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The Front Page, by Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur, opens the Williamstown Theatre Festival Main Stage on July 4. Set in a Chicago newsroom in the late 1920's, this classic Broadway comedy about the nature of media in society is directed by Ron Daniels.

At a press conference on June 13th, Signature Theatre Company - led by artistic director James Houghton - announced the next four years of programming as well as the unprecedented Signature Ticket Initiative, made possible by the lead sponsorship of Time Warner, Inc.

Angela Lansbury, currently on Broadway in Terrence McNally's Deuce, will be honored with the Players Club's Edwin Booth Lifetime Achievement Award.

New York Musical Theatre Festival concludes its first-ever Spring Concert Series with 'Undercover Showtunes' on Monday, June 18 at 7PM at The Zipper Factory. Stephanie D'Abruzzo is one of the many talented Broadway and screen stars set to perform.

Glenn Seven Allen has been cast as Edward Rutledge in 1776 at the Goodspeed Opera House in East Haddam, CT

Tony-nominated playwright Douglas Carter Beane will be featured on this Friday's 'Theater Talk.'

Shrek, the new Broadway-bound musical, with music by Jeanine Tesori, book and lyrics by Pulitzer Prize-winner David Lindsay-Abaire, and directed by Jason Moore, is seeking Rock Singers & Hip-Hop performers to audition for the parts of Shrek and Donkey.

WHO: Vagabond Players WHAT: Epic Proportions WHEN: Through July 8. Fri and Sat at 8PM, Sun at 2PM. HOW MUCH: $15.00 general, student and senior discounts available.

Signature Theatre Company today announced the next four years of programming as well as the unprecedented Signature Ticket Initiative, made possible by the lead sponsorship of Time Warner, Inc.

Las Vegas entertainment is unique for many reasons. One of those is that a performer can be a big star here - huge - and, outside the city's environs, no one really knows too much about his or her work. Clint Holmes is such a performer.

Following its world premiere production of Marisa Wegrzyn's The Butcher of Baraboo, Second Stage Theatre will continue its Second Stage Theatre Uptown Festival with the world premiere of Josh Tobiessen's Election Day, directed by Jeremy Dobrish.

Spamalot's Christopher Sieber and Jersey Boys' Daniel Reichard will serve as rotation masters at 'Broadway Bares XVII: Myth Behavior,' which will be held Sunday, June 17 at Roseland Ballroom

The acclaimed performance troupe Mayumana will play the final performance of its newest stage spectacle Be at Off-Broadway's Union Square Theatre on Sunday, July 1, 2007, prior to re-embarking on an international tour.

Waterwell, the acclaimed downtown New York theater troupe will premiere their newest musical this summer at the Barrow Street Theatre: The Last Year in the Life of The Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., as Devised by Waterwell: A Rock Operetta

Makor Theater will present two concert performances of the musical Soul Searching at the Makor Theater at the Synagogue for the Arts

Ths year marks the 50th anniversary of West Side Story, and Barrington Stage Company pays homage to this iconic American musical by producing a version that features an 11-piece orchestra and cast of 25 actors, singers and dancers.

On Sunday, June 10th, Rabbit opened at 59E59 Theaters as part of the Brits off Broadway festival. Written and directed by Nina Raine, Rabbit runs through July 1st.

The New York Theatre Barn has announced its New Play Reading Series, with four free, invitation-only readings taking place at Manhattan Theatre Club Studios this month.

Oscar-nominee Jake Gyllenhaal is considering making his Broadway debut in Farragut North, a political drama by Beau Willimon.