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Will Ferrell's upcoming new one-man show You're Welcome America. A Final Night with George W Bush are now on general sale, Sunday, December 21, 2008. Tickets may be purchased at the Cort Theatre Box Office (138 West 48th Street), or by visiting telecharge.com or calling (212) 239-6200 in the New York area, and (800) 432-7250 outside the New York metro area.

The New York Post's Michael Riedel has a VERY informative item in the Sunday editon of the Post today regarding the recent budget proposal put forth by Gov. David Paterson last week, among the many hefty tax increases listed there is a hidden in the mix upper cut to good ol' Broadway.

MTI has secured the performance rights to Spring Awakening, 13, Avenue Q, Dracula (Wildhorn Version), The Drowsy Chaperone, Hairspray, Legally Blonde, Spring Awakening, and many more Broadway hit productions.

Fresh from a year on Broadway starring as Danny Zuko in the latest revival of Grease, Max Crumm's next venture will be for a slightly smaller audience. The winner of NBC's 'Grease: You're the one that I Want!' will continue his stage career in an equity waiver production of Killing Diaz, an original one act play. Produced by the newly formed Immediate Theatre Group, Killing Diaz will premiere at The Lounge Theatre in Hollywood. The play will run on Fridays and Saturdays at 8pm and Sundays at 7pm, opening January 9th and closing February 1st.

When a writer has done the number of celebrity interviews that I have, he realizes that there are a handful of celebrities he would never want to meet again. Most, however, are genuinely nice people and enjoyable to work with. There are others who become friends-true and genuine friends. Such is the relationship that has developed between me and Nick Spangler who is currently starring as Matt in the lovely revival of The Fantasticks which is enjoying a healthy run Off Broadway.

MGC Productions, a new LGBT theatre company, announces the cast for the premiere production of 'Midtwenties' which will be directed by Broadway's Anthony Hollock (HAIR). This new musical will run a limited engagement March 1 - 3 at Manhattan Theatre Source, 177 MacDougal Street. The show will feature the composer & lyricist, Elliot Roth (Our Sinatra), and lyricist, Jenn Lederer.

London Evening Standard theatre critic Nicholas de Jongh's Plague Over London, which was first presented at the tiny Finbourgh Theatre in Earls Court will transfer to the West End. It begins a limited engagement at the Duchess Theatre on February 11th, 2009.

blue13 dance company, the critically acclaimed Bollywood-Tech organization led by Achinta S. McDaniel, Artistic Director and Choreographer, will make their debut at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion of the Music Center as part of The 49th Annual L.A. County Holiday Celebration being presented on Wednesday, December 24, 2008 from 3:00 - 9:00 p.m.

Visionary director Martha Clarke brings Hieronymus Bosch's provocative painting to life in Garden of Earthly Delights, exploring heaven, hell, and the beauty and sins amid, began performances Saturday, November 8 at Off-Broadway's Minetta Lane Theatre, 18 Minetta Lane.

THE CRIPPLE OF INISHMAAN began previews Tuesday, December 9th, 2008 and officially opened December Thursday 18th, 2008; and plays a limited engagement through Sunday, February 1st, 2009 Off-Broadway at Atlantic Theater Company at the Linda Gross Theater (336 West 20th Street). BroadwayWorld's cameras caught all action of opening night!

The internationally acclaimed, award-winning, audience-surfing, bustier-clad and uber-bendy singing sensation MEOW MEOW returns to N.Y.C. just in time to deck the halls of the Highline Ballroom for four nights only with her special and sizzling brand of provocative holiday cheerotica in Meow to the World!

The special guest are list has been announced for James Barbour'S HOLIDAY CONCERT at Sardi's (234 West 44th Street - between Broadway & Eighth Avenue). The series of evenings begins tonight, December 20th. The starry list is as follows, Brandi Burkhardt (December 20), Natalie Toro (December 23), Derek Keeling and Kate Shindle (December 24), Jodi Graham (December 26), Deborah Gibson (December 27), Marla Schaffel (December 30), Marc Kudisch (January 2), Natalie Toro and Kevin Earley (January 3), and film and stage star Jack Noseworthy (January 4). The Concert is at 8:30 pm. THE HOLIDAY CONCERT will play at Sardi's through Sunday, January 4th where it intends to become an annual event. It is being presented by Treehouse Entertainment, Inc. and Roberta Nusim for TMA (Theatrical Marketing Associates).

Performances began November 14th, with opening night November 23rd. This limited engagement continues through December 20th only. All performances are at the Lucille Lortel Theatre (121 Christopher Street, between Bleecker & Hudson Streets). For tickets, visit TicketCentral.com or call 212/279- 4200.

Julie Wilson, the legendary theatre and cabaret star, will make a guest appearance at Steven Brinberg's A Simply Barbra Holiday Spectacular.She joins the previously announced Tituss Burgess and The Broadway Boys. The event will benefit The Ali Forney Center, New York's primary emergency housing resource for homeless LGBT youth. A Simply Barbra Holiday Spectacular will play at Symphony Space (2357 Broadway at 95th Street) on Saturday, December 20 at 8 pm.

Broadway's Nick Adams will be making an appearance at HK Lounge's HEAVEN IN HELL weekly party, he'll be signing autographs of the current issue of Instinct. HK Lounge is located at 409 W 39th St. (9th Ave.), Admission is free and the event starts at 10pm. For more info call 212-947-4208

George Street Playhouse is celebrating the December holidays in a big way with a series of musical performances for a special Holiday Cabaret. The musical celebration will feature the talents of Tony Award nominee Robert Cuccioli, who is currently performing at George Street Playhouse in Conor McPherson's The Seafarer. Mr. Cuccioli received a Tony Nomination and is perhaps best known for playing the title role in Broadway's Jekyll & Hyde. Joining Mr. Cuccioli will be fellow Tony nominee Sally Mayes from the recent Broadway revival of She Loves Me. Christopher Howatt will serve as musical director and performer for the revue. Performances take place Saturday, December 20 at 2 and 8PM, and Sunday, December 21 at 2PM.

In the current weekend edition of the New York Times Arts Section, Times theater critics Ben Brantley and Charles Isherwood offer their 'Top Ten' choices for the stage for 2008.

Entertainment Weekly picked the best and worst of stage for 2008, the musical BILLY ELLIOT topped the list as best, musicals made a strong showing in general. Melissa Rose Bernardo, the stage editor for the magazine cast a wide net for her choices including BAM and Off-Broadway in addition to typical main stage fare.

Writer/actor Harvey Fierstein pays a holiday visit. He has returned to the Broadway's Hairspray for the final month of the musical's successful run, playing 'Edna Turnblad,' the role that he originated in the hit show over 6 years ago. Friday, December 19th on Thirteen, 1:30 AM (Saturday morning) *Please note time change for this week only.

SPRING AWAKENING, Broadway's Tony Award-winning musical is returning to Joe's Pub for an encore of the sold out Holiday Celebration benefit concert. The December 29th concert will feature the current cast of the Broadway show 'Spring Awakening' as well as OBC member Lilli Cooper.