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The ABC Family is set to air 'Ruby and the Rockits', Shaun Cassidy developed it for his brothers, David & Patrick, with youngest brother, Ryan on sets & props. 'Ruby and The Rockits' is an ABC Studios half-hour comedy series executive-produced by Shaun Cassidy ('Invasion') and Marsh McCall ('Carpoolers'). 'Ruby and The Rockits' follows Patrick Gallagher, a former teen idol who has chosen to lead a quiet life with his wife and two sons. But when his former Rockits band mate and brother, David, shows up unexpectedly with his new-found teenage daughter in tow, the Gallagher family's life becomes anything but normal. David, who refuses to give up his past glory days, comes to Patrick for help raising Ruby while he continues to perform.

SiteForRent.com, the official website for the national tour of Rent, has launched PROJECT: ANGEL, an interactive microsite that encourages fans to participate in a number of online promotions via the popular social network Facebook. Fans are given the opportunity to win special prizes, including autographed memorabilia signed by original Broadway cast members Adam Pascal and Anthony Rapp, who are reprising their roles as Roger Davis and Mark Cohen, respectively, in Rent, The Broadway Tour.

FEINSTEIN'S AT LOEWS REGENCY, the nightclub proclaimed 'Best of New York' by New York Magazine, and 'an invaluable New York institution' by The New York Post, continues its 10th Anniversary season with the nightclub debut of Broadway star Cheyenne Jackson on March 2. Mr. Jackson's show 'Back To The Start' will feature songs & stories from his early adventures in New York to the present. Musical Direction is by Seth Rudetsky.

Lee Summers' 'JUST A PIANO' Concert Series Presents Broadway's Shoshana Bean on Monday February 9th at 930pm at the Triad Theatre. The Triad is located at 158 West 72nd Street, just east of Broadway. Tickets are $20 in advance or $25 at the door and can be reserved by calling 212-362-2590 or visiting www.triadnyc.com.

On Saturday, January 31, daytime television star Tyler Christopher, who currently portrays Nikolas Cassadine on the ABC drama 'General Hospital,' attended JERSEY BOYS at The Palazzo Resort-Hotel-Casino. Christopher stopped backstage after the show to meet the talented cast and congratulate them on a spectacular performance.

'Minsky's' opens February 6, 2009, at Center Theatre Group/Ahmanson Theatre and continues through March 1 (previews began January 21).

The Yentl Extended Director's Edition Two-Disc DVD set will be released tomorrow, Tuesday, February 3rd, 2009. The long awaited release includes never before seen bonus features such as Barbra Streisand's Original Concept Reel, rehearsal/final film comparisons, storyboard montages for musical numbers, deleted scenes, and much more. BroadwayWorld brings you these exclusive images from the acclaimed motion picture.

Film and television star Will Ferrell's upcoming Broadway debut in his new one-man show 'You're Welcome America. A Final Night with George W Bush' will officially open on Thursday, February 5th, 2009. Previews began on January 20th. The show is directed by Adam McKay, Ferrell's longtime collaborator, and director of the comedy classics Anchorman, Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby, and this summer's box office hit Step Brothers.

Grammy and Tony award-winning songwriter and composer Duncan Sheik returns with his new album Whisper House, which hit stores on January 27 on the Victor Records/Sony label. BroadwayWorld is excited to bring you these stunning and haunting illustrations from the Whisper House cd booklet.

Stage and screen star Anthony LaPaglia will guest on Inside the Actor's Studio tonight Monday February 2nd at 7pm on Bravo.

The New York Times has reported that a producer for the pregame show at Super Bowl XLIII revealed that Faith Hill and Jennifer Hudson used prerecorded tracks in their appearances on the showto the Associated Press. Rickey Minor, the producer and the music director for 'American Idol,' explained that Hill, who sang 'America the Beautiful,' and Hudson, who sang 'The Star-Spangled Banner,' performed along to recorded tracks that they were required to submit to the National Football League a week before Sunday's game.

Directed and choreographed by Robert Longbottom, Bye Bye Birdie will begin performances in the fall of 2009. After 48 years, Bye Bye Birdie returns to Broadway in a new production at Roundabout Theatre Company. The good news of 'Birdie's' return has brought up the usual discussions of casting Conrad Birdie himself, Newsday reached out to the original Broadway 'Birdie', Dick Gautier, who was a 1961 Tony nominee for his hip-swiveling to see what his thoughts on the subject were.

Broadway powerhouse Pia Glenn's role in 'You're Welcome America: A Final Night With George W. Bush', as US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, is what spotlights were made for, her sultry turn is gaining cheers and attention from audiences on a nightly basis. Glenn is featured in the New York Daily News as they spoke to a post show crowd regarding Glenn's sexy and comedic tour de force!

As producer, co-writer, director and star of Yentl, Barbra Streisand brought her legendary talents to the acclaimed film about a young woman who risks everything for her insatiable passion to learn. The Yentl Extended Director's Edition Two-Disc DVD set will be released tomorrow, Tuesday, February 3rd, 2009. The long awaited release includes never before seen bonus features such as Barbra Streisand's Original Concept Reel, rehearsal/final film comparisons, storyboard montages for musical numbers, deleted scenes, and much more, Streisand spoke to USA Today over the weekend about the much anticipated video release.

Celebrity Autobiography: In Their Own Words continues its sit-down, open-ended run at the Triad Theater, 158 West 72 Street, Monday, February 2, at 7:30pm, with a cast that includes Scott Adsit, Kristen Johnston, Carson Kressley, Eugene Pack, Dayle Reyfel, Claudia Shear, Sherri Shepherd, Michael Urie, Kristen Wiig, Alan Zweibel

Celebrity news website Putu.Us is featuring some new images of Nicole Kidman from the set of the film Nine, Kidman plays 'Claudia Graham' in the upcoming motion picture musical.

Theater News Online is reporting that Alan Ayckbourn's well regarded comic trilogy 'The Norman Conquests,' will open this April at Circle in the Square. The Norman Conquests is comprised of three plays - Table Manners, Living Together and Round and Round the Garden.

BWW TV is excited to bring you the musical performance film, 'Single Drop of You' featuring Adam Pascal and Larry Edoff, directed by Jarek Zabczynski.

Fifteen of the 20 nominees in the acting categories will be among the almost 120 Academy Award nominees who will gather at noon on Monday (February 2) at the Beverly Hilton Hotel when the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences honors this year's Oscar contenders at its annual Nominees Luncheon. Additional confirmations are expected to come in over the weekend.

Old Globe Executive Producer Lou Spisto announced today that the Theatre will present a special one-night Post Show Forum with John Guare, playwright of Six Degrees of Separation. The event will feature the Obie and New York Drama Critics Circle Award-winning playwright of such plays as House of Blue Leaves, Six Degrees of Separation (which won London's Olivier Award as Best Play and for which he also wrote the screenplay), and Landscape of the Body, and Executive Producer, Lou Spisto in the Old Globe Theatre on Tuesday, February 10 at 8:30pm, following the performance of Six Degrees of Separation at 7pm.