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Universal Studios Hollywood has introduced 'Creature from The Black Lagoon - A Raging Rockin' Show,' featuring an all-original score and dazzling Broadway-level production values in a hip, musical stage adaptation of the Universal cult classic, opening exclusively July 1st at The Entertainment Capital of L.A.

Producer Jeffrey Finn announced today that OLEANNA, the provocative drama by Pulitzer Prize winner David Mamet, will have its first-ever Broadway production as part of the 2009-2010 Broadway Season. Starring Bill Pullman and Julia Stiles and directed by Tony Award winner Doug Hughes, the play is a gripping account of a power struggle between a male university professor and one of his female students.

Producer Arielle Tepper Madover is pleased to announce that the critically acclaimed Donmar Warehouse production of William Shakespeare's HAMLET with Jude Law in the title role, directed by Michael Grandage, will come to Broadway this fall, following sold out runs in London's West End and a special engagement at Elsinore Castle in Denmark.

Gay men and showtunes? Who knew? It could happen. In fact, it did, as the Tony Award and Two-Time Grammy Award-Winning actress and ultimate DREAMGIRL, Jennifer Holliday, joined the Gay Men's Chorus of Los Angeles in a very special engagement consisting of both classic and recent musical numbers that have defined the boards of the Great White Way.

The Kennedy Center recently announced a one week and final extension for the touring production of THE COLOR PURPLE. The musical will now run in the Opera House June 30 through August 9, 2009. Based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Alice Walker and the film by Steven Spielberg, Fantasia Barrino reprises her critically acclaimed role as Celie in the Kennedy Center performances of THE COLOR PURPLE.

Daniel Ezralow will choreograph the Italian version of the musical 'Cats' and will also join Saverio Marconi as the director of the show produced by Compagnia della Rancia.

Entertainment Tonight obtained a family photo of the couple is showing off their twin baby girls. In the photo, Sarah Jessica and Matthew are each holding one of their new daughters -- Marion Loretta Elwell and Tabitha Hodge. The twins' 6-year-old brother James Wilkie affectionately looks over one of his baby sisters.

WEB SITE STORY is described as 'Take the famous ballads and duets of West Side Story, insert a dozen mentions of famous social media sites like twitter and facebook, and this is what you get. Keywords: twitter, facebook, eharmony, pandora, social networking, dating online, spoof, west side story, maria, tony.'

Anthony Clark announced today, Tuesday 30 June, that he will be stepping down as Artistic Director of Hampstead Theatre in January 2010, Clark, who joined Hampstead Theatre shortly after its move into the new building in Swiss Cottage, has been with the company for seven years and will remain at the helm to the end of the 50th Anniversary Season.

The entire cast and all-star band of HAIR, the Tony-Award Winning Best Musical Revival, performed live on the 'Good Morning America' Summer Concert Series segment on Friday, June 26th, in Central Park. In this STAGE TUBE clip, the HAIR cast pays tribute to Michael Jackson by singing the late pop music icon's song, 'I'll Be There', on the telecast.

On Thursday, June 25th, Broadway veteran and hit recording artist Shoshana Bean debuted in Las Vegas' new hit production PEEPSHOW alongside Blonde Bombshell Holly Madison. Bean has taken over the dynamic role of the mistress of ceremonies, the 'Peep Diva,' and she now guides Holly Madison, who plays a timid 'Bo Peep,' in her transformation into a confident, sensual woman.

Entertainment Tonight reports that Diane Keaton sustained an injury today while filming her new movie. Keaton was taken to the hospital for tests.

The New York Post reports that famed critic and New Yorker scribe John Lahr has filed legal action against legendary Broadway star Elaine Stritch for the work he did with her on the 2003 Tony Award-winning show, Elaine Stritch: AT LIBERTY.

Amy Spanger has left the cast of the five-time Tony Award Nominated hit musical, ROCK OF AGES, for personal reasons reports production representatives. Spanger, who starred as Sherrie in the musical, was a new cast member when the show opened on Broadway on Tuesday, April 7, 2009 at Broadway's Brooks Atkinson Theatre (256 W. 47th Street).

'BORN TO SWING: AN EVENING OF HITS FROM THE BIG BAND ERA AND BEYOND' A fundraising event for A Contemporary American's Guide to a Successful Marriage (c) 1959 which will have its world premiere at the 2009 New York Fringe Festival (Written by Robert Bastron, Directed by Adam Fitzgerald, Produced by Sean Bradford and Adam Kantor), will take place tonight, Monday, June 29th, 2009 8-10PM at Swing 46 / 349 West 46th Street, NYC, NY.

Outfest 2009, the 27th Los Angeles Gay & Lesbian Film Festival, has announced the participants of its Special Events panel for FOX's highly anticipated new comedy series 'Glee': cast members Matthew Morrison, Lea Michele, Cory Monteith, Chris Colfer and Jane Lynch, as well as co-creator and writer Ian Brennan and executive producer Dante Di Loreto.

To honor the memory and celebrate the life of one of the most iconic entertainers of all time, FOX will air an encore of the Michael Jackson-themed AMERICAN IDOL Performance Show Monday, June 29 (8:00-10:00 PM ET/PT) on FOX.

The Los Angeles Times is reporting that Fred Travalena, the master impressionist and singer whose vast repertoire of voices ranged from Jack Nicholson to Sammy Davis Jr. to Bugs Bunny, has died. He was 66.

The Drama Desk and Obie Award-wining Mint Theater Company today announced that it its 2009 - ?10 season will kick off with two plays celebrating the art and antics of the actor.

Gavin Creel, star of the hit musical HAIR, will return to Joe's Pub on July 27 at 9:30 p.m. to play his first concert in over 8 months. Creel, two-time TONY nominated actor, will perform acoustic versions from his acclaimed pop album, GOODTIMENATION, and preview songs from his forthcoming sophomore album, QUIET.