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Portland Ovations announces that Liza Minnelli has cancelled her concert at Merrill Auditorium this evening, September 29th. Ms. Minnelli fell ill just prior to her afternoon sound check and can not perform as scheduled. The concert was to begin at 7:30 p.m.

Actor Robby Benson will visit Seth's Chatterbox tomorrow, a one hour weekly talk show hosted by Seth Rudetsky.

This week GLEE took on Britney, but according to E! Online, the forecast for the hit show's next episode is a little more spiritual.

Writer, actress and comedian Tina Fey will be awarded the prestigious Mark Twain Prize for American Humor in a ceremony at the Kennedy Center on November 9. The ceremony will air on PBS on November 14.

The Boston Conservatory, the oldest performing arts conservatory in the nation, today announces Tommy Tune as the honoree and special guest at the celebratory performance commemorating the grand opening of the 'Hemenway Project,' a $32 million, 16-month-long renovation of the Conservatory's theater building, Saturday, October 16th.

According to an article in the Telegraph, Keira Knightley may return to the stage in London. The actress received critical acclaim for her performance in THE MISANTHROPE earlier this year, and is currently being sought after by Christopher Hampton. The writer of 'Atonement' and 'A Dangerous Method,' Knightley's latest film, Hampton and Knightley are frequent collaborators. He hopes to feature her in his new play at the National.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, last night's Britney-themed episode of GLEE brought in a staggering 13.3 million viewers - they're highest rating yet and a 4% increase from last week's 'mammoth' season opener. The episode not only featured a musical tribute to Spears, it featured Spears, herself. John Stamos also made a guest appearance as a dentist and purveyor of the anesthesia that sends Heather into her Britney fantasies.

Arthur Penn, director of the 1967 landmark film, 'Bonnie and Clyde,' died yesterday September 28, a day after his 88th birthday. Those close to Penn say that he had been in bad health for the past year.

According to an article in the New York Daily News, David Cromer, director of OUR TOWN, THE ADDING MACHINE and BRIGHTON BEACH MEMOIRS, was awarded the prestigious MacArthur Fellowship on Monday. Referred to as the 'genius' grant, the Arthur Foundation awards its recipients with $500,000 over five years to spend as they choose, 'no strings attached.'

On October 14th, 2010, Sing for Hope (www.singforhope.org) will present its annual gala at 583 Park Avenue in New York City. The gala will raise awareness and support for Sing for Hope's programs that mobilize professional artists in volunteer service to benefit schools, hospitals and communities. The event will also raise funds for the 2011 return of Sing for Hope Street Pianos, a public art installation that brought 60 upright pianos to the streets of New York this past summer, and embodies Sing for Hope's mission of making art available to all.

Laura Bell Bundy, country music and Broadway star of HAIRSPRAY and LEGALLY BLONDE fame, has been working on a sketch web series called Cooter County. Cooter County is home to some crazy people living inside the heads of John Hill and Tiffany and Brooke Egan - and of, course LBB!

NOW CIRCA THEN follows the story of two historical re-enactors, history buff and New York native Gideon and the thoroughly modern Margie, a new-comer to the city, who work together at the Tenement Museum on the Lower East Side of Manhattan. The two play Julian and Josephine Glockner, a pulled-from-the-records, real-life immigrant couple from Prussia. The tenement is their home in the New World - at the top of the play, they have just arrived and the real-life and seemingly opposite Gideon and Margie, have just met.

THE BROADWAY CHALLENGE, a new and unique app for theatre trivia, was launched through the Apple App Store this weekend. Created by Dramatic Forces, the App functions on iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch devices. THE BROADWAY CHALLENGE is a must have app for every theatre fan. It's a multi-layered, multi game, all theatre trivia immersion with gorgeous graphics and sound effects. Play against yourself, your friends, the rest of the world. With 10 challenge games, eight unique question categories, and over 4000 original questions, you can play non-stop for an entire Broadway season and still not hit every question. The Broadway Challenge App will be updated with special new trivia packages throughout the year.

Broadway and musical theater veteran, James Stovall died yesterday, September 26 confirms his talent agency, Abrams Artists & Associates. Cause of death and age are unavailable at this time, but it has been reported that Stovall suffered from heart problems.

The New York Musical Theater Festival and Rosie O'Donnell present MY LIFE: TODAY, an original musical October 5th and 6th at The Duke on 42nd Street. In 2003, Rosie O'Donnell and Lori Klinger founded Rosie's Theater Kids (formerly known as Rosie's Broadway Kids), an organization devoted to using musical theatre to enrich the lives of New York City public school children who otherwise have limited exposure to the arts. Seven years later, their stories and experiences have been transformed into an original musical performed by the students themselves. Centered around a single day in a high school, My Life: Today is a window into the vibrant lives of the city's youth.

The sixth annual New York Television Festival announced the winners of its Independent Pilot Competition, NYTVF People's Choice award, FOX-NYTVF Comedy Script Contest, IFC 'Out of the Box' and MTV Animation awards tonight at a ceremony hosted at the SVA Theatre in Manhattan. The winners of the FOX-NYTVF Comedy Script Contest, Austen Earl and Luke Cunningham for 'Red Delicious,' received a $25,000 prize and a development deal. IFC's 'Out of the Box' award winners Matt Yeager and Jeff Skowron received a $25,000 development deal for their pilot 'Greg and Donny.' The Independent Pilot Competition winners were selected from 42 independent television projects created by writers and producers from across the U.S., Canada and the UK.

Katie Holmes reportedly told Star magazine that she would like to return to the stage after her run in the 2008 production of ALL MY SONS.

Celebrate Back2Broadway month with Happy Hour at the Village Pourhouse on September 30. You're encouraged to 'lift a glass with Broadway stars and insiders' because 'this is your chance to mingle with celebs and theatre goers' alike.

Theater of War Productions, a social impact company that presents readings of ancient Greek plays will host its first public performance at the Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company in Washington D.C. on September 28 at 7:30 p.m.

Due to popular demand, a number of musicals at The New York Musical Theatre Festival (NYMF) have announced additional performances.