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Casting has been announced for Birth and After Birth, the new play by Tina Howe that will begin previews at the Atlantic Theater Company on September 13th for an October 3rd opening; it will run through October 29th

Roundabout Theatre Company has announced the full company for the national touring production of their Broadway smash hit Twelve Angry Men, written by Reginald Rose and directed by Scott Ellis

The Actors Theatre of San Francisco proudly presents Horton Foote's acclaimed play, The Trip to Bountiful, through September 9.

'The Light in the Piazza,' beginning its national tour in San Francisco, features a glowing cast and sweeping beauty!

San Francisco's New Conservatory Theatre Center opened their 12th Pride Season with the stirring play, Kiss of the Spider Woman, which began performances August 11 and continues until September 17.

The Richmond/Ermet AIDS Foundation presents a One Night Only Cabaret featuring combined company members from the cast of A Chorus Line and the national tour of The Light in the Piazza, Monday, August 21 at 7:30PM at Club Fugazi.

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The Laurie Beechman Theatre will welcome celebrated vocalist Barbara Brussell to its stage, for one special performance only on Sunday, August 20th at 4pm

On September 6th, the Public Theater will hold a free reading of David Hare's Stuff Happens

A theatre, opening dates and a creative team have been set for the upcoming Broadway production of Joan Didion's The Year of Magical Thinking, starring the previously-announced Vanessa Redgrave

Pulse Ensemble Theatre's outdoor production of Romeo and Juliet continues through August 27th in Harlem

Two new musicals have been announced as part of the York Theatre Company's Developmental Reading Series

The Korean musical retelling of the life of Mary Magdalene, Maria Maria, will play NYMF from September 22nd through October 15th

Tony Award-winner Victoria Clark has found her next role--vulnerable ex-showgirl Sally Durant Plummer in the upcoming Encores! staged concert presentation of Stephen Sondheim and James Goldman's Follies, which will run from February 8th through 11th at City Center

A Norwegian production of Peer Gynt--the poetic drama by that country's most famous dramatist--will be presented at the Delacorte Theatre in Central Park for three performances from October 5th through 7th

Richard Skipper, an acclaimed Carol Channing impersonator, will appear at two venues next month

The Spotlight: LA's Broadway Cabaret will present Rachel York (Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Victor/Victoria, City of Angels) and Nita Whitaker ('Star Search' Grand Champion, American Premiere of Ragtime) on Friday, August 18, 2006 at 9:00pm at the Ten20 Lounge located at the BelAge Hotel in West Hollywood

Alison Pill, who received a Tony nomination for her performance in The Lieutenant of Inishmore, will join Jeff Daniels (Fifth of July, films such as The Squid and the Whale) in the American premiere of David Harrower's drama Blackbird, which will begin previews on March 15th, 2007, and open on April 10th on MTC's Stage I.

The Laurie Beechman Theatre, located within The West Bank Café (407 West 42nd St.), is pleased to continue THE AFTER PARTY, an informal social gathering for the theatrically inclined.

Members of the cast of Broadway's Rent, The Wedding Singer, Avenue Q, Wicked, Tarzan and Jersey Boys will be appearing in Songs for Soraya, a special benefit concert for 9 year-old Soroya Jackson.