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Jarrod Spector, longtime star of Broadway's Jersey Boys, brings his critically-acclaimed solo show to Joe's Pub (425 Lafayette Street) on Monday, October 1st at 9:30 p.m. to mark the release of his new studio album. The show, entitled MINOR FALL, MAJOR LIFT, is directed by Eric Michael Gillett and covers much of the material contained on the new CD, which will be available for purchase (and can be signed) exclusively at the event with a digital release to be announced.

The spirit and generosity of the theatre community once again shined as brightly as the autumn sun as the 26th Annual Broadway Flea Market & Grand Auction blew past all previous record totals to raise a spectacular $681,892 for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS.

Last week's poll asked which Broadway veteran you're most excited to watch weekly on television this season, and your picks are below!

On the Tuesday, September 25th edition of the nationally-syndicated talk show, KATIE, (check local listings, katiecouric.com) Barbra Streisand, one of the world's most influential and incomparable entertainers, opens up in a rare television interview with Katie Couric. Streisand talks about the upcoming duets album she's working on with 'Babyface' Edmonds that features her first duet with her son, Jason Gould.

This summer, entertainment history was made as audiences across North America experienced the magic of fire-breathing dragons soaring through arena skies in DREAMWORKS' HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON LIVE SPECTACULAR.

The producers of JERSEY BOYS just announced that Drew Gehling and Jarrod Spector will be returning to the Broadway company. Spector returns to the role of 'Frankie Valli' on Tuesday, October 2, following the final performance of Tony winner John Lloyd Young on Sunday, September 30. Gehling assumes the role of 'Bob Gaudio' joining Jeremy Kushnier as 'Tommy DeVito' on Tuesday, October 9, following the departure of current stars Quinn VanAntwerp and Andy Karl (respectively) after the Sunday, October 7 performance.

Bob Boyett and Harriet Newman Leve have just announced that ANN, a new play written and performed by Emmy Award-winning actress Holland Taylor, will open on Broadway at Lincoln Center Theater's Vivian Beaumont Theater (150 West 65 Street) Thursday, March 7, 2013. ANN is a no-holds-barred portrait of the unforgettable Governor of the Lone Star State, Ann Richards. The play is directed by Benjamin Endsley Klein, and is produced by Bob Boyett and Harriet Newman Leve in association with Lincoln Center Theater. ANN is executive produced by Kevin Bailey who has spearheaded the production since its inception.

According to an Equity casting notice, Nora Ephron's LUCKY GUY will open on Broadway at a Shubert Theatre in March 2013. Though casting has not been announced, Tom Hanks was previously attached to the project before Ephron's death last summer.

Tom Hooper's upcoming big-screen adaptation of 'Les Miserables,' starring Hugh Jackman as Jean Valjean, Anne Hathaway as Fantine and a slew of other big-name stars, will debut in theaters December 25. A new poster for the movie was just released on the film's Facebook page and you can check it out below!

The new musical FINDING NEVERLAND just premieredin Leicester on September 22, where it will run through October 13. The cast features Julian Ovenden as James Barrie, Rosalie Craig as Sylvia Llewelyn Davies, Liz Robertson as Mrs DuMaurier, and Clare Foster as Mary Barrie together with a cast of 20 and a live orchestra. Below, we bring you photos from opening night, as well as a special sneak peek of the new musical!

Roundabout Theatre Company will soon launch the national tour of the 2011 Tony® Award winning Anything Goes, starring Rachel York as Reno Sweeney. The national tour will set sail in Cleveland on October 2nd, and BroadwayWorld's Richard Ridge was invited to meet with the cast while they were still in rehearsals in New York City. While he was there, he caught a special performance preview and chatted with the whole team about taking the classic show on the road. We are excited to debut the special coverage below!

Live Performance Australia™ (LPA) just presented the 2012 Helpmann Awards, hosted at the Opera Theatre, Sydney Opera House and broadcast exclusively on Australia's arts and entertainment channel STUDIO - channel 132 on Foxtel. Tune in to watch the full ceremony on Tuesday September 25 at 8.30pm.

Bullet for Adolf, the outrageous new comedy by Woody Harrelson and Frankie Hyman, will play its final performance Sunday evening, September 30, 2012 at New World Stages (340 West 50th Street). Previews began on July 19, 2012 with Opening Night on August 8, 2012. The production was originally scheduled to end its limited engagement on Sunday, September 9, but announced an extension shortly following opening night.

For the first time ever, the musical Carrie is available for performances by Schools and Theaters through R&H Theatricals and the recent MCC production has been preserved in a cast recording. The new recording, executive produced by Grammy Award winner Kurt Deutsch (In the Heights), will be released on September 25th on iTunes, Amazon.com, and is available for pre-order at Sh-K-Boom's website (http://sh-k-boom.com/carrie.shtml In the video below, get an exclusive look at the cast in the recording studio as they explain the story behind Carrie!

Edward Albee's Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? began rehearsals on September 4, 2012, in Chicago at the Steppenwolf Theatre Company, where this production originally began in December 2010. Previews will begin on September 27, 2012, at the Booth Theatre (222 West 45th Street) on Broadway with an official opening on Saturday, October 13, 2012, exactly 50 years to the day of the play's original Broadway opening on Saturday, October 13, 1962. The cast and creative team just met the press, and BroadwayWorld's Richard Ridge was there to chat with them about the big revival. Check out what they had to say below!

Stage and sreen star Barbra Streisand, who on September 25 will release a new album titled 'Release Me,' will chat with Katie Couric about her epic career, promoting awareness for heart disease and more. Check your local listings and tune in on September 24 to watch the full interview on 'Katie.'

Manhattan Theatre Club's new Broadway production of Henrik Ibsen's AN ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE by Rebecca Lenkiewicz, directed by Tony Award winner Doug Hughes began previews earlier this month in preparation for a Thursday, September 27 opening night at MTC's Samuel J. Friedman Theatre (261 West 47th Street). BroadwayWorld brings you just-released show highlights below!

Troika Entertainment, LLC presents the CATCH ME IF YOU CAN national tour, which officially kicks off at the Providence Performing Arts Center in Providence, RI on October 7. BroadwayWorld was invited to a special preview of the show before it takes off for it's first performance, and you can meet the cast and check out 'Live in Living Color,' 'Jet Set' and 'Don't Break the Rules' below!

Priscilla, Queen of the Desert played its final performance on Broadway on June 24, 2012, after 23 previews and 526 performances. Now, according to an Equity casting notice, a national tour for the show will launch from Minneapolis on January 8.

The producers of the new musical HANDS ON A HARDBODY announced today that Benjamin Millepied has withdrawn from the production due to unforeseen scheduling conflicts and that, going forward, Sergio Trujillo (Memphis, Jersey Boys) will assume musical staging responsibilities for the show. Theatre, dates, and ticket information for the Broadway production of HANDS ON A HARDBODY will be announced shortly.