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Tune in to WOR's 'The Joan Hamburg Show' on Thursday, November 20th from 9:00-11:00AM (710 AM) to listen as Joan celebrates Roundabout Theatre Company's 2008-2009 Season. Roundabout's Artistic Director Todd Haimes, along with Martha Plimpton (Pal Joey), Michael Cerveris (Hedda Gabler), Cynthia Nixon (Distracted), Frank Langella (A Man for All Seasons), Ato Essandoh & Larry Clarke (Streamers) will be on-hand to discuss Roundabout's exciting season.

Tony Award winners Joan Allen and Jeremy Irons return to Broadway to star together in the world premiere of Impressionism, a new American play by Michael Jacobs. The production, which will be directed by Tony Award-winner Jack O'Brien, will play the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre, reports The New York Times.

Manhattan Theatre Club (Lynne Meadow, Artistic Director; Barry Grove, Executive Producer) announced full casting for the upcoming Broadway premiere of Richard Greenberg's THE AMERICAN PLAN which will be directed by Tony nominee David Grindley (Journey's End). The previously announced Lily Rabe and Mercedes Ruehl will be joined by Benjamin Eakeley (Sweeney Todd), Austin Lysy (A Midsummer Night's Dream at the Delacorte), and Brenda Pressley (The First Breeze of Summer).

Clive Barnes, drama critic, dance lover and a true legend of the New York theatrical landscape passed away after a battle with liver cancer on November 19th BroadwayWorld has learned.

The New York Post's Michael Riedel is reporting today that James Gandolfini and Marcia Gay Harden will star in the U.S. production of ther UK hit 'The God of Carnage,' a new play by Yasmina Reza ('Art'), in the spring.

The New York Post's Michael Riedel is reporting that country superstar Reba McEntire may be back on Broadway next year, starring in a revival of 'Anything Goes' for the Roundabout.

On the Town, the opening production of New York City Center's 2008-09 Encores! season, opens tonight, November 19th.

New York University presented a tenth anniversary production of King David, a modern oratorio by musical theater legends Alan Menken and Tim Rice, at NYU's Skirball Center for the Performing Arts, 566 LaGuardia Place (at Washington Square South) on Thursday, Nov. 13 and Fri. Nov. 14 at 8:00 p.m.

Gotham-based indie production and distribution company CAVU Pictures is set to release actor Robert Davi's directorial debut THE DUKES, beginning in NY on November 14th, and nationally beginning November 21st.

Rosie Live airs November 26th at 8pm on NBC.

Tickets are on sale today for preview and regular performances of PEEPSHOW, the sexy new production set to open at Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino in Las Vegas. PEEPSHOW, starring pop superstar and television personality Mel B., will open for preview performances on March 30, 2009, with an opening night gala planned for April 18 of 2009.

Things To Ruin, an incendiary collection of songs by Joe Iconisreturns to play a limited, four-performance run at The Zipper Factory (336 West 37th Street, between 8th and 9th Avenues). The musical, directed by John Simpkins(Theatreworks USA's The Plant That Ate Dirty Socks) will be performed Friday, October 31 at 8:00 p.m.; Friday, November 14 at 8:00 p.m.; Saturday, November 22 at 8:00 p.m. & Friday, November 28 at 8:00 p.m.

Past and present performers of the Tony Award-winning Broadway musical Spring Awakening come together for a night of unique music inspired by the Rainer Maria Rilke poem Sonnets to Orpheus, Part Two, XII. Proceeds from the show will benefit the Actors Fund and IRT Theater's Artist In Residency program.

Sam Kinison's specials on HBO made him a comic superstar, and now the pay cable channel will memorialize his life and death with 'Brother Sam,' a film Tom Shadyac is set to direct. Variety reports that Tony Winner Dan Fogler will play the brilliant but doomed comic.

On September 22nd, the 2008 Ovation Award Nominees were announced. Now in its 19th year, the LA Stage Alliance Ovation Awards will celebrate the 168 theatre companies, 390 registered productions, and over 2,000 individual artists who participated in the September 1, 2007 to August 31, 2008 season. The 2008 Ovation Awards took place on November 17th, 2008 in The Fine Arts Complex in Los Angeles, CA.

Today Dancap Productions announces the new cast for the Canadian production of JERSEY BOYS. The new cast includes: Derek Krantz as Bob Gaudio, Jeremy Kushnier continuing in the role of Tommy DeVito, Michael Lomenda as Nick Massi, and Jeff Madden in the role of Frankie Valli, plus Timothy Sell in the role of Gyp DeCarlo and Shawn Wright in the role of Bob Crewe. Performances begin Friday, December 12, 2008 at the Toronto Centre for the Arts (5040 Yonge Street).

Rosie O'Donnell, the award-winning comedian; television talk show host; author; and film, television, and stage actress will join Rachael Ray on Ray's television show this month reports the Daily News.

The touring cast of the 8 time Tony Award winning Broadway musical Spring Awakening performs a night of 'music, nostalgia, and charity' to benefit Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS at Upright Cabaret in Mark's Restaurant, 861 N. La Cienega Blvd., West Hollywood, CA 90069.

James Bourne, best known for appearing in the bands Busted and Son of Dork and for his songwriting credits with McFly and Boyzone, is to write a new musical for Youth Music Theatre UK. The new show, entitled Loserville: The Musical, will be an entirely new musical with an original story inspired by Son Of Dorks last album Welcome to Loserville. The show will be staged in Leeds in August, with a planned London transfer for 2010.

Richard Griffiths and Daniel Radcliffe, currently starring in the hit Broadway production of EQUUS, will appear together on PBS' ?Charlie Rose? Tuesday, November 18. 'Charlie Rose' airs in the New York metropolitan area on Thirteen/WNET at 11 p.m. Check local listings.