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Tony Award nominee Kathleen Chalfant will star as Miss Havisham in the world premiere stage adaptation of Charles Dickens' Great Expectations, presented by TheatreworksUSA and running from November 8th through December 3rd

The Committee Theatre will present the New York premiere of I (Heart) Kant, a new play by Ken Urban, directed by Dylan McCullough, from September 8th through October 2nd

On August 8th, Logan Lipton succeeded Robb Sapp as enamoured munchkin Boq, while Steven Skybell replaced Sean McCourt as the kind-hearted Dr. Dillamond in Broadway's Wicked

This collection of songs by Bill Weeden is a welcome throwback to the type of simple, sophisticated musical revues featuring clever, intelligent lyrics that used to provide fizzy nightcaps for post-theatre crowds

Talented cast and energetic dancing help this production slide by despite uneven direction and weak production values. * * 1/2 (our of five)

Julia Murney, Mary Testa, Nancy Anderson and Liz Callaway have joined the 2nd Annual Broadway Cabaret Festival

The new A.R. Gurney play Indian Blood, presented by Primary Stages, opened at 59E59 Theaters on August 9th after beginning previews on July 25th

Opera Pacific will present a full concert version of Gershwin's Porgy and Bess (October 4-5, 2006) during the opening celebration for the Renée and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall at Segerstrom Center for the Arts, which is part of the Orange County Performing Arts Center's expansion

Lisa Howard will perform at The After Party on August 11th

Martin Short: Fame Becomes Me, a new musical starring the Tony Award-winning funnyman, will open on Broadway at the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre (242 West 45th Street) on Thursday, August 17, 2006; previews started Saturday, July 29.

The York Theatre Company will present Take Me Along, Carmelina and Plain and Fancy as part of its 2006-2007 Musicals in Mufti season

Elegies, Baby and It's a Bird, It's a Plane, It's Superman will comprise Reprise! Broadway's Best's 2006-2007 'Marvelous Musical Mondays' season in Los Angeles

Following sell-out seasons in the UK, Ireland and Australia, Irish chanteuse Camille O'Sullivan will make her U.S. debut in her show 'Camille - La Fille Du Cirque' at The Spiegeltent on September 5, 13 and 19

Casting has been announced for Boomerang Theatre Company's 8th season of Boomerang In Rep, beginning September 7th - October 1st

Seattle's 5th Avenue Theatre will kick off its 2006-2007 Season with the national tour of Bombay Dreams, the spectacular musical set amid India's bustling Bollywood film industry, from September 12th through October 1st

On August 12th, the York Theatre Company will present the revue 'If You Really Knew Me,' featuring Marymount Manhattan College students singing the work of emerging musical theatre writers

Usdan Center for the Creative and Performing Arts will offer the workshop 'The Craft of Broadway' on September 16th and 17th as part of its Summer in September workshop series

Several FringeNYC shows have sold out individual performances; the festival begins on August 11th

The Obie Award-winning National Asian American Theatre Company (NAATCO) is currently presenting French playwright Pierre Marivaux's 18th century romantic comedy The Dispute, directed by Jean Randich -- performed by an all Asian-American cast.