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Final casting has been announced for The New Group's revival of Sam Shepard's A Lie of the Mind, directed by Ethan Hawke.

Susan Boyle, runner up in the British television show 'Britain's Got Talent' has set the record for the fastest selling debut album in the United Kingdom. The album, I Dreamed a Dream, sold more than 410,000 copies in its first week. The first single from the album, Wild Horses, debuted at number 9 on the charts.

Oscar show co-producer and Hairspray helmer Adam Shankman is appealing to his Twitter followers for suggestions in how to attract a big audience for the 2010 Oscar telecast, reports The Hollywood Reporter. The most popular suggestions so far include having Twilight stars Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart present together, and enlist the services of So You Think You Can Dance regulars (for which Shankman is a judge).

In an interview with North by Northwestern out yesterday, THE ADDAMS FAMILY composer Andrew Lippa reveals that the creative team turned to the original Charles Addams' cartoons in The New Yorker for inspiration.

The 2nd National Tour of Wicked will welcome a new Boq and a new Wizard beginning December 9 in Schenectady, New York. Don Amendolia will step into the role of Wizard following Tom McGowan's exit, while Zach Hanna assumes the part of Boq from Ted Ely.

The New York Times reports that the producers of Broadway's upcoming revival The Miracle Worker have cast a vision impaired actress to understudy Abigale Breslin in the role of Helen Keller. Kyra Ynez Siegel of Oregon has officially landed the role after flying in for an audition two weeks ago.

Catherine Zeta-Jones & Angela Lansbury, stars of Broadway's A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC, will appear together in a live interview on ABC's 'Good Morning America' tomorrow, Wednesday, December 9th in the 8 a.m. hour. After, Catherine Zeta-Jones goes uptown to visit with Kelly Ripa & Jeff Probst on 'Live with Regis & Kelly,' which airs at 9 a.m. Check local listings (both shows air locally on channel 7, WABC in the tri-state area).

BWW Discounts is offering you the chance to purchase tickets at a very special price to Broadway's critically hailed MEMPHIS!

Michael Rubinoff and Mark Selby present the return of TONY AWARD-WINNER JASON ROBERT BROWN on Monday, November 23, 8PM at the Glenn Gould Studio in the CBC Broadcasting Centre, 250 Front St. W. Backed by his band the Caucasian Rhythm Kings, the evening will feature songs from his award winning and internationally performed musicals SONGS FOR A NEW WORLD, PARADE, LAST FIVE YEARS and 13, his solo album Wearing Someone Else's Clothes and some new material. Brown will be joined by the Toronto Youth Music Theatre Company Choir and some outstanding Canadian talent to be announced.

Rubicon Theatre Company opens the 2009-2010 Season with the World Premiere of a musical from John Caird, the Tony and Olivier Award-Winning director of Les Misérables and Nicholas Nickleby, and the creators of Jane Eyre.

Playwrights Horizons announced today that the New York premiere of ME, MYSELF & I, a new play by three-time Pulitzer Prize and three-time Tony Award winner Edward Albee (A Delicate Balance; Seascape; Three Tall Women; Who's Afraid of Virgina Wolf?; The Goat or, Who Is Sylvia?) will open the theater company's 2010/2011 40th Anniversary Season. Mr. Albee will be making his Playwrights Horizons debut.

As previously reported, The George Street Playhouse has cancelled their upcoming run of the play FOX ON THE FAIRWAY and has replaced it with A.R. Gurney's SYLVIA. Due to conflicting schedules, Ken Ludwig's FOX ON THE FAIRWAY has been moved to the 2010-2011 season. SYLVIA will be directed by David Saint and will run March 30th, 2010 through April 25th, 2010.

Louise English will be starring as the sultry Gypsy, Rosa, in the new Jon Conway musical All the Fun of the Fair, with David Essex as Levi Lee, which will tour the UK from September 2008 through May 2009 and premieres at the Churchill Theatre, Bromley, from 12-20 September.

Russell Simmons of Def Jam Poetry mastermind Russell Simmons is developing a new reality series for Oxygen, Variety reports. The series, which is currently titled The Russell Simmons Project, will center on the team of women serve as his business associates, including 'confidantes, fierce gatekeepers, dating coaches, spiritual advisers, philanthropic czars, business liaisons and more.'

Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS presented the 21st Annual GYPSY OF THE YEAR COMPETITION over a two day event yesterday, December 7 and today, December 8 at the Palace Theatre on Broadway. The proceeds from the event benefit BC/EFA. This year's event raised more than $4,639,000 dollars. And the winners are in!

Patricia Clarkson, is joined by Devon Graye, Madeleine Martin, Danny Glover and wrestling champ John Cena in the WWE film Brother's Keeper, a PG-rated family drama. The film, by John Posey, is being directed by Mel Damski (Mischief).

Saturday Night Live will premieres a new holiday compilation, 'SNL Presents: A Very Gilly Christmas' on Thursday, December 17 from 8:00pm - 10:00pmET. This is SNL's first holiday special since 2002.

NYC based non-profit organization EARLY STAGES will introduce 25 children to the magic of live theatre today, Tuesday, December 8, when they attend a performance of the smash hit Broadway revival of West Side Story. Founded in 1983 by theatre legends Alvin Ailey, Lillian Gish, Michael Bennett, Helen Hayes and Jack Gilford, EARLY STAGES brings New York's incomparable culture to its under-served City children by fostering literacy through the arts.

After more than 50 years on the air, CBS is canceling the soap opera As the World Turns, according to Variety. The final episode will be broadcast in September of 2010 in its 54th year. The completion of the show is reportedly a reflection of ratings decline, a pattern CBS also saw with it's other daytime drama, the recently cancelled Guiding Light.

New York Magazine has named the newly erected TKTS building in Times Square, home to eager ticket buyers, protesters, street performers and jay walkers everywhere, the 'Building of the Decade.'