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As The Prince of Homburg opens at the Donmar, Michael Grandage, the company's Artistic Director announces a major expansion to the run of his forthcoming production of King Lear, which will see the company tour nationally, and will be broadcast to over 22 countries worldwide in collaboration with National Theatre Live.

Atlantic Theater Company (Neil Pepe, Artistic Director, Jeffory Lawson, Managing Director) has announced its 25th Anniversary season productions. The 2010-2011 season will feature world premieres from Academy Award® winner Ethan Coen, Pulitzer and Tony Award® winner David Auburn, Lucy Thurber, a return to the work of Tony Award® and Nobel Prize winner Harold Pinter and a 25th anniversary one-act festival that will reunite a who's who of Atlantic alumni playwrights, directors and actors.

If you had to choose just one song to represent an entire Broadway year, what would you pick?

The Garden Theatre is pleased to announce the 2010 Milk Money Movies, running Tuesdays at 10am from June 15 through August 3, sponsored by the City of Winter Garden at the Garden Theatre (160 West Plant Street). These features offer low-cost summertime family entertainment to the residents of Winter Garden and surrounding areas.

On May 23, Yangtze Repertory Theatre of America (www.yangtze-rep-theatre.org) will end its run of 'Laughing in the Wind: A Cautionary Tale in Martial Arts,' based on a novel by Jin Yong, China's most popular writer of the Martial Arts (Wuxia) genre, and arguably the most widely read author in the Chinese speaking world.

A Noise Within (ANW) ends run of AWAKE AND SING!, an American classic by CLIFFORD ODETS, Sunday, May 23, 2010 (previews begin Saturday, March 13), directed by Andrew J. Traister. Featuring veteran actor Len Lesser (Jacob), who is well known to contemporary audiences at Seinfeld's 'Uncle Leo' and highly regarded ANW Resident Artists Deborah Strang (Bessie Berger) and Joel Swetow (Myron Berger), the play also features Alan Blumenfeld (Uncle Morty), Molly Leland (Hennie Berger), David Lengel (Sam Feinschreiber), Daniel Reichert (Moe Axelrod), Adam Silver (Ralph Berger) and Alan Waserman (Schlosser).

An ABC rep as confirmed to TV Guide.com that Vanessa Williams will join the cast of Desperate Housewives as a series regular next season. Housewives creator Marc Cherry has been in search for a new trouble-maker for the block since Nicolette Sheridan's departure from the show. While very little is known about her role and participation int the show at this point, it is rumored that her character will be very closely associated with 'Paul' (played by Mark Moses).

Brad Little, famous for his lead role in the Broadway tour of Andrew Lloyd Webber's 'The Phantom of the Opera,' will star in a benefit concert for California Musical Theatre alongside his wife Barbara McCulloh, on May 9, 2010 at the intimate Cosmopolitan Cabaret.

The Garden Theatre is pleased to announce the 2010 Milk Money Movies, running Tuesdays at 10am from June 15 through August 3, sponsored by the City of Winter Garden at the Garden Theatre (160 West Plant Street). These features offer low-cost summertime family entertainment to the residents of Winter Garden and surrounding areas.

Arts Alliance at Northwestern University presents, LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS, in the Louis Room of Norris University Center at Northwestern University April 28-30. Tickets are on sale at the Norris Box Office (1999 S Campus Drive Evanston, IL) and range from $5-$10. More information is available at www.nbo.northwestern.edu.

From April 30 to May 23, Yangtze Repertory Theatre of America (www.yangtze-rep-theatre.org) will present 'Laughing in the Wind: A Cautionary Tale in Martial Arts,' based on a novel by Jin Yong, China's most popular writer of the Martial Arts (Wuxia) genre, and arguably the most widely read author in the Chinese speaking world.

Arts Alliance at Northwestern University presents, LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS, in the Louis Room of Norris University Center at Northwestern University April 28-30. Tickets are on sale at the Norris Box Office (1999 S Campus Drive Evanston, IL) and range from $5-$10. More information is available at www.nbo.northwestern.edu.

The California Musical Theatre presentation of the national tour of LITTLE HOUSE ON THE PRAIRIE, THE MUSICAL open at the Community Center Theater on Wednesday, April 14 for a two-week engagement. The national tour stops in Sacramento April 14-25.

The Dumbo Arts Center (DAC) will end its showing of Battlefields, an exhibition of photographic works by New York based artist, Nebojša Šeri?-Shoba on April 25th. Taken over a 10 year period (from 1999 to 2009), the featured works, documentations of actual battlefields, call into question the autonomy of "place": the disparity that exists between historical events and the geographic locations in which they occur. Apart from the occasional historic marker or didactic memorial plaque, little visual evidence remains to distinguish one site from another, a disconnect that evokes the transient nature of history, the arbitrary lines of the battlefield and the universality of the theaters of war.

The Dumbo Arts Center (DAC) is pleased to present Battlefields, an exhibition of photographic works by New York based artist, Nebojša Šeric-Shoba. Taken over a 10 year period (from 1999 to 2009), the featured works, documentations of actual battlefields, call into question the autonomy of 'place': the disparity that exists between historical events and the geographic locations in which they occur. Apart from the occasional historic marker or didactic memorial plaque, little visual evidence remains to distinguish one site from another, a disconnect that evokes the transient nature of history, the arbitrary lines of the battlefield and the universality of the theaters of war.

Margaret Edson's Pulitzer Prize winning play, WIT, will be presented Thursday-Sunday, April 22-25 and April 29-May 2 at the Hershey Area Playhouse. First produced off-Broadway in 1999, WIT stars Debbie Voight as a patient undergoing treatment for ovarian cancer.

It was 1969 - the final Summer of Love. I was a dyed-in-the-paisley hippie: sandals on my feet, elephant bell bottoms hugging low on my hips, love beads strung around my neck and flowers in my Jimi Hendrix size Afro...

Company members of LITTLE HOUSE ON THE PRAIRIE, THE MUSICAL arriving at The Sacramento Community Center Theatre on April 14, 2010 will help build a house at a Habitat for Humanity Sacramento build on April 16 at 10:00 a.m. on Mahogany Street in Del Paso Heights. This build is part of a nationwide effort between Habitat for Humanity International and Little House on the Prairie to raise awareness about the need for affordable housing. The tour, presented by California Musical Theatre's Broadway Sacramento series stars Melissa Gilbert as Ma.

The California Musical Theatre presentation of the national tour of LITTLE HOUSE ON THE PRAIRIE, THE MUSICAL open at the Community Center Theater on Wednesday, April 14 for a two-week engagement. The national tour stops in Sacramento April 14-25.

MUSIC BY ACCLAIMED DUTCH COMPOSER LOUIS ANDRIESSEN HIGHLIGHTED IN MONTH-LONG CARNEGIE HALL RESIDENCY, APRIL 9 TO MAY 10

Margaret Edson's Pulitzer Prize winning play, WIT, will be presented Thursday-Sunday, April 22-25 and April 29-May 2 at the Hershey Area Playhouse. First produced off-Broadway in 1999, WIT stars Debbie Voight as a patient undergoing treatment for ovarian cancer.

The Tony Award®-winning Signature Theatre, nationally known for its interpretation of Stephen Sondheim musicals, celebrated its 20th anniversary season by presenting Sondheim's most popular musical SWEENEY TODD, directed by Artistic Director Eric Schaeffer. The production will end its run in the 276-seat MAX Theater, April 4, 2010.

From April 30 to May 23, Yangtze Repertory Theatre of America (www.yangtze-rep-theatre.org) will present 'Laughing in the Wind: A Cautionary Tale in Martial Arts,' based on a novel by Jin Yong, China's most popular writer of the Martial Arts (Wuxia) genre, and arguably the most widely read author in the Chinese speaking world.

A Noise Within (ANW) presents AWAKE AND SING!, an American classic by CLIFFORD ODETS, opening Saturday, March 20 and closing Sunday, May 23, 2010 (previews begin Saturday, March 13), directed by Andrew J. Traister. Featuring veteran actor Len Lesser (Jacob), who is well known to contemporary audiences at Seinfeld's 'Uncle Leo' and highly regarded ANW Resident Artists Deborah Strang (Bessie Berger) and Joel Swetow (Myron Berger), the play also features Alan Blumenfeld (Uncle Morty), Molly Leland (Hennie Berger), David Lengel (Sam Feinschreiber), Daniel Reichert (Moe Axelrod), Adam Silver (Ralph Berger) and Alan Waserman (Schlosser).

Brad Little, famous for his lead role in the Broadway tour of Andrew Lloyd Webber's 'The Phantom of the Opera,' will star in a benefit concert for California Musical Theatre alongside his wife Barbara McCulloh, on May 9, 2010 at the intimate Cosmopolitan Cabaret.