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Weekend Movie Box Office Update: November 20 - November 22, 2009

Oscar®-nominated composer Marc Shaiman will serve as music director for the 82nd Academy Awards, telecast producers Adam Shankman and Bill Mechanic announced today.

Tonight, November 23 at 7:00pm, Melora Hardin and Gildart Jackson's YOU, will have a special screening at the Opera Plaza Cinema. YOU is a love story spanning 21 years, bouncing around in time, creating a kind of family quilt that wraps around a father as he struggles to overcome the grief of losing his beloved wife and raise their daughter alone. A Q&A with Hardin and Jackson will immediately follow the screening.

The Theatre Royal, Haymarket's hit production of Beckett's Waiting for Godot that ended a sell-out run in August of this year will return for an encore run early next year, according to the show's star, Ian McKellen. In his acceptance speech after winning the Lebedev Special Award for outstanding contribution to British Theatre at the Evening Standard Awards earlier today, McKellen remarked that he felt he had unfinished business with the production, which he called 'the most joyful professional experience I've ever had.'

New York City's 7th Avenue was buzzing with excitement on Saturday night, September 26, when Barbra Streisand performed a free concert at the historic Village Vanguard to an audience of 100 of her luckiest fans from around the world, who'd been chosen from tens of thousands of entrants in a variety of contests launched on the artist's website, BarbraStreisand.com.

Whatsonstage.com is reporting that Kerry Eliis is set to replace Jody Prenger in the West End production of Oliver!, now playing at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane. She plays opposite Omid Djalili as Fagin, with Griff Rhys set to take over the role on 14 December, 2009.

Soho Rep, the eleven-time OBIE Award-winning, Off-Broadway theatre company, kicks off its 2009-2010 season with the highly anticipated World Premiere of LEAR, the most ambitious and visually opulent work to date by the celebrated playwright/director Young Jean Lee. Previews begin January 7th, 2010 prior to an official press opening of January 14th at Soho Rep.

Lynne Meadow (Artistic Director) and Barry Grove (Executive Producer) have announced the Manhattan Theatre Club production of Polly Stenham's THAT FACE will be directed by Sarah Benson (Blasted, Artistic Director of Soho Rep) and will feature three-time Obie winner Elizabeth Marvel (Top Girls, 50 Words). THAT FACE will begin previews on Thursday, April 29, 2010 at MTC at New York City Center - Stage I for a Tuesday, May 18, 2010 opening night.

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.

The producers of Broadway's dance sensation, BURN THE FLOOR, announced today that three new guest stars will join the company for the show's final extension on Broadway prior to an Australian, Asian and U.S. tour. On January 12, Mary Murphy of 'So You Think You Can Dance,' and Edyta Sliwinska and Alec Mazo of 'Dancing with the Stars' will become part of BURN THE FLOOR's electrifying cast. The Broadway engagement will close on February 14, 2010. The show opens in Melbourne Australia the following week. Cities and dates for the U.S. tour will be announced shortly.

Disney Theatrical Productions, producer of Broadway's The Lion King and Mary Poppins will be featured on two nationally televised shows this week.

Due to popular demand, the critically acclaimed production of Anna Deavere Smith's LET ME DOWN EASY, now playing at Second Stage Theatre, has extended a second time and will now close on January 3, 2010. The show, which is currently extended through December 6, will not be performed December 14 - 20 due to Smith's previous commitment to perform Hymn with Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater at City Center.

On Monday, October 5, Broadway's Tony Award-winning hit musical CHICAGO welcomed back Broadway favorite Brent Barrett as Billy Flynn. Barrett had been scheduled to resurrect his performance for an eight-week return engagement through Sunday, November 29. Barrett's participation will now be extended through March 27, 2010.

Tomorrow, November 24th, Carrie Fisher, star of Roundabout Theatre Company's Wishful Drinking, will appear on CBS' 'Late Show with David Letterman' between 11:35AM-12:35AM on channel 2.

The 55th Annual Evening Standard Theatre Awards, honouring outstanding achievements in London Theatre, has released their shortlist of 2009 nominees. The award ceremony will take place on November 23 at the Royal Opera House, with nominees selected by a panel of London theatre critics.

Estimated Weekend Movie Box Office: November 20 - November 22, 2009

Broadway's Rush, Lottery & Standing Room Only Ticketing Policies: November 20, 2009

The cast and creative team of Glory Days, Signature's world premiere musical, will reunite to celebrate the cast recording of the show in a special concert on Monday, November 30 at 8:00 pm in Signature's MAX Theatre.

Responding to the popular demand for tickets, Philadelphia Theatre Company is extending its production of the multiple Tony Award-winning musical, The Light in the Piazz, until Sunday, December 13. Performances for the extension week will follow the current schedule, with shows on Tuesdays at 6:30, Wednesdays at 1:00 and 7:00, Thursdays and Fridays at 8:00, Saturdays at 2:00 and 8:00, and Sundays at 3:00.

The New York Times has revealed that the York Theater's production of ENTER LAUGHING, based on the semi-autobiographical novel by Carl Rainer about a young actor managing his life and women, that ran off-Broadway last season will head to the Great White Way in the 2010 - 2011 season. No theater has been booked.