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THE BOOK OF MORMON's Tony Award nominee Andrew Rannells will join Tony and Emmy Award winner Ellen Barkin and host Andy Cohen on tonight's edition of Bravo's "Watch What Happens: Live," Monday, November 21. "Watch What Happens: Live" airs on Bravo at 11:00 PM Eastern / 10:00 PM Central.

It's official, NBC's new Broadway-filled series SMASH will premiere on February 6 at 10pm. The show, which is about a group of people who come together to put on a Broadway musical was developed by NBC's Robert Greenblatt, Steven Spielberg, and Broadway producing team Craig Zadan and Neil Meron. Broadway's Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman wrote the music for the show. Michael Mayer directed the project, and playwright Theresa Rebeck penned the script. Check out the just released promotional art for the show, as featured by AOLTV, below!

Continuing the tradition of preserving and celebrating great recordings, The Recording Academy has announced the newest additions to its GRAMMY Hall Of Fame, adding 25 recordings to a collection that now totals 906 titles. The collection is on display at the GRAMMY Museum.

According to published reports, stage actor and director John Neville, passed away on November 19 in Toronto. He was 86 years old.

Al Pacino brought his one man show to Sydney over two special nights at The Lyric Theatre, The Star, Sydney on 17 and 18 November 2011. The multi-award winning actor entertained audiences, as he recounted his varied career and most memorable roles in the 2,000 seat venue.

The Evening Standard Theatre Awards winners were announced last night - with Sheridan Smith picking up Best Actress for her role in Flare Path and Benedict Cumberbatch and Jonny Lee Miller sharing the prize for Best Actor for their joint role in Frankenstein.

Broadway-bound GLEE star Darren Criss was recently named one of the 'Sexiest Men Alive' by People Magazine, and in the video below he chats about receiving the honor. Clcik below to check it out!

SH-K-BOOM RECORDS will release the new CD from GEORGIA STITT, the award winning and critically acclaimed composer and lyricist. My Lifelong Love features thirteen of Stitt's original songs performed by some of the entertainment industry's most exciting singers, including Jesse Tyler Ferguson (TV's 'Modern Family,' The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee), Anika Noni Rose (The Princess and the Frog, Dreamgirls, TV's 'The Good Wife'), Brian d'Arcy James (TV's 'Smash,' Shrek, Titanic), Susan Egan (Beauty And The Beast, Thoroughly Modern Millie), Shoshana Bean (Wicked, Hairspray), Heidi Blickenstaff ([title of show], The Addams Family), Laura Osnes (Anything Goes, Bonnie and Clyde), Christopher Jackson (In The Heights, TV's 'The Electric Company'), Michael Arden (Bare, Source Code), jazz duo Jessica Molaskey and John Pizzarelli, Kate Baldwin (Finian's Rainbow) and Michael McElroy (Rent, Broadway Inspirational Voices). The recording will be available on November 29, 2011. You can pre-order the album at http://sh-k-boom.com/georgiastitt.shtml.

Much more than a concert, AN EVENING WITH Patti LuPone AND Mandy Patinkin is a passionate, intimate and unique musical love story told entirely through a selection of some of the greatest songs ever written for the stage. Patti LuPone and Mandy Patinkin, two Broadway legends who first appeared together giving Tony Award winning performances in Evita, bring their critically acclaimed theatre concert to the Barrymore Theatre for 63 performances through Friday, January 13, with an opening night of Monday, November 21. Check out photos of the duo in action below!

Whether you've been living under a rock for the past week, or you're just in the mood for a recap of everything theatre, BroadwayWorld's feature, 'This Week in Pictures' is here to satisfy your end of the week fix. Take a look below to catch up on the latest happenings from the Great White Way to the West End (and everywhere in between) with coverage of press events, rehearsals, opening nights and more! For last week's biggest events: visit THIS WEEK IN PICTURES: November 5-11.

The cast of the landmark musical Rent performed today on Regis Philbin's final episode of 'Live! with Regis and Kelly.' Mr. Philbin's extraordinary run was celebrated in his final minutes on the show with a surprise performance of Rent's signature song, 'Seasons of Love,' with special lyrics penned for the occasion by the production teams of both shows. Check out the performance below!

SPIDER-MAN: TURN OFF THE DARK has just announced a new contest that gives fans a chance to win tickets to the show and more! To enter the general sweepstakes, visit the show's Facebook page, and fill out the required information to win 2 tickets to see SPIDER-MAN TURN OFF THE DARK this winter. If you get 5 friends to also enter the contest using a custom link, you are then entered to win the ultimate SPIDER-MAN TURN OFF THE DARK experience which includes 4 tickets to the show this winter, a backstage meet and greet with cast members, and official merchandise.

The original Broadway cast of Grease will reunite next month for a special 40-year anniversary tribute during the opening number of the 23rd Annual Gypsy of the Year, produced by and benefiting Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS.

With Broadway's fall offerings celebrating their opening nights, attention has turned to what shows are slated to open for the 2012 spring season. It hasn't yet been set as a particularly full season for new musicals, but as the New York Times reported earlier this week, that could easily change by the time the spring rolls around.

Bette Midler's production of the Tony Award® winning hit musical PRISCILLA QUEEN OF THE DESERT will perform a medley of dance-floor hits featuring a cast of 23 on the 85th annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, aired nationally on NBC on Thursday morning, November 24 in the 9:30am half hour.

Cameron Mackintosh and Andrew Lloyd Webber's production of THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA recently celebrated its 25th Anniversary with a concert featuring: Hadley Fraser as ‘Raoul', Kiera Duffy as ‘Carlotta', Sergei Polunin as ‘Slave Master' and Daisy Maywood as ‘Meg Giry', Ramin Karimloo as ‘The Phantom', Sierra Boggess as ‘Christine', Barry James as ‘Monsieur Firmin', Gareth Snook as ‘Monsieur André', Liz Robertson as ‘Madame Giry' and Wynne Evans as ‘Piangi', together with 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. Click below to check out a sneak peek of Karimloo's performance of 'The Music of the Night' as featured in the special DVD!

Volunteers of America (VOA), one of the nation's oldest and most effective human services organizations in the nation, will launch their 109th Annual Sidewalk Santa ® Campaign. Money collected will go to their Holiday Food Voucher program. The traditional launch for the program will be the annual Sidewalk Santa® parade on Friday, November 25, the morning after Thanksgiving. More than 50 fully-suited Sidewalk Santas® will march on Fifth Avenue, spreading holiday cheer and reminding us to remember our neighbors in need during the holiday season. In preparation, Sidewalk Santa® School took place at VOA Headquarters on the Upper West Side yesterday, November 17. SPIDER-MAN star Patrick Page was there for the special event, and you can check out photos of him in action below!

According to the NY Times, Broadway veteran and Emmy winner Jim Parsons is currently in talks to return to the Great White Way in a revival of HARVEY. The unconfirmed Roundabout Theatre Company production would open in Spring 2012.

On the next episode of GLEE, airing November 29, Finn tries to rally the rival show-choirs behind one of their own. Sue's bid for political office causes heartbreak for another teacher; and the student body elections turn scandalous. Check out photos from the new episode below!

Roundabout Theatre Company's Anything Goes, will perform the Cole Porter classic 'You're the Top' on the 'CBS Thanksgiving Day Parade' between 9:00AM-9:30AM on channel 2 next Thursday!