Chicago 'Caroline' Is Hot; One Week Added. The run of the critically acclaimed new Chicago premiere production of Caroline, or Change by Tony Award-winner Tony Kushner and Jeanine Tesori, directed by Charles Newell, has been extended. Added performances now take the musical to Oct. 26 at Court Theatre.

Sci-Fi Comedy 'Boom' Will Feature Deeker, Gilbert, Marshall in DC. Peter Sinn Nachtrieb's Boom, the science fiction fantasy comedy about sex, fish, extinction and the end of the world, will begin Nov. 3 in Washington, DC, in a production by Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company.

PLAYBILL.COM'S THEATRE WEEK IN REVIEW: Daniel Slays the Stallion. "Harry Potter" himself, Daniel Radcliffe made his long-awaited Broadway debut Sept. 25 at the Broadhurst.

A "Tune"-ful 'Turn of the Century'. Tommy Tune explains the fantastical plot twist of the new musical Turn of the Century.

Fantasticks' Actor Spangler Jumps Into TV's "Amazing Race". Nick Spangler, the Off-Broadway actor who is playing Matt in The Fantasticks at the Snapple Theater Center, admits that his appearance as a competitor on the new season of "The Amazing Race" wasn't about fame or even money.

Girl With a Pearl Earring' Opens in London. David Joss Buckley's new play Girl with a Pearl Earring, starring Adrian Dunbar as Dutch painter Johannes Vermeer, opens at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket Sept. 29 following previews from Sept. 24.

Dressed to Thrill, Actor-Writer Busch's 'Third Story' Opens at La Jolla Playhouse. Charles Busch plays characters named Baba Yaga and Queenie Bartlett in his new comic drama inspired by the movies, The Third Story, opening Sept. 21 at La Jolla Playhouse in California.

E. Faye Butler Is 'Caroline' in Chicago Premiere of Kushner-Tesori Musical. The Chicago premiere of the Tony Award-nominated musical, Caroline, or Change, starring E. Faye Butler in the title role of a maid struggling with job, family and a changing world, opens Sept. 20 at the Court Theatre.

Julia Stiles Invited to Star in Broadway's 'Oleanna'. Julia Stiles - of the "Bourne" movies and Off-Broadway's Fran's Bed - is heading to Broadway in David Mamet's Oleanna, the actress told columnist Cindy Adams.

Philly's Prince Offers a Refreshed 'World 'Goes Round'. The Prince Music Theater's "newly re-imagined" production of The World Goes 'Round, the revue of songs by Broadway's John Kander and Fred Ebb, begins Sept. 20 in Philadelphia.

Bloody Fun: VA's Signature Presents 'Lieutenant'. Signature Theatre's Washington, DC, premiere of the viciously bloody comic satire The Lieutenant of Inishmore begins Sept. 23, playing to Nov. 16 in Signature's ARK Theatre in Arlington, VA.

A New Generation Tackles 'Speed-the-Plow' for Broadway. Neil Pepe, Elisabeth Moss and Raul Esparza look at David Mamet's Speed-the-Plow through fresh lenses.

Signature's "Black Box" 'Les Miz' Will Put Audience in Middle of the Action; Cast Announced. In the Signature Theatre's new 2008-09 production of the smash musical Les Mis rables, Javert, Jean Valjean, Fantine and the rest of the 19th-century French "miserable ones" will be as you've never seen them before - up close and personal.

NEA Leader Dana Gioia Will Step Down in 2009. National Endowment for the Arts Chairman Dana Gioia announced Sept. 12 that he will leave his position at the head of the Arts Endowment in January 2009.

Gary Cole Completes London Cast of 'August: Osage County'. Gary Cole, a Steppenwolf Theatre Company ensemble member, will join the London cast of the acclaimed August: Osage County, to play the National Theatre Nov. 21-Jan. 21, 2009.

To Be or Not To Be', About Troupers in a Time of Terror, Begins Broadway Run. Ernst Lubitsch's 1942 film comedy about Polish theatre troupers outsmarting the Nazis finds its way onto the Broadway stage Sept. 16 in To Be or Not To Be, an adaptation by Nick Whitby at Manhattan Theatre Club's Samuel J. Friedman Theatre.

13, A New Musical' Comes of Age on Broadway. Stars of tomorrow will dawn today - Sept. 16 - at Broadway's Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre, where the first preview of the new high school-set musical 13, with songs by Tony Award winner Jason Robert Brown, appears. Jeremy Sams directs.

Tony Winner White, Prymus and Sloan Will Bring R&B Groove to 'Princess' Musical in San Diego. Tony Award winner Lillias White, Broadway's Ken Prymus Jr. and "American Idol" veteran Sabrina Sloan are among cast members in the world premiere of San Diego REPertory Theatre's The Princess and the Black-Eyed Pea, a soulful take on the Hans Christian Andersen tale.

Timely Election Drama 'State of the Union' Gets Milwaukee Rep Revival. The Pulitzer Prize-winning political drama State of the Union by Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse opens The Milwaukee Rep's 2008-09 Quadracci Powerhouse Theater season. Previews begin Sept. 16 toward a Sept. 19 opening in Wisconsin.

Soulpepper Will Put Work of Canadian Poet Dennis Lee on Stage in 2009; Season Announced. Toronto's Soulpepper Theatre Company will offer 11 titles in its 2009 season, including ten new stagings and a return engagement of the Dora Award-winning Under Milk Wood, starring Kenneth Welsh, artistic director Albert Schultz announced Sept. 16.