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Variety had disclosed that Robert Mulligan director of the the classic film 'To Kill a Mockingbird,' died Saturday in Lyme, Conn., after a battle with heart disease. Mulligan was 83. Mulligan was nominated for an Oscar for 'Mockingbird,' the adaptation of Harper Lee's bestselling, Pulitzer Prize-winning novel. The 1962 film starred Gregory Peck, who won the best actor Oscar for his portrayal of Atticus Finch.

Playwrights Horizons (Tim Sanford, Artistic Director; Leslie Marcus, Managing Director) continues its 2008/2009 Season with the New York premiere of THE SAVANNAH DISPUTATION, a new play by Evan Smith (Psych and The Uneasy Chair at Playwrights Horizons, Remedial English for the Young Playwrights Festival at Playwrights Horizons, Servicemen at The New Group). This will be Mr. Smith's fourth collaboration with the theater company.

The Tree is lit at Rockerfeller Center, the Rockets are kicking high so there is just one more New York City tradition to ring in the Holiday Season - The 6th Annual Scott Nevins Holiday Spectacular! at Splash!

On Monday, December 29, Broadway's Tony Award-winning musical smash CHICAGO is pleased to welcome Melora Hardin to the starring role of Roxie Hart for a seven-week limited engagement at the Ambassador Theatre.

Travis Cloer, the current Frankie Valli alternate in JERSEY BOYS Las Vegas at The Palazzo Resort-Hotel-Casino, sang 'America the Beautiful' before the Pioneer Las Vegas Bowl Game between University of Arizona and Brigham Young University on Saturday, December 20. Following Travis' rousing performance, previous Strip performer David Hasselhoff sang the National Anthem.

Sam Mendes directs a transatlantic company of actors in a double-bill of classic works for The Bridge Project's inaugural 2009 season, which pairs a new version of The Cherry Orchard by Tom Stoppard with The Winter's Tale. A formidable transatlantic company and creative team will mount these two new productions for seven internationally renowned theaters. Simon Russell Beale leads the British/American cast, playing Lopakhin in The Cherry Orchard and Leontes in The Winter's Tale. He is joined by Sin?ad Cusack as Madame Ranevskaya and Paulina, Richard Easton as Firs and Old Shepherd, Rebecca Hall as Varya and Hermione, Josh Hamilton as Yasha and Polixenes, Ethan Hawke as Trofimov and Autolycus, and Paul Jesson as Gaev and Camilo.

Claude-Michel Schonberg gave a wide ranging interview to France's Europe 1, during the chat he confirmed that he is in talks with motion picture producer Paula Wagner (Mission Impossible series Without Limits and War of the Worlds) to finally bring the much discussed and long delayed film version of their iconic stage musical Les Mis?rables to the big screen.

Tony nominees Euan Morton and Xanthe Elbrick co-star with Victor Villar-Hauser and Alexa Kelly in the U.S. premiere of British playwright Philip Ridley's highly acclaimed 'Leaves of Glass.' Co-produced by Origin Theatre Company (which specializes in emerging European playwrights) and Stiff Upper Lip (whose bailiwick are daring British plays from London's Fringe), 'Leaves of Glass' plays a limited 4-week engagement from Wednesday January 14 through Sunday February 8 at the Peter J. Sharp Theatre, 416 West 42nd Street, on Theater Row. The opening is on Sunday January 18 at 3pm.

Ruben Studdard, notable as the winner of 'American Idol' Season 2, stars in the 30th Anniversary national tour of the Tony Award-winning musical Ain't Misbehavin'. Joining him in the production is fellow Idol performer Frenchie Davis, the tour make a stop in the New York City area at the Lehman Center for the Performing Arts in the Bronx on May 16th, 2009.

Tony Award winner NORBERT LEO BUTZ will begin performances in the acclaimed production of DAVID MAMET's SPEED-THE-PLOW tomorrow night, Tuesday December 23 at 7 pm. BUTZ will be playing the role of Bobby Gould through Sunday, January 11, 2009.

The Official Idina Menzel fan club is reporting that the Tony winning star will be performing various concert dates in March 2009. You find the most updated schedule, the Fan Club will add dates as they become available.

Anthony Rapp plays an evening of Broadway and original songs with his band, Albinokid as part of the Ghostlight series at Joe's Pub tonight Monday December 22nd.

BroadwayWorld.com is proud to announce its newest addition to the BroadwayWorld.TV family - StageTube! Presenting the best in viral, viewer-created videos, StageTube will connect BroadwayWorld.com visitors with the best of user driven video content. For the debut of Stage Tube we put the spotlight on the talented gang of [title of show] as they begin Season Two of their online series. Episode One of Season Two is fittingly enough at this holiday time of year a 'Christmas Spectacular Show Special Show'.

BroadwayWorld.com is proud to announce its newest addition to the BroadwayWorld.TV family - StageTube! Presenting the best in viral, viewer-created videos, StageTube will connect BroadwayWorld.com visitors with the best of user driven video content. In the spirit of the holiday season, we are excited to share with you Broadway song and dance man Jeffry Denman's Holiday Rap music video 'WITHOUT WHITE CHRISTMAS'! His WHITE CHRISTMAS videos have become an annual event and this one tops them all, where else can you find Batman, the Joker, Broadway best dancers and Patti LuPone?

What better time to visit Irving Berlin's WHITE CHRISTMAS than right now?! Broadway Beat and BroadwayWorld bring you behind the scenes of Broadway's most festive production! The new musical stage reinvention of the classic film is playing a limited engagement on Broadway through January 4th, 2009 only - guaranteeing New York a white Christmas! Irving Berlin's WHITE CHRISTMAS began previews on November 14th and officially opened on November 23rd.

Celebrity Autobiography: In Their Own Words, the critically-acclaimed, sell-out show called 'big-yuks entertainment' by Charles Isherwood of The New York Times, will be featured on ABC's 'The View' today Monday, December 22, at 11am on the ABC television network. Kristen Johnston, who appears regularly in Celebrity Autobiography, makes a guest appearance on the show, and is joined by 'View' co-hosts Joy Behar and Sherri Shepherd, reading excerpts from the hit comedy sensation.

Produced and directed by David Staller, Project Shaw's latest offering - Saint Joan, written by George Bernard Shaw performs on December 22 at 7pm.

Betsy Morgan, who recently performed the role of Ariel in Broadway's The Little Mermaid, will joins the cast of the Off Broadway revival of The Fantasticks as Luisa tonight Monday, December 22, 2008. She replaces Margaret Anne Florence, who played her final performance on Wednesday, December 17.

'Avenue Q' is looking for some inspired help regarding President George W. Bush leaving the White House. You see he is not only leaving office, he's also exiting Broadway. 'For Now,' the closing number in the Tony Award-winning musical 'Avenue Q,' sings out that everything in life is temporary - even George W. Bush is 'only for now.' But change is coming to those lyrics. A contest that starts today Monday, December 22nd at noon will allow participants to submit suggestions for a new person, place, fad or anything else to substitute for the soon-to-be-outdated reference.

The Directors Company production of Irena's Vow, the new play by Dan Gordon, starring four-time Tony nominee, and three-time Drama Desk Award-winner Tovah Feldshuh, and directed by Michael Parva, will move to Broadway this season, it was announced today by the show's producers. Preview performances will begin on Tuesday, March 10, 2009, at the Walter Kerr Theatre (219 West 48th Street), with an opening night set for Sunday, March 29th at 6:30 pm.