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From the company that brought you The Facts of Life: The Lost Episode comes another hilarious parody of a beloved TV show, Thank You For Being a Friend. Who Wants Cake? is thrilled to bring this unofficial musical parody inspired by The Golden Girls to Ferndale's Ringwald Theatre for an exclusive 4 week run beginning Saturday, July 16th. Written by Nick Brennan, with music and lyrics by Luke Jones and Jeff Thomson, Thank You For Being a Friend will play Saturdays and Mondays at 8pm and Sunday afternoons at 3pm through August 8th. Don't miss your chance to see your favorite Ringwald guys dress as your favorite Golden Girls!

Auditions will be held on: Sunday, July 17 & Monday, July 18 at 7:00 PM at the Westport Community Theatre (Westport Town Hall, 110 Myrtle Avenue, Westport, CT)

Everyone is invited to the premier, FREE performance of ACT One's Teen Camp, 'Showstopper Show Choir,' this Saturday, July 16.

Grammy Award Winner and star of stage and screen Stephanie Mills performed live at the Dell East Music Center in Philadelphia on July 14. BroadwayWorld brings you photo coverage or her performance below!

MONGREL ISLAND, by Ed Harris, and presented at the Soho Theatre, offers a fresh, cynical and offbeat perspective on how the workplace can strip away our humanity. BroadwayWorld brings you photo credit from the production below.

Born Georgette Lizette Withers on March 12, 1917 in Karachi, India, she was known as 'Googie' from an early age. Her family returned to England when she was aged seven and she began acting at the age of 12, appearing at the Victoria Palace in The Windmill Man. A student at the Italia Conti Academy of Arts, she was a dancer in a West End production when she was offered work as a film extra in Michael Powell's The Girl in the Crowd (1935). She arrived on the set to find one of the major players in the production had been dismissed, and she was immediately asked to step into the role.

Tony Award winner Idina Menzel will return to GLEE for a season three arc, according to reports from Deadline. Menzel could appear in up to 12 episodes throughout the season.

Weekend movie box office estimates: July 8-10, 2011.

Fisher Landau Center for Art is pleased to announce 'LEGACY: Selections from Emily Fisher Landau's Gift to the Whitney Museum of American Art', on view through September 12th, 2011. Occupying all three floors at the Center, the exhibition highlights an overview of the historic pledge of artwork by Mrs. Landau, consisting of 419 pieces by 86 artists who have shaped the course of American Art. The installation is inspired by the Whitney Museum's recent 'Legacy' exhibition organized by Donna De Salvo and David Kiehl. The intimate setting of the Fisher Landau Center for Art allows for an expanded presentation of Mrs Landau's pledge, displaying more than 100 artworks by over 60 artists including:

'Meet the Princess and Royal Court' family-friendly events will be held at the following locations where you can meet 'Once Upon a Mattress' cast members, listen to 'The Princess and the Pea' story being read, ask the Royal court any questions you may have about the story, learn a song from 'Once Upon a Mattress' and have your photo taken with Royalty, right in your neighborhood!

Broadway star Marty Thomas (Wicked, Xanado) will join Kelly King, Marisela, Marissa Rosen (Big Gay Italian Wedding), and others in celebrating the birthdays of Marti Gould Cummings, Brad Gardner, and Joey Contreras.

Monday, July 18th, 7-10 pm

Musical Theatre West presents the professional regional premiere of THE WEDDING SINGER at the beautiful 1,070-seat Carpenter Performing Arts Center in Long Beach. THE WEDDING SINGER runs through July 24, 2011.

Olivier Award Winning company Good Night Out Presents will stage the world premiere of the only unproduced Oscar Wilde play this September at their Islington home, the King's Head Theatre.

Have you ever wondered 'How bubbles do that?' The answer will be revealed when Keith Michael Johnson returns to Theatre By The Sea with his enormously popular production, The Secret World of Bubbles on Friday, July 15, 2011.

Ken Bacon Productions and Marin Actors' Workshop continues its performances of the Robert E. Sherwood stage classic 'The Petrified Forest,' a poignant social tale of longing, disillusionment, class struggle and gunplay.

Yesterday, the student actors of Beijing Playhouse Academy of Performing Arts presented Three Musketeers. 100 people of the community came to watch the show. The 30 student actors, ages 6-14, rehearsed for two weeks to put on the hour long performance. Look below for photos from the performance.

Hey, playwrights--suffering from the summer drama doldrums? Bring your play and a few actors to First Run Theatre, where Dr. David Crespy will give you a full playwriting tune-up for your play. Bring multiple copies (enough for each character in your play) of your 10-15 minute script, play, scene, along with some of YOUR ACTING FRIENDS, and we'll listen to your play and give you some feed-back.

With eight brilliantly observed and sharply told monologues by eight distinct and unforgettable characters, Eight is a dynamic and interactive theatre event that gives the audience the chance to choose their cast of six for each performance, before they even enter the theatre. The choice will be based on who they are, where they come from and, with the partnership of a number of innovative New Zealand fashion designers, what they are wearing:

Louie Anderson comes to the Comedy Club at Bay Street Theatre on Monday, July 18. Louie made his national television debut on the 'The Tonight Show' in 1984. He has guest-starred in sitcoms like 'Grace Under Fire' and dramas like 'Touched by an Angel' and 'Chicago Hope,' and he has had featured roles in film comedies like 'Coming to America,' opposite of Eddie Murphy, and the classic 'Ferris Bueller's Day Off.' He is also host of the hilarious 'Comedy Showcase,' the late-night series that follows 'Saturday Night Live.' In 1995 Louie put his creative energies to work on the Saturday morning animated series 'Life with Louie.' The long-running series based on Louie's own childhood earned him two Emmy Awards. His best selling books include Dear Dad - Letters From An Adult Child and Good-bye Jumbo...Hello Cruel World. Louie recently finished writing THE F WORD, HOW TO SURVIVE YOUR FAMILY.