Tyne Daly and Delroy Lindo to Star in Open-Air 'Agamemnon' at Getty Villa in Malibu. Tony Award winner Tyne Daly will play vengeful wife Clytemnestra opposite Tony nominee Delroy Lindo as the returning king in an open-air California production of Agamemnon, directed by Stephen Wadsworth at the Getty Villa.

Track Listing Announced for "Jason Danieley and the Frontier Heroes" Disc. "Jason Danieley and the Frontier Heroes," the new CD from Broadway actor-singer and his pals in the folk-pop band The Frontier Heroes, will be in stores Sept. 16, from PS Classics.

Falling for Make Believe: Bell's 'Boys From Syracuse' Opens in Suburban Chicago. David Bell's new production of the classic Rodgers and Hart musical The Boys from Syracuse opens in Chicago Aug. 14 following previews from Aug. 7 at Drury Lane Theatre Oakbrook Terrace, in Oakbrook Terrace, IL.

Wild Duck,' Daisey, 'Gatz,' 'the break/s' Will Play MCA in Chicago. Chicago's Museum of Contemporary Art has announced eclectic programming for its 2008-09 performance season, which will welcome writer-monologist Mike Daisey, Elevator Repair Service's version of "The Great Gatsby" and more.

Broadway's 'Phantom' Will Welcome a New Christine. Marni Raab, who previously starred as Christine on both the Asian world tour and the U.S. national tour of Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Phantom of the Opera, will take over the role on Broadway starting at the evening performance Aug. 20.

Submission Period Announced for Plays and Musicals Aiming for 2009 O'Neill Conferences. Attention playwrights and musical theatre writers: The Eugene O'Neill Theater Center in Waterford, CT, has announced details of its Open Submissions process for projects to be included in O'Neill's summer 2009 national new works conferences.

Dvorsky, Gamble, Parker-Namdar, Sherback to Sing Broadway's 'Lost Songs' in VA. Signature Theatre in Arlington, VA, kicks off its cabaret season Sept. 3-6 with The Lost Songs of Broadway 1940s-1950s, "a collection of terrific tunes from some of history's forgotten mid-century musicals.".

British Musical Comedy 'Half a Sixpence' Opens at Goodspeed. Half a Sixpence, the musical comedy about a London shop assistant tempted by money, opens in a rare revival at Goodspeed Opera House Aug. 6 in Connecticut.

13' the Musical Is Now Also a Novel, With a Musical Surprise Imbedded. The Broadway-bound teen-driven musical 13, beginning previews Sept. 16 at The Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre, is available in a different form - as a novel for kids - in bookstores now.

Les Miz, Assassins, Bug', Panaro, Irwin, Schoeffler Among 2008 Barrymore Nominees. The Theatre Alliance of Greater Philadelphia announced the nominations in 26 categories for the 2008 Barrymore Awards for Excellence in Theatre on Aug. 6.

Simon Gray, British Playwright of Wit and Intelligence, Dies at 71. Simon Gray, the British playwright who for four decades chronicled with sardonic wit and a cerebral style the mores of English literary and academic circles, died Aug. 7, the Guardian reported. He was diagnosed with lung cancer last year and had been in failing health.

Remains of The Theatre, Shakespeare's Early Stomping Ground, Discovered. Rows of bricks were recently uncovered by archaeologists from the Museum of London, prompting a belief that the foundation of an Elizabethan-era venue called The Theatre, where Shakespeare once acted, had been found.

FCC Is Field Testing Devices to Gauge Interference With Theatrical Microphone Frequency. The Federal Communication Commission's Office of Engineering and Technology is currently field testing the performance of prototype White Space Devices, like laptops, which use the same free broadcast television spectrum as theatrical wireless microphones.

PLAYBILL.COM'S THEATRE WEEK IN REVIEW: 'Hair' Today. The Shakespeare in the Park production of Hair got the best sort of critical reception it could have hoped for when it opened at the Delacorte Theatre on Aug. 7.

Banes and Elbrick Star in Feminist Thriller for FringeNYC. Two actresses - Obie Award winner Lisa Banes and Tony Award nominee Xanthe Elbrick - play multiple roles in the world premiere of The Alice Complex, a drama of clashing feminist notions, at the New York International Fringe Festival.

Broadway-Aimed 'Brigadoon' Postponed. The new Broadway-aimed production of Lerner and Loewe's Brigadoon, directed and choreographed by Tony Award winner Rob Ashford and scheduled to play in Boston this fall, prior to a Broadway opening, has been postponed.

Cedric the Entertainer Is Broadway-Bound in 'American Buffalo'. Cedric the Entertainer, the actor-comedian seen in concerts and on film as one of "The Original Kings of Comedy," is expected to play junk shop owner Don to John Leguizamo's Teach in the new Broadway production of David Mamet's acclaimed American Buffalo this fall.

Blood Wedding' and Cajun-Flavored 'Petite Rouge' Get Free Outdoor Run in London. London's annual free open-air theatre season, being presented for the sixth year, returns to the Scoop at More London, beside City Hall on the South Bank of the Thames between London Bridge and Tower Bridge, July 31 to Sept. 7.

PLAYBILL.COM'S BRIEF ENCOUNTER With Ira Weitzman. Don't recognize the name Ira Weitzman? If you're at all interested in the American musical theatre, you should.

Ripcords', a Musical Drama of Post-War Secrets, Will Play FringeNYC. Ripcords, a new musical drama about war profiteering in World War II, and choices to be made in the 1950s, will jump into the The New York International Fringe Festival Aug. 10-24 at the Bleecker Street Theatre.