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Hottest Articles on BroadwayWorld.com from this weekend Sunday, December 15, 2013 - Sunday, December 15, 2013.

Arthur Darvill plays his final performance in Broadway's ONCE today, Sunday, December 15. The cast of the Tony and Grammy Award-winning Best musical Once welcomes Paul Nolan to the role of 'Guy' beginning Tuesday, December 17.

This season features a slew of stars originating roles, and plenty more making an existing one their own -- but regardless of the breadth of their repertoire, these divas prove they're the top when it comes to getting away with murder in 1920s Chicago, or running a derelict orphanage -- all while hitting their marks night after night.

In this week's edition, we caught up with Mary Michael Patterson, who is starring as 'Christine' in The Phantom of the Opera- currently playing at the Majestic Theatre.

Glen Hansard, composer of Broadway's Tony and Grammy Award-winning Best Musical, ONCE will perform on the 'Late Show with David Letterman' between 11:30PM-12:30AM and 'Live on Letterman' at 9PM EST tonight, December 12th. Check local listings.

On Friday 6 December 2013 whilst visiting New York, Declan Bennett, who plays Guy in the West End production of Once, dropped in to visit Arthur Darvill and Joanna Christie who play Guy and Girl in the Broadway production. They met on the shows onstage bar at the Bernard B. Jacob's Theatre where they swapped anecdotes about performing on both sides of the Atlantic in this multi-award winning production. Check out photos from backstage below!

Clearly, Once is a perfect show for a family with teenage children. It doesn't pander in any way, yet it's message is so pure and beautiful, it becomes holistically wholesome by the end of the show. It's a love story. There is no violence. Women are not exploited. Children are not harmed. But there is pain and heartbreak and loss and when those things are filtered through the minds and mouths of working class Irish folk, the F word shows up. A lot.

It's Broadway's long-running shows that keep Times Square bustling year-round with theatre-goers from around the world who are making it to the Great White Way for their first time. Once is currently at the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre, where it has played played over 700 performances.$

BBC has just released the first teaser for the upcoming DOCTOR WHO Christmas special - check it out below!

Watch today at 2:30 below for the kickoff to the celebration for the 50th anniversary of global phenomenon Doctor Who. Today, November 23, 1963, a Time Lord known as the Doctor landed on the BBC's airwaves, forever changing storytelling on television and how the world viewed the inside of a British police box.

BBC America is the #1 destination in the U.S. for a year-long celebration of the 50th anniversary of global phenomenon Doctor Who. Today, November 23, 1963, a Time Lord known as the Doctor landed on the BBC's airwaves, forever changing storytelling on television and how the world viewed the inside of a British police box.

The cast of the Tony and Grammy Award-winning Best musical ONCE welcomes Paul Nolan to the role of 'Guy' beginning Tuesday, December 17. Arthur Darvill will play his final performance on Sunday, December 15.

Tune in to see Arthur Darvill and Anne L. Nathan, from the Tony and Grammy Award-winning Best musical ONCE, talk about the success of the show on PBS's 'Out of Ireland' today, November 17 at 11:30am (the segment will repeat on Monday, November 18 at 11:30pm). 'Out of Ireland' airs on PBS stations across the country and in the New York area on WLIW-TV Channel 21.

Tune in to see Arthur Darvill and Anne L. Nathan, from the Tony and Grammy Award-winning Best musical ONCE, talk about the success of the show on PBS's "Out of Ireland" this Sunday, November 17 at 11:30am (the segment will repeat on Monday, November 18 at 11:30pm). "Out of Ireland" airs on PBS stations across the country and in the New York area on WLIW-TV Channel 21.

BBC AMERICA is the #1 destination in the U.S. for a year-long celebration of the 50th anniversary of global phenomenon Doctor Who.

Tune in to see Arthur Darvill and Joanna Christie, the stars of the Tony and Grammy Award-winning Best musical ONCE, perform and chat on NBC's 'Talk Stoop' this Saturday, November 9 at 1am (immediately following 'Saturday Night Live').

Shakespeare's Globe is delighted to announce that Gemma Arterton will be returning in January 2014 to play the Duchess in the forthcoming production of The Duchess of Malfi - the inaugural production in the new indoor Sam Wanamaker Playhouse.

Digital Theatre today announced the expansion of its Digital Theatre Collections with four further productions from Shakespeare's Globe.

THE LIGHTNING CHILD by Che Walker and Arthur Darvill runs now through 12 October 2013 as Shakespeare's Globe's first-ever musical. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the cast in the photos below!

The biggest day of the year for Broadway fans is only four days away as Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS sets the stage for the 27th AnnualBroadway Flea Market & Grand Auction (#bwayflea). The all-day, outdoor market features one-of-a-kind theatre treasures, once-in-a-lifetime onstage and backstage experiences and your favorite stars from Broadway's biggest shows.