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Mayor Bloomberg has honored August: Osage County with a Mayor?s Proclamation in honor of the show?s 300th performance August 13th stating that August: Osage County has “yielded tremendous cultural and economic benefits for” New York City and has “reaffirmed New York?s proud heritage of welcoming the world?s boldest, most powerful works of art.”” The show is the longest running play of the 2007-2008 season.

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Julianne Moore and Cynthia Nixon will join Ralph Fiennes, Barry McGovern and Liam Neeson onstage this Saturday and Sunday (July 26 and 27) at the Gerald W. Lynch Theater at John Jay College for hour-long poetry and prose readings by Samuel Beckett, as Gate|Beckett ends its run at the Lincoln Center Festival.

The actors will read from a selection of extracts from Beckett’s novels and poetry, as well as his shorter prose and dramatic works. The reading on Saturday, July 26th at 2 p.m. features Julianne Moore, Barry McGovern and Liam Neeson. Ralph Fiennes, Liam Neeson, Barry McGovern and Cynthia Nixon read on Sunday, July 27th at 2 p.m