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ABC's Harry Smith recently sat down and spoke with comedian Chris Rock who is currently making his Broadway stage debut in the play THE MOTHERF**KER WITH THE HAT.

The stars of the award winning musical JERSEY BOYS sat down with ABC's John Thomas to talk about the show and their roles.

The American Theatre Critics Association (ATCA) has named Bill Cain's 'Nine Circles,' a harrowing play about war and redemption, the winner of the $25,000 Harold and Mimi Steinberg/ATCA New Play Award for 2011. The award recognizes playwrights for the best scripts that premiere professionally outside New York City during the previous calendar year.

David Rasche, a stage and screen veteran has joined the cast of HBO's comedy series 'Bored to Death,' according to Deadline.com. Rasche was cast in the recurring role of Bernard Morse. Morse is a West Coast rival for George Christopher, played by Ted Danson. Morese is a health nut who made his fortune in Silicon Valley.

The IN THE HEIGHTS National Tour will close tonight April 3, 2011 at the Arsht Center in Miami, Florida.

Two-Time Tony Award winner CHITA RIVERA will perform songs from her legendary Broadway career with an intimate evening of music in CHITA RIVERA: MY BROADWAY coming to Sydney and playing the York Theatre at the Seymour Centre on the 22 June 2011 at 8pm. Accompanied by her longtime musical director Michael Croiter on percussion and guitar, Michael Patrick Walker on the piano, and Dave Ellis on the Double Bass. Ms. Rivera will perform selections from her most celebrated musicals, including numbers from West Side Story ('America'), Sweet Charity ('Where Am I Going?' and 'Big Spender'), Chicago ('All That Jazz' and 'Nowadays'), Kiss of the Spider Woman, Bye, Bye, Birdie and The Rink, and featuring the music of Leonard Bernstein, John Kander & Fred Ebb, Charles Strouse, Stephen Sondheim and Cy Coleman among others.

THE ACTIVE THEATER in association with BUD MARTIN will present Any Given Monday by Bruce Graham on Monday, April 4, 2011 at New World Stages, 2:00pm, in Stage 5. Bud Martin will direct the private reading of the play which was first seen in a co-production between ACT II PLAYHOUSE, Ambler, PA and THEATRE EXILE, Philadelphia, PA. Any Given Monday was the recipient of the 2010 Barrymore Award for Best New Play.

Cleopatra is a captivating and beautiful ballet telling the story of one of the most celebrated women of the ancient world. Composer Claude-Michel SchÃ-nberg (Les Misérables, Miss Saigon) and Northern Ballet's artistic director David Nixon have worked together to create this unique blend of dance and drama which The Guardian picked as a Must See for 2011. Click HERE to see audience reaction so far.

THE WORKSHOP THEATER celebrates Pride month with the world premiere of Fabulous Ganesh at the WorkShop Mainstage Theater June 2nd-June 24th, Thursday-Saturdays at 8pm, Sundays at 3pm. The WorkShop Theater is located at 312 West 36th Street, 4th floor. Subway: A, C, or E to Penn Station. General admission tickets to Fabulous Darshan are $18, $15 for students and seniors.

Kids 'N Comedy, New York's leading presenter of young comic talent, will send five teen comics--Luke Bergamini, Rachel Kaly, David Thompson, Conor Williams, Lee Wolfowitz and Andrew Vatier--to the stage of Gotham Comedy Club, 208 W. 23rd Street, on Sunday, April 10. The show begins at 1:00 PM.

When Elton John appeared on the April 2 episode of Saturday Night Live, he took a stab at SPIDER-MAN during the BBC News Special Report. John sang, 'Can you smell a bomb tonight?' and made other remarks to 'Bono.'

According to the Hollywood Reporter, Charlie Sheen's tour didn't get the greatest start when it began in Detroit. Boos and people leaving caused Sheen to end his show early, after less than an hour on the stage. He retorted back to the audience, 'Already got your f---ing money, dude.'

Marvel's Head of Television Jeph Loeb announced casting for two of the company's much anticipated anime series, IRON MAN and WOLVERINE, at its WonderCon panel today in San Francisco to the delight of fans in attendance. Both series will premiere on G4 in July 2011.

Mega-stars including Johnny Depp, Justin Bieber, Selena Gomez, The Black Eyed Peas, Miley Cyrus, Jennette McCurdy, Eddie Murphy and Shaquille O'Neal reigned as this year's favorites, winning top honors at Nickelodeon's 2011 Kids' Choice Awards live telecast, Saturday, April 2, 8-9:30 p.m.

A recent SNL Digital short was titled, 'LASER CATS The Musical' and was about DrOz, performing music that's killing people. It's up to Nitro and Admiral Spaceship to save the day.

Musical Theatre West presents the world premiere of Roger Bean's groovy new musical SUMMER OF LOVE at the beautiful 1,070-seat Carpenter Performing Arts Center in Long Beach. SUMMER OF LOVE runs April 2 through April 17, 2011. The show's creator and writer, Roger Bean directs.

The dates have been announced for the 2012 Encores! Season.

Andrew Lloyd Webber's new production of THE WIZARD OF OZ was recorded and will be released later this year on 2nd May.

Fox Business recently featured a story where ROCK OF AGES Producer Barry Habib discusses the clash between the organized labor that runs ‘The Great White Way' and its financial backers.

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