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Eagle Rock Entertainment has announced the release of a special DVD/CD set -- Jackie Mason's The Ultimate Jew: Live on Broadway, written and directed by the master humorist himself, on June 23, 2009.

The National Dance Institute's advanced team of artists took to the stage in a spirited performance honoring the late Beatle's work. the youngsters moving and grooving to 'Imagine.' The choreography was inspired both by the song's lyrics and by American Sign Language.

The evening will be hosted by Caroline Rhea. Celebrity guests include Dustin Lance Black, Jane Velez-Mitchell, Lance Bass, Sarah Paulson, Mark Consuelos, Carson Kressley, Judy Gold, Meghan McCain and more. Special performances by Jewel and two-time Tony Award® nominee Gavin Creel, currently starring as Claude in the Tony-winning Broadway revival of HAIR.

Center Theatre Group is announcing casting for the upcoming Donmar Warehouse production of the musical 'Parade,' starting previews on September 24, 2009, at the CTG/Mark Taper Forum. Opening is set for October 4 and performances will continue through November 15.

BROADWAY BARES 19.0: 'CLICK IT!' was an astounding success raising $808,819 to benefit Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS. Both performances of BROADWAY BARES sold out faster than any previous edition with all 5,902 available tickets being sold by Friday, June 19.

Roundabout Theatre Company (Todd Haimes, Artistic Director) has announced the New York premiere of Theresa Rebeck's new comedy The Understudy, directed by Scott Ellis with Tony Award winner Julie White as 'Roxanne'.

Jim Caruso hosted his guests and friends at The Cast Party on Monday, June 23rd at Birdland. In attendance were Martin Short, Paul Shaffer, Kristine W, Marilyn Maye and many more talents!

The best of Broadway is FREE on six consecutive Thursdays this summer with '106.7 Lite fm Presents Broadway in Bryant Park 2009' - a lunchtime series that kicks off on Thursday July 9th at 12:30PM on the Bryant Park Stage.

The man who spent 30 years welcoming television viewers with the iconic greeting, 'H-e-e-e-e-e-ere's Johnny!' famous has died. Ed McMahon was 86.

Rich Affannato in association with Meri Krassner will present a special invitational reading of the new musical, CALIGULA, with book, music & lyrics by Eric Svejcar, for two performances on Monday, July 13 and Tuesday, July 14 at 3 p.m. at New World Stages (340 West 50th Street).

With 'THE BROADWAY LOCAL', World MasterCard celebrates the creative theatre professionals who bring their talents to the city's Broadway stages and call the Big Apple home.

LEGALLY BLONDE THE MUSICAL, presented by BMI, premieres at the Tennessee Performing Arts Center's Andrew Jackson Hall, June 23-28, 2009, as part of HCA/TriStar Broadway at TPAC.

Century 21 Real Estate LLC, the franchisor of the world's largest residential real estate sales organization, today announced its ?Path to Your Dreams Sweepstakes' winner, Kimberly Green of Dalton, Ga.

Today marks the official launch of BroadwayBares.com, the official website of BROADWAY BARES. The site will launch after the midnight performance of BROADWDAY BARES 19.0: 'CLICK IT!'

Spice Girl Mel B ends her four-month run as the Peep Diva in Las Vegas's PEEPSHOW today June 21, the same day her counterpart Kelly Monaco, 33, is ending her four-month run. Holly Madison, 30, is set to replace Monaco. Broadway and r&b songbird Shoshana Bean is set to replace Mel B. Mel B let loose and celebrated her time in the show last night at the TABU Nightclub in the MGM Grand Resort in Las Vegas and BWW's cameras were there!

Midtown hotspot Latitude will host an 'unoffical' Broadway Bares After Party for post performance fun this evening, Sunday June 21ts. Doors will open at 10 PM, so friends and fans who came to the 9:30 performance can go chill, drink and have fun until the curtain falls on the Midnight performance when the party really begins! Latitude will offer Discounted Drinks ALL NIGHT! It is a 21 and up only event.

Goodspeed Musicals' production of 'Big River' and its director Rob Ruggiero are big winners of the 19th annual Connecticut Critics Circle awards, announced June 15. The show received nods for best musical, for Russell Joel Brown who played Big Jim as best actor in a musical, for Michael Schweikardt's sets, and for Ruggiero's direction.

Theatre impresario and Broadway producer Shelly Gross passed away on June 19, 2009, in West Palm Beach, Florida, after a long illness. With a career that spanned over fifty years, he created an unprecedented number of theatre operations around the country, produced shows for Broadway & National Tours and presented a who's who of legendary performers including everyone from Judy Garland to Bruce Springsteen. He was 88 years old.

Various media outlets reported yesterday that an album featuring Adam Lambert's 'early work' is set for a 2009 Summer release. Songs from the American Idol runner-up will be released by Hi Fi Recordings and Wilshire Records beginning with the single 'Want'. It appears the CD is not without controversy.

'American Idol' and 'Britain's Got Talent' honcho Simon Cowell has written a candid and revealing essay to the UK Daily Mail detailing his work on the hit show 'Talent.'