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Actors' Equity Association's Equal Employment Opportunity Committee, as part of Black History Month, will present the First Annual Extraordinary Excellence in Diversity on Broadway Awards to last season's 110 in the Shade and Les Miserables on Monday, February 25, 2008 at a private reception.

'March Madness' will celebrate the Village Playwrights second year of producing plays and show case seven new short plays by members of the Village Playwrights, New York's Lesbian and Gay playwrights collective, with a wide range of controversial topics such as police misconduct, sexual harassment, sexual abuse and mistreatment of pets.

John Doyle will direct and host Angela Lansbury, Patti LuPone, Laura Benanti, Debra Monk, Pamela Myers and Jenna Russell in 'Ladies Who Sing Sondheim' for a benefit performance on Monday, April 7, 2008 at 7PM in celebration of The Acting Company's 35th Anniversary.

Pittsburgh CLO will hold auditions for Shear Madness on Monday, March 31 from 10AM-6PM.

More than 600 of Chicagoland's young professionals will gather for a spectacular evening of cocktails, food, entertainment, a silent auction and raffle prizes at the Steppenwolf Auxiliary Council's sixth annual Red or White Ball on Friday, May 30, 2008 at 8PM.

Marriott Theatre celebrated its opening night of their regional premiere production of Les Miserables. The reception benefited Season of Concern, the Chicagoland theatre community's fund raising effort in the fight against AIDS. Having established a national reputation for launching Broadway musicals into the regional market, The Marriott Theatre is one of only five theatres chosen to produce this epic musical post-Broadway

J. Mark McVey, Brian Stokes Mitchell, Lea Michele, Melora Hardin, Aaron Lazar, Rosie O'Donnell cast in Richard Jay-Alexander directed summer concert. We talked to the director and more!

Incumbo Theater proudly announces the New York premiere of John Fleming's The Two Lives of Napoleon Beazley, beginning performances February 21, at the Flamboyan Theater (107 Suffolk Street), for a limited engagement through March 16. The theater will host a performance and talk back with the playwright on March 8 benefiting Big Brothers Big Sisters.

Flicker House Productions is announcing a new production of The Who's Tommy at the Ricardo Montalbán Theatre in Hollywood. The Who's Tommy, which has music and lyrics by Pete Townshend and book by Pete Townshend and Des McAnuff, will be performed for two weeks only, June 18 to 29. The cast will include Susan Egan, Haylie Duff and Nona Hendryx.

Michael Martinez is proud to present 'An Evening of Music and Comedy' at Don't Tell Mama on Wednesday, March 12 at 6:30PM. This showcase and variety show - highlight emerging stars in comedy, music, and musical theater - will feature Jane Hunt (Violin Venus), singer Ashleigh Lay, pianist / songwriter Lenny Revell, and singer/songwriter John Virag.

Baby Jane Dexter's celebrates the launch of 'You're Following Me!' at the Metropolitan Room on four consecutive Saturdays, March 8, 15, 22, 29, all at 7:30PM.

Bette Midler's 'The Showgirl Must Go On,' created in partnership with AEG Live exclusively for The Colosseum at Caesars Palace, premiered Wednesday, February 20 to a sold-out crowd of VIPs and celebrities.

The Red Fern Theatre Company's production of Who Will Carry the Word?, Charlotte Delbo's moving account of life in concentration camps, opens February 21, 2008 at Center Stage

TheatreWorks, the nationally-acclaimed theatre of Silicon Valley, closes its 38th season with the daring, joyous, Tony nominated musical Caroline, or Change; plays April 2 through 27 (press opening: April 5) at TheatreWorks at the Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts.

REVIEW: Disney's High School Musical begins two week run at Baltimore's Hippodrome Theatre.

Richard Thomas in the national tour of Twelve Angry Men will pay a visit to Ft. Lauderdale's Broward Center for the Performing Arts, April 22-May 4, 2008.

Tim Minchin will perform his dark, piano driven, pop-comedic cabaret stylings for an exclusive six-week engagement at the New World Stages from March 5-April 12 (previews begin March 3).

Sweet Charity, the Tony Award winning musical packed with lively choreography previews March 13, opens March 20 and runs through May 18 at Drury Lane Theatre Oakbrook Terrace