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Norm Clarke reports in the Las Vegas Review-Journal that 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.

First Wives Club The Musical Singing at the Sitzprobe! Sam Harris brings you to an exclusive behind the scenes look at the production process of a new Broadway bound musical.

Sharp eyed visitors to our BroadwayWorld.com message boards reported that several cast members of the Shakespeare in the Park production of Twelfth Night, including stars Anne Hathaway and Raul Esparza had a very special surprise in store for the brave souls who waited in line in Central Park to get free tickets to the show's last performance tonight, Sunday July 12th.

When stage and screen superstar Hugh Jackman visited the critically acclaimed, Five-time Tony Award nominated, 'ROCK OF AGES' on Broadway his dynamic presence brought out the 'wolverine' like passions of Angel Reed and Wesley Taylor.

On Thursday July 9th, the cast of 'THE TOXIC AVENGER' took to the stage in New York City's Union Square as part of the 2009 'Summer in the Square,' a series of events taking place each Thursday through August 13th. The large crowd enjoyed the wonderful weather as they were treated to a few numbers from the award-winning Off-Broadway musical.

The award winning talent on Bay Street's stage continues, as the next production swung into full gear on July 7th with Mercedes Ruehl in the American Premiere of Dinner. In this outrageously funny chiller by Moira Buffini, the climax is one that audiences should be careful not to share with others!

ReVision Theatre presents a star studded cast featuring Steven Brinberg as Barbra Streisand with special guest Lainie Kazan in a benefit performance of Funny Girl. The one night only event will be at the Paramount Theatre on the Boardwalk in Asbury Park on Saturday, July 11th, at 8 pm.

R Family Cruises will once again host a star-studded collection of Broadway performers in their up-coming R Family Vacations 2009 Summer Cruise. The much acclaimed 'week of community, learning, laughter and love celebrates freedom and pride aboard the Norwegian Star', the cruise begins July 11th, 2009.

Two American Idol finalists from past seasons reunite this summer to perform live on stage in the heart of America. Anthony Fedorov and Diana DeGarmo will star in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, part of the 2009 summer season of musicals produced by Lyric Theatre, Oklahoma's premiere regional theatre company. Fedorov, a finalist from Season 4, and DeGarmo, the runner-up from Season 3, will perform respectively as Joseph and the Narrator in Andrew Lloyd Webber's most cherished musical, playing from Tuesday, July 21st through Saturday, July 25th.

Pasadena Playhouse (Sheldon Epps, Artistic Director, Stephen Eich, Executive Director, Tom Ware, Producing Director) today announced full casting for the West Coast Premiere of THE NIGHT IS A CHILD, a new play by Charles Randolph-Wright. Sheldon Epps (Pasadena Playhouse Artistic Director), who directed Pasadena Playhouse's production of Ray Charles Live!, directs a cast of six led by JoBeth Williams (The Big Chill and Poltergeist). Preview performances begin August 28 with the official press opening set for Friday, September 4 at Pasadena Playhouse (39 South El Molino Avenue, Pasadena).

The world's longest- running musical THE FANTASTICKS is playing through July 26th at Lamb's Players Theatre in Coronado. BWW San Diego's Audra Stafford had the opportunity to interview several of the cast members and you can watch the segment right here on BWW TV!

Variety reports that Lincoln Center Theater's Broadway production of Sarah Ruhl's IN THE NEXT ROOM, or the Vibrator Play' has booked the Lyceum Theater for its fall run.

Welcome to BroadwayWorld TV's new weekly video series, BroadwayBeat's Priceless Spotlight. The program presents special moments by some of theatre's past, present, and future greats!

Mary Tyler Moore and Bernadette Peters will host the eleventh annual BROADWAY BARKS!, a star-studded dog and cat adopt-a-thon benefiting New York City animal shelters and adoption agencies.

Executive Producer Louis G. Spisto today announced the appointment of Adrian Noble as Artistic Director of The Old Globe's 2010 Shakespeare Festival celebrating the theater's 75th anniversary season. One of the theater's most respected and sought-after directors, Noble will oversee the Festival and direct two of the three productions presented in repertory. Noble succeeds Resident Artistic Director Darko Tresnjak who will leave his post in September to pursue independent directing opportunities. The annual festival will run from June 12 through September 26, 2010.

The 'Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince' New York City premiere at the Ziegfeld Theatre last night, Thursday July 9th, brought out the stars of stage and screen. Recent EQUUS leading man Daniel Radcliffe, 'Harry Potter' himself, lead the way as the starry audience arrived.

Geffen Records has announced the signing of one of the most celebrated British singers of all time, Dame Shirley Bassey.

'Monty Python's Spamalot,' the popular musical lovingly ripped-off from the internationally famous comedy team's most popular motion picture, 'Monty Python and the Holy Grail,' opened Center Theatre Group's 2009-2010 at the Ahmanson Theatre of the Los Angeles Music Center on July 7th. 'Monty Python's Spamalot' plays through September 6, 2009.

On Sunday, July 12 at 9PM ET/PT Lifetime Television premieres 'Drop Dead Diva.' The one-hour, comedic drama tells the story of a shallow model-in-training who dies in a sudden accident only to find her soul resurfacing in the body of a brilliant, plus-size and recently deceased attorney.

On Saturday July 4th, Patricia Schriver, mayor of Lebanon Township, NJ caught the 4PM performance of THE TOXIC AVENGER and then enjoyed a backstage visit with Nancy Opel who portrays BABS BELGOODY, the corrupt mayor of TROMAVILLE, NJ. Two female New Jersey mayors together at last! Check out the patriotic lapel pin that Nancy Opel adorned to her 'Palinesque' costume in honor of Independence Day!