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On Nov. 21, 1934, the Cole Porter musical "Anything Goes," starring Ethel Merman as Reno Sweeney, opened on Broadway. On this date: In 1789, North Carolina became the 12th state to ratify the U.S. Constitution.  

"Accidents Happen," the first play in a series by the Wisconsin Rapids Community Theatre's new director's production, will be staged at 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday in the WRCT Studio Theatre. The play is written and directed by Mike Fait. Tickets are $5 and can be purchased at the door or by calling 421-0435.  

This is the weekend that official Chicago ties up loose ends and buries Chicago Board of Education President Michael Scott , with a private funeral on Saturday and a public memorial -- complete with politicians -- on Sunday. The politicians and the clergy use the spoken word to tie things up neatly. It's what they do.  

PERFORMERS young and old are being asked to audition to appear in a major touring musical. Rodgers and Hammerstein's classic The King and I will be at Hanley's Regent Theatre in March. And producers Stage Productions are now looking for singers, dancers and actors to join the cast.  

MORE than 40 years after staging its first production, a newly-refurbished Ramsbottom theatre is ready to reopen. Guests will join founding members when they cut the ribbon to officially launch the £400,000 redevelopment of the Theatre Royal on December 4. The Players will perform pieces from their current production The Circle, by Somerset Maugham, to an invited audience, while the Youth Theatre will perform scenes from Snow White.  

The cast and creative team of Glory Days , Signature's world premiere musical, will reunite to celebrate the cast recording of the show in a special concert on Monday, November 30 at 8:00 pm in Signature's MAX Theatre. Creators Nick Blaemire (music/lyrics) and James Gardiner (book) will be joined by the four original Signature/Broadway cast members Steven Booth , Andrew C. Call , Adam Halpin , and Jesse J.P. Johnson for the reunion concert. They will recount their journey from Signature to Broadway, sha  

The 2008 Broadway revival of Tennessee Williams' Cat On a Hot Tin Roof , which featured an African-American cast led by James Earl Jones as Big Daddy and Phylicia Rashad as Big Mama, begins performances Nov. 21 at the West End's Novello Theatre, prior to an official opening Dec. 1, for a limited run to April 10. Jones and Rashad reprise their roles. Also in the cast are British actor Adrian Lester replacing Terrence Howard as Brick, while Broadway's Sanaa Lathan (Tony Award-nominated for Best Performanc  

1694 Birthday of French author François Marie Arouet, better known as Voltaire (1694-1778) whose satirical novel "Candide" served as source material for the 1956 Leonard Bernstein/Lillian Hellman/Dorothy Parker musical. 1888 Birthday of Adolph Marx, better known as Harpo (1888-1964), silent sibling of the Marx Brothers comedy team, seen on Broadway in I'll Say She Is, Animal Crackers and The Cocoanuts , and a character in the biographical musical Minnie's Boys . 1933 Birthright has just seven performanc  

OSAGE COUNTY, the 2008 Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award®-winning play starring Estelle Parsons , tells the bitingly funny and sensationally entertaining tale of the Weston family of Pawhuska, Oklahoma and is coming to the Civic Center of Greater Des Moines Feb. 23-28, 2010 for eight performances only. Tickets for AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY go on sale to the public at 10 a.m. on Monday, Nov. 30, 2009 at the Civic Center Ticket Office, all Ticketmaster locations, charge-by-phone at (800) 745-3000 and online at Civi