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Multi-award-winning stage and screen star Kathy Bates discusses her desire to return to the place where she made her original mark in show business, the theatre, following her tenure on the hit FX anthology horror series AMERICAN HORROR STORY: COVEN, which may be expanded into a second season, Bates recently confirmed as part of a new interview.

“If there's one thing I've learned from Finn dying it's that shame is a wasted emotion,” Kurt (Chris Colfer) eloquently asserted mid-way through last night's unfortunately unavoidable and unabashedly emotional address of the passing of prominent GLEE cast member Cory Monteith, who portrayed star quarterback Finn Hudson on the series for its entire run until this year - and, unashamed was GLEE in its tribute to the fallen young star. And, unforgettable, as well.

Today, in honor of this week's biggest casting news, we salute multi-award-winning and awesomely accomplished stage, screen and soon-to-be SWEENEY TODD star Emma Thompson.

Currently riding high atop the country charts with her eighteenth straight #1 hit, music superstar and AMERICAN IDOL winner Carrie Underwood is deep in rehearsals for the new NBC live network TV presentation of Rodgers & Hammerstein's classic family-friendly musical THE SOUND OF MUSIC and she has taken to Twitter to share her enthusiasm for the project and also shed some light on her theatre-centric off-the-clock activities, as well - which may or may not include glass slippers!

Iconic Broadway mainstay and recognizable screen star Bernadette Peters continues her ongoing tour into 2014 with a series of new dates just added to her upcoming schedule, including shows in Texas, Oklahoma, Nebraska and Canada.

Maestro and master composer Leonard Bernstein shared his passion for music with the whole world via his incomparable series of televised concerts throughout the 1950s, '60s and '70s and at long last the second volume of Leonard Bernstein's YOUNG PEOPLE'S CONCERTS is now available to order, completing the series in its entirety as available on disc.

Multi-Tony Award-winning SPRING AWAKENING songwriter and popular pop/rock performer Duncan Sheik is set for an upcoming showcase at London's lauded venue Bush Hall and tickets are now on sale.

While THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA is the longest-running Broadway musical of all time, it has to settle for the number two spot on the West End, where it is bested by almost exactly one year for the top long-run trophy - but, it still deserves a party in honor of its 27th birthday!

The accomplished and impressive cast of the highly anticipated new musical IF/THEN, including headliners Idina Menzel and Anthony Rapp, can be spotted in new rehearsal shots just released of the actors in action while the show rehearses for its out-of-town tryout in Washington, D.C., opening next month.

Stage and screen superstar Benedict Cumberbatch essays the role of a lifetime in portraying controversial modern-day figure Julian Assange in the new Bill Condon-directed biopic THE FIFTH ESTATE and the release date for the highly anticipated film was moved up more than a month by distributor Disney, signaling the studio's faith in the project.

GLEE headliner and popular Broadway performer Matthew Morrison has just announced he will release a brand new holiday-themed EP album in time for this year's Christmas season, titled A CLASSIC CHRISTMAS, with US and international release dates now set.

A plethora of new photos depicting the recording sessions for the original Broadway cast recording of the short-lived 1965 musical DO I HEAR A WALTZ? written by Richard Rodgers, Stephen Sondheim and Arthur Laurents are now available to view courtesy of Masterworks Broadway.

GLEE stars Lea Michele, Matthew Morrison and Jane Lynch joined show creator Ryan Murphy for a panel attended by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association and discussed the upcoming tribute to real-life fallen GLEE star Cory Monteith as well as posed for a few shots for the camera, as well.

Legendary rock band The Who's remarkable 1969 opus TOMMY, the first rock opera, arrives in a new Super Deluxe Edition later this year and a new look inside the lavish release is available, as is a pre-order of the album set itself.

Popular recording artist, acclaimed vocalist and occasional actor Josh Groban is set to make a special guest appearance on tonight's 100th episode of outrageous comedy series IT'S ALWAYS SUNNY IN PHILADELPHIA and an amusing new promo has been released in anticipation of the celebratory edition of the long-running show.

The West End's longest-running musical is celebrating yet another milestone in its peerless theatrical legacy: an astounding 28 years onstage!

The original London cast recording of Andrew Lloyd Webber, Don Black and Christopher Hampton's new musical STEPHEN WARD is now available for pre-order and a first look at the album art has been revealed, as well.

The esteemed cast and crew of FX's hit horror anthology series American Horror Story discuss the new witch-themed third season, subtitled COVEN, as well as what viewers can anticipate in tonight's season premiere as part of a new behind

Two terrifying new viral videos showcasing the sights, sounds and scares soon to be on display when FX's hit horror anthology series AMERICAN HORROR STORY begins again this Wednesday night have arrived, including one that puts the viewer in the actual POV of a witch - in fitting with the third season theme, COVEN.

Internationally celebrated composer Andrew Lloyd Webber joined iconic West End stage star Elaine Paige for her BBC Radio 2 show Elaine Paige ON SUNDAY this week and touched upon a wide range of topics, including his thoughts on bringing his PHANTOM OF THE OPERA sequel, LOVE NEVER DIES, to the US.