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The New York Times is reporting the sad news that Anne Brown, the soaring soprano who literally put the Bess in 'Porgy and Bess' by inspiring George Gershwin to expand the part in his opera that was originally to be called 'Porgy,' died Friday in Oslo. Brown was 96.

Variety is reporting that Will Ferrell's George W. Bush Broadway satire, Your'e Welcome America. A Final Night with George W. Bush captured the biggest audience for any HBO special since 2004.

Gary Levingston will present the West Coast premiere of Any1Man, written by George Peters II and directed by Hezekiah Lewis.

Founded in 1995, Dad's Garage Theatre Company has grown from a small volunteer led organization to a thriving mid-size theatre led by professional artistic and administrative staff that includes over 300 volunteers and performers.

Folks will be linin' up just to get down as The B-52s shimmies the St. George Theatre on May 7th.

The Bull presents a pulp revival of Fool for Love wherein two lovers, Eddie and May, trapped in a motel room that only exists on the horizon of the desert, battle to the death of their love in order to escape their lurid past. Fool for Love is arguably the hippest love story to hit the stage in three decades...yet recent renditions have lacked the comedy needed to lighten the weighty themes this play provides. We prefer to take it one step further into the brutal surrealism the play already offers. The characters in our version of Fool for Love are just that, characters.

As West Side Story prepares for the opening night of its current Broadway revival, photographer Mark Seliger re-created scenes from the classic 1961 film version with the help of Jennifer Lopez, Camilla Belle and other Hollywood film stars for Vanity Fair.

Bloomberg News has a very interesting article on the fact that 'Rock of Ages' will offer the unusual perk of in-seat alcohol service during performances.

Tony Award-winner Lea Salonga's web site has posted an updated list of concerts throughout the United States and Canada for 2009, with more dates expected to follow.

Three-time Tony Award winner Frank Langella is among the American theater world's greatest living actors. Though he gained recognition as a film star in the 1970s, the stage has always been his first love. Gossip icon Liz Smith talks to the stage legend for her column on WowOWow.com.

Playwrights Horizons, under the leadership of Artistic Director Tim Sanford and Managing Director Leslie Marcus, is proud to announce four World Premieres for its 2009/2010 Season. Presented at the theater company's home at 416 West 42nd Street.

CBC News is updating that British actress Natasha Richardson left a Montreal hospital this morning after being injured in a skiing accident north of the city a day earlier, but the condition of the Tony Award-winner could not be confirmed at press time.

BarbraNews.com is reporting that BARBRA STREISAND - The Concerts DVD Box Set is currently Number One on the UK Midweek Chart Music DVD Chart in the UK.

Tony Award-winners Philip Bosco, Jim Norton and Ruben Santiago-Hudson, as well as Cheyenne Jackson, Kate Baldwin, and Jeremy Bobb will star in Finian's Rainbow, the final production of New York City Center's 2008-09 Encores! season, running from March 26 - 29.

The Public Theater (Artistic Director Oskar Eustis; Executive Director Andrew D. Hamingson) is presenting the New York premiere of Craig Lucas' THE SINGING FOREST. Directed by Mark Wing-Davey, THE SINGING FOREST will begin previews on Tuesday, April 7 and run through Sunday, May 17 with an official press opening on Monday, April 27 at 7 PM.

TMZ is reporting that Natasha Richardson has been flown to a new hospital in relation to needed care regarding her treatment, the hospital told TMZ Richardson is sedated and suffering from brain swelling -- but is not brain dead. Richardson was accompanied by a medical team for the flight

The Village Voice, the nation's largest alternative weekly newspaper, announced today the 54th Annual OBIE awards will take place on Monday, May 18,2009 at the newly landmarked Webster Hall in the East Village.

Natasha Richardson, who had been been critically injured in a ski accident, has passed away due to the serious nature of her injuries.

EXIT THE KING, starring Academy Award-winners Geoffrey Rush and Susan Sarandon, Lauren Ambrose, Andrea Martin, William Sadler and Brian Hutchison, will now offer a limited number of student rush tickets for $26.50 each. Student rush tickets will be sold the day of the performance when the box office opens. There is a limit of two tickets per person with valid ID and they are based on availability.

Award winning actor and 30 Rock star, Alec Baldwin remembers his friend, the late Ron Silver in his column on the Huffington Post.