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Stage and screen star John Stamos will be honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, revealed today, November 16th. The star will be the 2,393rd given to honor a star on the Walk of Fame.

The annual Lucille Lortel awards, celebrating the year's Off-Broadway productions and performances will be presented May 2nd, 2010, with nominees announcements coming April 1st. This will be the 25th Anniversary of the awards and will be centered around the theme 'Off-Broadway Comes Home.'

The Rockettes annual RADIO CITY CHRISTMAS SPECTACULAR will play the Paramount Theatre in Seattle from December 12th through January 3rd, 2010. Dinner will be held at Il Fornaio restaurant located in Pacific Place and RADIO CITY CHRISTMAS SPECTACULAR STARRING THE ROCKETTES at The Paramount Theatre. Select performances with dinner either pre show or post show depending on performance time.

Broadway stars Chita Rivera, Rosie Perez and Martha Plimpton are set for the Transport Group Gala, 'Gimme a Break' to be held December 7th at Asia Society and Museum. The event will honor Broadway veterans Joe Mantello and Terrence McNally. The night will be hosted by Hunter Bell and Jeff Bowen of [title of show]. The night will also feature performances by Marian Seldes, Stephanie J. Block and Brooks Ashmanskas.

Hot off the heals of Rockers on Broadway, Kathy Deitch (Broadway's 'Wicked,' 'Footloose') takes the stage once again at the Canal Room with ALL HEART, a band who tackles Heart's multi-decade chart-topping hits from 'Barracuda' to 'Alone.' On keys, newcomer Allison Kane rounds out the Wilson Duo. Jake Ezra & Greg Skaff on guitar, Jon Price on bass, Dan Weiner on drums. The performance will take place on November 22nd at the Canal Room.

The world-premiere musical production of Bonnie & Clyde at La Jolla Playhouse features Laura Osnes as Bonnie, Tony-nominee Stark Sands whose run of Twelfth Night ends this weekend, as Clyde and the Academy Award-nominated (Georgia) and Emmy-winning (Amber Waves, George Wallace) Mare Winningham as Bonnie's mother. Also set for the cast are Melissa Van Der Schyff as Bonnie's sister-in-law (BIG RIVER, PIPPIN), and Chris Peluso as Deputy Ted Hinton (MAMMA MIA!). Additional casting news is expected shortly.

The Howard County Arts Council has announced that Richard B. Talkin, a prominent local lawyer and avid art collector, will serve as honorary chair of the 13th annual Celebration of the Arts in Howard County. The Celebration, presented by the Arts Council, will be held on Saturday, April 24, 2010 from 6:00 - 10:00 pm at The Jim Rouse Theatre for the Performing Arts in Columbia. Richard W. Story, Executive Director of the Howard County Economic Development Authority, will emcee the program.

The Musical Theatre Initiative will present a selection of new works at an upcoming concert at Joe's Pub on November 16th. The shows to be presented will include Like Water for Chocolate, A Thousand Words Come to Mind, and Kansas City Choirboy. The cast will include Broadway veterans Barbara Walsh and Jonathan Groff, as well as Betty Gilpin.

Songwriters Charles Strouse, Alan Menken and Hal David will be among those featured in the December 8th benefit concert, SONGS OF OUR LIVES: PERFORMED BY THE SONGWRITERS WHO WROTE THEM. The concert will take place at The Little Flower Theater at LaGuardia H.S. on December 8th at 7:00pm.

Julia Cho's THE LANGUAGE ARCHIVE will receive its premiere at the South Coast Repertory Theatre as a part of their 2010 season. The show received a reading in 2009 as a part of SCR's Pacific Playwrights Festivals. The show will be directed by Mark Brokaw and will play March 26th to April 25th at the Segerstrom Stage.

Complete casting has been announced for the upcoming production of THE VELVET ORATORIO by the Untitled Theatre Company #61. The cast will include Craig Anderson, Timothy Babcock, Danny Bowes, Peter Brown, Jonathan Farmer, Joe Gately, Josh Hartung, Saysha Heinzman, Eric Oleson, Yvonne Roen, and Tony Torn, along with members of the Choir of Saint Mary the Virgin Times Square. The show features a book by Edward Einhorn with music and direction by Henry Akona.

NATIONAL THEATRE: JANUARY - MARCH 2010 Simon Russell Beale and Fiona Shaw lead the cast of Boucicault's LONDON ASSURANCE, directed by Nicholas Hytner in the Olivier

THE GIVER, with a book by Lois Lowry and Nathan Christensen, music by Scott Murphy, and lyrics by Nathan Christensen, will hold a premiere reading at the Theatre Company at CAP21 on November 23rd. The cast for the reading will include Nick Blaemire, Vivienne Cleary, Jeff Edgerton, Frank Galgano, Bridget Harvey, Jaimie Kelton, Heather Matarazzo, Kathleen Oliva, Eric Peterson, and Nick Wyman. The reading will be directed by Pamela Berlin.

The Department of Theatre and Dance at Montclair State University presents Tom Stoppard's Tony-Nominated, NY Drama Critics' Circle Award-Winning play Arcadia in the Alexander Kasser Theater on the campus of Montclair State University from November 18-21st. Arcadia, which was also shortlisted for the Royal Institution's award for 'best science book ever written,' investigates relationships between past and present, among people, between emotion and scientific certainty.

Company B Belvoir has appointed a new Artistic Director. Set Designer, Director and Company B Associate Artist Ralph Myers will lead the company from the end of 2010.

Playwright Enda Walsh, author of THE NEW ELECTRIC BALLROOM and THE WALWORTH FARCE, feels that, as contradictory as it may seem, words have a habit of getting in the way. Walsh says that, although in theatre words are obviously of the utmost importance, ideas can be communicated through the actors feelings and actions. Walsh believes that 'theater can be much more than just people talking.'

NBC gives the gift of holiday-themed series episodes and specials throughout late November and December with a multitude of festivities, a special military audience for 'The Jay Leno Show' airing Thanksgiving evening and a night of holiday-themed Thursday night comedies from 'Community,' 'Parks and Recreation,' 'The Office' and '30 Rock' on December 10.

Published reports are saying actor Lee Mead and Denise Van Outen are expecting a child. After meeting on the hit reality show 'Any Dream Will Do,' a contest Mead won, Mead and Van Outen began a relationship and married in April of 2009. Reportedly, the pair is thrilled about the news, with Van Outen quoted as saying 'I look at him and know he'd make a great father. Our kids will have so much curly hair!'

Anna Deavere Smith's new play, LET ME DOWN EASY, currently playing off-Broadway, evolved from an original set of interviews done by Smith. While at Yale, the chairman of the department of medicine asked her to produce a play based on interviews with patients and doctors to present to the medical staff.

Cher has added several performances to her 2010 schedule for 'Cher the Colosseum.' Cher will hold performances on April 10th through 25th and May 8th through 30th. Cher sings her way through decades of hits in costumes by Bob Mackie, alongside a cast of aerialists and dancers performing choreography by Doriana Sanchez.