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International CringeFest '09 wrapped up with a big bang last Sunday with the Fruit Cup Awards and a splendiferous costume party at the Producers' Club.

Seattle Theatre Group (STG) presents an evening with Joshua James & Cory Chisel, on Tuesday, September 1, 2009 at 9:00pm at the Crocodile.

Playwrights Horizons (Tim Sanford, Artistic Director; Leslie Marcus, Managing Director) is now accepting entries for its popular LIVEforFIVE online lottery for $5 tickets to its next production, the World Premiere of THE RETRIBUTIONISTS, a new play by Daniel Goldfarb (Modern Orthodox, Adam Baum and the Jew Movie, Martin Short: Fame Becomes Me). At least 50 tickets will be available via the online lottery.

Northlight Theatre, under the direction of Artistic Director BJ Jones and Executive Director Timothy J. Evans, opens its 35th Season with the hit musical The Marvelous Wonderettes, written and directed by Roger Bean with music direction by Brian Baker and choreography by Janet Miller. The Chicago premiere runs September 17-October 25, 2009, at Northlight Theatre, 9501 Skokie Blvd in Skokie.

Tommy Tune will bring his show STEPS IN TIME to New York City in a one-night benefit for Friends in Deed, according to Variety.

Disney Theatrical Productions and WestCoast Entertainment will present the highly-anticipated production of Disney's THE LION KING at the Alaska Center for the Performing Arts. THE LION KING will begin performances on Wednesday, September 2 for a limited six-week engagement through October 11. The opening night is Friday, September 4 at 8pm.

The Cameron Mackintosh/Really Useful Theatre Company, Inc. production of Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Phantom of the Opera, directed by Harold Prince, returns to ASU Gammage in Tempe beginning October 28 through November 22.

Two-time Tony Award winner Chita Rivera received the Presidential Medal of Freedom from President Obama during a special ceremony held today, August 12 at 3pm EST.

Jonathan Groff goes from THE BACCHAE on stage to 'Taking Woodstock' on screen this summer, the always evolving young talent has been hitting the press circuit to promote the two projects. Groff recently spoke to New York Magazine, and is featured in a pair of new articles.

In response to overwhelming industry demand, the TV academy and CBS have reversed their decision to 'time-shift' several of the awards during this year's Emmy Awards ceremony. All 28 awards will now be presented live during the September 20 broadcast.

BURN THE FLOOR set a new house record last week with a gross of $540,180 for the 8-performance week ending August 9, beating the previous record held by Boeing-Boeing. BURN THE FLOOR's record-setting week included four heavily-comped press performances.

On Saturday, September 5, 2009 through Monday, September 7, 2009, the Kennedy Center hosts its eighth annual Page-to-Stage New Play Festival, featuring more than 30 theaters from the D.C. metropolitan area, all with a mission to produce and support new work. The three-day, Center-wide event offers a series of free readings and open rehearsals of plays and musicals being developed by local, regional, and national playwrights, librettists, and composers.

The Paley Center for Media and TV Guide Magazine have announced the dates of this year's PaleyFest: Fall TV Preview Parties Presented by TV Guide Magazine in Los Angeles at the Paley Center's Beverly Hills location. For the fifth consecutive year, the Paley Center will host a week-long series of free public screening events presented by TV Guide Magazine offering a sneak peek at the hottest new shows of the fall season prior to their broadcast premieres.

Ernie Hudson, who made his Broadway debut in JOE TURNER'S COME AND GONE, has been cast as a recurring charcter on NBC's hit show, Heroes.

Williamstown Theatre Festival presents the final production of the season, Quartermaine's Terms by Simon Gray. Tony-nominated director Maria Aitken (Broadway and West End's award-winning production of The 39 Steps) directs this production which plays in Williamstown from August 12-23.

The Vineyard Theatre has announced its 2009-2010 season. The lineup includes new works from Passing Strange's Colman Domingo, Adam Rapp, John Kander & Fred Ebb and more.

Tony Award winning stage and screen star Kristin Chenoweth has announced several upcoming concert performances.

Barbra Streisand discusses her new album, Love Is The Answer, in an exclusive video on Amazon.com.

Point Foundation (Point), the nation's largest scholarship-granting organization for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) students of merit, today announced the recipients of its Courage and Inspiration Awards. Two-time Tony Award winner (The Heiress, Doubt) and current Emmy nominee (24), Cherry Jones, will receive the Point Courage Award; Motorola will receive the Point Inspiration Award. The awards will be presented at Point's annual Los Angeles benefit, Point Honors, which will be held on September 26, 2009 at the Hollywood Renaissance Hotel in Los Angeles.

Be part of a first-of-its-kind live and virtual gathering of journalists, innovators and media entrepreneurs for an all-day summit exploring the future of arts journalism, Friday, October 2. Five inspired and promising arts journalism models will be showcased at the Summit in front of a live studio audience and a national web audience of concerned journalists, cultural leaders, artists, and media entrepreneurs.