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Get ready for Glee: The Music, Volume 4, the next official release in the Glee music catalog, available Tuesday November 30. Glee: The Music, Volume 4 features 18 brand new songs from season two, including songs from special guests Gwyneth Paltrow and newcomer Darren Criss. Glee: The Music, Volume 4 features such memorable Glee performances as 'Billionaire,' 'I Wanna Hold Your Hand' and 'Empire State of Mind,' which had the single highest first day sales for any Glee track released to date (see below for full track listing). This collection also includes 4 songs from the much talked about 'Britney/Brittany' episode, which was the most watched episode with 16.1 million viewers. In addition the Britney episode gave FOX its highest rated Fall live-action comedy telecast in 8 years among A18-49 (since That ‘70s show in 2002) and in 9 years among Total Viewers (since Malcolm in the Middle in 2001).

Asolo Repertory Theatre will present Bonnie & Clyde: The Musical from November 16 - December 19, 2010 on the Asolo Rep mainstage-The Mertz Theatre. To show support for their director, Jeff Calhoun, the company of Bonnie & Clyde paid a visit to the Straz Center for the Performing Arts to take in a production of the 9 to 5 tour, also directed by Calhoun. Click below for a video of the field trip!

The Old Globe/University of San Diego Graduate Theatre Program opened William Shakespeare's The Winter's Tale on Nov. 7. The production runs through Nov. 14 at the Sheryl and Harvey White Theatre. Production photos have been released and appear below.

With sales surpassing the two million mark, the Grammy® award-winning original cast recording of Wicked has officially been certified double platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America. Since its opening, the production has continued to captivate audiences and currently ranks in the top 20 of Broadway's longest running shows, having played over 2,910 performances to date.

The Daytona Beach News Journal reports that the Flagler Palm Coast High School in Florida has cancelled it's production of To Kill A Mockingbird due to the use of the 'N-word' 23 times in the script. Due to copyright laws, the word cannot be removed for any productions.

GLEE's Lea Michele will be one of the first guests on Conan O'Brien's first TBS show tonight, November 8th, along with Seth Rogan. Jack White will be the show's musical guest. The Conan Show premiers at 11pm EST.

West End star Elaine Paige is set to launch a UK concert tour beginning in Februrary of 2011, according to her website. Tickets for the performance go on sale October 28. The British singer's newest CD, Elaine Paige AND FRIENDS, will be released November 1, 2010 in the United Kingdom. It will be released in the U.S. in early 2011. For additional information visit: http://www.elainepaige.com/.

In a feature out in the LA Times today, Stephen Sondheim opened up about his year in the spotlight, The Pee-Wee Herman Show on Broadway, the upcoming revival of Merrily We Roll Along and more.

THE SCOTTSBORO BOYS, the exhilarating new Kander & Ebb musical, opened Sunday, October 31 at the Lyceum Theatre. Since it's celebrated opening, the show has been the target of protests, as was first mentioned on BroadwayWorld.com's Broadway Message Board HERE and is still be debated HERE. One poster calling for a boycott of the show asks: 'When is Racist Terrorism Musical Entertainment? Where is the Song and Dance Musicals about Gas Chambers, World Trade Center or Japanese Internment Camps?'

Based on the beloved 2003 New Line Cinema hit, ELF features songs by Tony Award nominees Matthew Sklar and Chad Beguelin (The Wedding Singer), with a book by Tony Award winners Thomas Meehan (The Producers, Hairspray) and Bob Martin (The Drowsy Chaperone). ELF is directed and choreographed by Tony nominee Casey Nicholaw (The Drowsy Chaperone, Monty Python's Spamalot). The official production shots have been released and appear below!

Hugh Jackman, who was most recently seen on Broadway opposite Daniel Craig in A STEAD RAIN, has declined the opportunity to host the Oscar telecast for a third straight year, deadline.com reports. Last year, Jackman reportedly had to turn down the prestigious gig to prep for his role in the movie The Real Steel. He also was vary of hosting the show two consecutive years Jackman will be unable to host the 2011 ceremony, as he will be preoccupied with X-Men Origins: Wolverine. Filming begins in late February/early March of 2011.

Last night, November 7, everyone's favorite wizard, Daniel Radcliffe, put down his broom in favor of fangs for a spoof on the 'Twilight' craze on FOX's 'The Simpsons.'

As previously announced, both Gwyneth Paltrow will be appearing on Fox's hit series GLEE on November 16, in an episode entitled, 'The Substitute'. Gwyneth will star as a substitute teacher for Will Schuester's Spanish class and glee club when he gets sick.

On November 9 episode of GLEE on FOX, 'Never Been Kissed,' the Gleeks adopt some 'unconventional' methods of self control, much to the behest of Coach Beiste. Puck gets out of juvie, the girls rock out to 'Livin' on a Prayer,' and Kurt may change schools.

Lead producer Michael Cohl announced this morning that SPIDER-MAN Turn Off The Dark has delayed its first performance and that they will now begin preview performances on Broadway on Sunday, November 28, 2010, at 6:30 p.m.

The 25th anniversary production of Les Misérables is making its United States premiere at Paper Mill Playhouse prior to a major US National Tour. The all new production of Les Misérables features glorious new staging and spectacular reimagined scenery inspired by the paintings of Victor Hugo. The company gave the New York press a sneak peak at three performance numbers. Click below for the preview!

On November 9 episode of GLEE on FOX, 'Never Been Kissed,' the Gleeks adopt some 'unconventional' methods of self control, much to the behest of Coach Beiste. Puck gets out of juvie, the girls rock out to 'Livin' on a Prayer,' and Kurt may change schools.

This morning, Friday, November 5th, Tony Award winner Bill Irwin rehearsed a special vaudeville routine with 4th graders at PS/IS 111. On November 5th, Irwin will team up with the children to rehearse the finale of The New 42nd Street Gala, celebrating The New Victory Theater Education Program, at which Irwin will receive the first-ever New Victory Arts Award.

On October 2, Emily Skinner joined the Broadway company of Billy Elliot as the beloved Mrs. Wilkinson, a role she took nationwide on the first national tour of the show. BroadwayWorld recently caught up with the busy triple threat to talk about how it feels to bring the role home to Broadway.

The Lincoln Center Theater production of John Guare's new play, A FREE MAN OF COLOR, directed by George C. Wolfe, opens on Thursday, November 18, at 6:45pm at the Vivian Beaumont Theater. The cast features Yao Ababio Peter Bartlett, Nicole Beharie, Arnie Burton, Rosal Colón, Veanne Cox, Paul Dano, Sara Gettelfinger, Derric Harris, Justina Machado, Joseph Marcell, John McMartin, Nick Mennell, Mos, Teyonnah Parris, Postell Pringle, Esau Pritchett, Brian Reddy, Reg Rogers, Triney Sandoval, Robert Stanton, Wendy Rich Stetson, Jerome Stigler, Senfaub Stoney, David Emerson Toney and Jeffrey Wright. The production shots have been released and appear below!