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Rehearsals begin today and full casting is confirmed for the Broadway transfer of the Kennedy Center's acclaimed production of James Goldman and Stephen Sondheim's FOLLIES, directed by Eric Schaeffer, with choreography by Warren Carlyle and music direction by James Moore. FOLLIES will begin previews on Sunday, August 7, 2011 and open on Monday, September 12, 2011 at the Marquis Theatre. Tickets are now on sale.

What drives our loyalties? How do we say what we mean? What is it worth to be a pretty girl? Greg, Steph, Kent and Carly are plagued by these questions and their own struggles to find the answers - whether or not they are aware of these dilemmas remains to be seen... The Second Season of Duke City Repertory Theatre opens with this biting, visceral exploration of relationships, scathingly crafted by acclaimed playwright Neil LaBute.

DONOR The Musical -- a raucous, edgy look at what happens when a college-aged sperm donor grows up and gets an unexpected visit from his five teenage offspring -- is expected to have its first workshop production in the Spring 2013. DONOR The Musical is an irreverent, honest, and funny pop-rock musical about contemporary families in America, where the definition of 'parent' and 'child' are constantly evolving.

Michael Feinstein joins the Los Angeles Philharmonic conducted by Jack Everly and special guests Wayne Brady, Florence Henderson, Cheyenne Jackson and Dick Van Dyke and the Vantastix, for Michael Feinstein and the Singing Stars of Television at the Hollywood Bowl on Friday and Saturday, July 29 and 30, at 8:30 p.m. The evening features classic and popular songs from the Great American Songbook - from Gershwin and Berlin to New Orleans jazz and Broadway musicals.

Gossip Girl star Zuzanna Szadkowski recently stopped by PIX11 where she chatted about what's in store for for television character, Dorota, as well as her role in the off-Broadway production of LOVE, LOSS, AND WHAT I WORE. Click below to check out the interview!

The American Theatre Wing's 66th Annual Tony Awards will return to New York City's Beacon Theatre in June 2012. This will be the second year in a row that the show will be broadcast live from The Beacon Theatre, which is part of the Madison Square Garden portfolio of venues. The theatre holds 2,894 seats, which is 3,000 seats less than its previous home of Radio City Music Hall.

You've seen her on Broadway. You've seen her light up the screen as Kristen Bell's co-star in the largely unseen art film, 'When in Rome.' You've seen her passed out in various gutters throughout New York City. Now, NATALIE JOY JOHNSON conquers the filthiest gutter of them all: Ars Nova!

The Public Theater announced the first Public Forum of the 2011-2012 season, 'The 9/11 Decade: New York and America After the Towers.' Moderated by Alec Baldwin, the discussion will immediately follow the 7:30 p.m. performance of Richard Nelson's Sweet and Sad at The Public Theater on Thursday, September 8. Additional guests to be announced at a later date.

Broadway veteran Megan Hilty, who will soon star in the highly anticipated NBC series SMASH, was in attendance at Comic Con International last weekend in San Diego as part of the cast of the upcoming animated film 'Dorothy of OZ.' Titled 'Further Over the Rainbow: Dorothy of OZ', the panel featured the first ever screening of footage of the film, a Q&A, and a song from the film. In the videos below, Hilty chats aout working on NBC's Smash and lending her voice to Dorothy of Oz. Click below to hear what she has to say!

According to the Hollywood Reporter, stage veteran John Good man will star in a multi-episode arc on NBC's 'Community.' Good man will play the 'vice dean of Greendale's well-known air conditioning program.'

From July 20 through August 2, 'In Rehearsal', a display of photographs drawn from the Lia Chang Theater Portfolio in the Library of Congress' Asian American Pacific Islander Collection, is on view in the Library of Congress' Asian Division Reading Room, located in Room 150 of the Thomas Jefferson Building, 10 First Street S.E., Washington, D.C. The hours of the Library of Congress' Asian Division Reading Room are 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.

Cut loose and kick off your Sunday shoes with Footloose, opening at the Cape Playhouse in Dennis, Massachusetts. Fresh off a wonderfully received and critically acclaimed run of The Graduate, the Cape Playhouse shows no signs of slowing down as they plow full speed ahead with the explosive and rocking musical Footloose.

It's been 22 years since Dr Frank N. Furter last threw a party on the Bathurst Street Theatre stage. The doctor is due to strut his way back into the historic theatre this July in a production of Richard O'Brien's The Rocky Horror Show. The production features the Randolph Academy College Program's Class of 2011 under the direction of Thomas Morgan Jones (The Winter's Tale-Stratford Festival), with musical direction by Jeannie Wyse (The Sound of Music-Mirvish) and choreography by Kerry Gage (Triple Sensation, Camelot-Stratford Festival).

Lincoln Center Theater has announced that Michael Aronov, Jeremy Davidson, Robert Hogan, Jefferson Mays, Andrés Munar, Paul Niebanck, John Procaccino, Liv Rooth, Gabriel Ruiz, Pej Vahdat, Andrew Weems and Bernard White will be featured in its upcoming production of BLOOD AND GIFTS, a new play by J.T. Rogers, to be directed by Bartlett Sher, beginning Thursday, October 27 at the Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater (150 West 65 Street). Opening night is Monday, November 21.

Broadway favorite Audra McDonald has just announced her full itinerary for her upcoming Fall concert tour, which launches from Philadelphia's Kimmel Center on October 1. McDonald's full tour schedule is as follows:

Ian Rickson's new production of Harold Pinter's Betrayal, starring Kristin Scott Thomas, Douglas Henshall and Ben Miles, is currently playingat the Comedy Theatre in the West End. Betrayal, produced by Sonia Friedman Productions, is booking until 20 August 2011.

The Tony Award-winning musical AVENUE Q celebrated same-sex marriage in the State of New York yesterday, July 24th when two of the show's stars - same-sex puppets Rod and Ricky -- exchanged vows in tandem with their flesh and blood Brothers and Sisters (and straight couples, too!), who were married on the historic day of same-sex marriage in New York. Go inside the ceremony by clicking below!

Tony Award winner Idina Menzel will return to GLEE for a season three arc, according to reports from Deadline. Menzel could appear in up to 12 episodes throughout the season. The result of her return, however, is that part of her current concert tour will be postponed. She writes on her website: 'Friends, as many of you know I am extremely excited about returning to Glee, yet it comes with one drawback, which is that due to my filming schedule I will have to cancel a majority of my upcoming November tour dates, which I am so disappointed about. I hope you can understand. I was truly looking forward to seeing all of you and will do my best to make it up to you as soon as I can. Lots of love, Idina.'

Blake Whyte (of Broadway's Wicked and currently Mamma Mia!) is appearing live at the Living Room on Sunday, August, 7 at 8:00 P.M. As a singer and songwriter, Blake has performed his original music at Lincoln Center's Rose Studio and at Rockwood Music Hall. Inspiring, healing, soulful, and sexy are just a few adjectives that describe Blake Whyte's real and heartfelt sound. Blake will be accompanied by his five-piece band, comprised of Paul Wyatt, Alex Wyatt, Amanda Gookin, Curtis Stewart and Eric Day. Check out and listen to more at www.blakewhyte.com.

The programs for the Los Angeles Philharmonic concerts scheduled for Friday, September 30 through Sunday, October 2 and Thursday and Friday, October 20 and 21; as well as the concerts that open the American Orchestra series hosted at Davies Symphony Hall by the San Francisco Symphony, Sunday, October 23, and Monday, October 24, have been changed. Stravinsky's Symphony in C, originally scheduled for September 30 - October 2, and October 24, has been replaced by Esteban Benzecry's Rituales Amerindios, and the two works by John Adams - Short Ride in a Fast Machine and Tromba lontana - have been switched.