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Creation: A Clown Story Helps Adults and Children Have a Good Time

American Conservatory Theater's Young Conservatory will open its 2006-07 season with Horton Foote's unflinching coming-of-age drama 'Laura Dennis,' running August 18 through 27 at the Zeum Theater.

Williamstown Theatre Festival scores big with East Coast Premiere

The Wedding Singer star Laura Benanti will be out of the show for 4-6 weeks on medical leave. During that time, standby Tina Maddigan will play the lead.

Actor Matthew Arkin made his Broadway debut as Lucas in Neil Simon's Laughter on the 23rd Floor. He recently completed shooting a role in the new untitled Noah Baumbach project with Nicole Kidman, Jack Black and Jennifer Jason Leigh. In addition, Arkin also finished a guest spot on the 'Law and Order: SVU,' which is scheduled to air this fall.

'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!

BroadwayWorld was there for the conclusion of the 'Broadway in Bryant Park' concerts, featuring performances by The Fantasticks, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee and more, on August 10th!

Casting has been announced for the WorkShop Theater Company's production of Intellectuals by Scott C. Sickles

Full casting has been set for the upcoming national tour of Sweet Charity, starring Molly Ringwald as vulnerable taxi dancer Charity Hope Valentine

eBay is currently offering six items from the Center Theater Group

The Actors' Fund's Auction of 1000 Stars, which began on Monday, July 24th, continues, with all proceeds to benefit the Actors' Fund. However, some individual auctions are closing.

La Jolla Playhouse and San Diego Opera have been announced as recipients of two generous, newly instituted grants from The James Irvine Foundation

A starry cast has been assembled for A.R. Gurney's canine comedy Sylvia, running from August 28th through September 9th at the Cape Playhouse in Cape Cod, MA

Legendary composer/lyricist Stephen Sondheim will no longer appear before the Ravinia Festival in Chicago's August 11th performance of Gypsy, starring Tony Award-winner Patti LuPone as Rose.

Black Moon Theatre Company will present The Kafka Series-- Rene Migliaccio's world-premiere multi-media adaptation of The Trial and his acclaimed multi-media adaptation of The Metamorphosis, both based on the classic novels of Franz Kafka -- performed in repertory, September 15-October 28

On August 22nd, a new CD with a new record company will be hitting the streets. Jekyll and Hyde Resurrection CD recorded on Global Vision Records, a newly formed record company that features contemporary theatrical recordings

The new cast album of A Chorus Line, featuring a bonus track, will be recorded on August 14th and released on October 3rd