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Deadline.com reports that Matthew McConaughey and Emile Hirsch will lead a film adaptation of Tracy Lett's Killer Joe. Filming is scheduled to begin in Toronto on November 8, 2010 in New Orleans. Letts is best known in the theater world for Broadway's Superior Donuts (2009) and August: Osage County (2007) which won the pulitzer prize for drama. Letts will adapt his play of the same name for the screen.

The U2 fansite atu2.com has posted the first photos of the SPIDER-MAN: Turn Off The Dark costumes! See the costumes for the Green Goblin (played by Patrick Page) and a new villain below!

'Late Night with Jimmy Fallon' has announced its first ever LNJF Broadway Week. The week will showcase all the biggest hits the Great White Way has to offer, from pounding punk rock to 60s swing. Starting September 13th, Jimmy will welcome a different Broadway musical to the Late Night studios each night.

E!online reports today that Meat Loaf and Barry Bostwick will appear on GLEE's October 26 Rocky Horror tribute episode. E!online reveals that 'The pair will play station managers who have an 'interesting proposal' for Jane Lynch's Sue Sylvester.' This news comes on the heels of the announcement that Susan Sarandon had an interest in appearing on the episode. Fox has yet to confirm any casting for the Rocky Horror tribute show.

Lincoln Center has released the first promo shots of WOMEN ON THE VERGE OF A NERVOUS BREAKDOWN! The organization also announced today that in order to give the creative team additional technical stage time, it has rescheduled the first performance of the new musical WOMEN ON THE VERGE OF A NERVOUS BREAKDOWN. Previews, originally scheduled to begin on Saturday evening, October 2, will now begin on Tuesday evening, October 5 at 8pm at the Belasco Theatre (111 West 44 Street). Opening night for the musical will remain, as originally announced, Thursday, November 4 at 6:45pm.

Yesterday, September 9, the film 'Score: The Hockey Musical' screened at the Toronto International Film Festival. BroadwayWorld was on hand for the film's opening arrivals and brings you photo coverage below.

Yesterday, September 9, the film 'Score: The Hockey Musical' screened at the Toronto International Film Festival. BroadwayWorld was on hand for the film's opening presentation and brings you photo coverage below.

Executive Producer Lou Spisto today announced The Old Globe's 2011 Summer Season. Adrian Noble will return as the Artistic Director of the Shakespeare Festival and direct Shakespeare's The Tempest and Peter Shaffer's Amadeus. Presented in repertory in the outdoor Lowell Davies Festival Theatre, the Festival will also include Much Ado About Nothing directed by Ron Daniels. The season also features Hershey Felder in Maestro: The Art of Leonard Bernstein in the Old Globe Theatre. Preceding Bernstein is a 10-day limited engagement of Hershey Felder in George Gershwin Alone. The West Coast Premiere of John Morogiello's romantic comedy, Engaging Shaw, in the Sheryl and Harvey White Theatre will complete the season.

This morning, Spider-Man Reeve Carney introduced the first song from the upcoming Broadway show on Good Morning America, September 10. Carney performed the song, composed by Bono and The Edge at the Hudson Theatre in the Millennium Hotel, with the performance broadcast live during the 8am-9am hour. Below, BroadwayWorld brings you a very first look at the performance video. Check back later for official footage!

Many of everyone's Broadway and off-Broadway favorites, including Michael Urie, Wesley Taylor, Jennifer Damiano, Karen Olivo, Mitchell Jarvis and more have teamed up on the webisode project Billy Green. BroadwayWorld last brought you the fourth episode in the series, entitled 'The Mother' and today brings you the latest installment, 'The Stage Door' below, starring Broadway's Wesley Taylor, Jackie Hoffman, Andre Ward, Kyle Beltran, Courtney Reed, Hunter Ryan Herdlicka, Gregory Jbara, Terrence Mann, Adam Riegler, Zachary James, Carolee Carmello, Alysha Umphress, Rebecca Naomi Jones, Van Hughes, Leslie McDonel, Adam Dannheisser, and Mitchell Jarvis.

He is the man who brought SPIDER-MAN back from the brink. In a feature out yesterday, the New York Times profiles Michael Cohl, the man about which we have heard little, but who is responsible for resurrecting the most expensive and, for some, most highly anticipated Broadway show in history. Cohl stepped into the role of lead producer on the mega-musical in the fall of 2009 after a significant investment in the show fell out, leaving the production stifled and dry. A former music tour promoter for U2 and the Rolling Stones, Cohl was recruited by SPIDER-MAN composers Bono and The Edge to reinvigorate the production. And reinvigorate it he has, with previews officially scheduled to begin in just months on November 14, 2010.

On September 1, 2010 The Alliance Theatre opened Twist for its Atlanta debut. Inspired by Charles Dickens' Oliver Twist, and in the rich musical tradition of Jelly's Last Jam, this heart-warming musical brings award-winning director/choreographer Debbie Allen (Fame) back to the Alliance, following her hugely successful Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (winner of the 2010 Olivier Award for Best Revival). The production runs through October 3, 2010. Check out the newly-released production photos below!

Entertainment Weekly's Ausiello Files reports today that Hal Holbrook just recently finished filming a guest stint on NBC's The Event. The series, an upcoming American conspiracy thriller was created by Nick Wauters. It is scheduled to premiere Monday, September 20, 2010 at 9 pm/8c.

BroadwayWorld has learned that the Broadway-bound White Noise will receive a private industry reading on Friday, October 1, 2010. As BroadwayWorld has previously speculated, Whoopi Goldberg and Tom Leonardis have joined producers Holly Way and Jay Strommen with the intention of bringing the production to Broadway as early as next season. No official announcement has been made. Sergio Trujillo (Jersey Boys, Memphis, Next To Normal, Addams Family) directs.

It has certainly been the summer for youngsters with powerful vocal chops. First, 10-year-old soprano Jackie Evancho impressed the world à la Susan Boyle with her debut on 'America's Got Talent' in August, and now, nine-year-old Los Angeles-based triple threat Oliver Richman is 'Defying Gravity' with a new video that debuted on the internet September 3. Click below to watch!

Since it opened in the West End in January 2010, ENRON has broken box office and attendance records at the venue. As well as winning several major awards, the production was driven by popular demand to extend its West End run, having already enjoyed sell-out runs at Chichester Festival Theatre and London's Royal Court Theatre. The Broadway production of ENRON was nominated for four Tony Awards before it closed this spring.

Nederlander Sales & Patron Services, Camp Broadway and Broadwayworld.com are excited to announce the second annual At This Stage Education Expo on September 20 at the Minskoff Theatre as part of Back2Broadway month! The event will feature representatives from dozens of Broadway and Off-Broadway shows, licensing houses, and popular NYC educational attractions who will help attendees unlock the educational possibilities that coincide with Broadway and Times Square. Building on the success of the first annual At This Stage Education Expo, attendees may enjoy a lecture series exploring the role of the arts in education, as well as hands-on workshops and demonstrations that will add value to your groups' Broadway experience!

This week, Adam Lambert appeared on the 'Kidd Kraddick in the Morning' syndicated radio and web talk show to discuss all things Broadway and American Idol. The WICKED alum reveals in the discussion that it was, in fact, his desire to better position himself on Broadway that motivated his decision to try for Idol. Having understudied in WICKED for a time without a promotion, Lambert explains that he felt the push Idol could give him in the media could better his chances to land a leading role on the Great White Way.

Producer Daryl Roth announced today that the first cast members are in place for the Joel Grey-directed, 25th anniversary staged reading of Larry Kramer's ground-breaking play, The Normal Heart, at the Walter Kerr Theatre (219 West 48th Street) on Monday, October 18 at 7:30 p.m. Victor Garber, Jason Butler Harner, John Benjamin Hickey, Joe Mantello, Michael Stuhlbarg, and Patrick Wilson are set to star in the one-night-only event on Broadway that will benefit The Actors Fund and Friends In Deed. Additional casting news will be announced shortly. This reading comes on the heels of the sold-out, acclaimed reading of The Normal Heart at Los Angeles' Geffen Playhouse in September, which was also directed by Mr. Grey.

Casting has been set for the world premiere of Randy Newman's 'Harps and Angels,' which begins previews at the Center Theatre Group/Mark Taper Forum on November 10, opens November 21 and continues through December 22, 2010.