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Adam Rapp opens 'Faster' at the Side Project Theatre on March 8th.

The Abingdon Theatre Company is doing a reading of THE ENGLISH CHANNEL, by Robert Brustein, this coming Monday evening, March 10 at 7:00pm. Shakespeare, Marlow, the 3rd Earl of Southampton and the Dark Lady of the Sonnets all collide in a tavern in this comedy, one of the finalists for the 2008 Steinberg/ATCA New Play Award.

The Town Hall, Times Square's landmark concert venue, continues it's 2008 season with the powerhouse rock band the East Village Opera Company on Thursday, March 20 at 8:00PM. The popular nine-piece group returns to The Town Hall. Tickets for the show, priced at $40 & $35, are now on sale.

The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey will hold its highly celebrated annual fundraiser gala, 'Brush Up Your Shakespeare,' on March 29 at the Park Avenue Club in Florham Park. Artistic Director Bonnie J. Monte and the Board of Trustees of The Shakespeare Theatre are proud to announce that Prudential, a major supporter of The Shakespeare Theatre, will be the 2008 Gala Sponsor. This annual Shakespeare Theatre event kicks off each season and is the theatre's largest fundraiser of the year.

San Francisco State University Theatre Arts presents Don Juan as its main stage production, adapted and directed by Mark Jackson. Performances are March 6-16.

The World Premiere of American Girls, a new play by Hilary Bettis, directed by Jeff Cohen will begin previews on Thursday, April 3 with Opening Night set for Sunday, April 6 at the 45th Street Theater.

Horse Trade Theater Group presents Hostage Song, the new indie-rock musical with music and lyrics by Kyle Jarrow, stories and book by Clay McLeod Chapman and directed by Olivier Butler. Associate Producer: The Thursday Problem

University of Minnesota history professor and author of 'Weimar Germany: Promise and Tragedy' (2007) Eric D. Weitz is making a special appearance at Spotlight Night: Cabaret on Tuesday, March 11 from 7 - 8:30PM at The 5th Avenue Theatre.

Signature Theatre Company will celebrate 2007-2008 Playwright-in-Residence Charles Mee with their 2008 annual gala this Monday, March 10

Timothy Busfield and Helen Stenborg star in the dark comedy Vigil at Westport Country Playhouse, now playing through March 15.

Roundabout Theatre Company's Artistic Director Todd Haimes is proud to announce the launch of a seat naming initiative to support the $32 million capital campaign - Building Partnerships for Artistic Excellence: A Campaign for Roundabout Theatre Company.

Tituss Burgess, currently starring as Sebastian in Disney's The Little Mermaid, will perform a solo concert at The Metropolitan Room on Monday, April 7 at 9:30PM.

Disney Cruise Line will turn one of the most beloved animated features of all time into a theatrical musical aboard the Disney Wonder cruise ship when Toy Story-The Musical makes its debut at the Walt Disney Theatre this spring. This is the first time the popular DisneyoPixar classic has been adapted for the stage.

Scheduled to appear in 'Celebrity Autobiography' at The Triad on Monday, March 10 are Matthew Broderick, Kristen Johnston, Rachel Dratch, Rick Holmes, Kristen Wiig, Sherri Shepherd, Eugene Pack, Dayle Reyfel, Richard Kind, Claudia Shear, and more!

Roundabout Theatre Company is proud to present a new Broadway production of Pal Joey, with music by Richard Rodgers and lyrics by Lorenz Hart. Pal Joey will feature a new book by Tony Award winner Richard Greenberg, based on the original book by John O'Hara, with music direction by Tony Award winner Paul Gemignani, choreography by Graciela Daniele and directed by two-time Tony Award winner Joe Mantello at Studio 54 on Broadway.

The Hollywood Arts Council will celebrate its 30th Anniversary and present the 22nd Annual Charlie Awards at a Black-Tie, Red-Carpet Gala Event emceed by KABC Television's George Pennacchio. The event is open to the general public and will be held at the historic Jim Henson Studios, home of the original Charlie Chaplin Studios and the world famous Muppets on Saturday, March 29, 2008.

Masked, which played six months Off-Broadway this season, will receive an industry presentation in Los Angeles on Monday, March 10.

Gawn Grainger, Douglas Henshall, Susan Lynch and Joseph Mawle will be joined by LAByrinth Theatre Company member Ron Cephas Jones in the European premiere of Stephen Adly Guirgis' The Last Days of Judas Iscariot directed by Rupert Goold. The Almeida Theatre and Headlong co-production opens on March 28, 2008 with press night on April 3, and is running until May 10.

The Steppenwolf Season opens with Kafka on the Shore, adapted for the stage and directed by ensemble member Frank Galati, based on the work by Haruki Murakami and featuring ensemble members Francis Guinan and Jon Hill. The season continues with The Seafarer by Conor McPherson, featuring ensemble member John Mahoney. Following is Art by Yasmina Reza, translated by Christopher Hampton. The fourth play is The Tempest by William Shakespeare, directed by ensemble member Tina Landau and featuring ensemble member Frank Galati. Closing the season is Up by Bridget Carpenter, directed by ensemble member Anna D. Shapiro.

The American Theatre Wing and XM Satellite Radio proudly present an interview with actress Kathleen Chalfant, on their weekly theatrical interview show, 'Downstage Center,' on XM's On Broadway (XM Channel 28).

Tonight, Friday March 7 at 10:30PM, 'The After Party' is thrilled to welcome Liz McCarney (Taboo) plus host a birthday party for Kenny Holcomb at the West Bank Café (located within the Laurie Beechman Theatre (407 w42nd St.). Admission is free.

Playwrights Horizons (Tim Sanford, Artistic Director; Leslie Marcus, Managing Director) is now accepting entries for its popular online lottery LIVEforFIVE for $5 tickets to its next production, The Drunken City, a new play by 2007 Obie Award winner Adam Bock (The Receptionist, The Thugs, Swimming in the Shallows). A total of 40 tickets will be available for the show via the lottery.

Greasy Joan & Co. kicks-off its twelfth year of producing innovative productions of classic plays with Molière's comedy 'The Misanthrope'…