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Sitcom star and comedian Billy Gardell, will perform at The Orleans Showroom July 27 and 28.

REBECCA, the new musical based on the classic novel by Daphne du Maurier novel, has found its male and female leads: Jill Paice will play the role of "I" and Ryan Silverman the role of "Maxim de Winter." REBECCA will open on Broadway Sunday, November 18 at The Broadhurst Theatre. Previews will begin Tuesday, October 30.

The Drama Desk Award-winning Celebrity Autobiography returns with its new edition Celebrity Autobiography: The Next Chapter, Monday, June 25 at 7pm. Celebrity Autobiography: The Next Chapter performs at the Triad Theater, 158 West 72 Street. The cast is scheduled to include Tony Danza, Rachel Dratch, Marsha Mason, Eugene Pack, Dayle Reyfel, Sherri Shepherd, Michael Urie, and Alan Zweibel.

The new musical adaptation of ROCKY has set casting for its German premiere, which will open this November in Hamburg under the direction of PETER AND THE STARCATCHER Tony nominee Alex Timbers.

Lisa D'Amour's play Detroit premiered at Steppenwolf Theatre in 2010, directed by Austin Pendleton, and was scheduled to open on Broadway in the 2011/12 season.

The new musical adaptation of ROCKY opened in Germany this year prior to a Broadway run in 2013; the cast for the developmental lab featured Andy Karl as Rocky, Glenn Flesher as Pauly and Tricia Paoluccio as Adrienne. Check out the behind the scenes video with rehearsal footage and interviews with co-producer Vladimir Klitschko discussing how his team turned the stage into a boxing ring below!

CMT has inked a development deal with actor and former WWE superstar Steve Austin, tapping him as host of a new 10-episode series REDNECK ISLAND, it was announced today by Jayson Dinsmore, EVP, Programming and Development, CMT.

THE EXPENDABLES 2 is set to hit theaters on August 17, 2012 from Lions Gate Entertainment. To get a look at the new trailer for the upcoming film, click below!

As first reported on The Hollywood Reporter, Sylvester Stallone is set to star in an animated web series to be called SOUL SURVIVOR. The project will be made by Lionsgate,the studio behind The Expendables and its upcoming sequel featuring Stallone.

Digitalspy.com reports that Lady GaGa and Justin Bieber will appear as aliens in the highly-anticipated upcoming sequel MEN IN BLACK III. The film's director Barry Sonnenfeld confirmed the news in a recent interview, suggesting that they will appear on an 'alien surveillance board.'

Today we are continuing BroadwayWorld's exclusive multi-part InDepth InterView series focusing on the New York Pops 29th Birthday Gala concert celebrating the music and musicals of Lynn Ahrens & Stephen Flaherty, JOURNEY ON, that will take place at Carnegie Hall on April 30 at 7 PM, by talking to the musical half of the Tony Award-winning songwriting team, Stephen Flaherty.

Sylvester Stallone will receive the 'CinemaCon Career Achievement Award,' it was announced today by the convention's managing director, Mitch Neuhauser.

Lynn Ahrens ist eine Frau mit vielen Facetten. Seit über 30 Jahren arbeitet sie mit dem Komponisten Stephen Flaherty zusammen und schrieb mit ihm die Musicals Ragtime, Seussical:The Musical und die Musik zu den animierten Film Anastasia (Oscar-Nominierung). Derzeit befindet sich ihr neustes Werk Rocky, basierend auf dem Oscar gekrönten Film von 1975 mit Sylvester Stallone, in Pre-Production und wird im November Welturaufführung im Operettenhaus Hamburg feiern. Mein Kollege Pat Cerasaro sprach mit Lynn Ahrens über dieses Projekt.

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Today we are kicking off BroadwayWorld's exclusive multi-part InDepth InterView series focusing on the New York Pops 29th Birthday Gala concert celebrating the music and musicals of Lynn Ahrens & Stephen Flaherty, JOURNEY ON, that will take place at Carnegie Hall on April 30 at 7 PM by taking to the lyricist half of the lauded Tony Award-winning songwriting team herself, the thoughtful and candid Lynn Ahrens. In a wide-ranging conversation covering many of her theatrical collaborations with Stephen Flaherty from their first musical, LUCKY STIFF, in the 1980s, to their Tony-winning success with RAGTIME in the 1990s, to their astounding slate of shows since - SEUSSICAL: THE MUSICAL, DESSA ROSE and THE GLORIOUS ONES included - all the way up to 2012 and their new musical in pre-production in Germany, ROCKY, based on the iconic 1975 Oscar-winning Sylvester Stallone-starring boxing film. Ahrens also shares firsthand news on the new Ahrens & Flaherty musical based on the art and life of Degas and the upcoming feature film version of LUCKY STIFF, directed by Christopher Ashley, as well as reflects on her work for the stage, page and screen outside of her work with Flaherty - songs for SCHOOLHOUSE ROCK and songs for the hit indie musical film CAMP among them. Plus, Ahrens shares her enthusiasm for her many collaborators and the performers famous for interpreting her work as well as relates her excitement for the star-studded JOURNEY ON concert spectacular at Carnegie Hall. All of that and much, much more!

Billy Gardell, originally scheduled to play the VAN WEZEL PERFORMING ARTS HALL on Friday, April 20, 2012 at 8pm has cancelled his Florida Tour.

MotorCity Casino Hotel will welcome comedian Billy Gardell at Sound Board on Thursday, April 12 at 8:00 p.m.

The Drama Desk Award-winning Celebrity Autobiography returns with its new edition, Celebrity Autobiography: The Next Chapter, to the Triad Theater Monday, April 9 at 7pm. Celebrity Autobiography: The Next Chapter performs at the Triad Theater, 158 West 72 Street.

To celebrate Jazz Appreciation Month, Louis Armstrong House Museum (LAHM) Historic House Tours will highlight one-of-a-kind portraits featured in Louis and Lucille's home by noted artists: Calvin Bailey, Tony Bennett, Samuel Countee and LeRoy Neiman throughout the month of April.

"The Hunger Games" star Liam Hemsworth, "NCIS: Los Angeles" star LL COOL J, Zac Brown, Brantley Gilbert, Scotty McCreery, The Band Perry, KISS and Thompson Square are scheduled to present as part of the 47th ANNUAL ACADEMY OF COUNTRY MUSIC AWARDS, which will be broadcast live from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas on Sunday, April 1 (8:00-11:00 PM live ET/delayed PT) on the CBS Television Network.