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Tony Winner Lane Is Currently Playing Final Eight Weeks in November
09 May 2008
Tony Award winner Nathan Lane will play his final performance as incumbent U.S. President Charles Smith in the acclaimed David Mamet comedy November July 13, according to a May 9 advertisement in The New York Times.

First Preview of Saved Is Lost; Musical Will Start May 10
09 May 2008
More tech time is necessary to launch the world premiere of the musical Saved, so the first preview on May 9 has been canceled, Playwrights Horizons announced.

photo by Scott Landis
Lane in November.

Oscar and Shiffman to Populate Irma Vep at DC's Arena
09 May 2008 -- Tony Award nominee Brad Oscar, never afraid to chomp into juicy roles, will star in multiple parts with J. Fred Shiffman in Arena Stage's new production of Charles Ludlam's frenzied two-actor comedy, The Mystery of Irma Vep, in Washington, DC.

Connor and Iacono Will Be Part of Free Felix Garden Reading May 12
09 May 2008 -- Ars Nova's free play-reading series, Out Loud, will continue May 12 with Sarah Hammond's The Extinction of Felix Garden.

Striking Twelve and Further Adventures of Hedda Gabler to Make TX Premieres (09 May 2008)

Hitchcock's "The 39 Steps" Appears on TCM May 12 (09 May 2008)

Line-Up for One Man Talking Solo-Fest Announced (09 May 2008)

PHOTO CALL: The 39 Steps Reopens on Broadway (09 May 2008)

Santiago-Hudson Joins ABC Crime Pilot "Castle" (09 May 2008)

PLAYBILL.COM'S THEATRE WEEK IN REVIEW, May 3-9: One and Done (09 May 2008)

Davies, Ryan and Mitrovich to Star in L.A. Premiere of Love, Janis (09 May 2008)

Elizabeth Ashley Will Remember Tennessee Williams at NYC Eccentricities Chat (09 May 2008)

Lansbury, Lane, Albee and O'Brien Offer "Celebrity Doodles" for Barrow Group (09 May 2008)

Airaldi, Derrah, LeBow and MacDonald Will Demonstrate When It's Hot, It's Cole Beginning June 26 (09 May 2008)

Prinz, Jimenez, Mufson and More Set for Voices of Swords at Off-Broadway's Urban Stages (09 May 2008)

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