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Broadway star Jon Tenney has landed a recurring role on the hit television series 'Brothers & Sisters.' Tenney will play a character named Simon, a new love interest for Nora Walker, the character played by Sally Field. Executive producer David Marshall Grant says of the character, 'Nora meets Simon, who is an oncologist at the hospital where Kitty is getting treated, and they start an affair."

Diverse City Theater Company, Penguin Rep Theatre and Shotgun Productions will reveal the truth behind the Santa-gate scandal in SANTA CLAUS IS COMING OUT, a new comedy written by and starring Jeffrey Solomon, directed by acclaimed director Joe Brancato. The show runs from November 29th thru December 20th at Theatre Row's The Kirk Theatre.

Full casting has been announced for the Royal Court's JOHN MORTIMER AT THE COURT...AND LATER AT THE BAR. The cast will include Broadway stars Jeremy Irons, Alan Rickman, and Harriet Walter. Further casting includes Sinead Cusack, Joanna David, Edward Fox, Tom Hollander, Richard Johnson, Emily Mortimer, Alessandro Nivola, and Dominic West. The evening will be curated by Stephen Jeffreys and Nina Raine will direct. The evening will take place November 15th.

The Washington DC leg of the THE 101 DALMATIANS MUSICAL National Tour has been postponed until October 12 through 17, 2010. The tour's website states 'The engagement of The 101 Dalmatians Musical in Washington DC has been postponed to October 12 - 17, 2010 at the Warner Theatre due to publicity demands and routing issues surrounding the launch of its National Tour. The producers look forward to playing the market in Fall 2010.' The tour was set to play DC October 12 through 17, 2009.

According to The Clyde Fitch Report, the brand new Theatre C theatre company will launch its premiere season at the Barrow Street Theatre on November 2nd. The company will kick off with ACTIVATE!, a benefit gala for the opening of the company. The evening will feature acrobats from Fuerzabruta, musical numbers from Jafferis and Williams' Kingdom and Peña and Ferguson's Orpheus and Eurydice, and scenes from David Zellnik's Serendib.

Casting has been announced for the 24 HOUR PLAYS CELEBRITY GALA at London's Old Vic theatre. The evening, hosted by Graham Norton, will feature the talents of Jane Asher, Lorraine Burroughs, Eliot Cowan, Kerry Fox, William Houston, Haydn Gwynne, John Light, Nigel Lindsay, Art Malik, Sharon Maughan, Anna Maxwell-Martin, Kieran O'Brien, Andrew Scott, Ashley Walters and Ruth Wilson.

Red Bull Theater's Revelation Readings series will feature Eric Bogosian, Michael Emerson and more. The series began readings on September 14th and will continue the series through June 14, 2010. The series is meant to rediscover neglected classics, and to develop new plays of heightened language and classical themes.

Now running in its eighth year, Queen and Ben Elton's musical WE WILL ROCK YOU, is set to rock on through 2010, according to an announcement today that the show's present run will be extened once again. Bookings are now available through to October 2010, guaranteeing the show a further year at least at the Dominion Theatre, a wholly-owned Nederlander venue.

Acclaimed solo performer Thaddeus Phillips will premiere his new show MICROWORLD(S) at the Buntport Theatre in Denver. the show will run through November 8th. MICROWORLD(S) will power the entire set using devices called 'wezas,' portable foot pumps that can be used to generate power. Audiences are given the opportunity to help power the show by pumping the wezas several times before the show to help generate the power needed.

The Windham Theatre Guild continues the celebration of their 25th season with the Main Stage Dinner Theatre production of, THE FANTASTICKS. It's is the world's longest running show still in its original theater, the world's longest running musical and the longest running show in American theater history.

BRITBRITS 6: SHORT PLAYS FOR THE BUSY ANGLOPHILE will play the Mind the Gap Festival from November 6th through 8th. Plays included in this year's festival are DELAYS by Dan Remmes, CHUN LI by Camilla Maxwell, SLEEVE NOTES by Duncan Macmillan, OMISSIONS by Stephanie Staes, THE DERELICTS by Darren Murphy, DEVIL MAY DARE by Kraig Smtih, and BREAKTIME by Philip Gawthorne.

According to the cast, a prompter will be on hand for the first week of performances of THE STARRY MESSENGER. As the director/writer Kenneth Lonergan continually made changes up to the first preview performance, actors felt they would be more comfortable on stage with a line prompter in the first row to assist them if they got stuck. Due to the last minute rewrites, the cast was unable to hold a full run through with an audience prior to the first preview. The New York Times reports that during the first preview on Monday, an audience member estimated that the show's star, Matthew Broderick, called out for about 10 lines throughout the night.

THE SECOND CITY: PEACH DROP, STOP, AND ROLL will mark Second City's return engagement to Atlanta's Alliance Theatre. The show will run November 6th to December 13th. The show is written and created by the casts of The Second City with additional material by Matt Hovde and Seth Weitberg. The show is directed by Matt Hovde.

London's Trafalgar Studios will host their third annual production of POTTED POTTER, the 70-minute Harry Potter experience. The performance, spanning all seven novels, will run from December 8th to January 2nd. The show is written and performed by Daniel Clarkson and Jefferson Turner and is directed by Richard Hurst.

Village Theatre will produce MEET ME IN ST. LOUIS in Issaquah November 11, 2009-January 3, 2010 and in Everett January 8-31, 2009. Featuring an array of Seattle talent, both young and old, Village Theatre is excited to announce the full cast of this musical treasure.

The upcoming film adapation of Maury Yeston and Arthur Kopit's 'Nine' will be available for purchase beginning December 22nd. The soundtrack, to be released by Geffen Records, will include the full score with the addition of three new songs written specifically for the film, entitled 'Guarda la Luna', 'Cinema Italiano' and 'Take It All'.

The Bay City Players have announced auditions for their production of MESSIAH ON THE FRIGIDAIRE by John Culbertson. The play will be directed by Joanne Berry and auditions will be held November 9th and 10th at 1214 Columbus Avenue in Bay City.

Dominic Chianese will host a concert at the Patchogue Theatre on November 14th. The concert is a part of the MUSIC IN THE LOBBY series and will benefit the Joy Through the Arts Foundation. The night will feature traditional Italian and contemporary folk songs.

Sundance White Oak Lab has announced principal casting for the production of LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE. The cast will include Broadway veterans Craig Bierko, Dick Latessa and Sherie Rene Scott. The musical is being adapted by theater vets William Finn and James Lapine. Sundance will also premiere the musical adaptation of 'Like Water for Chocolate' by Laura Esquivel.

Broadway vet Norm Lewis will star as Sweeney Todd in Casa Mañana's production of SWEENEY TODD: THE DEMON BARBER OF FLEET STREET. The limited engagement production will run November 10th through 15th and is directed by Gabriel Barre.