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Editor's Note: These two items are not related. Please do not show up and do a striptease on the Boston Bridge.

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More Boston Bridge Work: Traffic may be restricted to a single, alternating lane on the Boston Bridge this week, the state Department of Transportation announced.

Weather permitting, traffic will be restricted temporarily during daylight hours so that crews can finish the reconstruction of the bridge, including painting, railing and barrier installation, and "other minor activities," says Jim Struzzi, district spokesman for PennDOT.

The work will be done as needed between 9 a.m. and 3 p.m. Monday through Friday, and possibly between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. Saturday. Flag crews will control traffic.

Workers are wrapping up a $17.3 million rehabilitation project on the two-lane, eight-span steel truss bridge that carries Route 48 and connects Versailles with Elizabeth Township. More than 17,000 vehicles use the bridge daily.

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Auditions at MLT: McKeesport Little Theater is holding auditions for its upcoming production of "The Full Monty," a spokesperson announced. The auditions will be held from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. Jan. 29 and 30. No appointment is needed. Performers should bring 16 or more bars of a musical selection and be prepared to do a "cold reading."

Written by Terrence McNally with music and lyrics by David Yazbek, "The Full Monty" is an Americanized adaptation of the 1997 British movie of the same name. The musical debuted on Broadway in 2000 and won a Drama Desk Award for "Outstanding Music."

The musical comedy is the story of six unemployed male steelworkers from Buffalo, N.Y., who decide to organize a striptease act to raise money. MLT is presenting the musical May 4-20.

The MLT is located at 1614 Coursin St. near the Carnegie Library of McKeesport. Call (412) 673-1100 or visit the theater's website for more information.

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