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Nominations for the 53rd Annual Drama Desk Awards will be announced on Monday, April 28, 2008, at 9:45 AM at the New York Friars Club, 57 East 55th Street, in Manhattan.

La MaMa e.t.c. in association with Triple Shadow presents the world-premiere production ALICE: END OF DAZE -- a dark adaptation of Lewis Carroll's 'Through the Looking Glass' featuring live music, real-time video projection, puppetry and masks, conceived by director Beth Skinner and composer Edward Herbst -- with previews to begin April 24, at La MaMa ETC (74A East 4th Street) in Manhattan.

Hal Ackerman takes a frank look at his own mortality in his play Testosterone: How Prostate Cancer Made a Man of Me. The playwright also takes center stage in his autobiographical work, joined by supporting cast members Dennis Lee Kelly and Lisa Robins. Michael Arabian directs a four-week run at The Powerhouse Theatre in Santa Monica April 18 through May 10.

The Organic Theater Company presents their spring 2008 season (details following), running in repertory from April 18 through May 11, 2008 (no previews): The Secret Agent by Joseph Conrad, adapted by Alexander Gelman, world premiere adaptation runs April 18 and May 3 at 8 p.m., and April 26 and May 11 at 2 p.m. The Dressing Room by Kunio Shimizu, runs April 19 at 2 p.m. and 8 p.m. Play Strindberg by Friedrich Dürrenmatt, runs April 20 and May 3 at 2 p.m., and April 25 and May 10 at 8 p.m. Bartleby the Scrivener by Herman Melville, adapted by Alexander Gelman and company, runs April 26 at 8 p.m., and April 27 at 2 p.m. The $30,000 Bequest by Mark Twain, adapted by Alexander Gelman, runs May 2 at 8 p.m., and May 4 at 2 p.m. Man with Bags by Eugene Ionesco, translated by Marie-France Ionesco, adapted by Israel Horovitz, runs May 9 at 8 p.m., and May 10 at 2 p.m.

The new musical Passing Strange which opened on Broadway at the Belasco Theatre (111 West 44th Street) on February 28th to rave reviews, will offer a new $25 day-of rush ticket to anyone interested to the new musical which USA Today calls 'truly unlike anything you've seen on Broadway,' as well as the chance to win show merchandise and the opportunity to text a review of Passing Strange into the show's official website (www.PassingStrangeOnBroadway.com) at each and every performance

The Irish Repertory Theatre (132 West 22nd St.) announced today, St.Patrick's Day, that it will extend it's run of Joseph Stein and Robert Russell's unabashedly romantic, Take Me Along, (based on Eugene O'Neill's AH, WILDERNESS until May 4, 2008

The contest is now over. Thank you to everyone who participated!

Original Intent Theater will present the world-premiere of Janeen Stevens' Barcinda Forest - a new environmental play dealing with the subject of deforestation and its effects on the forest-dwellers - with previews beginning April 16 at the Where Eagles Dare Theater (347 West 36th Street - btw. 8th and 9th Avenues) in Manhattan.

Journalist and playwright Deborah Grace Winer was recently named Series Artistic Director of the 92nd Street Y's legendary American Songbook series Lyrics & Lyricists (beginning with the 2009 season). This month, she comes to the 92nd Street Y as host and artistic director of L&L's I've Got Your Number: Romance, the Rat Pack and Carolyn Leigh, which runs March 29-31. Winer's Carolyn Leigh tribute features vocalists Debby Boone, Loston Harris, James Naughton, and Karen Ziemba. John Oddo is music director, and Mark Waldrop is stage director.

Rolex presents On Broadway! A Glittering Salute To The American Musical- Career Transition For Dancers', 23rd Anniversary Jubilee - on Monday, October 27, 2008 at 7:00 pm at New York City Center, 131 West 55 Street (bet. 7 & 6 Aves) NYC. It will be followed by an Anniversary Supper with the Stars at The Grand Ballroom at The Hilton New York.

Sierra Boggess and Sean Palmer, the stars of Disney's The Little Mermaid will make their Town Hall debuts with The Broadway Musicals of 1954 on Monday, April 7 at 8 pm.

BroadwayWorld.com's TV host Haviland Stillwell is moonlighting for BroadwayWorld.com, covering the latest R Family Vacation cruise! 'Spring Break on the Mexican Riviera' is the cruise line's first trip to Mexico! For more information on R Family Vacations, including details on their upcoming Summer Cruise, click here!

Tony Award-winning star of Hairspray, Marissa Jaret Winokur, will be one of the contestants this season on 'Dancing with the Stars.' When news broke of her involvement, she couldn't wait to share that experience with BroadwayWorld.com and its readers. Marissa will be checking in from now until she wins (YAY!) or is eliminated (BOO!) with exclusive photos and a glimpse into what's going on as she takes on the other celebrities in the ultimate 'dance off!'

While you may have grown accustomed to its face, this resurrected classic still needs a little bit of luck to fully capture the charm of this 'old friend' we've grown to love.

Willy Holtzman returns to Primary Stages with his latest work, the story of a notorious Sixties radical that has served nearly 30 years in prison for her part in the accidental killing of an African-American police officer during an explosive war protest. Now she is eligible for parole in a post 9/11 world where bombing is terrorism and dissent, treason. How much can she be faulted for having a conscience? Is she guilty of bringing the war home? Something You Did examines the responsibility of citizens for the actions of their government.

Tony Award-winning star of Hairspray, Marissa Jaret Winokur, will be one of the contestants this season on 'Dancing with the Stars.' When news broke of her involvement, she couldn't wait to share that experience with BroadwayWorld.com and its readers. Marissa will be checking in from now until she wins (YAY!) or is eliminated (BOO!) with exclusive photos and a glimpse into what's going on as she takes on the other celebrities in the ultimate 'dance off!'

Debra Ehrhardt's one-woman show 'Jamaica, Farewell', tells the true story of her attempts to flee revolution-torn Jamaica for America in the 1970s.

Mitchell Marcus and his Acting up Stage troupe have another winner with their breathtakingly simple staging of A MAN OF NO IMPORTANCE at the Berkeley Street Theatre Upstaurs until March 22. Do not miss this one! * * * * * (OUT OF 5)

A brand new contemporary staging of the beloved comedic tale, A Midsummer Night's Dream, makes its North American premiere in San Francisco at the Curran Theatre May 6 through June 1. Tickets for this multi-cultural production go on sale Sunday, March 30th.

Lessons in life: If you can make it here, you'll learn to make it anywhere.

Tony Award-winning star of Hairspray, Marissa Jaret Winokur, will be one of the contestants this season on 'Dancing with the Stars.' When news broke of her involvement, she couldn't wait to share that experience with BroadwayWorld.com and its readers. Marissa will be checking in from now until she wins (YAY!) or is eliminated (BOO!) with exclusive photos and a glimpse into what's going on as she takes on the other celebrities in the ultimate 'dance off!'

Outstanding Women of Bailiwick's Past, Present & Future, Led by Cabaret Star HONEY WEST, Come Together for the Benefit Concert, 'Women of the Wick.'

Outstanding Women of Bailiwick's Past, Present & Future, Led by Cabaret Star HONEY WEST, Come Together for the Benefit Concert, 'Women of the Wick.'