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"Even with the second strongest ticket sales in its history for 2008, the Ashland festival was hit hard by poor returns on its investments and endowment fund, resulting in a $750,000 deficit this year and an anticipated deficit of$1 million in 2009."...

On Thursday, November 27th at 9:00 AM the magic takes to the skies and the streets of the Big Apple in America's favorite Parade.

Oscar-winning actor Richard Dreyfuss is to star in the world premiere of Joe Sutton' s new play Complicit to be directed by Kevin Spacey in-the-round at The Old Vic.

The New Group proudly announces a benefit evening honoring Ethan Hawke with the third annual Michael Mendelson Award for Outstanding Commitment to the theater.

Landmark on Main Street presents Maude Maggart in concert on Saturday, November 22, 2008 at 8 PM.

On November 15th the Catskills come to Brooklyn as NACL Theatre (North American Cultural Laboratory, www.nacl.org) hosts the BORSCHT BASH, a party to benefit the theatre and its NYC premiere of "THE UNCANNY APPEARANCE OF SHERLOCK HOLMES" this December at HERE Arts Center in Soho. The event will be co-chaired by actors Susan Dey, Judd Hirsch, and Mary Staurt Masterson.

The 92nd Street Y has announced the casting and creative teams for their popular "Lyrics & Lyricists" series.

In its ambitious "Oedipus Cycle," a three-hour, slightly condensed production of Sophocles' Theban plays, the Pearl theater Company takes a straightforward, just-the-facts-ma'am approach.

The YORK THEATRE COMPANY (James Morgan, Producing Artistic Director) is proud to announce that its acclaimed production of ENTER LAUGHING: THE MUSICAL will return for a limited seven-week engagement to accommodate the demand.

Lafayette College in Easton, PA will host the creators of the Broadway-bound musical CALIGULA, beginning Wednesday, November 5 through November 17 for an on campus series of script development sessions.