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It was brought to BroadwayWorld.com's attention yesterday via a rapid slew of emails to our 'Twitter Watch' inbox, that one of the more than 200 Broadway-related Tweeters that we were picking up the feed of, was a casting director, who was 'tweeting' during auditions with her take on some of the performers (mentioning none by name) with live comments, both good and bad, after they'd auditioned. Our first stories on the subject generated tens of thousands of reads and brought in an avalanche of responses and opinions. Actor, author, director and casting professional Paul Russell weighed in on the controversy via his blog which we bring you right here on BroadwayWorld.com.

Before there was Kate, and before there was Naomi, and before there was Claudia, there was Robyn Peterson. 'CATWALK CONFIDENTIAL' tells her story. This one-woman show comes to the Arts Theatre in London's West End straight from its UK premiere at the Edinburgh Festival. It previews at the Arts Theatre from 4 September and opens on Wednesday 9 September for a limited season, ending on Saturday 3 October.

The 5th Avenue Theatre held a special benefit performance of their world premiere musical Catch Me If You Can on Wednesday, August 5 to benefit the Compass Center, a non-profit agency serving homeless and low income individuals and families in the greater Seattle area.

Cirque du Soleil performers from KÀ, Mystère and CRISS ANGEL Believe welcomed the newest members of the Cirque family to Las Vegas on Saturday. The cast of the new show based on the life and music of Elvis were treated to a Cirque-style greeting at McCarran Airport. The performers have been rehearsing for the past few months at the Cirque du Soleil Creation Studio in Montreal and are now relocating to Las Vegas for rehearsals on stage in the new theatre at ARIA Resort & Casino in CityCenter. The show is set to open late 2009.

The New York Post's Michael Riedel reported today in his Broadway Matinee column in the The New York Post that 'SPIDER-MAN' seems to have met his 'budgetary' match.

Pulitzer Prize winner and Brooklyn native Lynn Nottage was honored by Speaker of the New York City Council The Honorable Christine C. Quinn, Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz and New York City Council Member Letitia James following the Tuesday, August 11 performance of RUINED at Manhattan Theatre Club at New York City Center- Stage I (131 West 55th Street).

GLEE is an uplifting series with biting humor that features a soundtrack of hit music from past to present. The show follows an optimistic high school teacher, WILL SCHUESTER (Matthew Morrison), as he tries to refuel his own passion while reinventing the high school's glee club and challenging a group of outcasts to realize their star potential.

BroadwayWorld.com presents it's newest column, Twitter Watch, which will bring you only the best and most interesting reports straight from the mouths of Broadway stars, shows and more on the hot social networking service - Twitter!

Jeremy Piven is known to tv viewers as Ari Gold, the manic agent on HBO's hit Entourage. He will next be seen on the big screen as Don Ready in The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard. Piven spoke with Parade.com's Jeanne Wolf about the attention he got for leaving Broadway due to mercury poisoning.

Tickets will go on sale this Saturday, August 15 for the anticipated Broadway arrival of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts new production of Terrence McNally, Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty's Tony Award® winning musical RAGTIME, based on the E.L. Doctorow novel and featuring direction and choreography by Marcia Milgrom Dodge.

Twyla Tharp, the famed choreographer who brought the music and lyrics of Billy Joel and Bob Dylan to the Broadway stage with Movin' Out and The Times They Are A-Changin', will next shape the iconic voice of Frank Sinatra into a theatrical piece.

Lynne Meadow (Artistic Director) and Barry Grove (Executive Producer) are pleased to announce Tony Award winner Garry Hynes will direct the upcoming production of EQUIVOCATION which is a part of Manhattan Theatre Club's upcoming 2009-2010 Off-Broadway season at New York City Center - Stage I (131 West 55th Street).

The New York Post's Michael Riedel is revealing in his On Broadway column in the The New York Post that 'SPIDER-MAN' has met his match.

Producer Jack Thomas of Bulldog Theatrical will present Mary Adkins' new play The 49 Project as part of the 13th annual New York International Fringe Festival August 14-30. The six performances will be held at the Cherry Lane Studio Theatre (38 Commerce Street) on: Tuesday, Aug. 25, 8:45 PM, Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2 PM, Thursday, Aug. 27, 3:00 PM & 7:00 PM, Friday, Aug. 28, 9:15 PM and Saturday, Aug. 29, 5:30 PM.

'IDOL' favorite Adam Lambert tells RollingStone.com all about his upcoming debut album. You can watch the clip right here on STAGE TUBE!

Bandleader/Musician John Pizzarelli and his wife, Broadway veteran Jessica Molaskey, are among the current standard-bearers of what is known as 'The Great American Songbook'. For the past three years the couple has hosted a weekly radio show from their 'Deluxe living room high atop Lexington Avenue' in New York City. BroadwayWorld.com was invited to attend recent taping of 'Radio Deluxe' and talk with them.

MUTINY AT PORT CHICAGO opened Friday, July 10th and runs through August 29, 2009. Performances are Fridays and Saturdays at 8 pm and Sundays at 2 pm at Ruskin Group Theatre, 3000 Airport Avenue, Santa Monica, CA 90405.

Multi award-winning songstress Zulya Kamalova comes to the Dunstan Playhouse, with her band The Children of the Underground, for one performance only on 11 September.

Erich Bergen of JERSEY BOYS Las Vegas is planning a Michael Jackson benefit concert to be held August 29th at the Palms, on what would have been Jackson's 51st birthday.

Variety reports that Disney Studios has acquired the motion picture rights to a new rendition of 'The Diary of Anne Frank,' to be written and directed by David Mamet. Mamet will also serve as producer with Andrew Braunsberg.