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Highlights from Dirty Dancing

The North American Premiere of Dirty Dancing - The Classic Story On Stage begins performances today, Wednesday October 31, 2007, at the Royal Alexandra Theatre, in Toronto, following triumphant openings in London, Germany and Australia

Jacobsen Entertainment, in association with Lionsgate and Magic Hour Productions has announced the U.S. premiere of the international stage hit Dirty Dancing - The Classic Story On Stage by Eleanor Bergstein, writer of the iconic blockbuster movie.

Following an extensive search across Canada, and some major cities in the United States, David Mirvish, by arrangement with Jacobsen Entertainment, in association with Lionsgate and Magic Hour Productions, has revealed the cast that will bring Dirty Dancing - The Classic Story On Stage to the Royal Alexandra Theatre in Toronto.

Following a triumphant run at the West Yorkshire Playhouse last summer, the inmates of HMP Larkhall are now being sent down to London's Garrick Theatre for the West End premiere of Bad Girls - The Musical.

Anna Francolini and Gary Waldhorn will be joining the Royal Opera House's new production of Into the Woods next month

Michael Attenborough, Artistic Director of the Almeida Theatre, will direct the European Premiere of African-American playwright Theodore Ward's Big White Fog.

Beverley Klein, Anne Reid and Clive Rowe are to star in a new production of Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine's acclaimed Into the Woods at the Linbury Studio Theatre, Royal Opera House opening on 18 June 2007.

The Helen Hayes Awards honor achievement, celebrate, and promote the Washington D.C. professional theatre.

Patricia Clarkson, James Earl Jones, Jason Danieley, Marc Kudisch, among DC nominees.

The Sheffield Crucible's dazzling new production breaks new barriers of intimacy