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The Recording Academy announced the newest additions to its GRAMMY Hall Of Fame, adding 25 recordings to a timeless list that now includes 851 titles. The Hall Of Fame serves as a celebration and reminder of the triumphs and achievements of the recording arts. Selections are drawn from all categories of music, acknowledging the diversity of musical expression for which The Recording Academy has become renowned. The list and recordings now reside as a collection on display at the GRAMMY Museum.

Ellen Stewart, founder and artistic director of the East Village's La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club, has long been deemed the heart and soul of the theatre space. Over the decades since opening La MaMa in 1961, she has been the main presence in the club and chief supporter of its artisits. She has lived by the motto that everyone who does a play at La MaMa is now part of the family.

The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis is presenting A Christmas Story from December 2 through December 27.

Goodspeed Musicals, the only two-time Tony Award winning theatre in the country, has announced Band Geeks!, a new musical, that has been confirmed for a spring production at The Norma Terris Theatre. The smash hit from Goodspeed's 2009 Festival of New Artists, this feel-good musical comedy will run from May 13 through June 6, 2010.

Ralph Miller, owner of the Bucks County Playhouse, is facing some financial difficulties at the moment. He has made one sole mortgage payment in over a year, and has declared bankruptcy to avoid selling the playhouse in August. Similar stories are appearing across the country as owners struggle to maintain their businesses in this economy, but Miller's case seems a bit more complicated than that: this is his third bankruptcy since 1992.

More than 13 West End theatres - some big, some small - met yesterday to discuss taking part in London's first city-wide fringe arts festival. The London Festival Fringe is set to explode onto the capital's cultural scene from 6 - 30 August 2010 (which happen to be the same dates the Edinburgh Festival Fringe has previously announced for 2010).

The Irish Tenors - Finbar Wright, Anthony Kearns, and Karl Scully - will bring their special holiday concert to the Aronoff Center's Procter & Gamble Hall on Saturday, December 12, 2009 at 8:00 PM. The Irish Tenors' holiday tribute to the season is a blend of traditional carols and classic Irish ballads. The concert is part of the Cincinnati Arts Association's 2009-10 Season of 'Classic Nights Out.'

Cincinnati Shakespeare Company offers a full season of holiday cheer in just 90 minutes with EVERY CHRISTMAS STORY EVER TOLD (AND THEN SOME!) This production written by Michael Carleton, John Alvarez, and Jim Fitzgerald is a non-stop holiday romp through everyone's favorite Christmas stories performed by just three actors in ninety minutes. Opening December 13th at Arnold's Bar & Grill in downtown Cincinnati, EVERY CHRISTMAS STORY EVER TOLD (AND THEN SOME!) is directed by Cincinnati Shakespeare Company Artistic Associate Jeremy Dubin, and features guest artist Nick Rose and Resident Company members Justin McCombs and Sara Clark

The Carnegie Visual and Performing Arts Center (The Carnegie) with the Kentucky Symphony Orchestra presents a fully-staged production of the musical OLIVER!, weekends December 11-27 at The Carnegie.

Jersey Productions (JP) is thrilled to conclude its fourth season ONCE UPON A MATTRESS with music by Mary Rodgers, lyrics by Marshall Barer and book by Jay Thompson, Dean Fuller and Marshall Barer. ONCE UPON A MATTRESS will open on Friday, December 11 and run through Saturday, December 19.

In celebration of over ten years of creating holiday musicals specifically written with multigenerational appeal, one of Ensemble Theatre of Cincinnati's (ETC) most popular family-friendly holiday productions, SLEEPING BEAUTY by Joseph McDonough and David Kisor, returns December 2 through January 3 and is directed by D. Lynn Meyers. In the tradition of ETC's 'fractured fairytale' holiday productions, SLEEPING BEAUTY is a modern spin on the classic fairytale, and features Briar Rose, her overprotective parents, a rock n' roll prince, and three wacky fairies (and an evil one!).

Cincinnati Shakespeare Company rings in the holiday season with a Hollywood treatment of William Shakespeare's classic comedy THE TAMING OF THE SHREW, featuring Hayley Clark and Christopher Guthrie and directed by Associate Artistic Director Matt Johnson.

Ring in the holidays Dec. 5 and 6 with the annual FEAST OF CAROLS at the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music (CCM). The festivities will feature yuletide favorites performed by the CCM Concert Orchestra, CCM choral ensembles, and outstanding high school and community choirs from the Tristate region.

The Department of Theatre and Dance at Northern Kentucky University is performing the musical TITANIC with music and lyrics by Maury Yeston and book by Peter Stone.

MY MOTHER'S LESBIAN JEWISH WICCAN WEDDING, the new musical comedy based on a true story, seems to be a certified hit, selling more than 16,000 tickets at the 700-seat state-of-the-art Panasonic Theatre. Accordingly, producer David Mirvish is extending the show's limited engagement once again from December 13 (the last extension) through January 3, 2010. The new block of tickets is on sale now.

Metropolitan favorite Liz Callaway returns to the Metropolitan Room on December 31 with two shows. Her first show, beginning at 8pm, is to celebrate the release of her newest CD Passage of Time. The album -her first in 8 years- includes music by Stephen Sondheim, James Taylor, Rogers and Hammerstein, Maltby and Shire, Ahrens and Flaherty, Stephen Schwartz, and Carly Simon.

Not all stars start off strong. As reported by WENN news, Zac Efron's first audition was not a stoic affair. The High School Musical star recalls his audition for a Peter Pan live action show when he was 15.

Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS is sponsoring a brunch with Bye Bye Birdie's Nolan Funk for the highest bidder on eBay. 100% of the final sale price will support BC/EFA. The top bidder, on a Sunday of their choosing, gets to dine with Mr. Funk and a staff member of BC/EFA for brunch before his matinee. Brunch would begin at 12 noon and end at 1:30pm at a local Times Square area restaurant.

As previously reported by the Salem News, William Hanney, owner of Theatre By the Sea in Matunuck, Rhode Island, is in talks to purchase the building previously known as the North Shore Music Theatre. The theatre has been out of business since June, when they announced that they were unable to raise the necessary funds and pay off their debts.

James Earl Jones talked at length with Maddy Costa of the UK's Guardian about several topics including his role in CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF, how he got into acting, and how he formed a relationship with his absent father later in life.