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According to TVGuide.com, Grey's Anatomy will welcome guest star Joel Grey on next week's episode, airing November 12 on ABC. Gray will play Dr. Singer in the episode, who apparently shares scenes with Katherine Heigl.

As previously reported, former Angels in America producer and newly appointed Chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts, Rocco Landesman, will be kicking off of a six month national tour on November 6 to cities and towns throughout America to learn and highlight the ways that art can create jobs, stimulate the economy and revitalize communities. This educational experiment is only one part of larger, philosophical plans to makeover the organization, he revealed to the Wall Street Journal in a recent interview. Among the surprising changes are the endorsement of graffiti and hip-hop artists of all varieties, in addition to supporting those that espouse more perverse topics historically frowned upon by the institution.

Not even a week after being turned down by Hugh Jackman to host the 82nd Annual Academy Awards on March 7, 2010, reports are circulating that the Academy's second choice, the hosting duo of Ben Stiller and Robert Downey Jr., have also graciously refused the offer.

From superior namesakes to superior pastry chefs to superior audiences, Superior Donuts will be filled with 'superior companies' for the first ever Superior Donuts' 'Superior Night on Broadway' on Tuesday, November 10th at 7 pm at The Music Box Theatre. Superior Donuts has invited 'Superior' companies and donut shops/cafes from all over the tri-state area to attend the show and meet the cast following the show.

Whatsonstage.com is reporting that the stage adaptation of the Shawshank Redemption, which opened just a few months ago on September 13 at the Wyndham's Theater in the West End, has posted an early closing notice. The production will play through its 100th performance on November 29. Initially, booking had been open through February 2010.

Mary Travers, best known as one third of the legendary musical trio Peter, Paul & Mary, died in September at the age of 72 from complications from chemotherapy that she had been receiving to treat leukemia. According to a report in the New York Times, theater vets Whoopi Goldberg, Anne Meara, and Eli Wallach will take part in a public memorial for the singer on Monday, November 9 at Riverside Church at 7pm. Primarily for invited guests only, tickets will be available to the general public on November 9 on a first-come, first-served basis.

According to a report in TVGuide.com, Fisher Stevens will be joining the cast of ABC's hit series Ugly Betty. Stevens will be playing the possibly recurring role of Betty's nasty new landlord, suggesting that Betty will be moving out of her family home and striking out on her own once again, despite her failed attempt at such last season.

Known to millions as Carol Brady, Florence Henderson, a multi-talented actress, talk show host, performer, recording artist, author and Broadway veteran, brings her critically acclaimed one-woman production of All the Lives of Me?A Musical Journey, under the musical direction of Emmy award-winning Composer Glen Roven, to Cabaret at the Castle. A crowd-pleasing evening with ?America?s Favorite TV Mom,? featuring songs from her starring roles in such Broadway hits as Oklahoma, South Pacific, Sound of Music and Annie Get Your Gun. Audiences will be treated to personal anecdotes of a life on the boards of Broadway and the Brady set. The event will take place on Monday, November 9th and Tuesday, November 10th at 8:00 pm at the The Inner Circle at the Magic Castle, 7001 Franklin Ave., Hollywood, CA 90028.

Multiple reports in the U.K. have revealed that friends of the late Natasha Richardson will be naming an English Rose in her honor.

Variety reports this morning that Pulitzer Prize-winning and Tony nominated Rabbit Hole and Shrek: The Musical scribe, David Lindsay-Abaire, is set to adapt the upcoming series of 'The Guardians,' based on the children's books by William Joyce for DreamWorks Animation.

Weekend Movie Box Office Update: October 30 - November 1, 2009

The legendary songwriter Johnny Mercer's 100th birthday would have been November 18, 2009. Celebrations of his musical legacy, which encompassed more that 1500 songs and countless awards, continue through November with the publication of 'The Complete Lyrics of Johnny Mercer', the premiere of 'Johnny Mercer: The Dream's On Me' on TCM, all-star performances at New York's Carnegie Hall and 92nd Street Y as well as in Chicago and Savannah, and the unveiling of a life-size statue in his Savannah hometown, as well as the debut of Johnny Mercer YouTube, Facebook and Twitter pages.

'Oh What a Night' it is bound to be on Friday November 6, when the original Jersey boy with the golden falsetto Frankie Valli and his current Four Seasons line-up croon for fans in a rare concert appearance at Toronto's Massey Hall.

Sonnet Repertory Theatre (SRT) has announced its scheduled line-up for 'Sonnet Sings the Bard' concert, which takes place on November 16 at the 92YTribeca. Contributing composers to this one-night-only benefit event include: Tony, Grammy, Emmy and Drama Desk Award-winning and Academy Award-nominated composers and lyricists Marc Shaiman and Scott Whittman (Hairspray, Martin Short: Fame Becomes Me, Patti LuPone on Broadway), Tony, Grammy and Emmy-nominated and Academy Award-winning composer David Shire (Baby, Closer Than Ever, Big, Saturday Night Fever), Georgia Stitt (This Ordinary Thursday: The Songs Of Georgia Stitt with Sara Ramirez, Kelli O'Hara, Faith Prince, and many more), Ray Leslee (Avenue X, Educating Rita, Standup Shakespeare), Karl Mansfield (conductor and keyboardist for Broadway's Xanadu, La Boheme, 13, Dracula, Corum Boy, Sweet Charity, and Off-Broadway's Grey Gardens, Toxic Avenger, Shafrika the White Girl and Alter Boyz), and Wade McCollum (composer and lyricist for ONE, and award-winning performance in Hedwig and the Angry Inch).

Carrie Preston (True Blood), Jennifer Morrison (House), Elizabeth Reaser (Twilight), Michael Shannon (Little Flower of East Orange), and Patrick Wilson (Little Children, Angels in America, All My Sons) have been added to the roster of presenters at tonight's Casting Society of America New York 25th Annual Artios Awards® ceremony at The Times Center, in the newly built New York Times Building (620 Eighth Avenue). Comedian Janeane Garofalo will host this year's New York reception that will commence at 5:30 p.m. Simultaneously, the Los Angeles award ceremony will be held at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza Hotel reception will commence at 5:45 p.m. PST.

It was announced today that Marc Kudisch (9 to 5, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Assassins, Thoroughly Modern Millie), Emily Skinner (Jekyll & Hyde, The Full Monty), Daniel Reichard (Jersey Boys), William Michals (Beauty & the Beast, South Pacific), Manu Narayan (Bombay Dreams), Lisa Howard (9 to 5, South Pacific, Spelling Bee), Sarah Jane McMahon, and Bill Daugherty will be among the more than fifteen Broadway stars that will be performing this year in the 6th Annual Broadway Unplugged Concert at The Town Hall on Monday, November 16th at 8 PM. The concert's musical director, for the sixth consecutive year, will be Ross Patterson. Taking the helm as director will be Scott Coulter.

On November 16, 1959, The Sound of Music - the last musical collaboration of composer Richard Rodgers and lyricist Oscar Hammerstein II - made history when it opened at Broadway's Lunt-Fontanne Theater. Masterworks Broadway celebrates that milestone with a special 50th anniversary edition of the musical's beloved original cast recording, starring Broadway legend Mary Martin. The 50th anniversary edition of the original cast recording of The Sound of Music will be released on November 3, 2009.

Estimated Weekend Movie Box Office: October 30 - November 1, 2009

Stage and screen star Dennis Hopper has, sadly, been diagnosed with prostate cancer, his manager has confirmed today.

Broadway's Rush, Lottery & Standing Room Only Ticketing Policies: October 30, 2009