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The 2010 summer residency of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra at Ravinia Festival will be in full celebration mode throughout a wide-ranging schedule announced today by Ravinia President and CEO Welz Kauffman.

American Theater Company (ATC) kicks off its 25th season with the Chicago Premiere of Yeast Nation (the triumph of life) with music & lyrics by Mark Hollmann and book & lyrics by Greg Kotis. The production is directed by Artistic Director PJ Paparelli, with Musical Direction by Mark Elliott, and will run September 10 - October 18, 2009 at American Theater Company, 1909 W Byron St, Chicago.

Kids brainstorm for Broadway this September! As part of Kids' Night on Broadway during Back2Broadway Month in September, Camp Broadway and members of the Broadway League's Kids Advisory Board are proud to present the first-ever Kids' Town Hall Meeting on Tuesday, September 15th from 4:30pm to 5:30pm. The one-hour meeting will be moderated by 2009 Tony Award Winner, Gregory Jbara, from BILLY ELLIOT, who will encourage kids to share their opinions, ideas and experiences on a variety of Broadway related topics. The information collected from the attendees will be shared with the Broadway community to enhance audience development programming.

Barrington Stage Company, under the leadership of Julianne Boyd and Richard M. Parison, Jr., announced today that the acclaimed world premiere production of Mark St. Germain's new play, Freud's Last Session, will now perform a FINAL EXTENSION from September 23 through October 4 at BSC's Stage 2 theatre ( 36 Linden Street , Pittsfield ).

Neil Patrick Harris will host the 61st Primetime Emmy Awards on CBS on September 20th. He will also serve as a producer for the night. You can a fun little CBS promo for the upcoming telecast right here on STAGE TUBE.

David Mamet has revealed the basic plot details of his upcoming new Broadway play RACE in an essay for The New York Times.

The All New 2010 Buick LaCrosse 'performed' live on Broadway with the help of some the best dancers in town. The spirited group broke out with a energetic performance of HAIRSPRAY's 'You Can't Stop The Beat.'

Madonna opened the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards with a speech in memory of Michael Jackson. Madonna called Jackson a 'hero,' a 'king' and a 'human being' as she paid tribute to the King of Pop before introducing his sister, Janet Jackson's performance.

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!

The New York Musical Theatre Festival presented the World Premiere of Clear Blue Tuesday, a musical movie by Elizabeth Lucas on Thursday, on September 10 at the School of Visual Arts (SVA) Theatre (333 West 23rd Street between 8th and 9th Avenues).

Taylor Lautner, Kristen Stewart, and Robert Pattinson took the stage at the MTV VMA's last night to introduce a exclusive extended trailer for 'Twilight: New Moon.'

The UK Telegraph's Paul Clements reports that Abba's Benny Andersson is not happy with the rumored plan for a MAMMA MIA! movie sequel, 'No, it's not going to happen. There will not be another, quote unquote, Abba musical,' the Swedish musician told the reporter.

Neil Patrick Harris will host the 61st Primetime Emmy Awards on CBS on September 20th. He will also serve as a producer for the night.

MTV is promoting the upcoming Video Music Awards with a series of West Side Story-themed ads. In the ads, the hottest young singers share their own special version of the song 'Tonight' from the award-winning musical.

After 6 years on Broadway the Tony Award-winning musical AVENUE Q will play its final performance today, SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 13th, 2009. It will have played 2,534 performances and 22 previews, surpassing THE PRODUCERS (on August, 17th), ANNIE, OKLAHOMA!, and PIPPIN, among many others to become the 20th longest running show in Broadway history.

Broadway production of SHREK THE MUSICAL with book and lyrics by David Lindsay-Abaire and music by Jeanine Tesori, directed by Jason Moore, will launch a National Tour in Chicago. Tony and Drama Desk Award-winning, SHREK THE MUSICAL will play the Cadillac Palace Theatre (151 W. Randolph St.) for a limited engagement beginning July 13 - September 5, 2010.

The critically-acclaimed show, Brand New Day, returns to the Metropolitan Room for three more shows this Fall.

This Sunday, September 13th, the Drama Desk, Lortel and Obie Award-winning Mint Theater Company continues its EnrichMINT Events, an exciting series of post and pre-show discussions throughout the Mint's current engagement of Lennox Robinson's Is Life Worth Living? starring Jordan Baker and Kevin Kilner.

TOMMY FEMIA, the 7-time Manhattan Association of Cabarets & Clubs (MAC) Award-winning impersonator, kicks off his 20th season at the popular midtown club Don't Tell Mama, 343 West 46th Street (between 8th and 9th Avenues), with his acclaimed portrayal of the legendary Judy Garland in 'JUDY GARLAND LIVE!' with two shows a month beginning with a special preview on Monday, September 21 at 6:30 p.m. and the official opening on Saturday, September 26 at 8:30 p.m.

A STEADY RAIN stars Hugh Jackman and Daniel Craig chatted with The New York Times about their new Broadway play.