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| Playbill - American Conservatory Theater (A.C.T.) announced Aug. 21 that Jean Racine's play PhËdre will be one of its productions for the 2009-10 season in a first-time co-production with Canada's world-renowned Stratford Shakespeare Festival. In recent days, Stratford announced the title, to be directed by A.C.T. artistic director Carey Perloff, for its summer 2009 slate. |
| Playbill - The first 100 people in line for the opening of the box office for 13, A New Musical at the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre will be offered a $13 ticket price Aug. 25. |
| Playbill - New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced on Aug. 21 a $5 million renovation of a bandshell in Marcus Garvey Park which, known as Mt. Morris Park in Manhattan, had been a favorite spot for Richard Rodgers (1902-79) in his childhood. Rodgers provided the original funding for the performance space 38 years ago, but in recent years the venue has fallen into disrepair. |
| Playbill - Longtime Broadway music coordinator John Miller, a respected behind-the-scenes guy who puts musicians together to create orchestras for musicals, makes his recording debut as vocalist, guitarist and producer of a new PS Classics album, "Stage Door Johnny." |
| Playbill - Off-Broadway's Signature Theatre Company, noted for producing the work of one playwright per season, has departed from that notion for the season, and opens Leslie Lee's The First Breeze of Summer, starring Tony Award winner Leslie Uggams, Aug. 21. |
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