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Audra McDonald, Ruby Dee and others will share their insights on the character of Ruth in A Raisin in the Sun when they appear on PBS' Character Studies

The New Season, a series of concerts at Birdland featuring top Broadway performers, continues on Monday, July 18 at 7pm with CHRISTINE EBERSOLE and BILLY STRITCH.

THEATER TALK airs weekly on Fridays at 12:30 AM and repeats Mondays at 5 AM on Thirteen

Coverage of the red carpet for the premiere of Wicked in Los Angeles.

Turn-of-the-century figures inspired recent works at Merrimack and Seacoast Reps

Singer/actress Darlene Love will take over the role of Motormouth Maybelle in Hairspray on July 7th

Ryan Link and Jeremy Kushnier will rock out as Jesus and Judas in the Kansas City Starlight Theatre's production of Jesus Christ Superstar, which will run from July 11th to 17th

Pultizer Prize-winner John Patrick Shanley's new play Chain of Command will move to a longer run at Vassar's Powerhouse Theatre from July 29th to 31st

With James Earl Jones out of commission with pneunomia until August, the show will close on June 26.

Jennifer Jason Leigh will star in the New Group's November staging of Mike Leigh's Abigail's Party

A benefit concert entitled The Sounds of SILENCE! And Other Inappropriate Showtunes will play the Zipper Theatre on July 3rd at 7 PM with profits going to BC/EFA

Film and stage star Amy Irving will portray legendary poet Elizabeth Bishop in Safe Harbor, Marta Goes' one-woman play, from March 21st, 2006 to April 30th

LennonTheMusical.com, the website of the upcoming musical that toasts the live and art of the late music legend, is inviting fans to send out a virtual peace sign

New York's Signature Theatre Company, in its 15th anniversary, will offer $15 tickets for its upcoming 20-month program of plays, including ones by John Guare, Horton Foote and August Wilson

One of Broadway's legends talks about growing up, the role that changed his life forever and more!

Sister Act, based on the popular 1992 film starring Whoopi Goldberg looks likely for a Broadway run.

The Food for Thought series of play readings will move from the National Arts Club to The Players Club for its new season, which will kick off with readings of Odets and Parker plays

Andre De Shields opened in the title role of Satch: The Life and Music of Louis Armstrong on June 20th at the Cape Playhouse in Dennis, MA; the show will run through July 2nd

Last week Larry O'Keefe, Julie Garnye, David Zippel, Nell Benjamin and the cast of ALTAR BOYZ were in attendace.

Richard Thomas will portray Tennesee Williams in Blanche and Beyond on August 8th at the Williamstown Theatre Festival in Williamstown, MA

Michael McKean, Joe Pantoliano, Sarah Chalke and Gaby Hoffman have been cast in some of the shows featured in this summer's Williamstown Theatre Festival, which runs from July 6th to August 28th

The Musical of Musicals will begin regional productions in July, playing in Laguna Beach, CA, Philadelphia, Coral Gables, FL and San Francisco, in addition to a number of to-be-announced cities