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On Friday, September 14, 2012, Broadway's celebrated revival of John Kander, Fred Ebb and Bob Fosse's Tony Award-winning musical CHICAGO will welcome back Amy Spanger in the starring role of merry murderess Roxie Hart.

Target Margin Theater (David Herskovits, Artistic Director; John Del Gaudio, Artistic Producer) has announced plans for the upcoming 2012-2013 season with the launching of a two-season exploration of Yiddish Theater with Beyond the Pale, a look at domestic drama, philosophical drama, verse drama, avant-garde experimentation, political statement plays, and the good old nostalgic drama of the Shtetl. Like a comet across the sky, Yiddish culture exploded in creativity in the 19th and 20th centuries, and then went tragically dark. But the literature lives on.

Donmar Warehouse, which is currently presenting Philadephia, Here I Come through September 22, has announced its upcoming season. What's On Stage reports that the season will feature an all-female Julius Caesar, a Joe Wright-helmed Trelawny of the Wells and a London revival of Conor McPherson's The Weir.

Grammy Award Winners, singer Steve Tyrell and composer Mike Stoller are sending a 'Musical Valentine' to the City of Charlotte, NC, which is hosting the Democratic Convention. The legendary composer Mike Stoller, of the renowned songwriting team of Leiber & Stoller has penned a new song called "Charlotte" which has been recorded by Steve Tyrell. The new song can be heard, set to a video montage of the city of Charlotte, NC, by visiting http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q0CyDS-3c6w. For a free MP3 download of the song during the convention and a Bonus download of the video in high definition, please visit the Home Page of the website, www.leiberstoller.com.

Meet the cast of the new London production of the multiple award-winning musical RENT in the photos below! Plus click here for part 1!

The Horton Foote Prizes, named in honor of the legendary writer, were established in 2010 to award excellence in American Theater. Presented biennially, the first Horton Foote Prize was awarded to Ruined by Lynn Nottage for Outstanding New American Play and Middletown by Will Eno for Promising New American Play.

North Carolina Symphony Music Director Grant Llewellyn welcomes pianist Peter Serkin to North Carolina next month for a concert program of top-flight repertoire and Ravel's "Bolero."

Celebrated vocal coach Michael Maresca and choreographer Cassie Abate join the musical theatre faculty at Texas State University. Maresca will head musical theater voice and Abate will be the head of musical theatre dance. Texas State's musical theatre program has risen to national prominence since Broadway veteran Kaitlin Hopkins took the helm in the fall of 2009.

A memorial celebration to honor the life and career of Ron Palillo, best known as Horshack on 'Welcome Back, Kotter' has been scheduled for Wednesday, October 3, 2012. The 6pm tribute will take place at The Triad Theatre, which is located at 158 West 72nd Street. Palillo died in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.on August, 14, 2012 of a heart attack.

WAM Theatre's October 12-28 World Premiere production of The Old Mezzo by Berkshire based playwright Susan Dworkin will feature professional actors from Berkshire County and the Pioneer Valley in Western Massachusetts, the Capital Region of Upstate NY and beyond.

Scottish singer-songwriter, guitarist and harp player, Sandi Thom, will release her Rich Robinson (Black Crowes) produced new studio album "Flesh And Blood" on Monday Sept 17th.

Cahoots Productions will present the West End debut of Zelda, written and performed by Kelly Burke and directed by Robert F. Gross running at the Trafalgar Studios from 18 September to 4 October with press night on 19 September.

Magicians will descend upon Adelaide audiences for the first time at the Adelaide Festival Centre with The Illusionists exploding onto the Festival Theatre stage in a spectacular opening on New Year's Eve (31 December 2012) and running until 12 January 2013.

On September 14, The Sherman Playhouse will debut John Steinbeck's classic, award-winning piece OF MICE AND MEN. Curtain goes up at 8:00 p.m. for a four-week run.

Goodspeed Musicals celebrates summer fun in the groovy production The Bikinis a new musical beach party. This hip musical will now end its run on September 9 at The Norma Terris Theatre in Chester, Conn., Goodspeed's home for developing new works.

Big Noise Theatre Company will open its 2012-13 season with the engaging rock-opera JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR, opening September 28th and playing weekends through October 21, 2012. Performances will be held at Prairie Lakes Theatre in Des Plaines, IL. The production is directed by Stacey Flaster, and Robert Deason returns to Big Noise as the show's music director.

Actress and singer Claudia Lee has been cast in the Universal Pictures action film "Kick-Ass 2: Balls to the Wall," based on the second volume of the popular "Kick-Ass" comic book series by Mark Millar and John Romita, Jr. Production is slated to begin in Toronto in September, before moving to London, under the direction of Jeff Wadlow ("Never Back Down," "Cry Wolf").

Today, President Barack Obama announced his intent to appoint the following individuals to key Administration posts.

Disney Theatrical Productions and Omaha Performing Arts announced today that tickets for the long-awaited return engagement of DISNEY'S THE LION KING will go on sale to the public on Monday, December 3. By popular demand, Disney's THE LION KING will return to Omaha for the first time since its triumphant premiere engagement in January, 2005, where the production played a five-week sold-out run. Omaha's most eagerly awaited return will once again leap onto the Orpheum Theater stage on Tuesday, March 12, 2013 for a limited four-week engagement through Sunday, April 7, 2013. The musical is part of the Omaha Performing Arts' Broadway Series.

The Chicago Neo-Futurists get presidential in 44 Plays for 44 Presidents. The show opens Saturday, October 6 at 7:30 p.m. at The Neo-Futurarium, 5153 N. Ashland.