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Missed Saturday night's livestream Q&A with the cast and filmmakers of Disney's INTO THE WOODS? We've got the full archive here, as well as pictures below! The Q&A included the film's stars Meryl Streep, Emily Blunt, James Corden, Anna Kendrick, Chris Pine, Tracey Ullman, Christine Baranski, director Rob Marshall, and screenwriter James Lapine.

Missed Saturday night's livestream Q&A with the cast and filmmakers of Disney's INTO THE WOODS? We've got the full archive below. The Q&A included the film's stars Meryl Streep, Emily Blunt, James Corden, Anna Kendrick, Chris Pine, Tracey Ullman, Christine Baranski, director Rob Marshall, and screenwriter James Lapine.

In the scene below, The Baker (James Corden) and his wife (Emily Blunt) get an unexpected visit from The Witch (Meryl Streep).

Disney has shared a first look at 'Stay With Me', a number performed by Meryl Streep in the highly anticipated big screen adaptation of INTO THE WOODS.

Tune-In tonight, November 22nd at 9:30pm EST, 6:30pm PST to a livestream Q&A with the cast and filmmakers of Disney's INTO THE WOODS, including a first-look at an exclusive featurette from the film. The Q&A will include the film's stars Meryl Streep, Emily Blunt, James Corden, Anna Kendrick, Chris Pine, Tracey Ullman, Christine Baranski, director Rob Marshall, and screenwriter James Lapine.

Christmas is coming early for INTO THE WOODS fans! Tonight, at 9:30 pm ET/6:30 pm PT, Yahoo! Movies is hosting a special Q&A event with the cast including Meryl Streep, Emily Blunt, James Corden, Anna Kendirck, Chris Pine, Tracey Ullman, and Christine Baranski (sorry, friends, no Johnny Depp), as well as director Rob Marshall and screenwriter James Lapine. Who knows what they're going to chat about. Anything can happen! That's why we're here. We'll be updating live as the event unfolds, posting any clever and/or witty comment made by the cast, any breaking news, and pretty much anything else that we find interesting. If you're fan of the Sondheim-penned musical, or of anyone involved in the film, for that matter, you won't want to miss this.

ET recently interviewed INTO THE WOODS composer and Broadway legend Stephen Sondheim and actress Meryl Streep about adapting the iconic fairytale musical for the big screen. Streep talked about seeing the original Broadway production, starring Bernadette Peters as The Witch, while Sondheim spoke to EW about casting Streep in the part. Watch below!

Good morning, BroadwayWorld! Because we know all our readers eat, sleep and breathe Broadway, what could be better than waking up to it? This weekend's big news: POCATELLO begins off-Broadway, PATTI ISSUES returns to NYC, plus CHICAGO hits a milestone and 'A PARTICLE OF DREAD' opens on Sunday!

PITCH PERFECT 2 stars Brittany Snow, Hailee Steinfeld and Anna Camp stopped by this morning's TODAY to talk about the upcoming sequel to the musical comedy and share the first official trailer.

The Abbey has announced that Broadway and screen star Jeremy Jordan will be the first performer in The Abbey's brand new Broadway Spotlight Series. Jeremy will perform his solo cabaret Breaking Character, previously seen at NYC's 54 Below, on January 5 at 8 p.m.

Below, check out the full trailer for PITCH PERFECT 2. The sequel stars Elizabeth Banks, Anna Kendrick, Rebel Wilson and Hailee Steinfeld and hits theaters on May 15, 2015.

BWW earlier reported the sad news that EGOT winner and entertainment icon Mike Nichols passed away suddenly on Wednesday. Friends and colleagues have already turned to Twitter to express their sorrow at the unexpected news. BWW will continue to update the reactions as they are posted.

Good morning, BroadwayWorld! Because we know all our readers eat, sleep and breathe Broadway, what could be better than waking up to it? Today's big news: John Lithgow and Glenn Close star in A DELICATE BALANCE, opening tonight on Broadway, LITTLE DANCER opens in D.C., Idina Menzel appears in an afternoon concert and more!

BroadwayWorld.com continues our exclusive content series, in collaboration with The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, which delves into the library's unparalleled archives, and resources. Below, check out a piece by Doug Reside (Lewis and Dorothy Cullman Curator for the Billy Rose Theatre Division) on THE LAST FIVE YEARS:

54 BELOW, Broadway's Supper Club, presents 'The Sound Of Music Nuns' Christmas Party' on December 12, 2014 at 9:30 pm. It's been one year since you saw them on national TV in THE SOUND OF MUSIC LIVE!, but these sisters have reunited and are hosting the season's best and most irreverent Christmas party! Celebrate the season at 54 Below with an evening of holiday spirit, majestic choral singing and hilarious storytelling from some of the finest female voices on Broadway. Featuring Cameron Adams, Wendi Bergamini, Catherine Brunell, Paula Leggett Chase, Margot de La Barre, Rayanne Gonzales, Joy Hermalyn, Leah Horowitz, Autumn Hurlbert, Andrea Jones-Sojola, Jessica Molaskey, Sydney Morton, Elena Shaddow, Laura Shoop, Georgia Stitt and Rema Webb.

Hollywood's legendary El Capitan Theatre presents a special engagement of Disney's 'Into The Woods,' from Dec. 25, 2014 - Jan. 11, 2015. In addition, El Capitan guests have the opportunity to be among the first to see the film at a special advance screening on Dec. 24 at 7 p.m., complete with prizes and giveaways. Scroll down for stills from the film!

According to Variety, Anna Kendrick and J.K. Simmons are currently in talks to join Ben Affleck in Bill Dubuque's THE ACCOUNTANT, which has been in development since 2011. WARRIOR's Gavin O'Connor will direct for Warner Bros.