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The first ever 'Variety's Power of Women' luncheon took place at the Beverly Wilshire Four Seasons Hotel on September 24, 2009. In conjunction with their annual 'Women's Impact Report,' and in partnership with Lifetime Television and Lifetime Movie Network, Variety, the entertainment industry trade publication, brought together an intimate group of Hollywood's most philanthropically impactful women.

La Jolla Playhouse is pleased to announce the complete cast of its world-premiere musical Bonnie & Clyde, music by Frank Wildhorn (Jekyll & Hyde, The Scarlet Pimpernel), lyrics by Tony Award-winner Don Black (Sunset Boulevard, Song and Dance), book by Ivan Menchell (The Cemetery Club, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang), with direction and musical staging by Jeff Calhoun (Deaf West's Big River and Pippin, Grease!), playing November 10 - December 20, 2009 in the Playhouse's Mandell Weiss Theatre.

Michael Attenborough will direct Rory Kinnear as Angelo, Anna Maxwell Martin as Isabella and Ben Miles as the Duke in William Shakespeare's Measure for Measure at the Almeida.

Yesterday, Variety's Women in Theatre Report was ripe with reports on some of the industry's most accomplished women, on stage and off. Among the accomplished talents featured were Sigourney Weaver, Anne Hathaway, Lynn Nottage, Diane Paulus, Alice Ripley, Karen Olivo, and Sonia Friedman

As previously reported, Hugh Jackman will star as P.T. Barnum in the upcoming musical film 'The Greatest Showman on Earth' written by Jenny Bicks (Sex and the City) and produced by Twentieth Century Fox. The studio has been in talks with music sensation Mika to compose the soundtrack. Yesterday, the singer spoke with New York Magazine to discuss his creative process and, though tight-lipped, confirmed a possible contribution to the film.

t was announced today that the first ever 'Variety's Power of Women' luncheon will take place at the Beverly Wilshire Four Seasons Hotel on September 24, 2009.

Phantom Audio will transform their large Chelsea loft into an art gallery - Phantom Gallery - for four days in September, and will present an exhibit of artist Don Florence's celebrity portraits entitled ACTORS, AUTHORS, OTHERS. Phantom Gallery is located at 48 West 25th Street, which is between 5th and 6th Avenues on the 10th Floor, and the exhibit ACTORS, AUTHORS, OTHERS will be held from September 24th through September 27th and will benefit the Playwrights Realm Theater Company.

On October 27, Hem's original score for the summer's most talked about production will be released on Waveland/Nettwerk Records. The album will feature vocals by the star-studded cast including Anne Hathaway, Audra McDonald and Raul Esparza, among others.

The 2009 Creative Arts Emmy Awards awarded 82 Emmys including those given for Outstanding Guest Actor/Actress in a Comedy Series, Outstanding Guest Actor/Actress in a Drama Series, Outstanding Reality Series and Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Special. For more information, click here.

Phantom Audio (www.PhantomAudio.com) - a full service audio production facility, offering radio production, film mixing, sound design and casting - will transform their large Chelsea loft into an art gallery - Phantom Gallery - for four days in September, and will present an exhibit of artist Don Florence's celebrity portraits entitled ACTORS, AUTHORS, OTHERS.

t was announced today that the first ever 'Variety's Power of Women' luncheon will take place at the Beverly Wilshire Four Seasons Hotel on September 24, 2009.

Phantom Audio (www.PhantomAudio.com) - a full service audio production facility, offering radio production, film mixing, sound design and casting - will transform their large Chelsea loft into an art gallery - Phantom Gallery - for four days in September, and will present an exhibit of artist Don Florence's celebrity portraits entitled ACTORS, AUTHORS, OTHERS.

On October 27, Hem's original score for the summer's most talked about production will be released on Waveland/Nettwerk Records.

Phantom Audio will transform their large Chelsea loft into an art gallery - Phantom Gallery - for four days in September, and will present an exhibit of artist Don Florence's celebrity portraits entitled ACTORS, AUTHORS, OTHERS. Phantom Gallery is located at 48 West 25th Street, which is between 5th and 6th Avenues on the 10th Floor, and the exhibit ACTORS, AUTHORS, OTHERS will be held from September 24th through September 27th and will benefit the Playwrights Realm Theater Company.

Tickets for Goodman Theatre's production of Animal Crackers go on sale today, August 14. They may be purchased at GoodmanTheatre.org. Beginning August 17, tickets may be purchased by phone at 312.443.3800.

Hollywood favorites, and theatre's newest stars, Anne Hathaway and Daniel Craig have been included on Vanity Fair's 2009 International Best-Dressed List.

Variety reports that Twentieth Century Fox has signed Hugh Jackman to star as P.T. Barnum in a new musical 'The Greatest Showman on Earth' which will be a contemporary musical written by Jenny Bicks (Sex and the City).

Ars Nova presents, as part of the Out Loud series, a FREE reading of: SKI DUBAI by Laura Jacqmin, directed by Laura Savia. The cast includes Gbenga Akinnagbe, David Wilson Barnes, Purva Bedi, Dana Eskelson and Karla Mosley.

Ars Nova presents, as part of the Out Loud series, a FREE reading of: SKI DUBAI by Laura Jacqmin, directed by Laura Savia. The cast includes Gbenga Akinnagbe, David Wilson Barnes, Purva Bedi, Dana Eskelson and Karla Mosley.

Goodman Theatre is proud to announce the complete creative team for the 2009/2010 season opening musical Animal Crackers, written by George S. Kaufman and Morrie Ryskind, with music and lyrics by Bert Kalmar and Harry Ruby. Director Henry Wishcamper taps Tony Award-nominee John Carrafa (Sex and the City; Broadway's Urinetown, Into the Woods) to choreograph the cast of nine, including the four roles originated by the Marx Brothers, joined by Chicago favorites, Clowning Director Paul Kalina (500 Clown's Elephant Deal and Macbeth) and Music Director Doug Peck (Court Theatre's Carousel; Caroline, or Change).