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Part two of a three part series about recent graduates of the Towson University Theatre Program - an actor, a director and a playwright - all of whom have made the successful, if difficult transition to life as a working artist.

Resonance Ensemble will present Arthur Giron's new play The Coffee Trees in repertory with the play that inspired it, Anton Chekhov's classic The Cherry Orchard

Theatre for a New Audience today announces that Christine Baranski, who was to play Cleopatra in the theatre's upcoming production of Antony and Cleopatra, has had to withdraw from the production due to conflicts with her winter schedule.

'Shakespeare's Sonnets on Tap,' featuring 'twelve sonnets, eleven actors, nine tap dancers, three nights,' will be performed Thursday, August 23 at 8:00pm, Friday, August 24 at 7:00pm and 9:30pm, and Saturday, August 25 at 8:00pm at the 411 Space

'Stella by Starlight,' a solo jazz comedy, inspired by the music of Herbie Hancock, written and performed by Heidi Tokheim, and directed by Donnetta Lavinia Grays, will be presented Sunday, September 9th at 9:30pm at The Metropolitan Room 34 W. 22nd Street

On August 22nd, John Melendez (Stuttering John of 'Howard Stern Show' fame), his wife Suzanna and their daughters Greta and Lily Belle visited Max Crumm and Laura Osnes backstage after a performance of Grease at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre.

Berkeley Repertory Theatre celebrates its 40th season with a fresh look at a classic text: Obie Award-winning director Les Waters stages George Bernard Shaws' Heartbreak House, beginning previews in the Roda Theatre on August 31, opening September 5, through October 14.

Creighton James' new drama studies racism and sexism in 1860 Appalachia.

Complex characters and local flavor pair off in Israel Horovitz's gripping drama at Gloucester Stage Company

Disney's The Lion King played its 4,098th performance on Tuesday, August 21, breaking the record held by Miss Saigon and becoming the 9th longest running show in Broadway history.

Williamstown Theatre Festival ends season with a well-acted but only partially satisfying production of Lillian Hellman's 'The Autumn Garden'

The legendary theatrical epic The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby, adapted from the novel by Charles Dickens, will return to the West End

The Error of Their Ways will run as part of The American Living Room Festival at HERE Arts Center from Thursday, August 30th - Sunday, September 2nd, 2007.

The 2007 Super Summer Theatre begins performances of Johnny Guitar on Thursday, September 13

Robert Funaro will lead the cast of The Lady Swims Today, a new play by H.G. Brown, directed by Stephen Sunderlin. Off-Broadway performances begin Thursday, September 13 at the TADA Theatre, 15 West 28 Street

Rovion Inc., described as 'the leader in creating technologies that humanize the delivery of content to online audiences,' and Telecharge.com, the official ticket source for many of New York City's top Broadway shows, have joined forces to drive ticket sales for the nation's leading productions

Broadway In Chicago and The House Theatre of Chicago have announced the next flight of The Sparrow, returning to the stage by popular demand in a new production at the Apollo Theater

Tracy Letts' acclaimed play August: Osage County, previously a hit at Chicago's Steppenwolf Theatre, will open at the Imperial Theatre on November 20th after beginning previews on October 30th.

Chicago's Greasy Joan & Co dedicated to producing classic plays with a contemporary edge, is pleased to announce the appointment of Ailene Cantelmi as Managing Director, as well as its 2007-2008.

Baltimore playwright, Adam Michael Cohen, makes his Off-Off-Broadway debut with 'The Cascade Falls.'