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FAME cast members hit the red carpet for the advanced screening of the new version of the Oscar-winning hit at Paris Las Vegas on September 24, 2009. A remake of the 1980 original hit film FAME swings into theaters September 25. Like the original film, this interpretation will follow a talented and tenacious group of dancers, singers, actors, and artists over four years at the New York City High School of Performing Arts.

Electric Pear kicks off its fourth season with the World Premiere of Balaton by Ashlin Halfnight, presented with the support of the Hungarian Cultural Center and the Extremely Hungary Festival. Set in a tenuous afterlife, Balaton is a multi-generational drama that charts a fractured Hungarian family's fight for unity and security in a world after the fall of the Iron Curtain.

PEEPSHOW, Las Vegas' sexiest production and only striptease spectacular welcomed Pop Starlet Aubrey O'Day to the cast last night. O'Day joined current star Holly Madison and a sizzling ensemble of sexy PEEPSHOW GIRLS, on stage to perform an exhilarating show to a packed and rowdy house.

Michael Sterling and Dean Butler, exclusive Los Angeles correspondents for BWW TV, take you behind the scenes of this fresh and hilarious tragicomedy.

NBC's The Today Show takes a first look at the official Michael Jackson Opus which was in development before his death. Its a 400 page book that also combines unique and new technology.

Best known as a creator of broad film farces and uproarious parodies, jack-of-all-trades Mel Brooks has been entertaining audiences for years with his wacky and absurdist humor. Now just in time for the holidays, the king of comedy's brilliant work is available for the first time in high definition in The Mel Brooks Collection on Blu-ray Disc, debuting December 15 from Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment.

Last night, Thursday, September, 24th, the JERSEY BOYS attended ?Tony for Tennis - A Gala Evening with Tony Bennett' at TAO at The Venetian. All proceeds of this annual event stay in Southern Nevada and are used to involve more students in the sport and to defray expenses for tournament play and competition.

The New York Musical Theatre Festival (NYMF) & Shea Sullivan will present R.R.R.E.D. A Secret Musical for FOUR PERFORMANCES ONLY, October 1-3 at the 45th Street Theater. Based on a true study, R.R.R.E.D., with music & lyrics by Katie Thompson & book by Adam Jackman, Patrick Livingston & Katie Thompson, is directed by Andy Sandberg (Tony Award winning Producer of Hair), with musical supervision by Charlie Alterman (Next to Normal).

Welcome to BroadwayWorld TV's weekly video series, BroadwayBeat's Priceless Spotlight. The program presents special moments by some of theatre's past, present, and future greats!

Stage and Screen favorite Kristin Chenoweth won the 2009 Emmy Award for Best Supporting Actress In A Comedy Series. She starred in the ABC series 'Pushing Daisies,' where she was nominated for the Emmy Award and won for her comic and inspired work. She visited The Late Show with David Letterman on September 24, 2009 and you can watch the segment right here on STAGE TUBE!

On Tuesday, October 13, 2009, the eagerly anticipated new stage production of LITTLE HOUSE ON THE PRAIRIE, THE MUSICAL -- with Melissa Gilbert as 'Ma' -- kicks off a two-year, 26-city national tour at The Ordway Theatre in St. Paul.

First Lady Michelle Obama spoke on the arts at her appearance with fellow first ladies at a high school in Pittsburgh, where Obama touted her commitment to the creative arts.

Aubrey O'Day began performances on September 21st as the newest addition to the PEEPSHOW cast at Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino. O'Day, who appeared in the hit Broadway production Hairspray, is a Playboy Cover Model (March 2009) and former member of the girl group, 'Danity Kane.' She has taken to the Las Vegas stage as the mistress of ceremonies, the 'Peep Diva,' which was most recently played by Broadway star and recording artist, Shoshana Bean, and previously played by pop superstar, Mel B.

NYMF is the flagship program of National Music Theater Network, Inc., a 501(c) (3) not-for-profit organization.

Clay Aiken attended a production of DRIFT last night at The Kennedy Theatre in Raleigh where Hot Summer Nights at the Kennedy's production of DRIFT is playing it's final week. DRIFT was the first production to grace the new Lauren Kennedy and Alan Campbell Theatre at Barton College and ran from September 12-20, followed by a current run at The Kennedy Theatre at the Progress Energy Center for the Performing Arts in Raleigh from September 23-27 to close the season.

BroadwayWorld.com is proud to present its newest weekly feature, presented in association with and to celebrate the importance of the Actors' Equity Association. 'AEA' or 'Equity', founded in 1913, is the labor union that represents more than 48,000 Actors and Stage Managers in the United States. Equity seeks to advance, promote and foster the art of live theatre as an essential component of our society. Equity negotiates wages and working conditions and provides a wide range of benefits, including health and pension plans, for its members.

Ashanti, who recently starred as Dorothy in the City Center Encores! production of THE WIZ, joined Empire State Building officials to 'flip the switch' and light the world-famous icon's tower lights green to celebrate the 70th anniversary of The Wizard of Oz, and the September 29 Blu-ray and DVD release of The Wizard of Oz 70th Anniversary Ultimate Collector's Editions.

Disney Studios, which acquired the motion picture rights to a new rendition of 'The Diary of Anne Frank,' to be written and directed by David Mamet, has put the project in turnaround after rejecting the proposed Mamet take on the material reports TheWrap.com.

In what promises to be a once-in-a lifetime thrill for a hundred of her luckiest fans, Barbra Streisand will celebrate the release of Love Is The Answer---her new album of jazz standards and classics--- by singing a selection of these songs at New York's legendary Village Vanguard on Saturday, September 26, where she last performed in 1961 as the opening act for Miles Davis.

Phantom Fans from all around the globe gathered in Las Vegas to take part in the first ever Phantom Fans Week. This once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to experience the most well known musical masterpiece of all time like never before was not to be missed. BWW TV's Audra Stafford slipped 'behind the mask' to bring you all the 'PHANTOM' filled action!