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TheatreWorks presents its 50th World Premiere this summer with 'EMMA' from Tony-nominated composer Paul Gordon, beginning August 22.

Genesius Theatre Group (GTG) presents the New York premiere of Fair Game - a new play by Karl Gajdusek, which 'gives a behind-the-scenes look at a woman's presidential campaign…and the scandals that threaten to topple it.'

Westchester Broadway Theatre presents the classic spoof-horror musical Little Shop of Horrors from August 9th through September 29th, with press night on August 16th.

Broadway's hit musical, Mary Poppins, and New York?s beloved Serendipity 3 teaed up to premiere the Mary Poppins 'Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious Sundae' on Thursday, August 16 at 10:30am at Serendipity 3

On Friday, September 7th, London's Wicked will celebrate its first year in the West End.

The Lord of the Rings, the first major stage adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien's classic trilogy, which received its British and European Premiere when it opened at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane in London earlier this summer, celebrates its 100th performance today, Monday, August 13, and its booking period has been extended to September 27, 2008.

September 10th, the Equilateral Theatre Company will present a staged reading of Mother of Mine, a new comedy by Broadway performer Erin Leigh Peck

a star-studded cast is being sought for the upcoming Broadway revival of the Frank Loesser musical classic Guys and Dolls

Nero, a collaboration by Spring Awakening Tony Award-winners Duncan Sheik and Steven Sater about the debauched Roman emperor, might conquer Broadway in the future

HAIRSPRAY celebrated its 5th Anniversary on Broadway at the Neil Simon Theatre.

Political humorist Will Durst is a funny guy but many of his jokes seem rescued from the recycling bin rather than ripped from the headlines.

For two weeks only, off-Broadway will offer tickets for only $20 twenty minutes before show time. '20at20' is now a bi-annual celebration of New York's best shows, in the tradition of Restaurant Week!

Broadway star Jeffrey Carlson, most recently seen in Hamlet at D.C.'s Shakespeare Theatre, will take on another Shakespearean title role with Richard II at Yale Repertory Theatre,

On Sunday, September 16, Jeremy Schonfeld will return to Joe's Pub

This summer, political satirist and pundit Will Durst brings his newest work, The All-American Sport of Bipartisan Bashing, to New York.

'Stock Home', by Alex Goldberg, part of the Fringe Festival, is a provocative and multifaceted piece of work about kidnapping and abuse that doesn't shy away from gallows humor or troublesome conclusions.

Former HAIRSPRAY Star Makes Debut at Fringe Festivak

The OBIE award-winning HERE Arts Center will present Removable Parts, created and performed by composer/lyricist Corey Dargel, with piano performance by Kathleen Supové.

Magic Theatre announces Joan Rivers in a two-week work-in-progress presentation of her new autobiographical play 'The Joan Rivers Theatre Project,' August 21-September 2.

The National Asian American Theatre Company (NAATCO), best known for its revivals of classics and new works starring all Asian-American casts including its recently acclaimed production of The House of Bernarda Alba, presents the New York premiere of Jorge Ignacio Cortinas' play Blind Mouth Singing

Menier Chocolate Factory's hit revival of Little Shop of Horrors, which is playing an extended West End run at the Ambassadors Theatre after a stint at the Duke of York's, will close on September 8th

Acclaimed singer Darren Holden has been chosen to perform on 'Up for the Match,' the highly-anticipated prelude to the All-Ireland Hurling Final, airing on RTE Saturday, September 1st at 10:20 PM

The Public Theater announces the return of Joe's Pub in the Park, a two-week series of paid and free concerts at The Delacorte Theater in Central Park. Joe's Pub in the Park, presented with support from The New York State Music Fund, kicks off with a series of full-length performances by legendary girl-group diva Lesley Gore, singer-songwriter/pop-satirist Jill Sobule and the innovative punk-noir trio The New Standards on Wednesday, September 19

Manhattan Theatre Club has announced its upcoming Broadway production of William Inge's Come Back, Little Sheba will be directed by Michael Pressman and will star Emmy- and Golden Globe Award-winner and Tony Award nominee S. Epatha Merkerson.