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On September 26th, 2008 the White Plains Performing Arts Center held their opening night party for their current production of Camelot starring Robert Cuccioli. This is a brand new production of the Tony Award-winning musical that will play a limited engagement through October 5, 2008.

The new production of WEST SIDE STORY will officially open on Broadway at the Palace Theatre on March 19, 2009. WEST SIDE STORY will begin preview performances on February 23, 2009 following an out of town engagement December 15, 2008 through January 17, 2009 at the National Theatre in Washington, D.C.

The stars of the Showtime Network were out in force on Wednesday September 24th to celebrate the upcoming premieres of 'Dexter' and 'Californication'. Michael C. Hall and Evan Handler were on hand to promote and represent their respective programs, while Mary-Louise Parker came out to support her fellow network stars. The event took place at the Showtime House. Mary-Louise Parker will star in the upcoming Broadway production of Hedda Gabler by Henrik Ibsen. The production features a new adaptation by Christopher Shinn and will be directed by Ian Rickson.

Manhattan Theatre Club will present the upcoming world premiere of ROMANTIC POETRY, a new musical by John Patrick Shanley and Henry Krieger.

Blue Man Group has announced a new fall performance schedule.

By overwhelming demand, two-time Emmy® Award winner, Kathy Griffin, adds a 2nd show to her stop at the WaMu Theater at Madison Square Garden this winter on February 20.

INSIDE THE ACTORS STUDIO is back, and for the first taping of the 2008-2009 season, they will welcome DANIEL RADCLIFFE, star of the HARRY POTTER series and the upcoming Broadway production of EQUUS.

Moving on from a third summer of sold-out performances highlighted by such LA-based artists as Popera singing star Jamie Angelise; Nightclub, recording and television stars Craig Heath and Jeanne Page; the irresistible Broadway star and film star Marion Ramsey (from the hilarious Police Academy series 1 - 6); Disney's Danyelle Bossardet (Beauty and the Beast); and the revered musical comedy duo of BaulPointPen (Paul Peglar and Ben McLain); Sterling's Upstairs at Vitello's in Studio City, CA ushers in October and November with seven sensational leading men.

Paul Newman, the Academy-Award winning screen and Broadway stage actor who defined the word 'icon' died Friday after a long battle with cancer at his farmhouse near Westport, Connecticut surrounded by his family and close friends. He was 83, to remember the big screen superstar, BWW Photographer Walter McBride has assembled a collection of his favorite photos that he was honored to take of the entertainment legend.

It hadn't really occurred to me to write a musical until I was working on this sitcom pitch for Paramount called 'George and the Guys.' 'George and the Guys' was based on my friend Nicholle's dad - George - who was going through a rough patch with his wife, had been booted out of the house, and the only home he could find was as the 4th roommate of three 20-somethings on his pickup basketball team.

The Atlanta Symphony Orchestra will present a four week 'American Originals' festival, celebrating music written by American and European composers while living in America. The festival opens with a program of works by Bernstein, Barber and Rachmaninov on Thursday, October 30, 2008, and concludes with the Atlanta debut of a concert-staged production of John Adams' Dr. Atomic on Sunday, November 23, 2008.

American Buffalo is a 1976 play by playwright David Mamet and won the 1977 Outer Critics Circle Award. 'The play concerns a team of men, Don, Teach, Bob, and Fletcher (who does not appear in the play, but is referred to), who are conspiring to steal a coin collection from a wealthy man. Don, who owns a junk shop, sold a nickel to a man for much less than what it was worth. Out of revenge, he and his friend-in-training, Bob, plan to steal the man's coin collection after suspecting that he went away for the weekend,' describes press notes.

BABALU-CY will now play a special schedule from September 27th thru October 12th it will playSaturday & Sunday @ 3pm. THERE WILL BE NO WEDNESDAY PERFORMANCES IN OBSERVANCE OF ROSH HASHANAH & YOM KIPPUR.

SHARON CARR ASSOCIATES, LTD is pleased to announce the return engagement of GLIMPSES OF THE MOON, a Jazz Age musical with book & lyrics by Tajlei Levis and music by John Mercurio, directed by Marc Bruni. GLIMPSES OF THE MOON is back by popular demand for an ongoing run at Off-Broadway's Oak Room in the Algonquin Hotel (59 West 44th Street, between 5th and 6th Ave.).

Join Celebrity Fantasy Characters From Tchaikovsky's holiday ballet, 'The Nutcracker,' including The Nutcracker Prince, The Sugar Plum Fairy, Mother Ginger and An Assortment of Snowflakes, along with Bingo-Boy, Jeffery Bowman and the incomparable Bridgette of Madison County, as they host a fund-raising event for Media City Ballet, a not-for-profit organization which will present 'The Nutcracker' at the Alex Theatre in Glendale in December of this year.

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, continues its 10th Anniversary season with the debut of ALEXIS HOUSTON. In her show 'Speak Love - The Art of Song,' the songwriter and producer shares a selection of her standard favorites and original compositions in this one night only performance which includes a special surprise guest. Musical Director Shelton Becton will lead a seven-piece band. The show, produced by All's Well Music/Houston Entertainment, will be at the Regency Hotel (540 Park Avenue at 61st Street.

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 return engagement of TV and stage star LYNDA CARTER. Her new show runs from October 21 - 25 at the Regency Hotel (540 Park Avenue at 61st Street).

Christy Carlson Romano -- the popular actress and recording artist who starred on Broadway in BEAUTY AND THE BEST and received an Emmy-nomination for her performance as the title character on the Disney Channel's popular animated series 'Kim Possible' -- will join the Broadway cast of the Tony Award-winning musical AVENUE Q for eight weeks from September 29 to November 23 at the Golden Theatre (252 West 45th Street).

The Public Theater (Artistic Director, Oskar Eustis; Executive Director Andrew D. Hamingson) and Joe's Pub (Director, Shanta Thake; General Manager Kevin Abbott) are proud to announce additions to the extraordinary lineup of the Joe's Pub 10th Anniversary Weekend featuring 10 for the 10th, a two-day series of 10 free concerts at Joe's Pub, and an anniversary Gala paying tribute to legendary musician, champion of emerging artists, and New Yorker Judy Collins.

Lifetime's 'Living Proof' held its New York premiere on September 24th, 2008. The film features theater favorites Bernadette Peters, Swoosie Kurtz, Harry Connick, Jr., and more.