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Single tickets for South Coast Repertory's 45th Season will go on sale Monday, August 11.

Jim Caruso's Cast Party will present EXTRAVAGAINZA: THE SONGS OF HENRY GAINZA, Monday August 11th at 7:00 p.m., as part of the long-running, Nightlife Award-winning concert series Broadway at Birdland.

Hop on board for an evening of love, hate, admiration, contempt, patience, impatience, comfort and discomfort, courtesy of the New York City Subway System.

On Monday, August 11th at 11:30pm, 'Scott Nevins' Curtain Call' will host Broadway's Leslie Krtizer at Splash.

Jim Caruso's Cast Party announces EXTRAVAGAINZA: THE SONGS OF HENRY GAINZA, Monday August 11, 2008 at 7:00 p.m., as part of the long-running, Nightlife Award-winning concert series Broadway at Birdland.

The Matunuck, RI theater caps its 75th season with a near-perfect production of the Mel Brooks comedy

Just in time for the fall election, Berkeley's acclaimed Aurora Theatre Company opens its 17th season with Gore Vidal's fascinating political nail-biter THE BEST MAN.

Anna Netrebko, who is expecting her first child in September, has withdrawn from her scheduled Met performances as Mimì in Puccini's La Bohème on December 29, 2008 and January 3 matinee, 6, and 10, 2009. She has decided that she will need a few more weeks than originally planned to be ready for her return to the stage.

In addition to its 24 full productions, dance series, developmental series and concerts, The New York Musical Theatre Festival (NYMF) celebrates its fifth year by partnering with Ailey Citigroup Theater, Nuyorican Poets Café, The Philip Coltoff Greenwich Village Center, The Loft at Professor Thom's, The Cutting Room, and Paley Center (formally The Museum of Television & Radio) to bring more diverse special events to this years Festival, running September 15th to October 5th.

On Friday, August 8, STOMP OUT LOUD will celebrate 500 exhilarating performances at Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino.

Tom Mazzolini, founder and producer of the San Francisco Blues Festival, has announced the line-up for this September's annual blues extravaganza at the magnificent Great Meadow at Fort Mason.

Magic Theatre, San Francisco's premiere home for new plays, announced that Mark Routhier will step down as the Director of Artistic Development in September 2008 to focus on his growing national directing career.

Village Theatre's highly anticipated annual Festival of New Musicals returns for an eighth year, featuring staged readings of six new musicals- Chasing Nicolette, Killala Bay, Dennis The Menace, The Alchemists, The Gypsy King, and The Yellow Wood. These are fully sung presentations, performed with script-in-hand, of six brand new musicals.

Eclipse Theatre Company of Chicago announces that their 2009 season, including four full productions, will be the second and final year of celebrating their past ten years focusing on one playwright per season.

The Public Theater (Artistic Director Oskar Eustis; Executive Director Mara Manus) announced that KICKING A DEAD HORSE, a new play written and directed by Pulitzer Prize winner Sam Shepard and featuring Tony Award nominee Stephen Rea, has extended its run by two weeks. Following a sold-out run at Ireland's Abbey Theatre, it will preview at The Public on Wednesday, June 25 and run through Sunday, August 10 with an official press opening on Monday, July 14 at 7 PM.

Award-winning singer-songwriter Tom Andersen will debut his new cabaret show, 'My Favorite Things,' on Sunday, Aug. 10, at 7 and 9:30 p.m. at the Bradstan Country Hotel in White Lake, N.Y.

John MacDonald & Maggie Maes' production of LIGHTS & MUSIC, written by PATRICK CERVANTES LETTERII & directed by JEREMY QUINN, will extend its run at the 45th Street Theatre, through August 10th.

Jamie McGonnigal and Joe's Pub present Broadway Loves the 80's Vol. 3, a concert featuring your favorite Broadway stars singing their favorite hits of the awesomest decade ever!

Jim Caruso's Cast Party is proud to announce SOUL DEEP: AN ANTHOLOGY OF BLACK MUSIC, a Broadway Inspirational Voices benefit concert aiding in the preservation of African American music, Monday August, 18 2008 at 7:00 p.m.

In Transit, the third and final show in the New2NY series, which presents staged concerts of musicals in their NYC premieres, at the award winning York Theatre Company (James Morgan, Producing Artistic Director) runs at the York Theatre August 8-10.

Taylor Negron's real-life comedic stories about living as a D-list celebrity in Hollywood combine to create Satellites, a night of hilarious and inspirational spoken-word fusion, set to original music by former Minnesota-based singer/songwriter Logan Heftel. Before heading to New York 's Barrow Street Theater in October to begin an open ended run, Satellites returns to Heftel's roots, bringing two intimate performances to Bryant Lake Bowl.