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The San Francisco Theatre Festival will showcase 60 theater groups on Sunday, July 23rd

Amazon is listing an upcoming cast recording for the highly anticipated West End production of Evita opening at the Adelphi Theatre on June 2nd; the CD will officially go on sale on June 19th

Patrick Stewart and Harriet Walter play the title roles in Antony and Cleopatra, running in repertory through October 14th in Stratford-upon-Avon as part of the Complete Works Festival

Co-production of Berkeley Rep and Yale Rep includes But the Giraffe, a Curtain Raiser to Hans Krása's Brundibar

Atlantic Theater Company's (Neil Pepe, Artistic Director; Andrew D. Hamingson, Managing Director) 2006 Annual Spring Gala will honor Academy Award nominated and Golden Globe and Emmy Award winning Atlantic founding ensemble member Felicity Huffman with a no-holds barred tribute on Monday, May 1st, 2006 at the legendary Rainbow Room (30 Rockefeller Plaza, 65th Floor).

The Studio Repertory in Providence, RI is holding open auditions for Christopher Gorman's 'A Letter From Ethel Kennedy'

Some plays make better books

Wicked performer Marty Thomas will host Divas Live! on Sunday, April 23 at Club XL in NYC.

Matt Bogart has replaced Jason Danieley in the La Jolla Playhouse's production of the new musical Zhivago, opening on May 25th

Performances of THE LIEUTENANT OF INISHMORE, Academy Award-winner Martin McDonagh's acclaimed new play, directed by Wilson Milam, begin tomorrow night, Wednesday, April 19 at 8pm at Broadway's Lyceum theatre (149 West 45th Street).

The Public Theater's Artistic Director Oskar Eustis and Executive Director Mara Manus announce that The Public Theater's 2006 Summer Gala will bring the Public's 50th Anniversary Season to a close by honoring Kevin Kline and Meryl Streep, two prominent actors who have made significant artistic contributions to The Public Theater over the last four decades.

The Steppenwolf Theatre Company presents a lovely new play that resonates long after the show.

The Westchester Broadway Theatre will present the brassy Cy Coleman/Michael Stewart musical Barnum from May 4th through July 8th, with an opening set for May 11th

Michael John LaChiusa, Adam Rapp, Carol Kane, Diane West and many others attend the Lucille Lortel Awards nominees' Cocktail Party at Therapy in New York City April 17, 2006.

Two abstract fringe offerings...

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Simone, daughter of Nina Simone, celebrates' her mothers' musical legacy with an concert at Town Hall on April 21st.

Rattlestick Playwrights Theater (David Van Asselt, Artistic Director; Sandra Coudert, Managing Director) presents the New York premiere of a provocative new play by Christopher Denham (star of Red Light Winter), directed by Adam Rapp (Red Light Winter, 'Winter Passing').

Romeo and Juliet is being presented through October 14th as part of the Complete Works Festival of Shakespeare plays in Stratford-Upon-Avon

A Passion Play is being performed at the Queens Theatre, Hornchurch, in Essex, England

The York Theatre Company's A Fine and Private Place is currently in previews, and will open on April 27th

Grammy-nominated recording label Sh-K-Boom Records proudly announces the release of Julia Murney's debut solo album, I'm Not Waiting, on Tuesday, May 9, 2006.

Kerry Butler will star in an April 21st reading of the musical Xanadu