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Nilaja Sun's hit solo play No Child...opened at the Barrow Street Theatre (27 Barrow Street at 7th Ave.) on July 16th after transferring from an earlier hit run at the Beckett Theatre

Oscar-winning actor and comedian Red Buttons, who appeared on Broadway in numerous shows in the '40s, has passed away at the age of 87

On July 14th, Brian Stokes Mitchell will be featured on 'Downstage Center'

Cynthia Nixon will host a benefit performance of the Off-Broadway hit Trouble in Paradise July 20th

The Public Theater has announced that Kevin Kline will replace Christpoher Walken as 'Cook' in the upcoming Shakespeare in the Park's production of Mother Courage and Her Children by Bertolt Brecht

In celebration of the John Millington Synge festival DruidSynge, a party was thrown at the Irish Consulate for the Druid Theatre Company

Tony Award-winning costume designer Alvin Colt--who made his Broadway debut with the original 1944 production of On the Town--recently celebrated his 90th birthday at the Fire Bird Restaurant

Krista Vernoff's Me, My Guitar and Don Henley will run from October 10th through 24th

Stephanie Zimbalist will take on the role of iconic film and theatre star Katharine Hepburn in the upcoming national tour of Matthew Lombardo's one-woman play Tea at Five, which launches in St. Paul in September

Thomas Schumacher, Producer of Disney Theatrical Productions (DTP), announced today that the company is developing a new musical based on the beloved book The Man in the Ceiling, written and illustrated by Pulitzer Prize winning artist and writer Jules Feiffer

On Sunday, July 16th at 8pm, the Actors' Fund of America will offer a Special Performance of Martin McDonagh's The Lieutenant of Inishmore at the Lyceum Theatre

Bill Quigley's play Don't Ask will run as part of FringeNYC from August 11th through 27th

On July 11th, The Color Purple offered a special performance to benefit the Actors' Fund of America, and stars such as Fran Drescher turned out to catch the show

Todd Cerveris, Anna Chlumsky and more have been cast in week two of the shows playing SPF, through July 16th

Jessica Lynn Johnson's Oblivious to Everyone, in which she plays a 'Paris Hilton Wannabe' will run from August 12th through 19th as part of FringeNYC

Rodney Hicks, Andrew Rannells, Amy McAlexander and more have been tapped to headline the upcoming Goodspeed Musicals production The '60s Project, running from August 10th through September 3rd at the Norma Terris Theatre

The American Conservatory Theater of San Francisco has announced its 2006-07 season in their 40th Annivesary of award-winning and celebrated theatre in the Bay Area.

'Happy Days' in limited run at Gloucester Stage Company

Lenape Regional Performing Arts Center celebrates its fifth Anniversary with an original Jersey Boy.

Tony Award-nominee Euan Morton chats about his debut solo album 'NewClear' and playing the title role in the recent Bay Street Theatre production of TOMMY

Tony Award-winning composer/lyricist William Finn has joined the line-up of Broadway stars that will participate in 'Broadway Stands up for Freedom!,' a benefit show to support the youth programs of the New York Civil Liberties Union

The Color Purple will begin the casting process in Chicago July 14 - 18 for the National Tour of the Broadway smash hit musical, which will kick off at the Cadillac Palace Theatre April 17, 2007