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The Producers

"The Producers," presented by Rocco Landesman, Clear Channel Entertainment, The Frankel/Baruch/Viertel/Routh Group, Bob and Harvey Weinstein, Rick Steiner, Robert F.X. Silverman, and Mel Brooks, in association with James D. Stern/Douglas Meyer, at the San Diego Civic Theatre, 3rd and B Street, San Diego. Weds. 7 ...

Curse of the Starving Class

"Curse of the Starving Class," presented by 3KO Broadway Theatre Company at the Players Space, 4934 Lankershim Blvd., N. Hollywood. Fri.-Sat. 8 p.m. Jan. 31-Mar. 8. $15. (213) 488-7488.

Freeing Yourself from Fear

The fear of public speaking is rated by "The Book of Lists" as the number one fear among Americans. It is ranked even higher than the fear of death. So it's no surprise that those who'd rather be six feet under than speak in front of a group ...

Tharp Tuner Tops TDF/Astaires

The Twyla Tharp-Billy Joel hit tuner "Movin' Out" made a clean sweep of the 2003 Theatre Development Fund (TDF)/Astaire Awards when the honors were distributed Thurs., May 15, at the Hudson Theatre.

Fire On The Mountain

at the Lyceum Stage Theatre

SAG, AFTRA Mulling Merger?

Will the Screen Actors Guild and the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists try once more to merge?

Warner Bros Studio Reviews Expenses

Warner Bros. film and television studio is reviewing its costs with an eye toward trimming its budget next year as part of a normal process it undertakes annually, a studio spokeswoman said on Tuesday.

AEA Extends Smoke-Haze Regs to Most Pacts

Actors' Equity Association is making major strides in clearing the air, on stage, that is.

SAG/AFTRA east board OKs pact

Two down, one to go. At a Thursday night meeting, the Eastern section of the joint SAG/AFTRA national board unanimously endorsed the tentative three-year contract reached a week ago by negotiators for SAG/AFTRA and the Alliance of Motion Picture & Television Producers

Celebrating Last Frontier's Decade

Back in the rainy summer of 1993, when Edward Albee was persuaded to travel to this tiny town to receive the first Last Frontier Playwright Award, little did he know that 10 years later an internationally known playwrights' conference bearing his imprimatur would be the outgrowth of that trip.