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The box office will open on Sunday, January 4, 2009 at 12:00 p.m. for the new Broadway production of WEST SIDE STORY. Directed by multiple Tony Award winner and author of the musical Arthur Laurents, WEST SIDE STORY will begin preview performances at the Palace Theatre (1564 Broadway) on Broadway on Monday, February 23, 2009 with an official opening on Thursday, March 19, 2009.

The Huffington Post is reporting that Police in Illinois have stated that actor and playwright Sam Shepard has been arrested on preliminary charges of speeding and drunken driving. Police Lt. Mark Kotte says officers stopped Shepard early Saturday morning, January 3rd in the central Illinois town of Normal.

Liza's at the Palace...! ends her extented run today, January 4th, 2009.Produced by John Scher/Metropolitan Talent Presents & Jubilee Time Productions the show is directed and choreographed by Ron Lewis. Gary Labriola will serve as Executive Producer.

Young Frankenstein will close on Broadway on Janury 4, 2009. The announcement was made by Producer Robert F.X. Sillerman. The show opened in November 2007 at the Hilton Theatre.

On January 4th 2009, after over 2,641 performances, the curtain will fall at the Neil Simon Theater on the final performance of Broadway's 2003 Tony Award? musical HAIRSPRAY starring original cast members Harvey Fierstein and Marissa Jaret Winokur.

On Monday January 5th, 2009 film star Anne Hathaway will be dropping by 'Live With Regis and Kelly' to talk about her new movie 'Bride Wars'. The show begins at 9AM EST on ABC stations.

Jim Caruso's Cast Party has announced that Broadway and television personality Julie Halston will appear at Manhattan's premier club Birdland (315 West 44th Street, NYC) on Monday, January 5 at 7pm. This concert is part of the Nightlife Award-winning concert series, Broadway at Birdland. Reservations are highly recommended by calling 212-581-3080 or by visiting www.birdlandjazz.com.

The recession has reached the ritzy Rainbow Room, the fabled special-occasion spot that looks out over Rockefeller Center reports the Associated Press. The owners plan to close the Italian-themed Rainbow Grill restaurant temporarily, while keeping the establishment's bar, banquet space and dinner-dancing going.

The new comedy Sleepwalk With Me by Mike Birbiglia has announced that it is extending through March 22nd, 2009 at The Bleecker Street Theatre (45 Bleecker Street just East of Lafayette). In addition, there will now be a Saturday matinee at 4pm, which replaces the 10pm performance. Birbiglia will be a guest on ABC's Jimmy Kimmel Live! this upcoming Tuesday January 6th.

The family classic Rumpelstiltskin plays its final performance at Foothills Theatre on January 3, 2009. Rumpelstiltskin tells the story of a devilish little man with the ability to spin ordinary straw into gold thread. He uses his magical powers to manipulate a sweet young girl and changes her life forever. Come find out if love can overpower the trickery of Rumpelstiltskin.

Various news services are reporting that an autopsy on John Travolta's son is expected to commence on Monday in the Bahamas. One of Travolta's attorneys told reporters that it's likely Jett Travolta's body will be flown back to Florida where he will be buried. His mother is actress Kelly Preston, who's been married to Travolta since 1991.

The LA Times is reporting that Sir Ian McKellen and the rest of the key KING LEAR cast taped the play for television cameras in a British studio, under the eye of director Trevor Nunn. The result is scheduled to be broadcast starting March 25 on PBS stations, courtesy of the 'Great Performances' series produced by New York's WNET.

Goodman Theatre kicks off 2009 with one of the most groundbreaking theatrical events of the last 15 years: the Chicago premiere of The Wooster Group's (New York City) critically acclaimed 1993 production of The Emperor Jones by Eugene O'Neill. Directed by Elizabeth LeCompte, this provocative story of a delusional self-appointed West Indian emperor features Kate Valk reprising her 'riveting, haunting, altogether astonishing' (The New York Times) performance of the title role, joined by Ari Fliakos and Scott Shepherd.

Sanjeev Bhaskar plays King Arthur in Eric Idle's Monty Python's SPAMALOT 'lovingly ripped-off' from the film Monty Python and the Holy Grail by Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones and Michael Palin. The show plays its final performance today, January 3rd.

Rupert Goold's critically acclaimed production of Harold Pinter's No Man's Land, which recouped its production costs last month, will complete run as scheduled at the Duke of York's Theatre on 3 January 2009.

Minsky's is a big, racy, new musical comedy set in a time when entertainment was about legs and laughs, and you had to push the limits to keep the customers buying tickets. A rollicking backstage story, set in Prohibition Era New York City. Tony Award winning costume designer Gregg Barnes talked about his creations for MINSKY'S on the show's official site in a wonderful audio/video essay that we are excited to bring you here on BWW TV!

London's leading Off-West-End performance space, The Jermyn Street Theatre has announced its upcoming 2009 season.

The official web site of Akron's Carousel Dinner Theatre has confirmed various published reports that the 35-year Summit County institution will go out of business on Sunday after closing its current show, 'All Shook Up,' on Saturday night.

TMZ has reported the sad news that John Travolta's 16 year old son, Jett passed away today.

Self-proclaimed 'Queen of All Media' Perez Hilton makes his publishing debut with what press notes describe as 'hysterical pop-cultural satire about today's insane celebrity-driven world', he'll discuss the book at the Time Warner Center at Columbus Circle on Tuesday, January 6th at 7pm.