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Primary Stages (Casey Childs, Executive Producer; Andrew Leynse, Artistic Director; Elliot Fox, Managing Director) has announced casting for the first production of its 2006-2007 season: the world premiere of Indian Blood by A.R. Gurney.

Christopher Sieber, who created the role of Sir Dennis Galahad in the Tony Award winning Broadway production of Monty Python's Spamalot, will join the London cast opening at the Palace Theatre in October.

Roundabout Theatre Company (Todd Haimes, Artistic Director) presents John Ellison Conlee, Katie Finneran, Logan Marshall-Green and Denis O'Hare in the co-world premiere (in collaboration with the Old Globe, San Diego, CA) of Greg Kotis's new comedy Pig Farm, directed by John Rando.

Tina Landau's New Age-y production features music by GrooveLily

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Casa Mañana is proud to announce the nominees for The 6th Annual Betty Lynn Buckley Awards, a program honoring outstanding achievement in musical theatre among Tarrant County high schools.

His interesting career begins by day as the writer of the monthly adventures of Spiderman and the Fantastic Four for Marvel Comics and then by night, he is a playwright. Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa is the author of such plays as The Muckle Man, The Mystery Plays, Rough Magic, and The Velvet Sky. His comedies Golden Age and Say You Love Satan were both nominated for GLAAD Media Awards. Now, Aguirre-Sacasa decided to use his own life as a basis for his newest production, Based on a Totally True Story.

The New York premiere of David Hare's critically acclaimed play STUFF HAPPENS will be extended for the second time, adding a total of eight weeks to the original run.

LAByrinth Theater Company (Co-Artistic Directors Philip Seymour Hoffman and John Ortiz and Executive Director Steve Asher) is proud to present CELEBRITY ATTIC-an online yard sale of signed odds and ends donated by celebrities from film, music, television and theatre.

Eric McCormack, Maura Tierney, Fran Drescher, Judy Reyes and Brooke Smith, who will soon be seen in the New York premiere of Neil LaBute's Some Girl(s), gathered for a meet and greet with the press on April 27th

The runaway success of Disney Channel's 'High School Musical,' the sound track from which has hit the No. 1 spot on the Billboard pop-music charts twice this year, has renewed interest in the teen musical genre -- and among the musical productions benefiting is 'In Your Dreams,' a musical written and produced by Miramax-linked screenwriter Zeke Farrow and scored by Marc Shaiman-protégé Lucian Piane.

'Making It Big,' a prime time television series seen across North America, is looking for three talented, triple threats

Euan Morton, Tyler Maynard, Robert Cuccioli, Amanda Watkins and other stars performed the songs of composers Joe Drymala and Eric Svejcar in the concert Stuck in the Zipper on April 26th

A Fine and Private Place, which began previews at the York Theatre Company on April 13th, is set to open on April 27th for a limited run through May 21st.

Jessica Boevers, last seen on Broadway in In My Life, is set to entertain audiences as Louise in the upcoming Ravinia Festival's staged concert production of Gypsy, while Jack Willis has been cast as Herbie

According to London's Daily Mail, the legendary Elizabeth Taylor--who starred on Broadway in The Little Foxes and Private Lives in addition to many classic films--is close to death

Hats! The Red Hat Society Musical will receive its World Premiere at Barter Theater in Abingdon, Virginia from August 18 until September 17; Henry Krieger, Gretchen Cryer, Susan Birkenhead and others will pen music for the show

Joan Allen, Alec Baldwin, Cynthia Nixon, Celeste Holm and Michael Cerveris will be among the celebrities taking part in the opening day ceremonies of Symphony Space's Upper West Fest on Friday, April 28th

On Friday, April 28th, the latest 'Working in the Theatre' seminar will be a discussion of 'Actors on Performance,' with Richard Griffiths, Eileen Atkins, Jonathan Pryce and more

The Vineyard Theatre offers its first online charity auction -- featuring rare, autographed theatre, film and television collectibles; opening night and film premiere tickets; backstage tours of Broadway's biggest shows; lunches with celebrities; and much more -- on eBay.com, now through May 3rd. Proceeds benefit the not-for-profit Vineyard Theatre