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John Treacy Egan will present Rudolph Unplugged at the Laurie Beechman Theatre on Sunday, November 29 at 7:00pm and Monday, November 30 at 9:30pm.

'CSI' writer David Rambo will write the book for 'Reagan,' the new one-man stage show about actor-turned-president Ronald Reagan, according to a report in Variety. The show is being produced by David Permut and Mark Travis.

Stage and screen star Susan Sarandon will be the 2009 recipient of the Stockholm Film Festival's Lifetime Achievement Award. The actress will be presented the prize during the festival in Sweden, which runs November 18-29.

On Monday, October 26, 2009, Theatreworks USA (Barbara Pasternack, Artistic Director; Ken Arthur, Producing Director), a leading not-for-profit professional theatre will honor Kathleen Chalfant, Mike Moynihan and Patricia Velasquez with the Lee Salk 'Goodworks' Award at its annual awards dinner and gala. The event begins at 6pm at The Pierre in midtown Manhattan, with cocktails and silent auction followed by dinner, awards, and live entertainment.

The Almeida Theatre in the U.K. has announced their Spring 2010 lineup of productions and events.

A report out on the hollywoodreporter.com yesterday has revealed that Steve Buscemi, Stanley Tucci and Wren Arthur, the stage a screen stars that also run the Olive Productions have, have established the company's first TV projects: a drama for HBO starring Tucci and an animated comedy for TBS that will be voiced by Tucci and Buscemi.

Artistic director of the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Bill Rauch, is the confirmed recipient of the 2009 Margo Jones Award. He will be awarded the prize in a closed ceremony at the Ashland Springs Hotel on October 24.

On November 9 at 7:00pm, the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center will launch its Newsmakers conversation series, celebratrating important figures in the arts and politics, with Glee's Jany Lynch.

The Glasgow Citizens Theatre will present a stage adaptation of the 1994 British feature film 'Backbeat,' a chronicle of the Beatle's largely unfamiliar 'Hamburg Years.' Performances Feb. 9, 2010, prior to an official opening Feb. 12, for a run through March 6, 2010.

The Terrace Plaza Playhouse will be holding auditions for The Fantastics on October 24 from 10:00am - 12:00am.

Comedy Works has announce that LOUIS RAMEY will perform at the Comedy Works Landmark Village November 27 - 29.

Due to overwhelming response from eager audiences, TheatreWorks' moving production of Chaim Potok's classic tale, THE CHOSEN, is adding performances, and will now extend its run through November 8 at the Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts. THE CHOSEN, adapted for the stage by Chaim Potok and Aaron Posner is the classic uplifting tale of fathers and sons, faith and family, featuring Bay Area theatre veteran Corey Fischer, with The Jewish Theatre of San Francisco (formerly A Traveling Jewish Theatre) Artistic Director Aaron Davidman at the helm.

Pasadena Playhouse (Sheldon Epps, Artistic Director and Stephen Eich, Executive Director) announced casting today for their upcoming production of BABY IT'S YOU! by Colin Escott (Grammy for The Complete Hank Williams, and author of Broadway-bound Million Dollar Quartet) and Floyd Mutrux (Broadway-bound Million Dollar Quartet and the award-winning film American Hot Wax).

The Spencer Theater for the Performing Arts will present The Wedding Singer at 8 p.m. on Thursday, November 5.

The Grove Theatre has announced auditions for their upcoming productions of Rent and The Elves and the Shoemaker.

Mary Willard's Elvis and Juliet, which opened At the Grove in Upland on October 10th, will play an additional two weekends. Elvis and Juliet stars Fred Willard, (Best in Show, Everybody Loves Raymond, WALL-E, 100 appearances on The Tonight show With Jay Leno) as the self proclaimed 'King of the Elvis Impersonators.' He is joined by an award winning cast.

With all of the recent talk of Broadway's seeming immunity to the economic downturn as it continues to enjoy a banner season with some its highest grosses in recent history, the New York Times points out in an article today that it cannot be overlooked that the pretty numbers peppering the gross charts are due in large to a small handful of starry shows carrying most of the weight. A Steady Rain starring heavyweights Hugh Jackman and Daniel Craig, God of Carnage starring Jeff Daniels, Hope Davis, James Gandolfini and Marcia Gay Harden, and Hamlet featuring Jude Law are among the shows skewing the outlook, according to the times, as their unprecedented box office revenues rival those of the monster musical hits Wicked, Jersey Boys, and Billy Elliott.

Founded in 1979, the Lesbian & Gay Big Apple Corps Symphonic Band (Brian P. Worsdale, Artistic Director) will celebrate their anniversary with 'Generations: A 30-Year Celebration.' This special concert will be performed on Saturday, November 14, 2009 at Peter Norton Symphony Space.

Whatsonstage.com has confirmed that Lee Mead will headline the upcoming revival of Oscar Wilde's Lord Arthur Savile's Crime, which begins a U.K. tour in January 2010. The play is adapted by Trevor Baxter and directed by Christopher Luscombe.

‘Tis been the season of movie stars heading back to their roots on stage this fall. Variety reports today that screen sirens Salma Hayek and Jessica Biel, along with Broadway stars Matthew Morrison and Paulo Szot starring in a private industry reading last weekend of 'Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown,' now in development by Lincoln Center Theatre. They were joined in the reading by Joanna Gleason (Tony Award winner for Into The Woods) and Argentinian actress Mia Maestro (Alias).