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This month, Rick McKay and Midge Woolsey will co-host the PBS national pledge drive premiere of McKay's award-winning 'Broadway: The Golden Age;' interviews with Liza Minnelli will be featured

Judy Blazer, Terri Klausner and more will sing the songs of Steve Marzullo at the Laurie Beechman Theatre on August 7th

On August 18th, Kerry Butler and more will star in a reading of Crimes of the Heart, directed by Kathleen Turner, at the Williamstown Theatre Festival

WHAT: This Won't Take Long, a play by David M. Korn WHERE: The NY International Fringe Festival at 13th Street Repertory Company, 50 West 13th Street WHEN: August 13, 16, 23-26 (Times Vary) INFO: www.thiswonttakelong.net

On August 3rd, Faith Healer, starring Ralph Fiennes and Cherry Jones, offered a special performance to benefit the Actors' Fund of America, and stars such as Billy Porter, Michael Cerveris and Kathy Brier turned out to catch the show

On Sunday, August 20th (at 9:30 PM) and Monday, August 21st (at 7 PM), Daniel Reichard--currently appearing as Four Season Bob Gaudio in Broadway's Jersey Boys--will head to Joe's Pub for his concert 'Glory Daze'

The Williamstown Theatre Festival's new production of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, starring Emmy Rossum and Austin Lysy and directed by Will Frears (The Water's Edge), runs August 2-13

Sharon Lawrence, John O'Hurley, Tom Wopat, Paige Davis, Chuck Cooper, Lynda Carter and more have signed on to the gala 10th anniversary performance of Chicago on November 14th

Full casting, as well as a tour schedule, has been announced for the upcoming tour of James Kirkwood's claw-baring comedy Legends, featuring 'Dynasty' co-stars Joan Collins and Linda Evans

Theatre veterans Barbara Bryne, Dennis Creaghan, Allan Corduner, Randall Newsome, Charlotte Parry and Henry Stram will headline the upcoming McCarter Theatre production of Harold Pinter's The Birthday Party

The WorkShop Theater Company will present Intellectuals by Scott C. Sickles, directed by David Gautschy, from September 11th through 30th

Ghostlight Records will record the cast album of The Fantasticks, the whimsical Jones and Schmidt musical that is currently receiving an Off-Broadway revival at the Snapple Theater Center (210 West 50th Street at Broadway), where it began previews on July 29th.

Max von Essen, Jenny Powers, Nick Wyman, Ginifer King and more will headline the cast of the new musical Desperate Measures, running as part of the New York Musical Theatre Festival from September 12th through 24th at the 45th Street Theatre

Due to scheduling conflicts, Wayne Brady has withdrawn from the eagerly anticipated La Jolla Playhouse revival of The Wiz; Rashad Naylor has replaced him as Scarecrow

The American Musical Theatre of San Jose presents the West Coast premiere of Brooklyn, the musical…starring American Idol finalist Diana DeGarmo, with Tony Award-winners Melba Moore and Cleavant Derricks.

Charles S. Dutton and S. Epatha Merkerson may be bringing their tribute to the late great playwright August Wilson to a New York theatre

The Maternal Instinct, a new play by Monica Bauer, will play its final performances on August 5th and August 6th

The producers of the revival of Tom Jones and Harvey Schmidt's The Fantasticks announced today that Burke Moses, who created the role of Gaston in Disney's Beauty and the Beast, will assume the role of El Gallo from James Moye

On August 2nd, [title of show]'s Hunter Bell, Jeff Bowen, Heidi Blickenstaff and Susan Blackwell performed a half-hour concert of songs from the show and signed CDs as part of the 'Any Wednesday' series, which took place at Tower Records at Lincoln Center

Full casting has been announced for Ravinia's Gypsy, running August 11th through 13th; in addition, Sondheim will appear for a pre-show discussion on August 11th