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Barbra Streisand has told USA Today that the plans for a film adaptation of GYPSY are still intact.

One of the most stunning theatrical spectacles of all time, Miss Saigon, makes its Music Circus premiere August 23-28. From the creators of Les Misérables, the classic Puccini opera Madame Butterfly is brought into modern times to 1970s Saigon during the Vietnam War. The 10th longest-running show on Broadway, Miss Saigon will mesmerize audiences with its tale of doomed romance and ultimate sacrifice.

10+Seattle in partnership with Boundless Events, City of Seattle, Compassionate Action Network, and Seattle Center present 10+Seattle - A 9/11 Day of Reflection at Seattle Center. The event will take place Sunday, Sept. 11; 5 a.m. - 8 a.m., quiet reflection 8 a.m. - 10 a.m., open community interaction

Grammy Award-winning singer/songwriter/actress Melissa Manchester, whose hit versions of such songs as 'Midnight Blue' and 'Don't Cry Out Loud' have ensured her place in pop music history, performs a concert at 8 p.m. on Friday, October 21, at Pepperdine University's Smothers Theatre in Malibu.

When asked about the responses he gets from 'Potter' fans, he said, 'When I got to the airport in Japan at 13, there were 5,000 people screaming and waiting at arrivals... If I walk down the street there, there is just this kind of snowballing of people. I bumped into this girl in the corridor and said, ‘Oh, I'm sorry.' And boom! [She] just fainted immediately.'

The nominees for the 2011 International Bluegrass Music Awards (IBMA) have been announced. Sam Rush will host the awards ceremony, to be held on Thursday, September 29 at 7:30pm at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville.

Glenn Close will be at the Toronto International Film Festival for the world premiere of Rodrigo Garcia's ALBERT NOBBS at Roy Thomson Hall, according to the Hollywood Reporter.

As A Christmas Story, The Musical! prepares to launch a five-city national tour for the 2011 holiday season, the show's producers, including Peter Billingsley, who starred as Ralphie in the original 1983 film, take their search for talented children to the internet. Young performers can now submit their audition by visiting www.achristmasstorythemusical.com/casting and following three simple steps:

Christchurch's iconic comedy show SCARED SCRIPTLESS will move to a new venue at Heaton Intermediate Normal School Auditorium where New Zealand's longest-running improvised comedy show will be staged until The Court Theatre's new venue in Addington, 'The Shed' opens at the end of the year.

Broadway legend Mandy Patinkin and opera superstar Nathan Gunn combine their vocal talents to create a unique and powerful evening at 8 p.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 31, in the pavilion. Featured in People magazine's 2008 list of 'The Sexiest Men Alive,' baritone Gunn has performed in opera houses around the world and last appeared at Ravinia in the festival's production of Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro. Tony and Emmy award-winner Patinkin has appeared in the Broadway productions of Evita, Sunday in the Park with George, The Wild Party, The Winter's Tale and The Knife, as well as in CBS's Chicago Hope and Criminal Minds. They will be joined by pianists Julie Gunn and Paul Ford.

Nigel Lythgoe is in talks with the CW to bring a singing competition to the network according to The Hollywood Reporter.

The release date of Barbra Streisand's upcoming comedy 'My Mother's Curse' has been pushed back to November 2, 2012 and Paramount has changed the title to 'Guilt Trip,' according to The Examiner.

Single tickets for the 2011/12 season at Walt Disney Concert Hall are on sale Sunday, August 21 at 10am.

In honor of the new school year, Halsted Street Deli, home of the 'Big Tony,' is offering college students with a valid school I.D. 20 percent off all purchases every day throughout the month of September (available at select locations).

Casting has been announced for Stephen Sondheim's 'Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street,' from August 24-Sept. 11 at Bellport's Gateway Playhouse.

The inaugural Broadway Las Vegas series at The Smith Center finds early support from the community, as the first two weeks of season ticket sales exceed expectations. Broadway touring productions of THE COLOR PURPLE, Disney and Cameron Mackintosh's MARY POPPINS, MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET and MEMPHIS will be featured in the spring and summer of 2012.

Fishamble: The New Play Company from Dublin, Ireland will perform the American premiere of 'Noah and the Tower Flower' by Sean McLoughlin, winner of the 2007 Irish Times Best New Play Award, September 7 to October 2, 2011 at The Drilling Company Theater, 236 West 78th Street, Manhattan.

Center Theatre Group begins its 2011-2012 season at the Ahmanson Theatre on a high-octane energy note with the West Coast premiere of 'Bring It On: The Musical,' an original musical comedy presented October 30 through December 10, 2011. (Opening is set for November 11.)

Colin Farrell, Christopher Walken, Sam Rockwell and Micky Rourke are all set to star in Martin McDonagh's upcoming film 'Seven Psychopaths,' according to the Daily Mail. The film will shoot on locations in Los Angeles in the fall.

Thandie Newton is set to star in Ariel Dorfman's play DEATH AND THE MAIDEN alongside Tom Goodman-Hill and Anthony Calf according to the Daily Mail. The production will be directed by Jeremy Herrin and begins performances at the Comedy Theatre on October 13.