Disney's made for television movie 'Geppetto.'

59E59 Theaters (Elysabeth Kleinhans, Artistic Director; Peter Tear, Executive Producer) is proud to announce the first production in 1st IRISH 2008, the Origin Theater Company production of END OF LINES, an evening of five short plays inspired by journeys on the NYC subway, written by Gary Duggan, Abbie Spallen, Ursula Rani Sarma, Pat Kinevane and Morna Regan. Directed by David Sullivan, Julia Gibson, Fiana Toibin and Alyse Rothman, END OF LINES begins performances on Saturday, September 6 and runs through Sunday, September 28.

The Warren, RI theater finishes up it summer with a light, breezy comedy

59E59 Theaters (Elysabeth Kleinhans, Artistic Director; Peter Tear, Executive Producer) is proud to announce the line up for New York City's first Irish theater festival, 1st IRISH 2008.

Steppenwolf Theatre Company has launched a free, bi-weekly podcast featuring unique interviews with Steppenwolf artists about their work on-stage and behind-the-scenes, hosted by Associate Artistic Director David New. New podcast episodes are available every other Wednesday on Steppenwolf's website and iTunes.

People Magazine is reporting that soccer star and model David Beckham is currently in talks to have his life story turned into a musical.

For the first time under the leadership of Artistic Director Bonnie J. Monte, The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey will present the American classic A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams.

Producer Adam Epstein announced today that the Broadway bound production of GODSPELL previously scheduled to play the Ethel Barrymore Theatre (243 West 47th Street) has been postponed. The production was to have begun preview performances on Monday, September 29, 2008 with an opening night of Thursday, October 23, 2008.

President and Executive Producer Denton Yockey is proud to announce the production schedule for Casa Mañana's 2008 - 2009 Broadway At The Bass Season.

Joining the company of the Miami production will be producer Steve Kopelman who counts 27 years in the 'haunt' industry with attractions across the U.S. including Arizona, Texas, North Carolina, and New Mexico. Current productions include Thrillvania (www.thrillvania.com) and The Nest (www.frightened.com.) Kopelman is also an owner of the premier online haunted house directory, www.hauntedhouse.com.

Primary Stages (Casey Childs, Executive Producer; Andrew Leynse, Artistic Director; Elliot Fox, Managing Director) has announced complete casting for its 24th season New York premiere of A Body of Water by Lee Blessing. Maria Mileaf (Going to St. Ives) returns to Primary Stages to direct the three-member cast that features Margaret Colin (Old Acquaintance) as Avis, Laura Odeh (The Rivals) as Wren and David Rasche (Getting and Spending, Speed-the-Plow) as Moss.

Writer Tom Jones joined by cast members Nick Spangler and Margaret Anne Florence, of the Broadway musical The Fantasticks, will visit the New York Stock Exchange and ring The Closing Bell on Tues., August 19.

Victory Gardens Theater, Chicago's #1 presenter of new work, announced today it will present the Midwest premiere of British playwright David Harrower's provocative drama Blackbird as the final production of its 2008-2009 season.

A new play by David Hare, GETHSEMANE, opens at the Cottesloe on 11 November, directed by Howard Davies. The cast includes Anthony Calf, Tamsin Greig, Jessica Raine, Daniel Ryan, Stanley Townsend and Nicola Walker

FIREBONE THEATRE COMPANY is pleased to announce the US premiere production of REFUGE OF LIES, directed by Steve Day.

For members of BroadwayWorld.com, midnight performances of Absinthe & Desir have been discounted to $55 and $45 (regularly $75 and $69) for a limited time only.

Atlantic Theater Company (Neil Pepe, Artistic Director; Andrew D. Hamingson, Managing Director) is proud to announce that Peter Bartlett (The New Century, The Drowsy Chaperone) will star opposite two-time Tony Award® nominee David Pittu (Is He Dead?, LoveMusik), in the world premiere production of WHAT'S THAT SMELL: THE MUSIC OF JACOB STERLING, featuring original music by Randy Redd.

GHOSTLIGHT RECORDS, a division of Sh-K-Boom Records, is proud to announce the premiere recording of Little Fish, which was called 'a stylish new musical' by The New York Times.