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West End Players Guild has announced open auditions for the last two shows of its 100th season of theatre in the Central West End.

The story of Oedipus is a tragic one, and perhaps one of the most pitiable and pathetic in all of the Greek canon.

On sale this Saturday, July 31st at 10AM: AT&T presents DRAKE's THE LIGHT DREAMS AND NIGHTMARE TOUR with special guest CLIPSE.

The America's Got Talent Live 24-city tour, a traveling re-creation of the #1 NBC TV show, kicked off in Oakland, CA on Oct.

Auditions for New Line Theatre's production of TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA, the rock musical from the composer of Hair, will be held on two successive Monday nights, October 11 and 18, 2010, at 7:00 p.

The Sheldon presents The Sheldon Chorale: An American Tapestry, Monday, October 11 at 8 p.

Joan MacLeod's play, ANOTHER HOME INVASION, is a cautionary tale, and while the setting may be Canada, the message is one that will resonate with anyone who has aging parents that are living on their own.

Playwright Aaron Posner has done a wonderful job of adapting Chaim Potok's novel MY NAME IS ASHER LEV for the stage.

Webster University's Conservatory of Theatre Arts presents 'The Insect Play' by Karel and Joseph Capek.

Jerry Vogel, who directed St.

Upcoming Theatre Communication Group Member Shows - 10/10 for St.

Insight Theatre Company is pleased to announce that David Auburn's Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award winning drama PROOF opens at The Heagney Theater on the campus of Nerinx Hall on Wednesday, September 29 and runs through Sunday, October 10, 2010.

During its fifteen years together, the Tierney Sutton Band has received two Grammy Nominations for Best Vocal Jazz Album, a JazzWeek Award for Vocalist of the Year, consecutive nominations for Jazz Journalist Association Awards, recorded numerous CDs that made the #1 spot on jazz radio playlists, an

First Run Theatre once again presents it's highly successful festival of short 10 minute new plays by St.

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Upstream Theater presents OEDIPUS KING (Oedipus Tyrannos) by Sophocles, in an English version by David Slavitt, directed by Philip Boehm.

Echo Theatre Company presents the American premiere of Another Home Invasion by award-winning Canadian playwright, Joan MacLeod, from October 8-24, 2010.

Since I started writing theatre reviews a few years back one of the most interesting things that's occurred has been the opportunity to watch performers grow and take risks.

Move over Rocky Horror, and make way for EVIL DEAD: THE MUSICAL! Based on the 80's cult classic Evil Dead films, this show is hilariously campy and bursting with more farce than a Monty Python skit.

Shakespeare's last great play, THE TEMPEST, has always been a favorite of mine, if only because it lends itself to intriguing stagings and imaginative re-interpretations with it's appealing mix of comedy, romance, and magic.

Fox Concerts presents one of America's most prolific comedians of all time, BILL COSBY at the Fabulous Fox Theatre for one performance only on Sunday, October 24 at 3 p.

The New Jewish Theatre will join forces with Mustard Seed Theatre in October to produce a 'Mini-Potok Festival' with each company producing a dramatic adaptation of one of the novels of Chaim Potok.

The original Kingston Trio, formed in San Francisco in 1957 by Bob Shane, Nick Reynolds and Dave Guard, changed the face of pop music, introducing a new take on classic American folk music.