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Mamma Mia! The Movie is still going strong in the foreign box office. During the weekend of September 12th- 15th the film grossed $20.3 million bringing the total gross up to $306.9 million. So far it has internationally grossed almost three times that of Chicago. When the film debuted in France last weekend it brought in $3.3 million.

Sarah Palin may not think much of the polar bears, but the middle school-aged cast of Chocolate Soup disagrees and is protesting against Palin on September 21st during the performance at the New York Musical Theatre Festival.

TimesTalks will present 'Broadway Divas as Gay Icons featuring Patti LuPone' on Monday, Nov 03, 2008 6:30 PM EST at TimesCenter Stage.

Members of BroadwayWorld.com have the opportunity to save on tickets to Chicago on Tuesday September 23rd. For a limited time BroadwayWorld.com members pay only $45.60 or $66.50 for Tuesdays performance which will include a special talkback with Walter Bobbie after the show.

Due to popular demand and sold out performances, BEDBUGS!!! one of the most talked-about shows in this year's NYMF has just been extended. Additional performances will be Thursday, September 25th (4:30pm) and a special late night performance, Saturday, September 27th (11:00pm). 80's rock excess meets the Creature Feature in this hilarious, hard-rocking new musical by Paul Leschen and Fred Sauter directed by Samuel Buggeln. BEDBUGS!!! runs through September 27th at the TBG Theater (312 West 36th Street, 3rd Floor). Tickets are $20.00 and are available at www.NYMF.org or by calling 212-352-3101.

TOXIC AUDIO (www.toxicaudio.com), the popular Off-Broadway a cappella group, will be performing a Free, 3-hour live 'THANK YOU' theatrical show on Tuesday, Sept. 23rd at Columbus Circle (Central Park South/West)!

1998 saw the founding of two ambitious new organizations: Prospect Theater Company and Google. Over the past decade both companies have grown tremendously.

LEA DELARIA - the acclaimed singer, actress, comedian and author who is currently guest starring on ABC-TV's 'One Life To Live' - will celebrate hernew CD, The Live Smoke Sessions, with two nights at the Manhattan jazz club Smoke (2751 Broadway, between 105th and 106th Streets) on Monday, September29 and Monday, October 6 at 8:00 PM and 9:30 PM. Please call (212) 864-6662or visit www.smokejazz.com for tickets.

The Toronto engagement of JERSEY BOYS, which opened to rave reviews on August 24, has been extended a second time, to Saturday, December 6. The Tony® and Grammy® award-winning musical is now playing at the Toronto Centre for the Arts (5040 Yonge Street north of Sheppard Avenue).

Rosie O'Donnell paid a special visit to the cast of The Marvelous Wonderettes after she caught the opening night performance on Sunday, September 14th.

Behind the Emerald Curtain, the exclusive, behind-the-scenes look at the Broadway smash WICKED, will enter its 4th Season this fall. The tour, which lasts 90 minutes and is run by former and current members of the Broadway company, is given every Saturday morning at 10:00am at the Gershwin Theatre (222 W. 51st Street.). Tickets are $25 and are available for purchase on www.Ticketmaster.com/wicked and at the Gershwin Theatre box office. Groups of 20 or more can buy tickets for $23 each.

The men of Broadway's THE 39 STEPS - Artie Burton, Sam Robards and Cliff Saunders - will appear at Borders Columbus Circle on Monday, September 22 at 6:00 PM, as the celebrations for Hitchcock Month continue throughout September. Borders is located at 10 Columbus Circle in Shops at Columbus Circle in the Time Warner Center.

Lisa Kron has been chosen to host the 2008 New York Innovative Theatre Awards (the IT Awards), in a ceremony dedicated to celebrating Off-Off-Broadway. There will be entertainment interludes performed by New York's own Blue Man Group.

As part of the 2008 Next Wave Festival, BAM welcomes the return of U Theatre, one of Taiwan's most celebrated theater companies, in Meeting with Bodhisattva-a music-theater work that depicts an individual's journey toward becoming a Bodhisattva or 'enlightened being' in Buddhism. This U.S. premiere features a whirlwind of drumming, martial arts, Buddhist chanting, and Chinese operatic dance.

Celebration Theatre presents the first show of its 2008-2009 Mainstage Season, PORCELAIN. PORCELAIN by Chay Yew opens on Friday, October 10th and runs for six weeks through Sunday, November 9th at Celebration Theatre, 7051B Santa Monica Blvd in Hollywood.

Cast members from the Las Vegas hit STOMP OUT LOUD can be seen this Sunday, September 21 at 10:00 PM on Planet Green's BATTLEGROUND EARTH: LUDACRIS vs. TOMMY LEE.

Chicago Dramatists has appointed six new playwrights to its Resident Playwright program, Artistic Director Russ Tutterow announced today. The new Residents in this 30th anniversary season are Mary Ruth Clarke, Cheryl Coons, Christopher De Paola, Sarah Gubbins, David Scott Hay, and Jon Steinhagen.

New York Musical Theatre Festival's Next Broadway Sensation, formerly known as Broadway Idol, returns for 2008. The top ten finalists are Frances Bordlee, Joe Enderson, Shawna M. Hamic, Mike Harrison, Omar Lopez-Cepero, Barbi McCulloch, Ariela Morgenstern, Jennifer Sánchez, Nesha Ward, and Jamaal Wilson.

NAKED BOYS SINGING!, the fifteen-song celebration of the male form that recently began its tenth year, today announced it will offer a one-day sale on tickets for only $8 on Friday, October 3rd, for any Friday at 10:30 PM performance in October. To get $8 tickets, visit 8coupons.com and join their 'Go Green' initiative by texting the $8 Ocho Loco coupon to your cell phone.

Variety.com is reporting that actor Jeff Daniels and actress Rachel York will be starring in Tommy Tune's 'Turn of the Century' scheduled to run at the Goodman theater in Chicago this fall. The musical is being produced by the duo that brought Jersey Boys to the stage, Michael Brickman and Rick Elice.