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The new musical THE ADDAMS FAMILY, based on the bizarre and beloved family of characters created by legendary cartoonist Charles Addams, will make its pre-Broadway world premiere in Chicago.

Erich Steinbock, Managing Director of The Carlyle Hotel, announced today the return of resident leading lady, Elaine Stritch, to the Café Carlyle in an all-new show: 'At Home At The Carlyle: Elaine Stritch Singin' Sondheim. . . One Song At A Time.' The strictly limited engagement will play the month of January 2010, at the legendary nightspot, with opening night set for Tuesday, January 5 (through January 30).

Producer John Breglio and the Apollo Theater Foundation, Inc. are presenting the premiere engagement of Dreamgirls at the Apollo Theater, prior to the national tour of the groundbreaking musical. Dreamgirls introduces Moya Angela as Effie White and features, as The Dreams, Syesha Mercado as Deena Jones, Adrienne Warren as Lorrell Robinson, and Margaret Hoffman as Michelle Morris with Chaz Lamar Shepherd as Curtis Taylor, Jr., Chester Gregory is James 'Thunder' Early, Trevon Davis as C.C. White, Milton Craig Nealy as Marty Madison in a cast of 26 that also features Tallia Brinson, Felicia Boswell, Ronald Duncan, Talitha Farrow, Brittney Griffin, James Harkness, Robert Hartwell, Eric Jackson, Chauncey Jenkins, Jared Joseph, Nikki Kimbrough, Brittany Lewis, Douglas Lyons, Kimberly Marable, Jarran Muse, Amaker Smith and Marc Spaulding.

The man critics have called a 'Demented Rat Packer for the Millennium!' returns to the Laurie Beechman Theatre with his all-singing, all-dancing show, Ryan Raftery & Friends: A SOLO ACT on Tuesday, November 17th at 9:30pm.

Send us video of you performing holiday carols in the rockin' style of Rock of Ages for a chance to win a grand prize package. Then come back to check out other holiday rockers and vote with other fans. The winner will be selected by actual cast members including Constantine Maroulis, Kerry Butler, and James Carpinello

The Today Show welcomed Michael Feinstein and Cheyenne Jackson this morning to promote their new album The Power of Two. Cheyenne and Michael were interviewed and performed the classic Rat Pack styled duet 'Me and My Shadow' off of the album. The segment, hosted by Kathie Lee and Hoda, aired at 10:30am EST on MSNBC.

Following a bestselling week at the box office, Roundabout Theatre Company (Todd Haimes, Artistic Director) is pleased to announce a two-week extension of Theresa Rebeck's new comedy The Understudy, directed by Scott Ellis.

The Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center presents the world premiere of the new musical Wonderland: Alice's New Musical Adventure in Ferguson Hall as part of the 2009-2010 Bank of America Best of Broadway Tampa Bay series. Performances are scheduled Nov. 24, 2009 through Jan. 3, 2010.

On Monday, November 16th, Barbra Streisand will call The Doctors to discuss her passionate crusade to support heart health awareness for women, a cause which led her to create and endow the Barbra Streisand Women's Cardio Vascular Research and Education Program at Cedars Sinai Medical Center.

Recent reports have confirmed that producers, Jeffrey Seller and Kevin McCollum, are in the process of resurrecting the infamous flop musical CARRIE for the Broadway stage.

The always inspiring Cheyenne Jackson is currently balancing a starring role in 'Finian's Rainbow,' a brand new CD and a great role on NBC's '30 Rock,' and the Broadway favorite couldn't be happier.

The second installment of Cutting Edge Composers: A New Generation of Musical Theater Songwriters took place on November 9th at the Canal Room. BroadwayWorld.com's cameras were there to capture the exciting night of song!

Shubert Organization Chairman Philip J. Smith and President Robert E. Wankel have intervened in the ever growing public feud between Michael Feinstein's All About Me and Dame Edna: It's All About Me.

The new Broadway production of RAGTIME is in previews at the Neil Simon Theatre (250 West 52 Street) and officially opens on Sunday, November 15, 2009.

Girl Crazy, the first Encores! production of the New York City Center season, will star Ana Gasteyer, Wayne Knight and Marc Kudisch and will run November 19 - 22. Girl Crazy, directed by Jerry Zaks and choreographed by Warren Carlyle with Guest Music Director Rob Fisher, has music and lyrics by George Gershwin and Ira Gershwin and book by Guy Bolton and Jack McGowan.

Sesame Street, the world's largest informal children's educator, celebrates its 40th birthday on November 10, 2009, the exact day the series debuted on television four decades ago, with everything you love about Sesame Street and more: new block format, new show open, new nature curriculum and our new First Lady Michelle Obama! Lin-Manuel Miranda, creator and star of the 2008 Tony Award winning musical In The Heights will also guest on the series this season too! You can watch a sneak peek of his new character right here on STAGE TUBE!

Director Francesca Zambello, who was previously announced to helm the Broadway-bound musical 'The First Wives Club', has withdrawn from that production due to scheduling conflicts.

BroadwayWorld.com presents its newest column, Twitter Watch, which will bring you only the best and most interesting reports straight from the mouths of Broadway stars, shows and more on the hot social networking service - Twitter!

Welcome to The Varley Factor, BroadwayWorld.com's newest ongoing blog series from Creative Director, Eddie Varley. Look for 'The Factor' to bring you Varley's unique brand of commentary on all things theatrical... Get ready Broadway!

Playwrights Horizons (Tim Sanford, Artistic Director; Leslie Marcus, Managing Director) has announced a two-week extension for the World Premiere of CIRCLE MIRROR TRANSFORMATION, a new play by Annie Baker ('An original voice' - Daily News; 'A playwright to know' - Newsday) that has just opened to across-the-board rave reviews. Directed by Sam Gold ('A magic-fingered director' - Variety; 'An uncommonly observant eye and ear' - New York Times), the production opened Tuesday, October 13. Originally set to run through Sunday, November 1, the limited engagement will now play through Sunday, November 22 at Playwrights Horizons' Peter Jay Sharp Theater (416 West 42nd Street).