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The critically acclaimed original principal cast members of CURTAINS have extended their contracts in The Musical Comedy Whodunit for an additional six months, through August 31, 2008. CURTAINS is playing at the Al Hirschfeld Theatre (302 West 45th Street).

Today, March 12th 2008 is Edward Albee's 80th Birthday. At the moment Albee is currently directing a revival of his plays The American Dream and The Sandbox set to open at the Cherry Lane Theater on March 25th. After that he begins rehearsals for Occupant with the Signature Theater Company. Then it's on to the Broadway run of his play Me, Myself and I. Now, according to Michael Riedel of the New York Post, he won't even be getting a vacation. Riedel states that in Albee's next free moment he will be vacationing to Easter Island to begin writing a new play set there called Silence.

Dreck Productions and the Austrian Cultural Forum are proud to present a NYC revival of Dirt, the European award-winning one-man show written by Robert Schneider, which went on to become a critically acclaimed production at the 2007 NY International Fringe Festival. Dirt is directed by David Robinson and performed by Christopher Domig. Performances run from April 2 - 26, 2008 in a limited engagement at Under St. Marks in NYC. Previews begin April 2 for an April 5 opening. In a review of Dirt at last year's NY Fringe Fest Adam Feldman of TimeOut NY dubbed his performance 'Riveting' and gave the play 4 stars, Back Stage marked it a 'PICK' saying 'Dirt is painful but powerful theatre' and NYTheatre.com declared 'Dirt is a remarkable piece of theatre-deep, emotional, and thought-provoking.'

An interview with Broadway star (and Maryland native) Barbara Walsh, soon to star in A Little Night Music at CENTERSTAGE.

In celebration of the Broadway production of Sunday in the Park with George, Olivier Award winners Daniel Evans and Jenna Russell appeared at Barnes & Noble (Broadway and 66th Street) on Tuesday, March 11th for a special performance and CD signing beginning at 5:30pm.

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!'

Their Voices Will Be Heard: 'My Name Is Rachel Corrie' and 'Pieces' - two compelling stories share the Downstage at New Rep space and shed light on the Israeli/Palestinian situation

im Caruso's Cast Party and TheaterMania.com, the leading source for exclusive theater information and live-events tickets nationwide, are proud to announce NATALIE DOUGLAS in 'CAFE SOCIETY' Monday, April 14, 2008 at 7:00pm, as part of the long-running concert series Broadway at Birdland.

Splash Bar is proud to present a very special edition of Scott Nevins' Curtain Call.

Celebrated cabaret performer Jamie deRoy begins a monthly cabaret series of her Multi MAC Award-winning variety show, Jamie de Roy & Friends on Tuesday, April 1st (7:30PM) at the New York hotspot Metropolitan Room (34 West 22nd Street ~between 5th & 6th Avenues). The following monthly performance dates will be May 14th and June 11th.

Luna Stage, one of New Jersey's premiere theatres, revisits 'The Man in Room 306,' written and performed by Craig Alan Edwards. The play had its world premiere at Luna in 1995 and was met with stunning reviews. Scheduled to open April 3, on the eve of the fortieth anniversary of Dr. King's death, the production will run through May 4, 2008. Luna Stage is delighted to have the support of The National Civil Rights Museum for this production. The museum is housed in Memphis' historic Lorraine Motel, the site of Dr. King's assassination.

Michael Domitrovich's new play Artf**kers, about the second generation artistic elite of Downtown Manhattan, will close following the matinee performance on Sunday, March 16. Directed by Eduardo Machado, the new Off-Broadway play transferred to the DR2 Theatre (103 East 15th Street) after a sold-out run at Theater for the New City and features Nicole LaLiberte, Will Janowitz, Asher Grodman, Jessica Kaye and Tuomas Hiltunen. Upon closing, the production will have played 14 previews and 22 performances.

The John Montgomery Theatre Company will begin previews of WE CALL HER BENNY,a new play written and directed by Suzanne Bachner at the Michael Weller Theatre, 311 West 43rd St., 6th floor (between 8th and 9th Avenues), Thursday,April 3, 2008. The official opening will be on Monday, April 7, 2008.

No election year would be complete without the irascible, irreplaceable and incomparable Jackie Mason - whose 8th and final all-new, one-man comedy tour de force, JACKIE MASON - THE ULTIMATE JEW, opens at New World Stages, March 18th. And now, due to an unprecedented demand, the show, originally scheduled for only ten weeks, will extend until June 29th.

On March 24th, 2008 the cast of 'The Little Mermaid' will perform in the final show of Cabaret Cares at the Laurie Beechman Theater. The series brings together the best of the Broadway and cabaret community to raise funds for Broadway Cares Equity Fights AIDS and Help Is On The Way Today. Broadway Cares is the nations leading industry based AIDS grant making organization. The Other organization Help Is On The Way Today is a brand new non-for-profit that helps and assists children living with HIV and AIDS.

NEW YORK, NY - Epic Theatre Ensemble (formerly Epic Theatre Center) announced today that it will present the New York Premiere of the new drama, Palace of the End by Judith Thompson. It was also announced yesterday that the Thompson play is the 2008 winner of the prestigious Susan Smith Blackburn Prize for playwrighting.

Manhattan Theatre Club (Lynne Meadow, Artistic Director; Barry Grove, Executive Producer; Daniel Sullivan, Acting Artistic Director 2007-2008 Season) is pleased to announce that three-time Tony Awardâ nominee Mary Beth Hurt will complete the cast of the upcoming Broadway premiere of Caryl Churchill's TOP GIRLS at MTC's Biltmore Theatre (261 West 47th Street).

Due to unprecedented demand, the Drama Desk and Obie Award-wining Mint Theater Company Premiere of The Fifth Column by Ernest Hemingway-not the dramatization of a novel or story-but a drama written for the stage by one of America's most celebrated authors, will be extending for two additional weeks, now through May 18th.

Working Theater, the New York-based theater company that has been devoted to producing new plays since the company began in 1985, including the popular plays Tabletop (Rob Ackerman), Hold Please (Annie Weisman) and I Am a Man (OyamO) -- presents the Off-Broadway premiere of Our Dad is in Atlantis by Mexican playwright Javier Malpica, with an English translation by Jorge Ignacio Cortiñas (Blind Mouth Singing), set to begin previews April 4, prior to its official press opening April 8 at Theatres at 45 Bleecker (45 Bleecker Street) in Manhattan.

Tickets for the Columbia Stages production of Eugène Ionesco's The Lesson directed by Adrian Roman are now on sale to the public. The tension between a frustrated teacher and a reluctant pupil is often ominous. But in Eugène Ionesco's absurdist tale, the conflict grows deadly. Hailed as a masterpiece for over 50 years, this perverse comic drama has become an essential standard in the Theatre of the Absurd.

Cabaret and concert star Andrea Marcovicci brings her own captivating high style to the role of the magnificent and mercurial fashion doyenne, Gabrielle (Coco) Chanel in 42nd Street Moon's upcoming production of Coco. Alan J. Lerner and Andre Previn's musical memory play - unseen anywhere since the early 1970s -- will preview April 24 and 25, open on April 26, and run through May 11.

The multi-legged heroine of Northwestern University's spring 2008 family stage production of Joseph Robinette's interpretation of E. B. White's classic children's tale 'Charlotte's Web' is a spider with an important message about what it means to be a friend.

The Castle, a unique theatrical event that presents a searing, first-hand look at the lives of four formerly incarcerated New Yorkers and their re-entry into society, will transfer to Off-Broadway after an extended run at its namesake venue, it was announced by producers Eric Krebs and Chase Mishkin. This unique theater piece is conceived and directed by David Rothenberg and written in collaboration with Vilma Ortiz Donovan, Kenneth Harrington, Angel Ramos and Casimiro Torres. Performances begin Sunday, March 30th at New World Stages (340 West 50th Street) with an opening night set for Sunday, April 27th at 5 p.m.

No election year would be complete without the irascible, irreplaceable and incomparable Jackie Mason - whose 8th and final all-new, one-man comedy tour de force, JACKIE MASON - THE ULTIMATE JEW, opens at New World Stages, March 18th. And now, due to an unprecedented demand, the show, originally scheduled for only ten weeks, will extend until June 29th.