By COLIN DABKOWSKI The Shaw Festival in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ont., seems to have a crush on Noel Coward. The work of the famed British wit and prolific author and playwright will be the focus of the festival's 2009-10 season.

By MAL VINCENT By Mal Vincent The Virginian-Pilot IN "MY FAIR LADY," arguably the greatest musical in our theatrical tradition, there is always what should be that triumphant moment when Eliza Doolittle, the Cockney flower girl who is so "deliciously low," finally learns to rise above her class and speak correctly.

By Liam Rudden JOAN OF ARC was burned at the stake in 1431. She was just 19. In 1920, she was made a saint, the patroness of soldiers and of France, and three years later immortalised by Irish playwright George Bernard Shaw in his play, Saint Joan.

By Rex Rutkoski, The Valley News-Dispatch, Tarentum, Pa. Aug. 7--Heroism is at the heart of the matter in Freeport Theatre Festival's 2008 season.

By Dixie Reid, The Sacramento Bee, Calif. Aug. 3--For the 11th time since 1964, Music Circus presents a summertime stage production of "My Fair Lady." With a little bit of luck (to borrow one of the show's song titles), it won't be the last.