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The 2009 American Music Awards will air on Sunday, Novemeber 22 from 8:00-11:00 p.m. EST live on ABC from the NOKIA Theatre L.A. The 37th Annual American Music Awards is produced Larrry Klein and executive-produced by Orly Adelson. The show will feature a star-studded lineup of music's top artists and acts, to be announced shortly.

May 30, 2009 was a historic event for Broadway when President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama attended a performance of JOE TURNER'S COME AND GONE at the Belasco Theatre, marking the first time a sitting President attended a play on Broadway in over 40 years. Reports have confirmed that the Shubert Organization that owns the Belasco will be refurbishing the theater to turn-of-the-century elegance in 2010, and auctioning off items from the current house in celebration of the Obama's attendance.

At the 2009 Emmy's, Broadway belle Kristin Chenoweth comically dropped the names of her favorite television shows in a charming appeal for more work. So far, nothing, reports IMDB news.

On Monday, October 5, Broadway's Tony Award-winning hit musical CHICAGO will welcome back Broadway favorite Brent Barrett as Billy Flynn for an eight-week return engagement (through Sunday, November 29).

Full casting has been announced for OPEN THE DARK DOOR, an indie rock musical by David Lefort Nugent that confronts the modern American justice system. Starring in the production at the 2009 New York Musical Theatre Festival are Broadway's Mary Ellen Ashley (Annie Get Your Gun), Paul Kandel (Tommy, Titanic, Jesus Christ Superstar), Laura Jordan (Cry Baby), and Andrew McGinn (Coast of Utopia). The production will feature direction from Susanna Gellert (Fugue States at PS 122) and runs from October 8th to October 17th at the American Theatre of Actors.

Whatsonstage.com is reporting that Gemma Arterton and Rupert Friend will be joined by Tamsin Greig and Harry Lloyd in the new West End production of Douglas Carter Beane's Tony Award-winning THE LITTLE DOG LAUGHED. Performances begin on January 8 at the Garrick Theatre.

Four-time Tony nominee Tovah Feldshuh will make the celebrity guest cameo in the NYMF's R.R.E.D.: A SECRET MUSICAL during the 1pm and 11pm performances R.R.R.E.D. is performing at the 45th Street Theater. She will sing a song written specifically for her.

Variety is reporting that Paul Dano will team up with Tom Cruise and Cameron Diaz in a new, yet-to-be-named action comedy, formerly titled 'Wichita.' Filming begins in Boston in October.

As reported yesterday, Givenik.com announced that they are holding a raffle at this year's Broadway Flea Market as part of a partnership with Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS. Today they announced that celebrity participants scheduled to appear include: Kevin Cahoon, Colman Domingo, the Tribe of HAIR, Max Von Essen, Ash Folk, Patrick Heusinger and Reshma Shetty.

A remake of the classic 'A Star is Born,' the most recent rendition starring Barbra Streisand, Kris Kristofferson and Gary Busey in 1976, is moving along in the development process at Warner Bros. Pictures after years of treading water.

As previously reported, the North Shore Music Theatre in Beverly Massachusettes is yet another casualty of the economic downturn. In December, the 54-year old theater announced that without immediate philanthropic support, they would be forced to shut down. Now, 10 months later, the theater will be auctioned next Thursday, 10/1.

Sarah Stiles will be the special guest at 'Mostly Sondheim' on Friday, September 25th.

On September 24, 2009, the LA Phil launches a microsite celebrating the arrival of incoming Music Director Gustavo Dudamel. Introducing audiences worldwide to Gustavo in new and engaging ways, the comprehensive microsite, located at http://www.laphil.com/gustavo, features videos such as Gustavo's first rehearsal with the YOLA Expo Center Youth Orchestra, the LA Phil's video tribute 'Welcome Gustavo,' and the press conferences unveiling Gustavo's inaugural season and appointment as 11th Music Director of the LA Phil. Visitors can also take a multimedia journey through Gustavo's life with tiling photographs, video and biographical text. The latest Gustavo-related news and newly recorded audio and video content will be added to the microsite as Gustavo's exciting inaugural season progresses.

Heaven Sent, winner of the Appalachian Festival of Plays and Playwrights, comes to Barter Theatre beginning October 8.

Brian Stokes Mitchell and Linda Eder, two of Broadway's most notorious voices, will appear together on stage for the first time at the Tilles Center's 'Some Enchanted Evening: Gala '09' annual fundraising event on October 24 . John Oddo will conduct the orchestra.

The New York Musical Theatre Festival (NYMF) and Seeing Stars the Musical Inc. present the original musical SEEING STARS, Music by Don Breithaupt, Lyrics by Jeff Breithaupt, Book by Shelley McPherson and directed by Jenn Thompson in the 2009 NYMF.

Billboard's Top Cast Albums chart for week ending 9/26/2009.

Jude Law became a father for the fourth time this week when Samantha Burke, his former girlfriend whom he met while filming 'Sherlock Holmes,' gave birth to a daughter on Tuesday night. Mother and daughter and doing very well.

LA POSADA MAGICA had been a staple at the South Coast Repertory in Costa Mesa for fifteen years. Simultaneously funny, dark and emotionally touching, Octavio Solis script is a classic holiday tale about the Christmas spirit lost, then found, enhanced with a score by Marcos Loya. Due to budget cuts, the production was eliminated from the SCR's 2009 line-up, much to the devastation of the community.

At Hand Theatre Company will premiere LILA CANTE, written by Mark Snyder and directed by Sara Sahin, at Chelsea's Ted Bardy Studio on October 2, 2009.