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Theatre legend Patti LuPone has once again stopped a show cold. The incident took place June 21, while the actress was performing her brand-new show, Gypsy In My Soul, at the Orleans Showroom in Las Vegas. While introducing the iconic 'Don't Cry For Me, Argentina' LuPone noticed an audience member texting on his cell phone. Steve Friess of VegasHappensHere.com was at the show, and Tweeted (@thestrippodcast) immediately after the event.

Celebrity Autobiography: In Their Own Words, the hit show that won the coveted 2009 Drama Desk Award for Unique Theatrical Experience, continues its sit-down, open-ended run at New York's Triad Theater, 158 West 72 Street, Monday, June 22, at 7:30pm with a cast that includes Roger Bart, Mike Birbiglia, Rachel Dratch, Jackie Hoffman, Kristen Johnston, Eugene Pack, Dayle Reyfel, Steve Schirripa, Sherri Shepherd, and Alan Zweibel.

46664 and the Nelson Mandela Foundation today announced that Stevie Wonder, Alicia Keys, Will.i.am, T-Pain, Gloria Gaynor, Jesse Clegg and Whoopi Goldberg will join the lineup of artists performing at the Mandela Day concert celebration on July 18th, Nelson Mandela's 91st birthday. The concert originally announced for Madison Square Garden will now be held at historic Radio City Music Hall. The additional performers will join Aretha Franklin, Wyclef Jean, Queen Latifah, Dave Stewart, Josh Groban and Jesse McCartney, along with Angelique Kidjo, Baaba Maal, the Soweto Gospel Choir, Yvonne Chaka Chaka, Chris Chameleon, Freshlyground, Emmanuel Jal, Loyiso, Sipho Mabuse, Vusi Mahlasela, Thandiswa Mazwai, Suzanna Owiyo and many more.

T.R. Knight has confirmed his next project; the 'Grey's Anatomy' actor will star in PARADE at the Mark Taper Forum. The production is based on the 2007 London production, which appeared at the famed Donmar Warehouse. Knight will star as Leo Frank in the Jason Robert Brown-Alfred Uhry masterpiece.

Jeremy Piven has been fish-free for 10 months, according to his recent interview with PEOPLE. The actor proudly states, 'I haven't had a piece of fish since the doctor told me to lower my blood mercury level... so, it's been almost 10 months now.'

Variety is reporting that Director Sam Mendes ('American Beauty', Donmar Warehouse's CABARET Revival) has signed a two-year first-look deal with Focus Films. The arrangement between Neal Street Prods - which Mendes helms with Pippa Harris and Caro Newling - and Focus Films will include the acquisition of two projects that could be potential directing projects for Academy Award winner Mendes.

On June 16th, Situation Interactive hosted a fundraising event in New York City for its charitable extension Situation Cares.

Based on the struggles that many families face to afford college, and inspired by Nina's story in the show, In the Heights has partnered with CLEAR CHANNEL NY to create the 'Graduate To New Heights Scholarship' to help a deserving student achieve their dream of higher education.

Ground Zero Theatre (GZT) and Hit & Myth Productions (H&M) follow two wildly successful trips through musical theatre, (Urinetown: The Musical and The Full Monty), with their gutsiest and most bold production yet. Evil Dead: The Musical, directed by Kevin McKendrick, is at The Playhouse at Vertigo Theatre Centre (115-9th Avenue, Base of the Calgary Tower), now playing until July 12th.

Glory Days, the musical by Nick Blaemire and James Gardiner, will receive an original cast album over a year after it closed on Broadway. The album of Glory Days, which closed after its opening night performance, will be distributed by Friends of Ghostlight, an extension of Sh-K-Boom and Ghostlight Records.

Phantom - The Las Vegas Spectacular is pleased to announce it will host the first annual Phantom Fans Week in September 2009, highlighted by a special keynote address from Phantom's Tony Award-winning director Hal Prince. This unprecedented celebration of all things Phantom will give fans from around the globe insider access to the show like never before.

Tony Award winner Patt LuPone's new one-woman show, The Gypsy In My Soul, has announced several additional performances dates nationwide. The show will debut on June 20 and 21 at The Orleans Showroom in Las Vegas.

Billboard's Top Cast Albums chart for week ending 6/14/2009.

Mary Tyler Moore and Bernadette Peters will host the eleventh annual BROADWAY BARKS!, a star-studded dog and cat adopt-a-thon benefiting New York City animal shelters and adoption agencies. The event, produced by Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS and sponsored by the ASPCA and PEDIGREE® with additional sponsorship by the New York Times will take place on Saturday, July 11h in Shubert Alley (located between 44th and 45th Streets, between Broadway and Eighth Avenue). The festivities begin at 3:30 p.m.; celebrity presentations of pets from citywide animal shelters will take place between 5:30 - 6:30 p.m.

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After it's Sold Out run in May, 'Jason Sings Jason: The Songs of Jason Robert Brown' returns for ONE NIGHT ONLY, June 27. Featuring Jason Rosenbaum singing songs by the composer of The Last 5 Years, Parade, Songs for a New World, 13 and more.

Award-winning pianist and singer Diana Krall will perform at Carnegie Hall Tuesday, June 23 and Wednesday, June 24 at 8pm. 'An Evening With Diana Krall' will appear in the Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage.

A film adaptation of Cy Coleman's CITY OF ANGELS is headed to the screen, to be helmed by Director Barry Levinson ('Wag the Dog', 'Good Morning, Vietnam'). The picture is one of many new projects to be produced by new company Unique Features, headed by former New Line Films principals Bob Shaye and Michael Lynne, Variety reported today.

StubHub, the world's largest ticket marketplace, announced today that it has teamed up with Jersey Boys; the Tony, Grammy and Olivier Award-winning international hit musical; to establish the first official Fan to Fan Ticket Marketplace for a Broadway musical. The new venture will encourage fans to visit StubHub when seats are no longer available at the box office. Similarly, if a fan has a ticket they cannot use for an upcoming performance, they will be encouraged to offer that ticket to other Jersey Boys fans via StubHub's safe and secure ticket exchange platform. No show tickets will be sold directly through StubHub, rather the marketplace will serve as the preferred destination for secondary sales. This unique partnership is the first of its kind for a Broadway production and includes all North American Jersey Boys productions, including both open-ended and touring engagements.

The Laurie Beechman Theatre is pleased to present a live screening of CHESS IN CONCERT!, the 2008 London concert featuring Idina Menzel & Josh Groban on Wednesday, June 17. Doors open at 8pm and screening is at 9pm. Director Hugh Wooldridge, who adapted and directed CHESS IN CONCERT at Royal Albert Hall in May of 2008, will be on hand to introduce the debut public screening and take questions from the audience.