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The Actors Fund announced today that the Special Benefit Performance of THE BOOK OF MORMON, winner of nine Tony Awards including Best Musical, has been rescheduled for Wednesday, December 7 at 1 pm. The Special Benefit Performance of THE BOOK OF MORMON was originally scheduled for Sunday, August 28, but was cancelled due to the shutdown of Broadway theatres during Hurricane Irene.

Many of Broadway's best and brightest talents performed in Westport Country Playhouse's one-night-only fundraising gala, 'Playing Our Songs: Celebrating 80 Years of Musical Theater,' a fully orchestrated and choreographed retrospective of musicals that have been produced at The Playhouse since its founding in 1931, last night, September 19.

Gifted jazz vocalist Jane Monheit sang the score of Cole Porter's Anything Goes to swinging new arrangements by bassist Mary Ann McSweeney at the Broadway at Birdland concert series on Monday, September 19. This event was a fundraiser for The Phyllis Newman Women's Health Initiative. Broadway leading man Marc Kudisch joined in on the fun with a hilarious duet and dazzling solo turn during the sold-out, jazz-tinged evening of music.

The Drama Desk Award-winning Celebrity Autobiography returns to the Triad Theater for a new season with a new edition, Celebrity Autobiography: The Next Chapter, beginning Monday, October 3. Celebrity Autobiography: The Next Chapter will play five performances throughout October-Monday, October 3 at 7pm; Monday, October 10 at 7pm; Saturday, October 15 at 7pm; Monday, October 24 at 7pm; and Monday, October 31 at 7pm-at the Triad Theater, 158 West 72 Street.

He's battled renegade mutants, conquered Broadway and exterminated bloodthirsty vampires. And now, Hugh Jackman has taken on what may be his wildest role yet: celebrity guest star of WWE Raw SuperShow. The acclaimed actor, best known for his portrayal of Wolverine in the X-Men film franchise, took over WWE Raw SuperShow yesterday, September 19. Click below to check out his appearance!

The company of the first North American tour of WICKED welcomes Mamie Parris as Elphaba on Tuesday, October 4 in Atlanta, GA.

Bill Norrett/Cyrano Players, Inc will present the World Premiere of Kithless in Paradise, written by Molly Moroney, directed by Niki Flacks at The Lion Theatre (410 West 42nd Street).

FIDDLER ON THE ROOF, the Tony Award® winning musical that has captured the hearts of people all over the world with its universal appeal, is coming to Chicago at the Auditorium Theatre of Roosevelt University (50 E. Congress Pkwy) for one week only, Nov. 22 - 27, 2011. Individual tickets for FIDDLER ON THE ROOF go on sale Friday, Sep. 23, 2011 at 10 a.m.

It's the trial of the century! In Desert Star Playhouse's new comedy 'Legally Brunette: Not All Dumbs Are Blonde,' former NFL star, AJ Samson, is on trial for murdering his ex-wife, and thanks to his crooked attorney, he just might go free! It's up to perky Elle Woods, fresh out of law school, to discover the truth. This hilarious musical comedy for the whole family opens September 29th.

Darren Criss, breakout star of Fox's Emmy and Golden Globe Award-winning smash hit television show 'GLEE', will make his Broadway debut as J. Pierrepont Finch, Pulitzer Prize-winning musical comedy HOW TO SUCCEED IN BUSINESS WITHOUT REALLY TRYING. Criss will be performing a strictly limited three week engagement from January 3, through January 22, 2012. He will replace Daniel Radcliffe, who will play his final performance on Sunday, January 1, 2012. Tickets for Mr. Criss' engagement in HOW TO SUCCEED IN BUSINESS WITHOUT REALLY TRYING are now on sale. Check out what Criss had to say about succeeding Radcliffe in the show below!

According to the Associated press, Richland School District, outside of Pittsburgh, has decided to cancel a production of KISMET (a musical about a Muslim poet) because the community 'complained about the timing so soon after the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks.' Instead, the school will stage OKLAHOMA!

Theater Communications Group has announced the fourth annual Free Night of Theater New York City, which will take place at participating Off-Broadway, Independent Theaters, and Music and Dance venues in all five boroughs during the entire month of October 2011. Tickets are available during the following windows of time:

Get ready as the pigs take over the farm, this fall in The Rose's Teens ‘N' Theater (TNT) production of George Orwell's classic Animal Farm, September 29 through October 2. This stage version of the thought-provoking fable on leadership and corruption features 22 local teen actors and will be presented in The Rose's intimate Hitchcock Theater space.

Ostar Productions has acquired the television rights to Terry McMillan's bestselling novel A DAY LATE A DOLLAR SHORT for Lifetime television. Ostar Productions and Stephen Tolkin will serve as co-executive producers on the adaptation by Shernold Edwards. Mr. Tolkin also directs the two hour movie special.

Named one of New York's 'Best Once-a-Year Markets,' the annual Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS Broadway Flea Market & Grand Auction will be held from 10 AM - 7 PM on Sunday, September 25 in Times Square & on West 44th Street. The event is free and open to the public. Some photos of featured merchandise are featured on the BC/EFA Facebook page and can be viewed below!

Ghostlight Records' new Broadway cast recording of Roundabout Theatre Company's Tony-Award winning production Anything Goes will be released today, September 20th and will be followed on September 27th by a Barnes & Noble In-Store performance and CD signing, featuring Sutton Foster, Joel Grey, Colin Donnell, Adam Godley and Laura Osnes, as well as an introduction by Kathleen Marshall. The celebrated album features the stellar cast of this year's best musical revival, and is available here.

The Twin Cities theater community gathered on Monday, September 19 for the 7th annual Ivey Awards, a celebration that honors and showcases the work of professional theater companies and artists. Among the evening's Ivey recipients was Irish choreographer David Bolger, whose fancy footwork for the Guthrie Theater's 2011 splash-hit production of Gilbert and Sullivan's H.M.S. Pinafore was heralded as 'arresting,' 'breathtaking,' and 'awesome.'

Tony Award Winning actress Laura Benanti's new NBC show, 'The Playboy Club,' features the Broadway veteran as Carol-Lynne, the very first 'Bunny'! The show premiered last night, September 20 on NBC and you can watch the full episode by clicking below!

Pop sensation and soon-to-be Broadway leading man, Ricky Martin will rock Fontainebleau Miami Beach when he takes the stage as part of the legendary hotel's newly launched BleauLive performance series. Martin's upcoming Fontainebleau performance will be his last before heading to New York City to star as Che in the Broadway revival of Andrew Lloyd Weber's 'Evita.'

FOX's hit television show GLEE will make its season three return tonight September 20, and Ryan Murphy is already talking about guest stars for later this season. Last year, Anne Hathaway was rumored to be making a trip to McKinley High to play Kurt's lesbian aunt, and she reportedly might still make an appearance.