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Music and screen star Barbra Streisand was honored on Friday night at the Grammy's MusiCares event, where ET's Nancy O'Dell spoke to her about GLEE's interpretations of her songs and asked if she would ever consider appearing on the show.

FREUD'S LAST SESSION centers on legendary psychoanalyst Dr. Sigmund Freud, who invites the young, rising academic star C.S. Lewis to his home in London. Lewis, expecting to be called on the carpet for satirizing Freud in a recent book, soon realizes Freud has a much more significant agenda. On the day England enters World War II, Freud and Lewis clash on the existence of God, love, sex, and the meaning of life - just two weeks before Freud chooses to take his own. NY1 reviewed the show, which can be viewed by clicking below.

ANDRE PREVIN HAS CANCELLED*** his upcoming February 7 - 9 shows due to illness. In place of those performances, we have booked the following shows: Mark O'Connor's Hot Swing! ft. Frank Vignola & Julian Lage (Feb. 7); Mos Def (Feb. 8); Idle Warship: Talib Kweli & Res (Feb. 9). New show times, prices and other information below:

José Maria Eça de Queirós (1845-1900), was the founding father of the Portuguese novel. He was a remarkable writer whom Émile Zola described as being ‘far greater than my own master, Flaubert.' He was a master of satire who sought to expose the hypocrisy of a provincial Lisbon society which slavishly paid homage to the cultural eminence of Paris and Romanticism. Eça's fiction is characterised by its barbed humour and lyrical descriptions but it is also tempered by a touching sympathy for humanity's foibles.

In celebration of the most romantic day of the year, Detroit Actors Guild is pleased to present a gift to those who love hilarity served up with their romance- a performance of 'Tony n' Tina's Wedding' on Friday, February 11 just in time for Valentines Day.

The award-winning East Lynne Theater Company is partnering with three Cape May B&Bs for three exciting winter weekends in February and March: two involve murder mysteries, and one involves acting classes and a performance.

Weekend movie box office estimates: February 4-February 6, 2011.

According to The New York Times, actor and theater producer Kevin Spacey has announced plans to create a theater arts academy in the Middle East. Spacey held a news conference on Sunday in Dubai. On Monday, he hosted the Laureus sports awards in Abu Dhabi.

The Writers Guild of America, West (WGAW) and the Writers Guild of America, East (WGAE) tonight announced the winners of the 2011 Writers Guild Awards for outstanding achievement in writing for screen, television, radio, news, promotional, videogame, and new media writing at simultaneous ceremonies at the Renaissance Hollywood Hotel-Grand Ballroom in Los Angeles and the AXA Equitable Center in New York City.

GLEE star and Broadway veteran Lea Michele sang 'America the Beautiful' prior to kick off at the Super Bowl tonight. To watch her performance, click below.

Hot off the heels of the success of his first book Blackouts and Breakdowns, Mark Brennan Rosenberg is back March 3rd previewing selections for his upcoming memoir, Eating My Feelings.

According to Bad Ass Digest, Oscar winner Alan Menken is working on music for the 'Captain America' film. He won't be writing the score, but a song or a few songs.

According to Hollywood Reporter, actor Denis O'Hare may eventually return to HBO's series 'True Blood.' He told The Hollywood Reporter before the New York edition of the WGA Awards Saturday night.

Architect, set designer and Tony nominee David Rockwell won at the Art Directors Guild Awards, held in Beverly Hills on Saturday, February 5. Rockwell won for his work in designing for the 82nd annual Academy Awards.

AN EVENING WITH ALISON FRASER will be presented Friday, February 18, 2011 at 8 PM in Natick, MA at TCAN.

The 2011 GARAGE REP starts next week as robots invade the Steppenwolf Garage. Seriously, real robots.

The Baltimore Playwrights Festival (www.baltplayfest.com) announces its monthly public meeting to be held at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, February 15th, at Fells Point Corner Theater, 251 S. Ann Street, Baltimore, MD 21042. Items on the agenda include a discussion of progress on organizing a Playwrights Symposium, and strategic planning for the BPF. After the meeting there will be a staged reading of a new play, Web of Deceit, by Colin Riley, followed by a discussion of the script with the playwright, director and actors. The event is free, and the general public is encouraged to attend.

From the writer of the hit show Calendar Girls, Tim Firth's comedy, SIGN OF THE TIMES, starring Matthew Kelly and Gerard Kearns, opens at the Duchess Theatre, London on 11 February (with previews from 7 March).

Tony Award winning actress Katie Finneran gave birth child Ty Michael Goldstein on February 3, 2011.

Recently, GLEE and Broadway actor Jonathan Groff visited Conestoga Middle School, where he first fell in love with acting. He spoke to a full middle school assembly and to the cast of the high school production of 'The Sound of Music.'