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With GLEE coming back to television in a matter of weeks, check out the new promo video just released, featuring sneak peeks of Charice and John Stamos!

The Collegiate Chorale, led by music director James Bagwell, announces its 69th season, including Brahms' Alto Rhapsody and A German Requiem, featuring Stephanie Blythe, Erin Morley, and Eric Owens, on October 13, 2010 at 7pm at Carnegie Hall; Knickerbocker Holiday on January 25 and 26, 2011 at 8pm at Alice Tully Hall; and two special events: We Remember Them: Choral Music from the Camps and the Ghettos on March 10, 2011 at 7pm at Central Synagogue, and Something Wonderful - A Night of Broadway with Deborah Voigt, conducted by Ted Sperling, on May 19, 2011 at 7pm at Carnegie Hall.

Tyler Perry's next film, For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow is Enuf, which is set to star Janet Jackson, Whoopi Goldberg, Phylicia Rashad, Jurnee Smollett, Kimberly Elise, Kerry Washington, and Macy Gray, has been given a November 5 release date, Variety reveals. Filming began in June. The release had initially been announced for January 2011.

As BroadwayWorld has previously reported, Warner Bros. Theatre Ventures in association with Unique Features will present the new Broadway musical ELF, starring Tony® Award winner Beth Leavel (Emily), Tony® Award nominee Mark Jacoby (Walter), Matthew Gumley (Michael), Valerie Wright (Deb), Michael McCormick (Mr. Greenway), Michael Mandell (Store Manager) and six-time Emmy® Award winner George Wendt (Santa) this season. Full casting, including the lead roles of Buddy and Jovie, will be announced shortly.

On August 19, 2010, In The Heights welcomed Kyle Beltran as Broadway's resident bodega owner, 'Usnavi,' following the footsteps of Heights creator Lin-Manuel Miranda and, most recently, Corbin Bleu. No stranger to the show, or the part of 'Usnavi,' Beltran originated the lovable role on the First National Tour of In The Heights, which opened last October in Tampa.

As BroadwayWorld has previously reported, Frances Ruffelle launches her new solo album, Imperfectly Me, imbued with her trademark sense of earthy realism rather than airbrushed perfection, on September 13th this year..

THE SCOTTSBORO BOYS will open on Broadway on Sunday, October 31 at the Lyceum Theatre (149 West 45th Street). Previews will begin on Thursday, October 7. Prior to Broadway, THE SCOTTSBORO BOYS is playing a limited engagement at the Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis, MN. The production opened on July 31 and runs through September 25 on the McGuire Proscenium Stage.

Mandy Gonzalez, currently starring as Elphaba in Broadway's 'Wicked', will host a live video chat on Wednesday, September 8st at 12:00 p.m. EST as part of Tom's of Maine's 'Wicked Fresh! Wednesdays' chat series. Viewers will get an exclusive peek into Mandy's life both on and off stage and can ask Mandy questions prior to and during the live chat by visiting http://www.facebook.com/TomsofMaine.

On September 1, 2010, The Michael Ball Show hosted the West End's Aaron Watson and Connor Kelly, who play Billy and Michael in the London production of BIlly Elliot the Musical. The pair perform part of Expressing Yourself on the ITV's variety show. Click below for the performance!

The U.K.'s Donmar Warehouse has announced that Spelling Bee, Harold Pinter's Moonlight, and Luise Miller have been added to the 2011 programming line-up.

Broadway season officially begins tonight, September 3, with the first preview performance of Roundabout's Mrs. Warren's Profession, starring Cherry Jones. In the George Bernard Shaw classic, Cherry Jones plays 'Kitty Warren' alongside Sally Hawkins as 'Vivie Warren.' Doug Hughes directs.

The New York City Center has announced that they will feature BELLS ARE RINGING, LOST IN THE STARS and WHERE'S CHARLEY in their 2010-2011 Encores! Season. Today, SpotCo NYC has revealed the artwork for the upcoming productions and BroadwayWorld brings you a first look below!

GLEE has released a special behind-the-scenes video from the photo shoot for Season Two's promotional pictures.

Hugh Jackman has appeared in a birthday and thank you video that Australian cancer patient Kristian Anderson made for his wife, New Zealander Rachel Anderson, The New Zealand Herald reports. The video also features John Key, New Zealand's prime minister.

Twitter Watch shines a BWW spotlight on ELF, the new Broadway musical opening at the Al Hirschfeld Theatre on November 14, 2010. The show has just opened its Twitter account and BroadwayWorld brings you their first Tweet below.

The Village Voice columnist Michael Musto will visit Seth's Broadway Chatterbox tonight, September 2 at 6:00 PM. Musto is the scribe of the Village Voice's La Dolce Musto celebrity and gossip column and is the author of Downtown and Manhattan on the Rocks.

Weekend movie box office update: August 27 - August 29, 2010.

On Wednesday, September 15th at 6:30PM, the Broadway community will gather alongside Stephen Sondheim as the lights of the newly dedicated Stephen Sondheim Theatre marquee are lit for the first time.

Broadway actress Bianca Marroquin (In the Heights, Chicago) will host 'To Mexico From New York with Love,' a one-night-only benefit concert on Wednesday, September 1, 2010 (8 p.m.) at the Merkin Concert Hall in the Kaufman Center (129 West 67th Street). The concert will feature performances from Jordin Sparks (In the Heights), Tony nominee Tom Wopat (A Catered Affair), Carol Woods (Chicago), Jaime Camil, Tony nominee Brenda Braxton (Smokey Joe's Café), Raymond Bokhour (Chicago) and many more.

After the global success of their unique take on rhythm and physical theatre, STOMP co-creators Luke Cresswell and Steve McNicholas, have taken their concept to a new level with PANDEMONIUM: THE LOST AND FOUND ORCHESTRA which will begin a North American tour on September 16 in Miami. Current tour information follows at the end of the release.