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In the New Yorker online today, John Lahr weighs in on some of 2009's best plays and players, and makes his Tony prediction.

Sam Harris is bringing the joy of the season to Youtube with some holiday songs for all. Click on the names of the songs to go to them on Youtube. They are available to download free of charge in the 'more info' section.

GLEE picked up four Golden Globe nominations, which were announced this morning. In addition to being nominated for Best Television Series (along with 30 Rock, Entourage, Modern Family, and The Office) three GLEE stars were recognized with noms: Lea Michele, Matthew Morrison, and Jane Lynch.

The New York Times ArtsBeat has reported that THE ORPHANS' HOME CYCLE producers Jeffrey Richards and Daryl Roth are in talks with the Signature Theater Company to transfer ORPHANS to Broadway in April after it ends it's Off Broadway run in March. Richards revealed to the Times that 'other people are looking at it too.'

Broadway actress and four-time Tony Award nominee Tovah Feldshuh and film star Ryan Reynolds are pairing up to join Eugene Pack's Celebrity Autobiography this January. Feldshuh will appear on January 8th only, and Reynolds will appear January 8 and January 11.

David Cromer, original director of this incarnation of Our Town as well as the Chicago one at the Hypocrites Theater, will return to stage manage for a few weeks at the end of the year.

As per WENN news, Daniel Day-Lewis called his upcoming film NINE THE MUSICAL a tribute to his late mother, actress Jill Balcon, who passed away in July at the age of 84. Day-Lewis revealed that his mother was very excited to learn that Sophia Loren had been cast as his mother in the film, as she was a fan of hers.

The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame announced today that ABBA is one of the 2010 artist inductees. ABBA, Swedish's most famous band, has sold more than 370 million records worldwide and inspired a phenomenally popular Broadway musical, Mamma Mia!

Famed director Jerry Zaks' film 'Who Do You Love' is set to open in theaters in Spring of 2010. 'Who Do You Love' is a biopic of the record producer Leonard Chess written by Peter Martin Wortmann and Robert Conte, and directed by Zaks. Leonard Chess was played by Alessandro Nivola and other cast included David Oyelowo. It was filmed in New Orleans in 2008, and premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival.

Following the success of Black History at New York City Opera, last season's inaugural series of events co-presented by New York City Opera and the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, City Opera returns to the Schomburg Center in 2010 for three new collaborative programs celebrating the great American operatic repertoire highlighting the African-American experience, the distinguished African-American artists who have enriched the opera world, and City Opera and Schomburg's parallel commitment to promoting black culture. The series begins with Opera at the Schomburg on Monday, February 1, 2010, followed by A Tribute to Robert McFerrin on Saturday, March 6, 2010 and 'The Life and Times of Malcolm X' on Wednesday, May 12, 2010.

Jesse Tyler Ferguson is helping out Betty's move to Wednesdays with a little dental comedy. On January 6, Ferguson is reprising his role from season one of the hit show as Betty's orthodontist. As told to Ew.com, Ferguson says 'It's a really fun scene between the two of them.'

GLEE is to be featured at the upcoming 2010 William S. Paley Television Festival which is set for February 26-March 14.

Meryl Streep is among the 2009 winners of the New York Film Critics Online Award winners. Streep won the award for Best Actress for her performance as Julia Child in the Nora Ephron comedy 'Julie & Julia.'

The 2010 New York Times Arts & Leisure Weekend will take place January 7 to 10. The Times's signature event is a four-day celebration of the arts featuring TimesTalks interviews between New York Times journalists and celebrated guests from film, media, music, television and theater.

Following its sold-out run, The Irish Repertory Theatre Co. Inc. and Darren Lee Cole Theatricals are set to present The Irish Repertory Theatre's production of Eugene O'Neill's THE EMPEROR JONES - starring John Douglas Thompson as the charismatic Brutus Jones -- Off-Broadway for a strictly limited 7-week engagement, with previews set to begin Tuesday, December 15 prior to an official press opening December 22, at SoHo Playhouse. Ciaran O'Reilly directs.

Palestine, New Mexico celebrated it's opening night on Sunday, December 13 at the Mark Taper Forum in Los Angeles. Written by Richard Montoya for Culture Clash and directed by Lisa Peterson, Palestine, New Mexico is set on an American Indian reservation in the Southwest, and follows the fate of Army Captain Siler who has returned from Iraq with a secret she just can't hold on to any more. She is determined to set the record straight about the death of the tribal chief's son, but she discovers she is considered a dangerous outsider rather than a messenger of truth. In the battle to tell her story she unleashes far more history than anyone wanted to hear, or tell.

Broadway Kids Care and Kenny Ortega stuffed stockings together for Freedom House and Secret Garden on Wednesday, December 9th, hosted at the East of Doheny Offices.

Patrick Hamilton's classic thriller Rope is in previews and will officially open on December 16, and will run through February 6, 2010 At the Almeida Theatre in London.

Television, film and stage star John Barrowman is to return to his native Glasgow next year when he heads the cast of the spectacular pantomime Aladdin.

From 18 - 23 January 2010, Michael Pennington, one of Britain's finest actors, and leading Chekhov specialist Rosamund Bartlett will host a series of shows dedicated to the work of this fascinating writer.