Kristin Chenoweth News

Jason Aldean, Lady Antebellum, Dierks Bentley, Luke Bryan and Little Big Town are set to perform at the AMERICAN COUNTRY AWARDS (ACA) airing live from Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas Monday, Dec. 10 (8:00-10:00 PM ET live/PT tape-delayed) on FOX.

New York's newest theater company Breaking Bread Theatre, under the leadership of Co-Artistic Directors Joe Calarco and Jen Waldman, with Third Coast Creative, present a developmental lab of the new musical Ella Minnow Pea by Larson Award-winning writers Scott Burkell and Paul Loesel. The invitation-only presentations will be held tonight, October 25 - 26.

On the next episode of GLEE, titled, 'The Role You Were Born to Play,' the school production of Grease is underway, and Marley (Melissa Benoist), Jake (Jacob Artist), Kitty (Becca Tobin) and football player Ryder (Blake Jenner) compete to play "Danny" and "Sandy." Meanwhile, former Glee clubbers Mercedes (Amber Riley) and Mike (Harry Shum Jr.) return to cast the play, and Mr. Schuester (Matthew Morrison) struggles with a difficult decision. Check out photos from the episode below!

Just in time for Halloween, the first national tour of the new musical The Addams Family, will make its Seattle premiere tonight, October 24-November 11, 2012 at The 5th Avenue Theatre. Based on the bizarre and beloved family of characters created by legendary cartoonist Charles Addams, this smash Broadway hit brings the darkly delirious world of Gomez, Morticia, Uncle Fester, Grandma, Wednesday, Pugsley and, of course, Lurch to spooky and spectacular life.

On the Halloween episode of NBC's UP ALL NIGHT titled 'MA'AM'D,' Ava (Maya Rudolph) learns her neighbors aren't so fond of her, she teams up with Walter (guest star Sean Hayes) to give the neighborhood a haunted house like they have never seen before. Get a sneak peek below!

TVGuide.com reports that T.R. Knight will be a guest star on CBS's THE GOOD WIFE. The actor joins a roster of celebrity guest stars on the legal drama including Amanda Peet, Christina Ricci, Nathan Lane and Kristin Chenoweth. No details have been revealed as to the character he will portray.

New York City Center will celebrate the 20th Anniversary of its Tony Award-winning Encores! series on November 12 with a Gala Benefit starring Raul Esparza and Kelli O'Hara, and featuring performers who have starred in Encores! productions over the past two decades.

Zoellner Arts Center at Lehigh University presents "An Evening with Kristin Chenoweth," for its premier fundraiser Gala2012 tonight, October 20, 2012. Tony and Emmy Award winner Chenoweth will replace Katharine McPhee who had to withdraw from the evening's performance for immediate medical reasons.

Watch this hilarious video on Funny or Die featuring Betty White and Ben Feldman from 'Mad Men' as they get ready for American Humane Association Hero Dog AwardsTM. The clip will be featured in two-hour broadcast of Hero Dog Awards hosted by Kristin Chenoweth on Hallmark Channel on November 8.

Barbara Cook returns to Carnegie Hall to celebrate her 85th birthday tonight, October 18 at 8:00 p.m. with a special performance in Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage.

Grammy Award winner Mika's new album The Origin of Love was released on October 8, and it includes the track, 'Popular Song.' The tune samples 'Popular' from Broadway's WICKED, originally sung by Kristin Chenoweth. Check out his performance of the tune at Webster Hall below!

Ted Sod, Education Dramaturg, interviewed Stephanie J Block tabout her work on The Mystery of Edwin Drood.

Bravo Media's Sunday night episode of WATCH WHAT HAPPENS LIVE, hosted by Andy Cohen with guests Melissa Gorga of "The Real Housewives of New Jersey" and Mario Lopez, earned over 2 million total viewers and 1 million adults 18- 49, up 13 percent and 21 percent, respectively, from last week's episode (10/7/12), according to Nielsen.

Bravo Media's Sunday night episode of 'Watch What Happens Live,' hosted by Andy Cohen with guests Melissa Gorga of 'The Real Housewives of New Jersey' and Mario Lopez, earned over 2 million total viewers and 1 million adults 18- 49, up 13 percent and 21 percent, respectively, from last week's episode (10/7/12), according to Nielsen. This was the highest rated episode of the season to date among adults 18-49.

In Pigeon House by Honor Molloy opens tomorrow night, October 17th and runs through November 18th, 2012 at the Den Theatre (1333 N. Milwaukee Avenue) in Chicago. Get a preview of the show in the video below!

Amandine, ten years in the making, is a collaboration between three of New York City's most distinctive theater artists: Winter Miller, 13P founding member who penned In Darfur (The Public Theater), among other acclaimed plays; Lance Horne, Emmy Award-winning composer and pianist known for his own work and collaborations with Alan Cumming, Amanda Palmer, Meow Meow, Sandra Bernhard and Justin Vivian Bond; and Drama Desk Award- winning director Josh Hecht (Christine Jorgensen Reveals), who specializes in new plays. Amandine is a singular love story, inspired by the incredible memoirs of Herculine Barbin, a 19th century intersex person who was raised a girl and died a man. The ensemble cast includes Broadway veterans Lea DeLaria, Nathan Lee Graham and Alexandra Silber, in a world premiere at the Cherry Lane Theatre (38 Commerce Street) main stage January 8-26, 2013.

Seanachaí Theatre Company has announced its 2012-13 Season 'Rag-Tags and Wayward Souls', featuring the World Premiere of IN PIGEON HOUSE by Honor Molloy, tonight, October 17 - November 18, 2012.

BroadwayWorld.com has exclusively learned the cast for an upcoming late October reading of SOAP DISH THE MUSICAL, directed by Rob Ashford, with a book by Robert Harling, music by George Stiles and Lyrics by Anthony Drewe.

Versatile raconteur Garrison Keillor will return to the New York Philharmonic as narrator and vocalist for Mr. Keillor at 70 with pianist Richard Dworsky and vocalist Christine DiGiallonardo tonight, October 16, 2012, at 7:30 p.m. in an evening conducted by conductor and pianist Rob Fisher.