• Due to the crush of theater, last week's In the Wings appeared only online. Sorry about that -- but you can see it there still. My main items were some thoughts on this year's Pulitzer Prize in theater for "August: Osage County" and last year's for "Rabbit Hole" (which is next up at the Public); the April 25-26 August Wilson birthday celebrations planned by the August Wilson Center, featuring an evening with Alfre Woodard and another of reminiscence; and many weekend openings (some already gone), including Caravan Theatre in George F. Walker's dark comedy, "Risk Everything."

There was even more. I admit, I piled it on, without limited newsprint as a curb. It was a busy theater weekend, and I had a couple of high school musicals, too, which is why I missed openings at CMU (its traveling comedia show) and Caravan Theatre, to which I'll catch up this week.

• You'll find Montae Russell's completed blog, now with pictures, on his month acting in August Wilson's complete Pittsburgh Cycle at Kennedy Center.

• On the online High School Musical page, a subset of the Theater page, you'll now find my two new high school reviews, including Hampton's marvelous "Into the Woods" and at least two Kelly Critics reviews.

• Note also the North Pittsburgh Musical Showcase, the season's first, May 3 at Seneca Valley, right before the second, the May 7 Westmoreland Night of the Stars in Greensburg. I see Hampton is part of the North showcase, along with the always fine Pine-Richland.

• So it's time to send me any theater listings, May through September, for our annual Summer Times. Get them to me by May 5, no matter how sketchy.

• Shakespeare celebrates his 444th birthday Wednesday. There'll be performers doing scenes and monologues and reading sonnets 7-9 p.m. at Borders Books at 1775 N. Highland Road, Bethel Park.

• Pittsburgh theater professor, historian ("Pittsburgh in Stages") and playwright Lynn Conner is leaving Pitt to become chair of Theater and Dance at Colby College in Maine. She says she's looking forward to an experience like that at her alma mater, Oberlin, and to a new teaching emphasis on playwriting, script analysis and advanced dramatic lit, after teaching almost exclusively theater history at Pitt and CMU. But it'll be a slow transition for family reasons, so we'll see something of her throughout next year. I'm going to miss her wisdom a lot.

• Our Broadway ShowPlane leaves soon, April 30-May 4. Beyond that lie trips to the Shaw and Stratford festivals, July 9-18, and the Shaw alone, Sept. 10-13. Call 412-441-3131 to get on the mailing list.

• Going out with a bang is "The Big Bang," the CLO's two-man musical comedy revue history of the world showcasing Tim Hartman and Marcus Stevens. It runs just through April 27 at the Downtown Cabaret at Theatre Square. Several upcoming shows are sold out, but there are plenty of tickets to others at 412-456-6666 or www.pittsburghclo.org. I'm going back Friday to see super understudy Michael Fuller.

• Little Lake Theatre Company is seeking a paid technical director for its 2008 season, either May-August or May-December. Contact Rob or Sunny Fitchett at 412-561-4402 or robsunny@msn.com.

• Duquesne University Medieval and Renaissance Players stages the Wakefield "Noah," Friday at 1 and 3 p.m. on Academic Walk in front of the Student Union on Campus, and it's free!

• Future Tenant is accepting scripts for its fifth annual Ten-Minute Play Festival in the Cultural District in November. It's a project of CMU's Mellon's Institute for the Management of Creative Enterprises and The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust. The deadline is July 15, and scripts must be somehow inspired by "life in Pittsburgh." For other guidelines, contact Stacey Vespaziani, svespaz@mac.com, or visit www.futuretenant.org.

• Paid admissions at city's pro theaters for the week ending April 13: