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According to EW.com, Tony Awrd nominee Josh Gad will make an appearance on the third season of ABC's 'Modern Family.' Gad will play 'Kenny, a neighbor of the Dunphys who worships the ground that Phil (Ty Burell) walks stumbles on - and he's made all decisions in his life based on what Phil would do.'

GLEE star Jane Lynch will host the 2011 Emmy Awards on September 18. She'll be only the third female to host the show by herself in the history of the awards show- the others being Angela Lansbury and Ellen Degeneres. Lynch just told the Hollywood Reporter that she's trying to work the rest of the GLEE cast into the ceremony. Lynch told THR: 'I've pitched a couple of ideas for the Glee cast. I bet there will be an appearance.'

Due to popular demand, and to accommodate ticket holders affected by the cancellation of performances due to Hurricane Irene this past weekend, Primary Stages (Casey Childs, Founder & Executive Producer; Andrew Leynse, Artistic Director; Elliot Fox, Managing Director) has added a special performance on Sunday afternoon, September 4th at 3:00 p.m. to the World Premiere of a work commissioned by the company, the new comedy, Olive and the Bitter Herbs by Charles Busch directed by Mark Brokaw.

Watch a behind-the-scenes look at Broadway's SISTER ACT. PIX 11 (WPIX-TV, Channel 11)'s Laurie Dhue recently went backstage for their 'Curtain Up' Broadway Week series to talk with Patina Miller who stars as Dolores. Click below to check it out!

Broadway Rhythm and Booze, a cabaret series created as a platform to highlight the soulful talents of the Broadway community, will take place on Monday, August 29th at Tillman's Bar & Lounge, 165 West 26th Street (between 6th and 7th avenue), doors open at 7pm, performance begins at 8pm.

This year's PEN/Pinter Prize is to be awarded to the playwright, Sir David Hare. The judges this year were Hanif Kureishi, Lady Antonia Fraser, Gillian Slovo, Claire Tomalin and Michael Billington.

Asolo Repertory Theatre will hold a final audition for Non-Equity males on Wednesday, September 7, from 4:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. for the season opener My Fair Lady. Auditions will be held in 5 minute slots in the Asolo Rep Rehearsal Hall, located within the Asolo Rep building. The production team is looking to cast the role of 4th Cockney. Expected age range for the role is early 20s to early 60s. The actor should be within baritone-bass vocal range, must be an excellent singer and have some dance and movement ability. Rehearsals will begin October 18. A flexible schedule is necessary from October to December as some day and weekend rehearsals and performances are required.

Tickets for AN EVENING WITH PATTI LUPONE AND MANDY PATINKIN will be on sale exclusively to American Express Cardmembers® from Wednesday, September 14, 2011 at 10:00am through Friday, September 30, 2011 at 11:59pm, at Telecharge.com ( 212-239-6200 ) with Preferred Seating available to American Express Gold Card, Platinum Card® and Centurion® members. Tickets go on sale to the general public on Saturday, October 1, 2011 at 12:00am. Tickets available in person at the Barrymore Theatre box office (243 West 47TH Street) beginning Wednesday, October 26. Group sales will be available soon through Broadway Inbound at 212-944-4172 .

Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical LOVE NEVER DIES closed on 27 August 2011. The musical opened at the Adelphi Theatre 9th March 2010, with previews from 20th Feb and closed down briefly last winter for a set of changes. In the video below, Andrew Lloyd Webber joins the cast on stage for the final curtain call. Click below to check it out.

Stephen Buntrock (A Little Night Music) and Kathy Voytko (Next to Normal) will star in The Brain That Wouldn't Die! In 3-D!!! at the 2011 New York Musical Theatre Festival. The show features book and lyrics by T. Sivak and E. Gelman, with music by Sivak. Performances are scheduled for Oct. 6 - Oct. 16 at TBG Theater. Tim Drucker (Spidermusical) will direct.

GLEE might not be back in full swing until Septeber, but the kids from the New Directions are already hard at work filming the highly anticipated third season. Click below to check out the cast in action, and what they have to say about returning to the show!

For two decades Friends In Deed has offered emotional and spiritual support for all those affected by life threatening illness, caregiving and grief. In celebration of the 20th anniversary of Friends In Deed, Emmy Award winner Sarah Jessica Parker and Tony Award winner Matthew Broderick will host 'A Little Jurassic Treasure Hunt,' a once-in-a-lifetime event on Monday, October 3, 2011. At this special benefit event, guests will form teams to trace clues through the American Museum of Natural History in a specially devised hunt created by legendary composer/lyricist Stephen Sondheim. Following a cocktail reception in The Museum's Hall of Mammals, the hunt will take place in the Hall of Saurischian Dinosaurs and the Hall of Ornithischian Dinosaurs before a dinner reception in the Rose Center for Earth and Space. The dinner reception will feature performances of Mr. Sondheim's songs by Tony Award winner Barbara Cook and Tony nominee Raul Esparza.

Principal cast changes have been announced for the Broadway production of Andrew Lloyd Webber's THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA, the longest-running show in Broadway history. Produced by Cameron Mackintosh/Really Useful Group, Inc. and directed by Harold Prince, the musical phenomenon is in its unprecedented 24th year in New York, playing at The Majestic Theatre (247 West 44th Street). Three principal performers, all new to PHANTOM, will be joining the company over the course of the Labor Day holiday weekend.

The Wells Fargo Broadway In Eugene Education Fund has awarded $1,000 to Churchill High School in Eugene to support its theater education program in the 2011-12 school year. Churchill High School is partnering with members of the West End Performing Arts Academy to produce the student-directed musical Forever Plaid. Two performances are planned for the late spring of 2012. All aspects of the production will be student directed by Joshua King under the mentoring of Al Villanueva, a community choreographer and a volunteer technical mentor.

The NY Times reports that James Franco will not be participating in the upcoming revival of Tennessee Williams' Sweet Bird of Youth alongside Nicole Kidman, as had previously been set. While no dates had been announced for the production, Kidman had been attached to the production officially as 'Alexandra', while the last reports indicate that Franco had all but signed on the dotted line for the role of 'Chance'. Back in January he told MTV that he planned to participate in the production, while later in the winter the revival's director David Cromer told the New York Times that he believed it was a done deal.

Performances began on Sunday, August 7th for James Goldman and Stephen Sondheim's FOLLIES, directed by Eric Schaeffer, with choreography by Warren Carlyle and music direction by James Moore. FOLLIES will officially open on Monday, September 12, 2011 at the Marquis Theatre. Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS is now offering two tickets and after-party passes to Broadway's opening night of Follies on Monday, September 12, 2011. Click here, to take part in the auction.

In celebration of the artist's 85th birthday, Columbia Records/RPM Records/Legacy Recordings will release Tony Bennett - The Complete Collection, an extraordinary compilation chronicling the entire career of the great American pop vocalist as documented in the albums and singles he's made for Columbia Records (beginning in 1952 through the present), as well as his recordings for Roulette (an historic encounter with Count Basie and Orchestra in 1959), MGM (1972-73), Improv (Bennett's own label from 1973-76) and Fantasy (a pair of sublime titles with pianist Bill Evans, released in 1975-76).

Broadway's most magical musical MARY POPPINS celebrates its 2000th performance at the New Amsterdam Theatre on Sunday, September 4. A co-production by Disney and Cameron Mackintosh, MARY POPPINS is the third Disney Theatrical Productions show (following Beauty and the Beast and The Lion King) and the fifth Cameron Mackintosh show (joining Cats, Les Misérables, The Phantom of the Opera and Miss Saigon) to play 2000 or more Broadway performances.

The Preparatory Department of the University of Cincinnati College?Conservatory of Music ('CCM Prep') is proud to announce the program for the upcoming 2011?2012 year. CCM Prep offers programs in music, dance and theatre arts. Music lessons in piano, orchestral instruments and voice for all ages and abilities are available. There are programs for students of all ages and abilities; many programs do not require auditions for students.

Neil Patrick Harris currently stars as Barney Stinson in the hit CBS series, 'How I Met Your Mother,' a role which has garnered him multiple Emmy and Golden Globe Award nominations, as well as a People's Choice Award for Favorite TV Comedy Actor. Harris recently tackled the leading role of Bobby in the New York Philharmonic's concert production of Stephen Sondheim's Company at Lincoln Center. He recently guest starred on Cartoon Network's Adventure Time! Click below to check it out!