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Before there was Hamilton, there was Lin-Manuel Miranda's cutting edge musical masterpiece In the Heights.

The producers of Broadway's smash Waitress announced today that Grammy Award winner Jason Mraz will extend his engagement as Dr. Pomatter in the show until February 11, sharing two more weeks with the show's Grammy and Tony Award nominated composer and lyricist Sara Bareilles, who returns to the show on January 16 as Jenna, the titular pie-maker. Ms. Bareilles will be in the show through February 25. She made her Broadway debut in the show last year, breaking house records at the theatre. Mr. Mraz had previously been scheduled to depart the show on January 28.

The Actors Fund announced today a 15th Anniversary Reunion Concert benefit celebration of the 2002 Tony Award-winning Broadway production of Thoroughly Modern Millie.

Producer Jeffrey Seller is proud to announce that AUSTIN SCOTT and NICHOLAS CHRISTOPHER will join the First National Tour of HAMILTON as Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr, respectively. Mr. Scott's credits include the Off-Broadway cast of One Day. Mr. Christopher is currently playing John in the Broadway revival of Miss Saigon and played George Washington in HAMILTON on Broadway.

Andrew Lloyd Webber's classic musical CATS, based on the poetry of T.S. Eliot, is one tiptoe closer to the big screen.

Bundle up, New York! Winter Storm Grayson is here, and we're likely to be left with lots of snow, ice, and chaos in his wake.

Recently on Broadway, Leung has starred in the musicals Allegiance and In Transit. He also appeared on Broadway in Flower Drum Song and Pacific Overtures and was part of the final Broadway company of the hit musical Rent. He originated Boq in the Chicago production of Wicked and played Dalton Academy Warbler Wes on Fox's smash television series 'Glee.'

The Queen's list of 2017 New Year honorees has been announced. Among those being honored are director John Tiffany, actor Hugh Laurie, and Rosemary Squire, co-owner and joint chief executive of The Ambassador Theatre Group.

Stripped down duo, The Skivvies have announced that they will return to Feinstein's/ 54 Below with their new show, Here, There, and Underwear. Performances are set to take place January 14 & 20 at 9:30 PM.

This evening, Broadway favorite Joshua Henry announced on social media that he and his wife Cathryn Henry are expecting their first child. The baby is due in March of 2018.

This afternoon Syfy tweeted the premiere date for the network's upcoming Superman series Krypton. According to a tweet posted earlier today, the show will air beginning March 21, 2018.

Following the announcement that a new musical series from Glee creator Ryan Murphy would be getting a full season, actress Tatiana Maslany has departed the show as it undergoes some changes.

Check out the cast of the Los Angeles parody smash, Spamilton, performing the show's opening number on Fox 11 this morning!

It was only a matter of time before Broadway's long-running hit, CHICAGO, made its way to the big screen. On this day fifteen years ago, the show made its Hollywood debut in an acclaimed motion picture starring Catherine Zeta-Jones, Renee Zellweger, Richard Gere, and John C. Reilly.

Below, watch the official first behind the scenes look at the THE ASSASSINATION OF GIANNI VERSACE: AMERICAN CRIME STORY. The next installment of FX's award-winning original series premieres January 17th. The film stars Edgar Ramirez as Gianni Versace and Darren Criss(GLEE, HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH) in the role of serial killer Andrew Cunanan.

See Selma Blair and Nicolas Cage get homicidal in the newly released trailer for Mom and Dad.

This afternoon, Star Wars star, Mark Hamill took to Twitter to retract an earlier statement he had made critiquing the characterization of Luke Skywalker in the box office smash, Star Wars: The Last Jedi.

Variety reports that actress Heather Menzies-Urich, known for portraying Louisa von Trapp in the 1965 film The Sound of Music, died at age 68 following a recent diagnosis with cancer. Her son Ryan Urich said that his mother died on Christmas Eve, surrounded by her family.

'ROSEANNE' the timeless sitcom that broke new ground and dominated ratings in its original run, will return to ABC with all-new episodes, in a special hour-long premiere, TUESDAY, MARCH 27 (8:00-9:00 p.m. EDT).

The Hollywood Reporter has reported that Sony Pictures Television Studios is eyeing a reboot of the award-winning NBC comedy series, Mad About You.