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Talk Show Listings For Friday, September 21

The National Tour of THE BOOK OF MORMON, winner of nine Tony Awards including Best Musical, will play a strictly limited 12-week engagement from now through November 25, 2012 at the Pantages Theatre in Los Angeles. Opening was last night, and you can get an inside look at the star-studded red carpet below!

In an interview with The Hollywood Reporter, Josh Radnor, star of the hit CBS comedy HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER teased that the sitcom may be heading for a ninth and final season. In the show, Radnor portrays Ted Mosby, described as a 'hopelessly romantic, perpetually unlucky-in-love architect.'

Adult Swim announced today that the much-anticipated ROBOT CHICKEN DC Comics Special will officially kick off the sixth season of the Emmy Award(R)-winning series tonight, September 9th at Midnight (ET/PT).

The Pasadena Playhouse (Sheldon Epps, Artistic Director and Charles Dillingham, Interim Executive Director) and Lythgoe Family Productions, announced today casting and the creative team for A SNOW WHITE CHRISTMAS, featuring Ariana Grande (Nickelodeon's "Victorious") as "Snow White," an on-screen appearance by Neil Patrick Harris as "The Magic Mirror" and Charlene Tilton ("Dallas") as "The Wicked Queen." This inaugural "Panto at The Playhouse" production of A SNOW WHITE CHRISTMAS will be directed by Bonnie Lythgoe ("So You Think You Can Dance") with choreography by Spencer Liff (Emmy nominee "So You Think You Can Dance") and musical direction by Michael Orland ("American Idol"). Performances will begin December 13 through December 23, with a gala press opening night on Wednesday, December 12, 2012, at 7:00 p.m. at The Pasadena Playhouse.

Walk-on appearances in Broadway's biggest hits, on-set visits to television's most popular shows, lunch with Angela Lansbury, and the shirts off Hugh Jackman's and Ricky Martin's backs - literally - are among the priceless lots now available for pre-bidding as Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS presents the 26th Annual Broadway Flea Market & Grand Auction.

There will be no shortage of blow-ups, would-be disasters and drama as the team heads out on the road for some of the biggest installs ever, for A-list clientele such Neil Patrick Harris and his Hollywood 'Magic Castle' coming up on Saturday, September 15, at 9 PM (ET/PT).

GLEE returns to television on September 13 with a handful of new castmembers, including: Dean Geyer as Brody Weston, Melissa Benoist as Marley Rose, and Becca Tobin as Kitty, Kate Hudson and Sarah Jessica Parker. Check out just-released photos below from the second episode of the season, titled 'Britney 2.0,' as featured on Ohnotheydidnt.

Variety reports that a follow-up to Joss Whedon's 2008 Internet blockbuster DR. HORRIBLE'S SING-ALONG BLOG, starring Broadway vet Neil Patrick Harris is currently in the works. Whedon confirmed on Tuesday that he is hoping to begin production on the sequel 'within the next year.'

On hiatus from the AMC smash hit Mad Men, Vincent Kartheiser comes to the Bay Area to lead a vibrant cast in San Jose Rep's world premiere of the Jonathan Marc Feldman drama The Death of the Novel, directed by Rick Lombardo.The cast also includes Vaishnavi Sharma (Sheba), Patrick Jones, Zarah Mahler and Amy Pietz. Pietz is well-known to TV audiences for her roles in The Office, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Burn Notice, Nip/Tuck, The Closer and Private Practice.

In a new video clip released yesterday, Ike Barinholtz of the new FOX comedy 'The Mindy Project', gives viewers a sneak peek of the upcoming season of GLEE. Fans get a chance to see more of Kate Hudson portraying Rachel's NYADA no-nonsense dance teacher. There's also a humorous introduction by Cory Monteith. Check it out below!

A Co-Production between Arizona Theatre Company and San Jose Repertory Theatre, Next to Normal will open September 15 in Tucson. The show will feature the talents of Joe Cassidy, Kendra Kassebaum, Mark Farrell, A.J. Holmes, Andrea Ross, and Jonathan Shew.

This season on HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER, the story continues… and some of the fans' favorite characters will return to help tell it. Chris Elliot, Bob Odenkirk, Joe Manganiello, Ashley Williams, Michael Trucco and many others will be back to pick up where they left off.

I am excited to announce that we will produce a one-night-only reunion of our Tony Award winning production of Assassins as a Benefit Concert Reading. This masterwork by Stephen Sondheim and John Weidman will again be directed by Joe Mantello, along with the return of Paul Gemignani as Music Director.

Take a trip down memory lane below, with photos from opening night back in 2004!

Take a trip down memory lane below, with photos from the show's Gyspy Robe ceremony back in 2004!

Wondering what to expect from the all-star cast reunion? Refresh your memory by checking out their performance at the 2004 Tony Awards below!

On hiatus from the AMC smash hit Mad Men, Vincent Kartheiser comes to the Bay Area to lead a vibrant cast in San Jose Rep's world premiere of the Jonathan Marc Feldman drama The Death of the Novel, directed by Rick Lombardo.The cast also includes Vaishnavi Sharma (Sheba), Patrick Jones, Zarah Mahler and Amy Pietz. Pietz is well-known to TV audiences for her roles in The Office, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Burn Notice, Nip/Tuck, The Closer and Private Practice.

The 2012 Do Something Awards honor 'the nation's best, young world-changers, 25 and under' for community service and were presented and taped on August 19, 2012, at the Barker Hangar in Santa Monica, Calif. Among the nominees are GLEE and its stars Lea Michele and Cory Monteith, Evita's Ricky Martin (alongside Nicki Minaj in the style category), Death of a Salesman's Andrew Garfield, Broadway, movie and television star Neil Patrick Harris, and American Idol and American Idiot alumnus Adam Lambert. The ceremony will be broadcast tonight, August 21 at 9 p.m. ET on VH1.

Reuniting for one night only are the stars of the 2004 Tony Award winning production: Becky Ann Baker (Sara Jane Moore), James Barbour (Leon Czolgosz), Mario Cantone (Samuel Byck), Michael Cerveris (John Wilkes Booth), Mary Catherine Garrison (Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme), Alexander Gemignani (John Hinckley), Neil Patrick Harris (Balladeer/Lee Harvey Oswald), Marc Kudisch (Proprietor), Jeffrey Kuhn (Giuseppe Zangara) and Denis O'Hare (Charles Guiteau).