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San Francisco Shakepeare Company presents The Comedy of Errors in the parks.

Southwest Shakespeare Company kicks off its 16th season with the opening of The Comedy of Errors on Sept. 18 in Mesa.

Gwen Taylor is to join Matt Lucas and Chris New in Daniel Kramer's production of Prick Up Your Ears, a new play by Simon Bent. Inspired exclusively by the John Lahr biography and the diaries of Joe Orton, Prick Up Your Ears examines the private lives of these two extraordinary men.

The Regent's Park Open Air Theatre production of Hello, Dolly!, directed by Timothy Sheader, has become not only one of the critically acclaimed successes of the year, but also the highest grossing production in the history of the theatre. The production runs until this Saturday, 12 September.

Southwest Shakespeare Company kicks off its 16th season with the opening of The Comedy of Errors on Sept. 18 in Mesa.

Shakespeare's most popular comedy is all set to charm San Francisco as the San Francisco Shakespeare Festival and sponsors Nair & Co. bring to stage 'Comedy of Errors', an extravagant production about mistaken identities and dewy-eyed lovers that begins playing in the city on August 29.

Shakespeare's most popular comedy is all set to charm San Francisco as the San Francisco Shakespeare Festival and sponsors Nair & Co. bring to stage 'Comedy of Errors', an extravagant production about mistaken identities and dewy-eyed lovers that begins playing in the city on August 29.

After a successful opening at this year's Seattle Outdoor Theater Festival, GreenStage continues this year's shows this weekend at Lower Woodland Park by Greenlake and Lincoln Park in West Seattle. As always, all performances are presented free of charge. GreenStage is thrilled to present its 21st annual Shakespeare in the Park series, featuring THE COMEDY OF ERRORS and KING JOHN.

San Francisco Shakepeare Company presents The Comedy of Errors in the parks.

Gwen Taylor is to join Matt Lucas and Chris New in Daniel Kramer's production of Prick Up Your Ears, a new play by Simon Bent. Inspired exclusively by the John Lahr biography and the diaries of Joe Orton, Prick Up Your Ears examines the private lives of these two extraordinary men.

After a successful opening at this year's Seattle Outdoor Theater Festival, GreenStage continues this year's shows this weekend at Lower Woodland Park by Greenlake and Lincoln Park in West Seattle. As always, all performances are presented free of charge. GreenStage is thrilled to present its 21st annual Shakespeare in the Park series, featuring THE COMEDY OF ERRORS and KING JOHN.

The Boomerang Theatre Company (Tim Errickson, Artistic Director; Francis Kuzler, Managing Director) will present Shakespeare's THE COMEDY OF ERRORS from June 20th thru July 19th, 2009 in Central Park. The production will also play a special performance in Fort Totten Park in Bayside Queens on July 25th, 2009. The show is an outdoor production, and is free to the public. For more information, please visit www.boomerangtheatre.org.

For its sixth season, the NorthEast Shakespeare Ensemble will present Shakespeare's Comedy of Errors in repertory with Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot, at the Lebanon Opera House from June 18 through July 4. These two classic plays will showcase the versatile talents of NESE's acting Company: Comedy is a fast-paced popular delight, full of puns, wordplay and slapstick humor, and one of the funniest plays the Bard ever wrote; in contrast, Godot is a tragicomedy, where 'nothing' happens, but audiences still stay glued to their seats.

The Boomerang Theatre Company (Tim Errickson, Artistic Director; Francis Kuzler, Managing Director) will present Shakespeare's THE COMEDY OF ERRORS from June 20th thru July 19th, 2009 in Central Park. The production will also play a special performance in Fort Totten Park in Bayside Queens on July 25th, 2009. The show is an outdoor production, and is free to the public. For more information, please visit www.boomerangtheatre.org.

For its sixth season, the NorthEast Shakespeare Ensemble will present Shakespeare's Comedy of Errors in repertory with Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot, at the Lebanon Opera House from June 18 through July 4. These two classic plays will showcase the versatile talents of NESE's acting Company: Comedy is a fast-paced popular delight, full of puns, wordplay and slapstick humor, and one of the funniest plays the Bard ever wrote; in contrast, Godot is a tragicomedy, where 'nothing' happens, but audiences still stay glued to their seats.

Shakespeare's Globe will take to the road again this summer, with two new scaled-down productions of The Comedy of Errors and A Midsummer Night's Dream. The tours will visit beautiful open-air settings across the UK and Europe between May and August 2009, offering theatre-lovers a delightful and totally unique summer experience.

BAM is delighted to present a new staging of Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice from Edward Hall's award-winning company Propeller. Last at BAM with renowned productions of The Taming of the Shrew and Twelfth Night (2007 Spring Season), comedies that revel in the trials and inevitable tribulations of romantic love, Propeller returns with an audaciously compelling interpretation of The Merchant of Venice, critically acclaimed in its recent U.K. run.

NorthEast Shakespeare Ensemble presents Comedy Of Errors and Waiting For Godot in June and July 2009. NorthEast Shakespeare Ensemble P.O. Box 1559 New London, NH 03257

The Nashville Shakespeare Festival's ongoing program, Shakespeare Allowed!, will feature The Comedy of Errors for the month of March. The program Shakespeare Allowed! brings participants together each month to read aloud one of Shakespeare's works. The goal is to read all his works beginning with the first play he wrote and ending with his last. The program began last October, and will continue once a month over the next three years.

The Nashville Shakespeare Festival's ongoing program, Shakespeare Allowed!, will feature The Comedy of Errors for the month of March. The program Shakespeare Allowed! brings participants together each month to read aloud one of Shakespeare's works. The goal is to read all his works beginning with the first play he wrote and ending with his last. The program began last October, and will continue once a month over the next three years.

The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey begins its 2008 Season with one of Shakespeare's most beloved comedies, The Comedy of Errors. The madcap hijinks begin on April 30 and continue through May 18. The Theatre also announced an addition to its early curtain performances.

Chicago Shakespeare Artistic Director Barbara Gaines Stages William Shakespeare's 'The Comedy of Errors.' Second City's Ron West Brings Additional Comedic Twist

REVIEW: The Baltimore Shakespeare Festival opens its teen performance of Shakespeare's The Comedy of Errors.

CanStage presents Necessary Angel's production of HALF LIFE, written by John Mighton and directed by Daniel Brooks. Limited engagement through February 3rd at the Bluma Appel Theatre. Toronto, ON...Prize-winning Canadian playwright John Mighton's latest play Half Life premiered to rave reviews in Toronto, Montreal, Ottawa and Scotland. It has been showered with accolades including the Governor General's Award for Drama and a Dora Award for Outstanding New Play. 'CanStage is thrilled to be presenting this beautiful play on the large Bluma Appel Theatre stage, giving a bigger and more broadly-based audience an opportunity to experience this exciting new Canadian work,' enthused CanStage Artistic Producer Martin Bragg. The Necessary Angel production of Half Life will subsequently travel across Canada and be presented in Winnipeg at the Manitoba Theatre Centre in February 2007, and Vancouver at the Arts Club Theatre in March 2007. It is scheduled to be part of the Melbourne Theatre Festival in Australia in October 2007. Directed by Daniel Brooks, the cast of Half Life features the original cast of Laura de Carteret as Anna, Barbara Gordon (CanStage's Homechild) as Agnes, Carolyn Hetherington (CanStage's Written on Water) as Clara, Maggie Huculak (CanStage's A Midsummer Night's Dream) as Tammy, Randy Hughson (CanStage's Homechild) as Reverend, Diego Matamoros as Donald and Eric Peterson (CanStage's Homechild) as Patrick. Joining Mr. Brooks is a creative team that includes set and costume designer Dany Lyne (CanStage's Hair), lighting designer Andrea Lundy (CanStage's The Comedy of Errors), sound designer Richard Feren, stage manager Crystal Salverda and assistant stage manager Kate Porter. Clara and Patrick meet in a nursing home for veterans and their families. They begin to fall in love, thinking they are rekindling an old flame. Have they met before? As Clara and Patrick's middle-aged children watch their faltering parents, the older couple rediscovers beauty and love in the twilight of their lives. Half Life is a poetic and moving meditation on identity, aging and the nature of memory. John Mighton's plays Scientific Americans, Possible Worlds, A Short History of Night, Body and Soul, The Little Years and Half Life have been performed across Canada, as well as in Europe, Japan and the United States and have won several national awards including a Governor General's Literary Award for Drama for Possible Worlds, A Short History of Night and Half Life. Possible Worlds was made into a full-length feature film directed by renowned director/playwright Robert Lepage. In 2005 Mr. Mighton was awarded the Siminovitch Prize in Theatre for his body of work. Mr. Mighton holds a Ph.D. in Mathematics and is currently an adjunct professor at the University of Toronto. For the past eight years he has coordinated the highly acclaimed JUMP program, designed to tutor children who are having difficulties in math. Daniel Brooks is a prolific and versatile artist whose innovation and risk-taking have made him a leader within the Canadian cultural landscape. A director, writer, actor and teacher, Mr. Brooks has been recognized with accolades and awards throughout Canada and around the world. A tremendous mentor and inspiration to an entire generation of theatre artists, Mr. Brooks was the recipient of the inaugural Siminovitch Prize in Theatre. Some of his creations include Red Tape and 86; An Autopsy (with Don McKellar and Tracy Wright); The Lorca Play, House, Here Lies Henry, Monster and Cul de sac (all with Daniel MacIvor); The Noam Chomsky Lectures and Insomnia (with Guillermo Verdecchia), Bigger Than Jesus (with Rick Miller) and The Good Life. His work as a director includes John Mighton's Possible Worlds and Half Life, Goethe's Faust, and Beckett's Endgame. His most recent play is The Eco Show. He is currently the artistic director of Necessary Angel Theatre Company. BLUMA SEASON PRINT MEDIA SPONSOR: Toronto Star CANSTAGE OFFICIAL BEAUTY CARE SPONSOR: Olay Definity OFFICIAL HOTEL OF CANSTAGE: Delta Chelsea Hotel Digital Photography available at: http://www.canstage.com/2006-2007/media/images/play_4.asp Details PREVIEWS: January 8-10, 2007 OPENS: January 11-February 3, 2007 SCHEDULE: Monday-Saturday 8:00 p.m., Wednesday matinee 1:30 p.m.; Saturday matinee 2:00 p.m. TICKETS: $20-$95 LOCATION: CanStage - Bluma Appel Theatre, St. Lawrence Centre for the Arts, 27 Front St. E. BOX OFFICE: Tickets are available in person at the CanStage Customer Service Centres, 26 Berkeley St. or 27 Front St. E., by telephone at CanStage 416-368-3110 and Ticketmaster at 416-872-1111, and online at www.canstage.com Rush seats are available for any performance one hour prior to show time. Rush seats are half the regular ticket price. For Monday nigh performances only, pay-what-you-can tickets are available in person at the CanStage Box Office beginning at 10:00 a.m. on the day of the performance. Special Group Rates available. For details call Heather Burns at 416-367-8243 ext. 266. Other activities to enhance your theatre-going experience: CanStage Tea Talks and Talk Backs - These informal post-performance question and answer periods give you an opportunity to meet the artists immediately following a production. Contact Patty Jarvis at 416-367-8243 ext. 245 for details

CanStage's Dream in High Park production this summer is...THE COMEDY OF ERRORS