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A new leading lady has been announced for the Broadway production of Andrew Lloyd Webber's THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA, the longest-running show in Broadway history. Produced by Cameron Mackintosh/Really Useful Group, Inc. and directed by Harold Prince, the musical is in its phenomenal 21st year in New York, playing at The Majestic Theatre (247 West 44th Street).

On Thursday August 28th at 5PM Barnes and Noble at Lincoln Triangle will host Tony and Olivier Award-winning Patti LuPone, four-time Tony Award-winner Boyd Gaines and Tony Award-winner Laura Benanti in a Q&A with theater journalist Patrick Pacheco (NY1, The Los Angeles Times), followed by a CD signing with additional members of the Gypsy cast and multiple Grammy nominated producer Robert Sher.

New Repertory Theatre is pleased to announce that in 2008-2009 it will be celebrating its 25th Season. New Rep will kick-off the celebration with a special ticket offer. For one day only, on August 25th, New Rep will offer $25.00 tickets to any Mainstage Shows on the 2008-2009 season.

Pittsburgh CLO is bringing back The Gong Show for one night only, in homage to the television classic that recently returned on Comedy Central. Hosted by CLO's own Jason Coll, the performance starts at 10:30 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 15, at the Cabaret Theater. Tickets cost just $5 at the door.

BroadwayWorld.com is inviting you to show your creative side and design the program cover for 'show within the movie' for the upcoming film Hamlet 2.

Tony Award nominee Emily Skinner, last seen on Signature's stage in the critically acclaimed production of The Witches of Eastwick, is featured in the new musical adventure Ace. On Thursday, September 4th, 2008 she will participate in Signature Theater's free event 'Thursday Brown Bag Lunch'. The first Thursday of the month patron can sit down for a behind-the-scenes glimpse into Signature productions. 'Enjoy your lunch while you engage in an informal discussion with some of the artists our their 2008-2009 season,' says the theater's website.

The year was 1980, and Patti LuPone was starring as 'Evita' on Broadway. She was en route to winning the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical, and cementing her status as a Broadway star. But there was another Patti LuPone performance taking place -- one that only a comparative handful of people were aware of: Every Saturday night at midnight, for 27 weeks, after performing one of the most demanding roles ever, she made her way to Les Mouches - a legendary nightclub in New York City, to perform a solo concert...This was a one-woman tour de force that -- until now -- only the lucky few who were on hand knew about.

South Pacific actress Loretta Ables Sayre will join Seth Rudetsky's Broadway Chatterbox tonight, August 14th 2008.

David Bell's brand new adaptation of the classic Richard Rodgers (The King & I, South Pacific, The Sound of Music) and Laurence Hart hit The Boys from Syracuse, will make its Chicago Premiere August 7, open August 14 and run through September 28 at Drury Lane Theatre Oakbrook Terrace, 100 Drury Lane, Oakbrook Terrace, IL.

SHREK THE MUSICAL will begin a pre-Broadway run at Seattle's The 5th Avenue Theatre, August 14 to September 21.

Manitoba Theatre Centre announces the playbill for the 2008/09 season.

The Prince Music Theater will open their season with The World Goes Round starting September 20 - October 12, 2008.

AQUILA THEATRE (Peter Meineck, Artistic Director) is proud to announce that the upcoming season will include the World Premiere of the stage adaptation of Joseph Heller's Catch 22, adapted and directed by Peter Meineck. Performances begin November 14th, with opening night scheduled for November 23rd.

Richard Parsons, Chairman, Time Warner; Timothy Greenfield-Sanders director and portrait photographer; Elvis Mitchell, award-winning journalist and producer; Sheila Nevins, president, HBO Documentary Films, special guests including Rev. Al Sharpton, Martha Stewart, Graydon Carter, Gayle King, Bill T. Jones, Faye Wattleton, Alan Cumming and Phylicia Rashad amongst many others.

The Lighthouse Theatre Company presents 'Night Maneuver' by Howard Korder, Off Broadway at The American Theatre of Actors at 314 West 54th Street (bet 8th & 9th Ave.).

Drunk with affection for the singer Marilyn Maye, New Yorkers are licking their lips in anticipation of Maye's fifth Metropolitan Room engagement.

Stephen Kocis, Carl D. White, Paul Boskind, and Michael Filerman, in association with David J. Gersten, today announced that BASH'd!, the new gay musical and the most acclaimed show of the new theater season, would end its Off-Broadway premiere engagement at The Zipper Factory Theater (336 West 37th Street between 8th & 9th Avenues) on Saturday August 30th. BASH'd! was created by Chris Craddock and Nathan Cuckow who star as T-BAG and FEMINEM, respectively, and has music by Aaron Macri and is directed by Ron Jenkins.

FEINSTEIN'S AT LOEWS REGENCY celebrates its 10th anniversary season with a new show by the club's founder MICHAEL FEINSTEIN for one week only from Tuesday to Saturday, September 2 - 6th. His new show 'The Sinatra Project' will feature New York's Finest swinging 17-piece Big Band!

The Donmar Warehouse will present Piaf by Pam Gems. The cast will feature Shane Attwooll, Phillip Browne, Lorraine Bruce, Luke Evans, Michael Hadley, Katherine Kingsley, Leon Lopez, Stuart Neal, Elena Roger, Steve John Shepher. The director is Jamie Lloyd with set design by Soutra Gilmour, lighting design by Neil Austin, sound design by Christopher Shutt and original composition by Ben and Max Ringham. Nigel Lilley is the musical director. The show will run from August 8th - September 20th with an official opening on Wednesday August 13th .

Mamma Mia! The Movie Soundtrack achieves platinum status. The MAMMA MIA! - The Movie Soundtrack is the bona fide hit of the summer, reaching #1 on Billboard's Top 200 Chart, and achieving platinum status today, after only its fifth week of release. Featuring Meryl Streep and Pierce Brosnan singing the hits of super group ABBA, the CD is also #1 on the Billboard Soundtrack Chart for the fourth consecutive week, and has been the top selling album on iTunes for three consecutive weeks.