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Manhattan Theatre Club's world premiere of CLOSE UP SPACE, the new play by Molly Smith Metzler, directed by Leigh Silverman opens tonight, Monday, December 19 at MTC at New York City Center - Stage I (131 West 55th Street). CLOSE UP SPACE features Obie Award winner Michael Chernus (The Aliens, In The Wake), Jessica DiGiovanni (Off-Broadway debut), Colby Minifie (The Pillowman, Landscape of the Body), Academy Award and Emmy Award nominee Rosie Perez (Fearless, The Ritz) and Tony Award and four-time Emmy Award winner David Hyde Pierce ('Frasier,' Curtains). Check out highlights from the show below!

Jersey Boys just concuded its run in Sydney on December 8, and you can go inside the final performance in the video below! JERSEY BOYS is written by Marshall Brickman & Rick Elice, with music by Bob Gaudio, lyrics by Bob Crewe, and is directed by two-time Tony Award-winner Des McAnuff and choreographed by Sergio Trujillo.

In the video elow, Hugh Jackman, Robin Williams, Sutton Foster, Jan Maxwell, Nikki M. James, Josh Gad, and Dan Lauria send a special holiday message from Broadway Cares. Help Broadway Cares fund more than 400 AIDS and family service organizations across the country and seven vital programs of The Actors Fund. What we do together makes a difference. Tomake a donation, visit: https://www.broadwaycares.org/holiday2011

Producers of the five-time Tony Award nominated hit musical ROCK OF AGES have announced that Genson Blimline will take over the role of "Lonny" role beginning today, Monday, December 19. Mitchell Jarvis, who has starred in ROCK OF AGES since it opened on Broadway in 2009 at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre, is taking a leave of absence from the show to take part in the Alley Theatre production of The Toxic Avenger in Houston, Texas. Jarvis is scheduled to return to Rock of Ages on February 20, 2012.

Directors Guild of America President Taylor Hackford today announced that director/actor/producer Kelsey Grammer will host the 64th Annual DGA Awards on Saturday, January 28, 2012 in the Grand Ballroom at Hollywood & Highland in Los Angeles.

Tickets go on sale tomorrow Tuesday, December 20th for the Broadway production of the National Theatre of Great Britain’s acclaimed comedy One Man, Two Guvnors, by Richard Bean. One Man, Two Guvnors, directed by Nicholas Hytner, is based on Carlo Goldoni’s The Servant of Two Masters and features songs by Grant Olding. One Man, Two Guvnors will open at the Music Box Theatre (239 West 45th Street) on Broadway on April 18, 2012. James Corden will lead the National Theatre company on Broadway. For tickets, visit Telecharge.com or call 212-239-6200.

GLEE returns from its holiday hiatus on January 17, and BroadwayWorld brings you an audio preview from the upcoming episde below. When the show returns to FOX, the New Directions take on 'Moves Liek Jagger,' 'Jumping Jack Flash' and 'We Found Love.' Click below to check them out!

According to published reports, Broadway veteran Dan Frazer passed away on December 16 from cardiac arrest. He was 90 years old.

The music that ignited a generation is heating up Broadway in ROCK OF AGES. The classic rock love story of the decade erupts into Broadway's Best Party, all to the sounds of such feel-good, sing-out-loud songs as 'Every Rose Has Its Thorn', 'I Wanna Know What Love Is', 'Here I Go Again', 'Don't Stop Believin' and more. In the video below, the cast spoofs 'THe shawshank Redemtion' in a short film directed by Mitchell Jarvis and written by Tony LePage and Mitchell Jarvis. Click below to check it out!

Tony Award winner Alice Ripley just concluded a series of solo concerts titled Alice Ripley's Daily Practice at The Laurie Beechman Theatre, a cabaret space downstairs at West Bank Cafe. In the music video below, she sings 'Essence' from her album, 'Daily Practice: Vol. 1.' The video, shot on location in Seattle, was directed by John Carucci.

Accoridng to published reports, music legend Paul McCartney will release a new album of covers in February 2011. The album, entitled 'My Valentine,' will be released on February 7, and will feature classics from American musical theatre.

Joe's Pub just featured Darren Criss, the GLEE star who's set to make his Broadway debut in the coming weeks in HOW TO SUCCEED IN BUSINESS WITHOUT REALLY TRYING, in a benefit Toys for Tots.

Godspell's Julia Mattison is joined by fellow cast members from Broadway's Godspell, in a holiday comedy rock show at the Beechman on December 19th. The concert will debut a number of new twisted holiday tunes, with songs like "Frostbite! Awesome!" and "Santa is the Ultimate Creeper". Mattison and friends will bring the laughs with these new tunes and some fresh takes on old classics.

Nominations were announced today for the Sydney Theatre Awards for 2011, which will be presented at a gala ceremony on January 16, 2012 at 6pm at the Paddington RSL. The full list of nominations is as follows:

Cast members from the Broadway company of the Tony, Grammy and Olivier Award-winning hit musical JERSEY BOYS will perform a selection of songs from the new Rhino CD, Seasons Greetings: A JERSEY BOYS Christmas on NBC's "The Today Show" this Friday, December 23rd from 8:30 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. Check local listings for times outside the New York metro area.

Following last year's sell-out success, MAD presented this year's annual festive fundraiser at The Actors' Church, Covent Garden, A WEST END CHRISTMAS. The event took place on December 4, and guests perfoming included: Peter Bowles, Maureen Lipman, Nigel Harman, Alison Jiear, Scott Garnham, Will Barratt & Keiran B. Brown, alongside West End Casts including: Disney's The Lion King, The Phantom of the Opera, Les Miserables, Shrek, 39 Steps and Legally Blonde. The evening also featued an original song by Bobby Cronin and Angelyn Benson from their adaptation of A CHRISTMAS CAROL, performed by Jye Frasca (JERSEY BOYS, THRILL ME). Click below to check out highlights from the special event!

Cameron Mackintosh and Andrew Lloyd Webber's production of THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA recently celebrated its 25th Anniversary with a concert featuring a cast and orchestra of over 200 and some special guest appearances by original cast members including Michael Crawford and Sarah Brightman and Phantom alumni from Colm Wilkinson to Anthony Warlow. Andrew Lloyd Webber chatted with Australia's Nine News about what made the long-running show so successful, and you can watch the full video here.

BroadwayWorld.com is excited to present a new series of artwork created by Broadway ad agency Serino/Coyne to celebrate the end of FOLLIES' Broadway run and to remind everyone that time is running out to see this beautiful production. The Kennedy Center's critically acclaimed Broadway production of James Goldman and Stephen Sondheim's Tony Award-winning musical 'Follies' closes at Broadway's Marquee Theatre on January 22. The photo below features Elaine Paige who plays Carlotta in the show.

Producer Daryl Roth announced today that stage and screen favorite Veanne Cox (La Cage Aux Folles; "Pan Am"), Emmy Award-winner Nancy Dussault ("Two Close For Comfort") and Tony and Emmy Award-winner Lillias White (The Life) will all join the January cast of the Off Broadway hit Love, Loss, and What I Wore, beginning January 4 through January 29, 2012.

Television actress Emily Swallow (Guthrie: A Midsummer Night's Dream; Television: 'Ringer,' 'Southland' and 'The Good Wife') will lead the cast of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof in the iconic role of the troubled, lovelorn Margaret (Maggie the Cat). Swallow will be joined by Twin Cities actor Peter Christian Hansen (Guthrie: Dollhouse, Macbeth, After a Hundred Years) as the indifferent, alcoholic, favorite son Brick.