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Autism Speaks invites you attend a very special one night only literary and musical celebration of Miracle Workers with inspiring celebrity readings and musical performances to raise money for autism.

Emmy Award winner Sarah Jessica Parker & Tony Award winner Matthew Broderick will host a one night only Broadway concert event, Broadway Voices For Change starring Tony Award winners Audra McDonald and Barbara Cook, to benefit America Votes on Sunday, October 19, at 8pm at Broadway's Al Hirschfeld Theatre (302 West 45th Street

This fall, Ghostlight Records is pleased to announce the upcoming cast album of Jason Robert Brown's 13, A New Musical and Patti LuPone at Les Mouches - a digitally restored CD from the legendary 1980 concerts. To celebrate these releases of the new theatre season memebers of BroadwayWorld.com will save 10 % when you visit http://www.sh-k-boom.com/ and use code SHKWORLD to save now through November 3rd!

Tony Award winner Jason Robert Brown, composer/lyricist of the new musical 13, to host '13 Questions' - a series of audience Q & A's - immediately following the 7pm performances on Tuesday, October 21, Wednesday, October 22 and Thursday, October 23, 2008. Special co-hosts to include 13's casting director, Mark Simon, 'fabulous' members of Broadway's first all teenage cast and band and other members of 13's creative staff. (Star Ledger) All audience members with tickets for that evening's performance are permitted to stay for that evening's talkback for free.

GableStage at the Biltmore - in association with Jay Harris - will present the Southeastern Premiere of NOVEMBER by David Mamet - opening October 18th and running through November 16th

What's On Stage is reporting that actor and director Kenneth Branagh, who is currently starring in Ivanov at Donmar, has pulled out of directing Hamlet and will be replaced by Donmar Artistic Director Michael Grandage.

At Berkeley Repertory Theatre, acclaimed actor Delroy Lindo is returning to the powerful play that earned him a Tony nomination - Joe Turner's Come and Gone by August Wilson - and, as the show's director, he has chosen four local children to perform with a cast of accomplished professionals.

FEINSTEIN'S AT LOEWS REGENCY, the nightclub proclaimed 'Best of New York' by New York Magazine and 'an invaluable New York institution' by The New York Post, will continue their 10th Anniversary season with the debut engagement of Grammy Award winner Crystal Gayle and Tony Award nominee Laura Bell Bundy, appearing together for the first time. 'Kentucky Girlfriends' - which celebrates their home state and their southern heritage - will make its world premiere at the club from October 28 to November 1.

London's Evening Standard is reporting that Andrew Lloyd Webber might be one of the potential buyers interested in the Rodgers and Hammerstein Organization. A source revealted that Webber is 'putting together a bid'.

Tickets go on sale today for Signature Theatre Company's (James Houghton, Founding Artistic Director; Erika Mallin, Executive Director) production of HOME, the second production of Signature's 2008-2009 season celebrating the historic Negro Ensemble Company (NEC).

Ken Davenport and Robyn Goodman proudly announce that Altar Boyz, the acclaimed musical comedy at New World Stages which recently played its 1500th performance, will begin Wednesday evening performances on October 15th. The new schedule will be Monday, Wednesday through Friday at 8 pm, Saturday at 2 pm and 8 pm and Sunday at 3 pm and 7 pm.

Two-time Tony Award nominated Broadway favorite, MAMMA MIA! star Carolee Carmello paid tribute to cancer survivor Kathy Brinkman on 'The Today Show' with a special performance on Kathie Lee Gifford's and Hoda Kotb's 'Everyone Has a Story' series.

Variety is reporting that actors Steve Martin, Alec Baldwin and Meryl Streep will be starring a new romantic comedy (as of now untitled) written and directed by Nancy Meyers. The film is set to start shooting in February. Meyers will be producing the film along with Scott Rudin.

William Ayers, Jimmie Briggs, Ruby Dee, Alvin Epstein, Melissa Fitzgerald, Maxine Greene, Margie Gillis, Whoopi Goldberg, Bill T. Jones, Herbert Kohl, Francis Lucerna, Leonard Lopate, Winter Miller, Tom Oppenheim, Rosie Perez, John Prendergast, Phylicia Rashad and Anna Deavere Smith are among the many artists that will be participating in the upcoming Harold Clurman Festival of the Arts.

Nonprofit Finance Fund (NFF) today announced the ten leading arts organizations that will participate in a landmark, $15.125 million initiative designed to explore new business and funding models for the sector.

Jim Creighton, David Haig, James Hayes, Doon Mackichan and Javone Prince will join previously announced Matt Di Angelo in Joe Orton's Loot, directed by Sean Holmes at the Tricycle Theatre. Loot will run from 11 December - 31 January with press night on 15 December.

Andrea Marcovicci will present Marcovicci Sings Movies II from October 14-November 2 at San Francisco's The Rrazz Room at Hotel Nikko.

The Dramatists Guild of America announces the continuation of their popular DuoLogues seminar series with a conversation between celebrated playwrights Peter Shaffer and John Guare, on Tuesday, October 14, 2008, at 5:30 p.m., at the Dramatists Guild's Frederick Loewe Room, 1501 Broadway (between 43rd and 44th Streets), Suite 710.

A man steals a credential, sneaks into the White House, and while there gets a job working as a volunteer, before becoming a homeless heroin addict, going to prison, and getting clean. Yes it is a true story.

THE PEARL THEATRE COMPANY (Shepard Sobel, Artistic Director; Shira Beckerman, Managing Director) is pleased to announce the inaugural production of its 2008/2009 Silver Anniversary Season, a world premiere translation of Sophocles' The Oedipus Cycle by two time PEN Literary Award finalist Peter Constantine.