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Get a glimpse into the backstage life of the National Touring Company of the hit Broadway musical The Wedding Singer. The online vlogs created by cast member, Kyle Kleiboeker (Hell's Kitchen, The Musical, NBC's Lipstick Jungle) give you a unique inside look on what its like to travel across the country.

Roundabout Theatre Company's (Todd Haimes, Artistic Director) Broadway production of Bye Bye Birdie begins previews tomorrow, Thursday, September 10th at 8:00PM.

Emmy Award-winning talk show host Ellen DeGeneres has joined AMERICAN IDOL as a fourth judge. DeGeneres will sit alongside Simon Cowell, Randy Jackson and Kara DioGuardi and offer her own unique perspective to the contestants throughout the competition.

The Entertainment Industry Foundation harnesses the collective power of the entertainment industry and channels its unique assets to raise awareness and funds for critical health, educational and social issues in order to make a positive impact in our community and throughout the nation.

Roundabout Theatre Company's (Todd Haimes, Artistic Director) Broadway production of Bye Bye Birdie begins previews tomorrow, Thursday, September 10th at 8:00PM.

Morgan Karr, (Spring Awakening, Everyday Rapture) returns to JOE'S PUB with special guests Spring Awakening's Jonathan Groff and Alice Lee, and Hair's Kacie Sheik also featuring Catherine Brookman and Starr Busby Featuring the Music Direction of KIMBERLY GRIGSBY (Spring Awakening) and Directed by Laura Pietropinto (Next to Normal) on MONDAY, OCTOBER 19th at 11:30 pm AT JOE'S PUB, 425 Lafayette Street, New York City

Last night, Miss America 2009 Katie Stam attended a rousing performance of Terry Fator & His Cast of Thousands at The Mirage Las Vegas. The beauty from Indiana, whose platform issue is promoting community service and involvement, even stopped backstage to congratulate Fator after the show.

TEARS OF HEAVEN, the first original American commission for South Korea, will have its industry reading on Friday, September 11th. This original musical is produced by Creative Production and Seol & Company, and will debut in Seoul in 2010, with an original book by Phoebe Hwang, lyrics by Robin Lerner (An Officer & Gentleman, Grammy-nominated songwriter and CMA winner), music by Frank Wildhorn (Jekyll & Hyde, The Scarlet Pimpernel, The Civil War, and the upcoming Bonnie & Clyde, Havana, and Wonderland), and directed by Gabriel Barre (Andrew Lippa's Wild Party, Camille Claudel, and Wildhorn's international Carmen in Prague), with musical direction by Adrian Werum (Steinman's Dance of the Vampires and Wildhorn's Carmen). Chris Choi (Broadway Overseas Management) is the general manager.

Producer Daryl Roth announced today that Mary Birdsong, Capathia Jenkins, Lisa Joyce, Jane Lynch and Natasha Lyonne will join the rotating cast of the upcoming World Premiere production of Love, Loss and What I Wore, an intimate collection of stories by Nora Ephron and Delia Ephron, playing a 12-week run at New York's Westside Theatre (407 West 43rd Street). Preview performances will begin on September 21, 2009, with the opening night set for October 1.

To celebrate the launch of Back2Broadway Month, Broadway performers participated in the first-ever video press release announcing the exciting free events happening all throughout September.

After its record-breaking first run of sold-out shows, the critics confirmed that The Showgirl Must Go On - Bette Midler's over-the-top Vegas show - is a smash hit. According to Midler's official website, the production is adding shows through the end of January. This will include New Year's Eve.

Welcome to the 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!

Cirque du Soleil and MSG Entertainment have unveiled the brand new theatrical production, Banana Shpeel, at The Chicago Theatre. The show will perform for the first time ever at the theatre for a limited engagement from November 19, 2009 through January 3, 2010. Following Chicago, the show will premiere in New York at The Beacon Theatre in February 2010.

Directed by Tony Award®-winner Mike Nichols, with a book by Eric Idle and music and lyrics by the Grammy Award-winning team of Mr. Idle and John Du Prez, Spamalot tells the tale of King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table as they embark on their quest for the Holy Grail. Flying cows, killer rabbits, taunting Frenchmen and show-stopping musical numbers are just a few of the reasons audiences everywhere are eating up Spamalot.

Tony Award winner Brian Stokes Mitchell has announced several upcoming concert dates.

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!

GLEE is an uplifting series with biting humor that features a soundtrack of hit music from past to present. The show follows an optimistic high school teacher, WILL SCHUESTER (Matthew Morrison), as he tries to refuel his own passion while reinventing the high school's glee club and challenging a group of outcasts to realize their star potential.

First Wives Club The Musical is here! Sam Harris brings you to an exclusive behind the scenes look at the production process of a new Broadway bound musical. In this, the final episode, the SamTube team compile the remaining footage from Sam's FWC Vlog diary and the cast and he say their goodbyes. Sam also acknowledges the great support of BroadwayWorld.com by featuring every video from the show, and other content. He also brings up the humorous subject of the BW message boards along with the good, the bad and the ugly comments. Sam closes with his final thoughts on being part of the new musical.

HAIR star Michael James Scott's fashion segments are back on BroadwayWorld.com and bigger and better than ever.

Las Vegas' newest hit production and The Strip's only striptease spectacular is pleased to announce that Holly Madison has extended her run as 'Bo Peep' in PEEPSHOW at Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino and will continue to dazzle audiences until September 2010.