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Kathryn Meisle, Stark Sands, and Everett Quinton have been picked to receive awards from Actors' Equity Foundation.

Variety is reporting that Dominic Cooper has been confirmed to appear in 'Phedre' at the National Theater in London, playing opposite Helen Mirren in the title role.

Variety has reported the 49 eligible songs that are in the running for Oscar nominations.The list includes 11 tracks from 'High School Musical 3: Senior Year' and three from 'Repo! The Genetic Opera.' Members of the Academy's music branch will vote on the final nomination list at a Jan. 6 screening event. DVDs of the song clips will be mailed to those who can't attend reports Variety

Seth Rudetsky will interview Raul Esparza from Speed-the-Plow and Gina Kreiezmar from Forbidden Broadway Goes to Rehab for a SIRIUS XM broadcast featuring live musical performances and interviews on Wednesday, December 17th at 12pm.

Following rave reviews Too Much Memory, written by Keith Reddin and Meg Gibson, and directed by Ms. Gibson, has sold out its run through its closing on Monday, December 22, at the Fourth Street Theatre, 83 East 4th Street. The Rising Phoenix Repertory and Piece by Piece production opened Tuesday, December 9, to rave reviews as part of New York Theatre Workshop's Jonathan Larson Lab. All performances are sold out. Those wishing to be put on a waiting should arrive at the theatre 45 minutes prior to curtain.

Casting has been announced for the much anticipated San Francisco return of the smash hit musical WICKED, which begins Tuesday, January 27, 2009 for an open-ended engagement at the Orpheum Theatre. This production is a significant homecoming for WICKED, which premiered in San Francisco before casting its spell on Broadway, winning 20 major awards, including the Grammy Award and three Tony Awards.

Alec Baldwin, star of NBC's '30 Rock' gave a witty and detail online chat to the Washington Post Online. In the web chat he discusses his Emmy winning role, the power of family and 'Stritch'.

Babel Theatre Project (Geordie Broadwater, Artistic Director, Jeremy Blocker, Producing Director) is excited to present readings by six of New York's finest up-and-coming playwrights in their festival of readings entitled GROUNDWORK The readings will take place at the 78th Street Theatre Lab, Saturday, January 24th and Sunday, January 25th beginning at 1PM.

Rosario Dawson, star of the stage to screen adaptation of Rent will be a guest on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno tonight, the program airs 11:30pm (EST) on NBC.

59E59 Theaters (Elysabeth Kleinhans, Artistic Director; Peter Tear, Executive Producer) is proud to announce the NY premiere of acclaimed writer Edmund White's play TERRE HAUTE, directed by George Perrin and starring Peter Eyre and Nick Westrate. Produced by nabokov and Karl Sydow, TERRE HAUTE begins previews on Tuesday, January 13 for a limited engagement through Sunday, February 15. Opening Night is Sunday, January 18 at 7:15 PM.

Tracy Letts' August: Osage County, winner of the 2008 Pulitzer Prize, Tony, Drama Desk, New York Drama Critics' Circle, and Outer Critics Circle Awards for Best Play is proud to welcome Guy Boyd in the role of Charlie Akien. Boyd will take over from Robert Foxworth on December 16th.

Rob Roy The Musical, a new musical based on the legendary Scottish hero from the late 17th and early 18th centuries, will receive its world premiere in Chicago, Feb. 3 - Mar 15. The musical will then run March 24 to April 19 2009 at the Elgin Theatre in Toronto.

The award‐winning new musical Empire, by Caroline Sherman and Robert Hull, is headed to the Great White Way for the 2009‐2010 season.

Variety is reporting that FOX has picked up 13 episodes of the hourlong comedy from 'Nip/Tuck' creator Ryan Murphy. Fox hopes to schedule the show -- which is set in the world of high school glee clubs -- as soon as this spring, in order to take advantage of the 'American Idol' lead in reports the entertainment publication.

The Body By Milk campaign -- famous for putting white 'staches on some of the biggest stars -- has teamed up with the five-time GRAMMY(R)-Award winning and multi-platinum selling artist, Usher, to turn the creative dreams of teens nationwide into reality with the Body By Milk got noise? music video program.

Composer and lyricist Scott Alan will return to Birdland on January for a concert featuring a starry line-up of Broadway performers. The January 12th performance will feature selections from Alan's debut CD, 'Dreaming Wide Awake' and his recently released CD 'Keys.' Scheduled to appear at the 7pm concert include: Lisa Brescia, Heidi Blickenstaff, Jenn Colella, Erin Davie, Sutton Foster, Hadley Fraser, Nikki M. James, Marcus Paul James, Kenita Miller, Lauren Thomas, Katie Thompson, Natalie Weiss and The Broadway Boys.

Angels, the new Broadway-bound musical about an Angel who discovers her place and purpose, will receive two staged readings (3:30 & 7PM) today, Tuesday, December 16th at New World Stages (340 West 50th Street). Written by the new Australian team of Ken Lai (book, music and lyrics) and Marcus Cheong (book and lyrics), the readings will feature Robert Cuccioli, Jessica Grov? and Nicholas Rodriguez in the leading roles. Direction is by Rich Fowler.

Sutton Foster's debut CD 'Wish' has been confirmed for February 17th release on Ghostlight Records. The album features 15 songs culled from the worlds of jazz, pop, Broadway and cabaret, and highlights Foster's eclectic choices, ranging from Patty Griffin's 'Nobody's Cryin' to Duke Ellington's 'I Like the Sunrise'...from Frank Loesser's 'Warm All Over' to John Denver's 'Sunshine on My Shoulders

New Georges' world premiere production of Wendy Weiner's 'HILLARY: A Modern Greek Tragedy With a (Somewhat) Happy Ending,' directed by Julie Kramer will end its run, as scheduled, this Saturday, December 20.

Variety reports that Universal confirmed Tuesday that 'Mamma Mia!' has become the highest grossing release of all time at the U.K. box office.