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Bring It On: The Musical, the explosive new musical comedy that raises the stakes on over-the-top high school rivalries, just opened at Los Angeles' Center Theatre Group on October 30. Set against the world of competitive cheerleading, this powerhouse new show hilariously proves that winning isn't everything when it means losing something - or someone - you really care about. Bring It On: The Musical combines an exciting fresh sound, gravity-defying choreography, and a thrilling story to create a total theatrical event worth cheering for. Phyllis Smith and Leslie David Baker of NBC's THE OFFICE recently visited the production, and you can check out photos from the event below!

Famed producer Gilbert Cates has passed away today at the age of 77. Having recently underwent heart surgery, Cates reportedly collapsed today in a parking lot of the UCLA campus in Los Angeles.

On today's episode of Hallmark Channel's THE Martha Stewart SHOW, Martha was joined by the always charming, Tony award-winning Hugh Jackman. Hugh and Martha chatted about his new Broadway show 'Hugh Jackman, Back on Broadway' while preparing a banana cake recipe. Martha then created a fabulous dessert using coffee from his new charitable initiative, Laughing Man Coffee and Tea. Check out photos from his appearance below!

Second Stage Theatre will present the new musical THE BLUE FLOWER written by Jim Bauer and Ruth Bauer, with choreography by Chase Brock and direction by Will Pomerantz, this fall. Previews began on Wednesday, October 12 and officially open on Wednesday, November 9 at Second Stage's Tony Kiser Theatre. Check out production shots from the show below!

Broadway favorites and real-life couple Matt Cavenaugh (West Side Story) and Jenny Powers (Grease) performed 'Direct From Broadway,' a concert to benefit Hartford Children's Theatre,on October 28. Check out a video of their appearance on CTNow, below!

According to the NY Times, a reading has held last week in New York for Jason Robert Brown's stage adaptation of Honeymoon in Vegas, which has been in the works since 2007. Producers are looking to bring a fully staged production to New York in the near future.

Broadway veteran Carly Jibson has just released her debut album, 'Best of Me,' through CDbaby. In the album, Jibson lays her bluesy soulful voice against a contemporary country backdrop putting a new spin on an old sound.

Madison Square Garden Entertainment just announced the 2012 audition cites and dates for the Rockettes Summer Intensive summer training program at Radio City Music Hall for all local area aspiring dancers. Now entering its eleventh year, the Rockettes Summer Intensive offers aspiring dancers the unique opportunity to train with the world-famous Rockettes as well as a Rockettes Director/Choreographer and learn their signature precision dance technique. Acceptance into the Rockettes Summer Intensive is a crucial stepping stone for Rockette hopefuls who aspire to one day dance with the legendary company. Since the inception of the Summer Intensive in 2001, 47 dancers who have gone through the program have gone on to become world-famous Rockettes. Auditions begin November 6, 2011 in Myrtle Beach, SC and run through January 2012 in 13 different cities across the country.

Robert Nederlander Jr., Stanley Browne and Nederlander Worldwide Events have just announced the presentation of BROADWAY AMBASSADORS at the 14th Annual Havana Theatre Festival in Havana, Cuba. Directed by Rob Evan (Jekyll & Hyde, Les Misérables, Tarzan), BROADWAY AMBASSADORS is a full-length concert showcasing the many musical styles that make up the Broadway Songbook. BROADWAY AMBASSADORS features performances from Luba Mason (Chicago, How to Succeed . . . The Will Rogers Follies) Capathia Jenkins (Caroline or Change, The Look of Love), Norm Lewis (Porgy & Bess, The Little Mermaid, Side Show) and Mr. Evan. Jeremy Roberts is the musical director. Performances will take place at the historic Grand Theatre of Havana - also known as the Garcia Lorca Theatre - on November 3rd, 4th, and 5th, 2011. In addition, the artists from the production will conduct several workshops and master classes for students of ISA, the State run performing arts institute.

Emmy and Golden Globe Award winner CANDICE BERGEN, five-time Tony Award winner ANGELA LANSBURY, Tony and Emmy Award winner JOHN LARROQUETTE and Drama Desk Award winner and Academy Award nominee MICHAEL McKEAN will join the previously announced JAMES EARL JONES in the Spring 2012 Broadway revival of Gore Vidal's THE BEST MAN.

Leading online charity auction site charitybuzz is giving Broadway lovers a chance to jump from their seats to the stage with some fantastic opportunities to act alongside their favorite Broadway stars, get behind-the-scenes at some of the biggest shows in town, and experience the Great White Way unlike ever before. Check out a full list of Broadway auction items below.

Producers of the five-time Tony Award nominated hit musical, ROCK OF AGES announced today that Emily Padgett - who rocked out as 'Sherrie' in during the show's run at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre - will return to take over the lead role on Monday, November 7, 2011. Rebecca Faulkenberry, who has performed the role of 'Sherrie' since ROCK OF AGES moved to the Helen Hayes Theatre on March 24, 2011, will play her final performance on Sunday, November 6.

According to Whatsonstage, theatre star Ramin Karimloo, who will soon star as Val Jean in the West End production of LES MISERABLES, will 'produce and lead 'Houdini, the Musical,' which is aiming for a West End run at the end of 2012.

The next IN THE RAW workshop at Red Bull Theatre will focus on a new play by Olivier Kemeid directed by Kay Matschullat. Inspired by Virgil, this powerful new work transports Aeneas's search for a homeland into the modern world of middle-eastern revolution.

Hugh Jackman, who is back on stage with his record-breaking, one-man show on Broadway, will be a guest on 'The Martha Stewart Show' (10 AM on The Hallmark Channel) and 'Conan' ( 11 PM on TBS) today, Tuesday, November 1. 'Conan' is broadcasting this week from New York's Beacon Theatre.

Award-winning actor, dancer and singer Ben Vereen continues his efforts with Taking Control of Your Diabetes (TCOYD) with support from Sanofi US to encourage the nearly 26 million Americans living with diabetes to Start Taking Action Now for Diabetes (S.T.A.N.D.). The new public service announcement (PSA) features Ben and others living with diabetes who don't allow their condition to hold them back.

About to enter its landmark 30th season which begins this December, Inside Broadway, The Great White Way's leading arts education organization, is offering everyone the chance to win a pair of tickets to two of Broadway's landmark musicals; Chicago and The Phantom of the Opera. All you have to do is become a fan of Inside Broadway on Facebook in November and post on their wall what your favorite Broadway show is (past or present). On December 1st, the two winners will be announced, each winning a pair of weeknight tickets to one of the two Broadway productions (limited restrictions will apply).

When Tony-winner Lin-Manuel MIranda was a senior in high school, he attended an NYU summer program. Miranda writes: 'I made this with Matthew Santo, future MTV superstar Jim Cantiello and comic-book legend Alejandro Arbona when we were all 17. It's pretty much every cool effect you could do with a hi-8 camera in 1997.' Check out the vintage video below!

FEINSTEIN'S AT LOEWS REGENCY will close their Fall 2011 season with the return engagement of the club's founder MICHAEL FEINSTEIN and Tony Award winning Broadway legend BARBARA COOK from November 29 to December 30. To celebrate Barbara Cook's 2011 Kennedy Center Honor, the club is rolling back prices to when the club opened in 1999 for the month of December: $60 cover and no minimum. Their show will feature gems from the great American songbook by Irving Berlin, Duke Ellington and Rodgers & Hart, in addition to Broadway hits and holiday classics. All shows take place at the Loews Regency Hotel (540 Park Avenue at 61st Street).

Alfred Molina, David Krumholtz and Jane Kaczmarek star when L.A. Theatre Work's records Michael Frayn's Tony award-winning drama for radio broadcast. A world at war, two scientists, and a meeting that may well have determined who would create the most dangerous weapon mankind has ever known. How different would the world have looked had the Nazis been first to build an atomic bomb? All performances will be recorded to air on L.A. Theatre Works' syndicated radio theater series, which broadcasts weekly on public radio stations nationwide and can be streamed on demand at www.latw.org.