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The Pasadena Playhouse just opened the west coast premiere of the new musical TWIST - An American Musical by William F. Brown and Tina Tippit (book), Tena Clark (lyrics and music) and Gary Prim (music). Golden Globe and multi-Emmy Award-winner Debbie Allen directs a cast of 31 performers led by Tamyra Gray ('American Idol,' Rent and Bombay Dreams) and Cleavant Derricks (Tony Award-winner, Dreamgirls). The five-week limited engagement performs June 14 - July 17, 2011 with the official press opening on June 26, 2011 at The Pasadena Playhouse (39 S. El Molino Avenue).

According to TVLine.com, stage and screen star James Gandolfini was in talks to join NBC's 'The Office,' but turned down the role because he 'wasn't interested in joining Dunder Mifflin's ranks on a full-time basis.' As previosly reported, James Spader is actually in talks to replace Kathy Bates as the CEO of Dunder Mifflin.

Theatre in the Round Players (TRP) presents the musical The Fantasticks in performances July 8-31, 2011.

ROGER, THE CHICKEN is a four-part comedy centering on an eccentric hipster named Roger who dresses like a chicken. Yeah, he's that cool. Join Roger (played by writer/creator Matthew-Lee Erlbach) as he struggles to find success in his relationship, stand up career, and 'day jobs,' while navigating his way through a world with its own set of social conventions. 'Part One: Therapy' is already up online at www.RogertheChicken.com and youtube.com/RogerChicken. Part two premieres Sunday, July 3, with the following parts premiering on the next two Sundays.

The Way Off Broadway Dinner Theatre's 2011 Season continues this summer when it brings the smash hit musical comedy Hairspray to the stage. Hairspray is another in a line of shows that have had their regional or area premiere at Way Off Broadway.

In celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Utah Shakespeare Festival, a number of entities have come together to showcase the Festival in seven different exhibits. Guests will better understand the Festival's history by visiting these exhibits and seeing fifty years unfold through photos, programs, posters, displays, and a special showing of Shakespeare's First Folio.

The National Music Theater Conference, artistic director Paulette Haupt, will presents its first two shows of the season, Unknown Soldier, with Book and Lyrics by Daniel Goldstein and Lyrics and Music by Michael Friedman, and Son of a Gun with Book by Chris Cragin and Don Chaffer and Lyrics and Music by Don Chaffer.

PRISCILLA QUEEN OF THE DESERT's Oscar and Tony Award winning costume designer Lizzy Gardiner is featured with an AOL 'You've Got...' video feature, sharing the inspiration behind her and partner Tim Chappel's acclaimed costume designs for the new hit musical. Click below to check it out!

SISTER ACT features an original score with music by multi-Academy, Grammy and Golden Globe Award-winning composer Alan Menken (Little Shop of Horrors, Beauty and the Beast, The Little Mermaid and Enchanted), lyrics by Tony and Academy Award-nominee Glenn Slater (The Little Mermaid), and a book by multi-Emmy Award winners Cheri and Bill Steinkellner ('Cheers') with additional book material by Tony and Olivier Award nominee Douglas Carter Beane (Xanadu, The Little Dog Laughed).

Think you've got what it takes to perform in a great big Broadway show? Here's your chance! On Thursday, July 7, 2011, open call auditions for the first-ever Broadway revival of Stephen Schwartz's landmark rock musical GODSPELL are set to begin at 10 a.m. at The Actors Chapel in midtown Manhattan (239 West 49th Street, between Broadway and 8th Avenue). Auditions will continue until 5 p.m.

Justin Guarini will make his Media Theatre debut this fall in the Kander and Ebb musical 'Chicago'. The show, which opens the theatre's 2011-2012 Broadway Series, runs September 28-November 6.

Michael Feinstein, the multi-platinum selling, five-time Grammy-nominated singer, pianist, and musical anthropologist has devoted his career to the rediscovery, preservation, and performance of the historic material we know as 'American Popular Song.' On May 12th, 2011 in the newly completed, one hundred sixty million dollar Palladium in Carmel, Indiana, a state-of-the-art concert hall already hailed by critics and performers alike as one of America's premier music venues, Michael Feinstein presented an evening dedicated to The Sinatra Legacy - an exploration of the writers, music, and performers of that fabulous era when Frank Sinatra reigned supreme. MICHAEL FEINSTEIN: THE SINATRA LEGACY is part of special programming premiering on PBS stations in August 2011 (check local listings).

On tomorrow's episode of Secrets of New York: Theatre as Kelly Choi uncovers the most enduring mysteries from the City's theatre district. Click below to catch a sneak peek!

The Marriott Theatre's summer audiences will tap, clap and cheer to the sensational sounds of the 60s with a brand new version of the fun-filled musical SHOUT! This highly anticipated production will preview June 15, open June 24 and run through August 14, 2011. The talents of multi-Jeff Award winning Director and Choreographer Rachel Rockwell, Music Director Dr. Ryan Nelson, and the Marriott Theatre's Lead Artistic Director Andy Hite are all brought together to put a unique new twist on this musical celebration. With its irresistible blend of music, dance, and top-notch production values, this swingin' musical will make you want to jump out of your seat and SHOUT!

Joining Marcus Brigstocke in Damian Cruden's Olivier award-winning production of The Railway Children which returns to Waterloo Station this summer, are Pandora Cliffford as Mother, David Baron as the Old Gentleman, Mark Holgate as Jim, Elizabeth Keats as Mrs Perks, Tim Lewis as Peter, Stephen Beckett as the Father and Doctor, Amy Noble as Roberta, Blair Plant as Shepansky, Amanda Prior as Mrs Viney and Cook and Grace Rowe as Phyllis. They are joined by ensemble members Francesca Ellis, Felicity Houlbrooke and James Rigby.

If It Only Even Runs A Minute 7 is the seventh edition of this series of rare songs, behind-the-scenes tales, and inspiring photos from Broadway musicals that may not have been fully appreciated the first time around. The show features performances and stories from original cast members and writers of several of the featured shows. This is an essential concert for musical theatre nerds.

Grammy Award-winner Olivia Newton-John visited Off-Broadway's Cherry Lane Theatre (38 Commerce Street) on Friday, June 24, for a preview of MANIPULATION, a new play by Victoria E. Calderon. Ms. Newton-John, star of Grease and Xanadu, joined actors Brendan McMahon, Saundra Santiago, playwright Victoria E. Calderon, Marina Squerciati, Jeremy Stiles Holm, Robert Bogue, Rafi Silver, Gabriel Furman and John-Patrick Driscoll. MANIPULATION, a provocative new play about one woman's struggle for freedom and self-discovery in a world where the relationships we all cling to - mother and child, husband and wife - become a swirl of games, deception and surprise, directed by Will Pomerantz, opens Tuesday, June 28.

Theatre star Ramin Karimloo is set to tour the UK in October, making stops in Bristol, Manchester and Birmingham. The concerts will feature songs from South Pacific, The Phantom of the Opera, Miss Saigon, Les Miserables, Love Never Dies and Sunset Boulevard.

Christy Brandt stars as an eccentric and deeply artistic soul who transforms her home into a strange and wonderful work of art. But both her home - her Mecca, she calls it - and her reluctance to enter an old-age home, are unsettling to her traditional South African community. Written by Athol Fugard and directed by internationally renowned theatre artist, Nagle Jackson, this breathtaking play illuminates the perpetual conflict between young and old, individuality and convention, and the darkness and light in one's own life.

Phantom - The Las Vegas Spectacular celebrated its fifth anniversary on Thursday, June 23 with a champagne toast on stage led by 'The Phantom' himself, Anthony Crivello. The Las Vegas production of the worldwide favorite is enjoying enduring success that few other Las Vegas productions have achieved and proves that 'Broadway' can and does flourish in Las Vegas. Following the toast, the full Phantom-The Las Vegas Spectacular company gathered to take a photo on the Masquerade staircase. Check out photos from the celebration below!