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The cast and crew of THE NEW Mel Brooks MUSICAL YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN have arrived in Providence, and are currently in rehearsals at the Providence Performing Arts Center.

LIZA'S AT THE PALACE will be filmed in the Hollywood Theatre at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas on Wednesday, September 30 and Thursday, October 1, 2009. All of the material performed during the New York engagement will be included. Minnelli spoke to the Las Vegas Sun about her Sin City performances of 'PALACE'

Cameroon, West Africa actress Chantal Nchako is proving to be one of New York's most intriguing young talents to watch. The 25 year-old beauty can be seen in the limited run of the Off Broadway production of Happy Hour, a improv comedy show that comprises of various characters beginning Sept. 19 at the 45th Street Theater.

Oprah sits down with Hip Hop Mogul Jay-Z and Living Legend Barbra Streisand onThursday, September 24, 2009!

Barbara Manocherian, Richard Willis and Anthony Barrile in association with Naked Angels (Geoffrey Nauffts, Artistic Director; John Alexander, Managing Director; Andy Donald, Associate Artistic Director; Brittany O'Neill, Producer) are pleased to announce that NEXT FALL, the critically-acclaimed new play by Geoffrey Nauffts and directed by Sheryl Kaller, will open on Broadway on Thursday, March 11, 2010 with preview performances beginning in mid-February, 2010 at the Helen Hayes Theatre (240 West 44th Street).

In this segment Jo-Ann Munro, Co-Creative Director at SidLee, explains the origin of the name Banana Shpeel and reveals the ideas behind the shows visual.

SHREK THE MUSICAL announced the winners in the 'Not Your Ordinary Princess' competition, hosted by Nick.com. Laura Laureano (age 14) from Ronkonkoma, NY won the opportunity to play 'Teen Fiona' and Hannah Beatt (age 9) from Sarasota, FL won the opportunity to play 'Young Fiona' on Saturday, September 19th at 8 p.m. alongside Tony Award-winner Sutton Foster in a performance of the award-winning SHREK THE MUSICAL.

Playwrights Bruce Norris, Tarell Alvin McCraney and David Adjmi are the first recipients of the ?Steinberg Playwright Awards,' it was officially announced by playwright Tony Kushner at a press conference on Thursday, September 17th in New York City. The awards were established in 2008 by The Harold and Mimi Steinberg Charitable Trust to recognize up-and-coming playwrights at various stages of their early careers whose professional works show great promise. They will be presented at a ceremony on October 26th, at Lincoln Center's Vivian Beaumont Theatre.

Pee-wee Herman visited The Jay Leno Show on NBC last night and you can watch the clip right here on STAGE TUBE!

Performing on 'Oprah' were the stars of the Chicago company of JERSEY BOYS: Michael Cunio, Michael Ingersoll, Dominic Scaglione, Jr. and Shonn Wiley. JERSEY BOYS is the winner of the 2006 Best Musical Tony Award, the 2006 Grammy Award for Best Musical Show Album, and most recently, the 2009 Olivier Award for Best New Musical.

The big screen adaptation of NINE THE MUSICAL starring Daniel Day-Lewis, Penelope Cruzand Nicole Kidman, is set to hit cinemas November 25, 2009. Entertainment Tonight went behind the scene for an exclusive look at the upcoming film and you can watch the segment right here on STAGE TUBE!

Fox released this GLEE teaser promo for tomorrow night's episode featuring the character Kurt (Chris Colfer) taking on Beyonce's 'Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It) video, which you can watch right here on BWW TV!

Harold Prince's new musical, Paradise Found, will bow at London's Menier Chocolate Factory next spring before it comes to New York. Prince will co-direct with Susan Stroman. The iconic director spoke to The New York Times about the upcoming project.

Sony Pictures Entertaiment announced last month that the release date for 'Michael Jackson: This Is It' has been moved up to Oct. 28, two days earlier than previously announced. Tickets go on sale Sept. 27.

New York magazine caught up with Julie Taymor at the Monday, September 21st opening of the Metropolitan Opera season and the visionary director declared that SPIDERMAN, TURN OFF THE DARK is still set to swing to Broadway.

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!

Producer John Breglio and the Apollo Theater Foundation, Inc. will present the premiere engagement of Dreamgirls at the Apollo Theater, prior to the national tour of the groundbreaking musical.

Directed and choreographed by Connor Gallagher (Fat Camp), 'The Battery's Down' stars Jake Wilson as a young performer who, along with his friends, navigates the world of showbiz in New York City and Los Angeles. Series regulars include Andrew Keenan-Bolger (Mary Poppins, Spelling Bee), Dani Spieler (Legally Blonde), Nina Sturtz (Vote! The Musical) and Cortney Wolfson (Legally Blonde, Les Miserables).

Broadway Cares/ Equity Fights AIDS has announced additional celebrities scheduled to appear at the 23RD ANNUAL BROADWAY FLEA MARKET & GRAND AUCTION to be held Sunday, September 27 in Shubert Alley (225 West 45th Street). The FLEA MARKET & GRAND AUCTION is produced by and benefits BC/EFA.

The much-loved, musical web series 'The Battery's Down' has announced its season finale complete with two final episodes to close out the second, and last, season. Episodes 15 and 16 will premiere on October 15 and December 1, respectively.