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LAByrinth Theater Company (Co-Artistic Directors Stephen Adly Guirgis, Mimi O'Donnell, Yul Vázquez and Producing Director Marieke Gaboury) enters the arena to crank up the stakes at the seventh annual benefit featuring Celebrity Charades: Jackpot on Monday December 7th. In this, the first of a series of videos, we learn how far the celebrities will go to get a leg up on the competition.

HDM Productions presents TROUBADOUR, a new musical of the life of St. Francis of Assisi, now playing the final performances of a a limited-run through November 2, 2009 at The Theater at The Church of the Epiphany (1394 York Avenue @ E. 74th Street).

Producer David Richenthal has announced the very first revival of William Gibson's THE MIRACLE WORKER as the Tony Award® winning play celebrates its 50th Anniversary of opening on Broadway.

Bette Midler, and her tree hugging troop at New York Restoration Project (NYRP), have been cleaning and greening New York City for nearly 15 years. In an effort to put the 'fun' back in fundraising, the organization has announced one of its biggest fundraising initiatives to date, with an online auction featuring once-in-a-lifetime celebrity experiences donated by Bette and her famed friends.

The 101 Dalmatians Musical, based on the 1956 classic story written by Dodie Smith launched at the historic Orpheum Theatre in Minneapolis on October 13, 2009, The 101 Dalmatians Musical features an impressive cast made-up of Broadway veterans and newcomers that will bring to life this one-of-a-kind musical adventure for the entire family. Drama Desk Award winner Rachel York leads that cast as the sinister Cruella de Vil, notorious for kidnapping Dalmatian puppies for their distinctive spots.

BroadwayWorld.com presents its newest column, Twitter Watch, which will bring you only the best and most interesting reports straight from the mouths of Broadway stars, shows and more on the hot social networking service - Twitter!

LAByrinth Theater Company (Co-Artistic Directors Stephen Adly Guirgis, Mimi O'Donnell, Yul Vázquez and Producing Director Marieke Gaboury) enters the arena to crank up the stakes at the seventh annual benefit featuring Celebrity Charades: Jackpot on Monday December 7th.

Disney's landmark musical event THE LION KING celebrates 5000 Broadway performances on Thursday, November 5 at the Minskoff Theatre. Only eight other musicals have reached this milestone, including Disney's Beauty and the Beast. THE LION KING is the ninth longest-running musical in Broadway history and the first American musical to welcome 50 million guests worldwide.

Clive Barnes, drama critic, dance lover and a true legend of the New York theatrical landscape passed away after a battle with liver cancer on November 19th, 2008.

Michael Riedel in this morning's New York Post confirms the recent reports that producers, Jeffrey Seller and Kevin McCollum, are indeed working to resurrect the infamous flop musical CARRIE for the Broadway stage.

Lauren Molina is back with another episode of ROA Productions, in this segment we learn the finer points of the 'audition.'

John Cameron Mitchell's and Stephen Trask's smash hit, Hedwig and the Angry Inch, will storm the set of the Gazillion Bubble Show on Stage 2 of New World Stages at Worldwide Plaza.

Rachel Reiner Productions is proud to present the World Premiere of Victor L. Cahn's EMBRACEABLE ME, directed by Eric Parness. EMBRACEABLE ME began performances on Friday, October 23 and will open on Wednesday, October 28, running thru November 14 at Theatre Row's Kirk Theatre (410 West 42nd Street).

The world premiere of A BEHANDING IN SPOKANE, by Academy Award®- winning playwright Martin McDonagh will open on Broadway on Thursday, March 4, 2010. Directed by John Crowley (A Steady Rain), A BEHANDING IN SPOKANE will be McDonagh's first play to originate on Broadway.

Baseball fans will have the chance to cheer on the New York Yankees as they prepare for Game 1 of the 2009 World Series, New York City will host a Pep Rally in Times Square (Broadway between 44th Street and 45th Street) in honor of the Yankees' American League Championship.

Bee-hive yourself for the holidays. The jingle bells will rock again this holiday season when THE COVERLETTES COVER CHRISTMAS returns to the Aurora. Featuring three of the Bay Area's finest female vocalists (Darby Gould of Jefferson Starship, Katie Guthorn from A Karen Carpenter Christmas, and Star Search winner Carol Bozzio Littleton) with live musical accompaniment under the direction of Randy Craig, THE COVERLETTES COVER CHRISTMAS plays for 11 performances only, December 15-27, at the Aurora Theatre in Berkeley.

The start of the 2009-10 Ovation Awards voting season brought with it a new element of the program: 'Ovation Recommended.' A production will receive this honor during their run when the LA Stage Alliance Ovation voters have determined through their votes cast on these productions that they are ranked in the top 20% of all registered shows in the 'Overall Production' voting category.

Stage West presents Liz Lochhead's wry and funny Good Things.

Purgatorio, a fantasyland especially for Halloween season, is where nightmare meets nightlife. Combining the energy and glamour of a world-class nightclub with the spectacle and illusion of the theater, Purgatorio will offer an interactive Halloween experience unlike anything seen before in New York nightlife.

Andy Sandberg (Tony Award winning producer of Hair) and Jim Caruso's Cast Party presented WING at BIRDLAND, a limited, two-night engagement of this international recording and internet sensation at New York's premier concert venue.