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The Texas Repertory Theatre Co., NW Houston's critically acclaimed professional theatre begins its spring season with a sparkling production of James Goldman's brilliant theatrical classic, The Lion in Winter, opening January 24th and running through February 17th. Based on the history of Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitane's marriage and rule, Goldman's play has become a classic of the modern theatrical canon, and was the basis for an award-winning 1968 film.

Tom Hooper's big screen adaptation of LES MISERABLES has now officially surpassed the $100 million mark this weekend (Jan. 4-6). It is now the seventh most-profitable musical since 1974. TEXAS CHAINSAW 3D claimed the weekend box office with $23 million, LES MIS placed at number four.

As previously reported by BWW Movies World, J.J. Abrams gave a private screening of the highly anticipated film STAR TREK: INTO DARKNESS, for a lifelong fan of the franchise who was suffering from two forms of cancer. It's now known that the fan, Daniel Craft, passed away Friday night just hours after viewing the movie.

The Children's Playhouse of Maryland has just announced they will be holding auditions for their upcoming production of Disney's ALADDIN, JR on Jan. 23.

The Porters of Hellsgate present William Shakespeare's KING LEAR, starring Larry Cedar and directed by Thomas Bigley. Check out a first look at the production below!

An encore telecast of 'Saturday Night Live' (5.3 rating, 11 share in metered-market households) with host Louis C.K. and musical guest fun, dominated its time period with the highest 'SNL' average for an encore in four years, since the October 11, 2008 rebroadcast hosted by Michael Phelps with musical guest Lil Wayne (5.5/13).

Kicking off the 2013 Awards Season, The 24th Annual Palm Springs International Film Festival (PSIFF) Awards Gala, presented by Cartier, was held Saturday, January 5, 2013 at the Palm Springs Convention Center hosted by Mary Hart. Honorees were presented with an original Chihuly Glass Sculpture designed by Dale Chihuly or the John Kennedy 'The Entertainer' statue. The event is sponsored by Mercedes-Benz and Entertainment Tonight.

Former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and her husband, Mark Kelly, will speak exclusively to "ABC World News" anchor Diane Sawyer about an important new initiative they are launching. The interview will air January 8, 2013 on "World News with Diane Sawyer" - two years to the day after Giffords was shot in a Safeway parking lot in Tucson, Arizona. The interview will also be featured on "Good Morning America," "Nightline," as well as ABCNews.com, Newsmakers on Yahoo!, ABC News Radio and ABC's local affiliates.

The ShenanArts Ntelos Theatre in Staunton will be holding auditions for their upcoming production of FIDDLER ON THE ROOF, on Saturday, January 12, 2013 and Sunday, January 13, 2013; 1:30 ? 5:30 p.m. Aaron Crosby will direct, with Beverley Crosby set to produce.

Marty Thomas presents DIVA is a weekly show at Industry Bar in midtown Manhattan. Featuring a cast of Alexa Green (Wicked, Company), Kelly King (Babyface, Michael Bolton) and Marissa Rosen (My Big Gay Italian Wedding), it is hosted and produced by Marty Thomas (Xanadu, The Secret Garden and Wicked). DIVA celebrates fabulous female vocalists paying tribute to some of histories most over the top icons! The cast performs a brand new show every week with exciting new guests rotating.

Valentine's & Presidents' Weekend, February 14-17, 2013, will again be the time for mainstream jazz lovers from around the country (& world) to arrive in Newport Beach for "Right Down The Middle And Straight Ahead" Jazz at the Marriott Newport Beach Hotel & Spa. And for this year, a special Valentine's Jazz Dinner will be offered featuring world class jazz in the Pacific Coast Ballroom, followed by the first of four nights of jazz (starting 7:30 on Thursday and 7:00pm Friday-Sunday) on the main stage of the Grand Pacific Ballroom.

'Other People's Money,' Jerry Sterner's seriously funny play about Wall Street buccaneers and their hapless victims, will be the first production of the new year for the Hampton Theatre Company in Quogue. A near cult hit (especially with the investment banking crowd) when it first appeared on the New York stage in 1989, 'Other People's Money' tells a cautionary as well as extremely entertaining tale that is as timely in the era of Bernie Madoff and the 1 percent as it was in the go-go '80s. 'Other People's Money' opens on Thursday, January 10, and runs for three weekends, though January 27, at the Quogue Community Hall.

The Firehouse Theatre Project is pleased to announce the appointment of Jase Smith to the position of Interim Artistic Director. Smith is well known to the Richmond theatre community as a rising star director of shows that have earned many accolades including 24 Richmond Theatre Critic's Circle Awards nominations and eight awards in various categories.

For the first time ever, OGP, aka O.G. Productions, is presenting a season including taking part in the 1st ever Fort Wayne Fringe Festival and their annual Valentine's Day and Red, White and Boom shorts festivals at the St. James Tavern, in Columbus.

O.G. Productions will present Chaos is Guaranteed, an evening of four shorts originally written for and performed by OGP in previous collections as part of the first ever Fort Wayne Fringe Festival. Playwrights include Scott Tobin, Christopher Lockheardt, Tay Lane and Chris Lane. Showtimes are: Saturday February 1st at 9:30 and Sunday February 2nd at 2:30 at the Wunderkammer Company, 3402 Fairfield Ave., Fort Wayne, IN.

Anthony Logan Cole will join the Off-Broadway cast of Honestly Abe-The Musical in February 10th to play Tom Lincoln. Cole has numerous regional and international credits including the Original Middle East casts of Les Miserables (Javert) and Jekyll and Hyde (Jekyll/Hyde) as well as US productions of Beauty And The Beast (Beast), The Scarlet Pimpernel (Chauvelin), RENT (Mark and Benny), and AIDA (Radames). He also tours his concert "Just Misunderstood: Broadway's Villains and Misunderstood Characters".

On Tuesday, January 29th, 2013, giving back has never tasted so good! As a part of their ongoing effort to support local charities, Hartford's Thirty5 Bar & Grille will be donating 20% of all sales in their dining room from 5pm to 8pm to the local non-profit, performing arts theatre, Playhouse On Park (alcohol not included).

Miami, 1986. Divorced and over 60, substitute teacher Dorothy Zbornak is spending another lonely Friday night playing Scrabble with her mother, Sophia. With the help of her roommates, the slutty Blanche Devereaux and the phenomenally stupid Rose Nylund, she is determined to land herself a man, or at the very least, a date. But with the revelation that Rose's idiot exterior is actually a cover for a cocaine distribution mastermind, the ladies are suddenly plunged into a blood-soaked world of drugs, guns, and cheesecake.

Sundance Channel announced the greenlight of new original non-fiction series 'The Writers' Room.' Presented by Sundance Channel and Entertainment Weekly, the six episode half-hour series will take viewers where they have never been before - inside the writers' rooms of the television shows that are defining pop culture today. The announcement was made today by Sarah Barnett, Sundance Channel General Manager. The series is slated to premiere during the second half of 2013.

BBC AMERICA today announced the acquisition of the eight part ensemble drama Broadchurch starring David Tennant, Olivia Colman, Vicky McClure and Arthur Darvill. The series explores what happens to a small community when it suddenly becomes the focus of a major murder investigation and is subjected to the full glare of the media spotlight. Broadchurch will premiere as part of BBC AMERICA's groundbreaking drama block, Dramaville, in 2013.