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73-year-old New York cabaret singer, Cynthia Crane, and Bernie Madoff victim is finding a new way to channel her frustrations and get some payback at the same time--in song. The singer has created a new one-woman show, 'John Denver, Bernie Madoff & Me,' which opened in New York on Monday at Don't Tell Mama.

Entertainment Weekly is reporting that Ugly Betty is on the move again, graduating from his Friday night time slot at 9pm to a more desirable Wednesday at 10 pm/ET home on ABC. It is expected that this move will most likely occur when the show resumes after a holiday hiatus on January 6.

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.

It is well known that George Bernard Shaw died before finishing his last play, Why She Would Not. While pruning an apple tree, the 94-year old scribe fell of a ladder, leaving the world with five of six scenes to the piece, never finalized.

A stage reading of Seriously Trivial People Doing Thoroughly Stupid Things, Montserrat Mendez's award-winning sequel to The Importance of Being Earnest, directed by Jeremy Dobrish, will be held Monday, December 7, 2009 at 4:30 pm at The Actors Temple Theatre.

Brett Batterson, executive director of the Auditorium Theatre of Roosevelt University (ATRU), is pleased to announce that the beloved 'Too Hot to Handel: The Jazz-Gospel Messiah' will return to Chicago's National Historic Landmark Auditorium Theatre for a special tribute to the legacy of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. For two performances only, Saturday, Jan. 16 at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday, Jan. 17 at 3 p.m., ATRU will be filled with the joyous sounds and exuberance of this jazz and gospel, All-American reinvention of Handel's 'Messiah.' Single tickets are now on sale and prices start at just $30.

Goodman Theatre's program dedicated to shaping theater critics of the future, the 'Cindy Bandle Young Critics' (CBYC) program, named for the Goodman's longtime press director, returns for its third year, engaging 29 11th graders from high schools in Chicago and neighboring Algonquin, Evanston, Hinsdale, Homer Glen, Itasca, Lake Bluff, Northbrook, Oak Lawn, Spring Grove, Westchester and Zion.

One of the most enduring, yet often forgotten Christmas memoirs, Dylan Thomas's A Child's Christmas in Wales comes to life at Stone Soup Theatre, recreating the nostalgic magic of Dylan Thomas' childhood Christmas when everything was brighter, better and more alive. Dylan comes to realize, however, the experience of Christmas doesn't change with time, but holds a place that nothing else can fill. Performers include our youth conservatory students and professional adult actors.

This weekend, beginning Saturday, December 5, L.A. Theatre Works will air Table Manners by Alan Ayckbourn. The broadcast can be heard locally in Southern California on Saturday from 10 pm to midnight on KPCC 89.3 FM, and can also be streamed on demand at http://www.latw.org/.

Sydney Theatre Company's 2010 productions went on general sale on Tuesday 1 December 2009 and the Company's all-time one day box office sales record was broken, with more than 5,000 tickets sold throughout the day.

Village Theatre KIDSTAGE has announced its unique holiday break camp offerings this season. Helping kids stay busy during the holidays, KIDSTAGE in Everett is offering young people, grades 2-12, the exciting Holiday Break Camps called 'Musical Theatre-Annie,' 'Ensemble Audition Prep Workshop' and 'The Business of Show Business.'

Berkeley's acclaimed Aurora Theatre Company has announced the four plays chosen as finalists by a committee of local directors for the Global Age Project (GAP), the company's new works initiative that promotes the creation of forward-looking theater: A Guide for the Perplexed by Joel Drake Johnson; The Serving Class by Garret Groenveld; Miss Lily Gets Boned by Bekah Brunstetter; and Collapse by Allison Moore.

During these difficult economic times the non-profit Shadowbox entertainment troupe is waving its restrictions on student and senior discount tickets as well as offering a unique fundraising opportunity to other non-profit organizations.

Inspired by the amazing experience of Gospel Brunch enjoyed at House of Blues clubs and BB King's Blues Clubs across the country, Comedy Works South is hosting a Gospel Brunch on Sunday, December 13. The organization hosted the first Gospel Brunch in January of 2009 to a full house. Monthly Gospel Brunches followed in the spring with rave reviews for the music and food. Join us this fall and winter as we roll into another season of Gospel Brunches at Comedy Works South.

The Hollywood Reporter has printed that Simon Cowell, of American Idol and The X Factor fame, will be launching The X Factor talent show in Las Vegas in a global pay-per-view Internet venture with British retail billionaire Philip Green.

This holiday season, Terry Fator gives audiences another reason to be jolly with 'A Very Terry Christmas,' a holiday-themed version of Terry Fator & His Cast of Thousands at The Mirage. From November 27-December 26, Fator and his loveable cast will slip into the spirit of the season with special holiday additions to the critically acclaimed show.

The Nature Theater of Oklahoma' Romeo & Juliet make its New York premiere on December 17 at The Kitchen. Just of an international tour earlier in 2009, Romeo and Juliet will play a limited engagement at The Kitchen through January 16, 2010.

If a recent casting notice is any indication, Emmy Award winner Valerie Harper may be headed back to Broadway as aging actress Tallulah Bankhead in LOOPED this spring.

Variety reports that the FX network is shifting its two-time Emmy-nominated series Damages, toplined by Tony winner Glenn Close, to Monday nights. Previously slotted for Tuesdays Damages will begin season three on January 25. This change marks the first time the network has broadcast an original series run on a Monday.

NBC rolls out the holiday festivities on Wednesday, December 2 (8-9 p.m. ET/PT) with the 12th annual 'Christmas in Rockefeller Center' telecast, featuring the lighting of the world's most famous Christmas tree, and star-studded talent performances. Co-hosted by NBC stars Jane Krakowski ('30 Rock') and Zachary Levi ('Chuck') and broadcast in high definition, the star-studded tree lighting celebration will feature Michael Buble, Aretha Franklin, Alicia Keys, Barry Manilow, The Roots, Shakira, and The Radio City Rockettes performing a mix of current hits and holiday classics from beautifully ornamented stages around Rockefeller Center in New York City.