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Los Angeles' premier cabaret room, The Catalina Jazz Club, hosts cabaret artist Karen Gedissman for a special performance on Sunday, January 27th at 7pm.

Los Angeles' premier cabaret room, The Catalina Jazz Club, hosts cabaret artist Karen Gedissman for a special performance on Sunday, January 27th at 7pm.

With the recent success of competition programs such as American Idol, So You Think You Can Dance and, of course, Dancing With The Stars, competitions such as the now successful Stage LA's Next Great Star have caught the attention of many a young hopeful. Although the first of the 6 week competition has passed, the competition has five more weeks of competitive talent lined up. The producers have just announced the complete line up of celebrated judges for the reamaining dates of Jan 13, 20, 27 and Feb 3 adn 10 (below).

Kritzerland at Sterling's Upstairs at The Federal presents 'The Songs of Jerry Bock & Sheldon Harnick' tonight, January 6, 2012, at 7:00 pm.

Kritzerland at Sterling's Upstairs at The Federal presents 'The Songs of Jerry Bock & Sheldon Harnick' on Sunday, January 6, 2012, at 7:00 pm.

How can Kritzerland make a Christmas show unusual and different? Well, you can either be exceedingly solemn and point the show in the 'Silent Night' direction, or pull out all the stops and run with the comedy. Kritzerland shows have one thing in common: they are never a drag. Bruce Kimmel sees to that whether Guy Haines is a guest or not. Solemn music? No, not in Kritzerland's nature! Fun, yes, always, as Kimmel's personality and anecdotes are full of the demon and amusingly interesting trivia about Broadway show tunes and Hollywood movie music. On Sunday December 2, at Sterling's Upstairs at the Federal, Kimmel and his fine singers: Dan Callaway, Damon Kirsche, Emma Degerstedt, Lisa Livesay, Jane Noseworthy, and Jenna Rosen with very special guest star Bill Hayes, a 40 year veteran of Days of Our Lives, were on hand to present and celebrate Broadway, film and rock/pop holiday cheer. Lloyd Cooper served as musical director/accompanist extraordinaire throughout the 90-minute set that made up Kritzerland Records' Christmas with a Little Bit of Hannukah and a Lot of Cheer.

The 28th Kritzerland show is the annual holiday show tonight, December 2 at 7PM. This year's lineup is very eclectic, featuring holiday songs from the world of pop, film, TV, and stage, plus some originals, all sung by the cast, special guest Bill Hayes, and host Bruce Kimmel.

theatreWashington has announced the debut of two new holiday albums - Holiday: The Divas of DC and Sandy Bainum's This Christmas - to raise funds for Taking Care Of Our Own, a program to assist theatre professionals and artists with personal emergency needs.

Sterling's Upstairs at The Federal has set Sunday, December 9 as auditions for the 7th consecutive year of LA's Next Great Stage Star®, it was announced today by producers Michael Sterling and Tony Monsour of Michael Sterling & Associates in Los Angeles, CA. www.msapr.net. For the second consecutive year - author, actress, concert headliner, and arts philanthropist Barbara Van Orden joins Sterling and Monsour by gifting LA's Next Great Stage Star® with the Barbara Van Orden Grant which provides invaluable assistance to production of the annual competition.

The 28th Kritzerland show is the annual holiday show on Sunday, December 2 at 7PM. This year's lineup is very eclectic, featuring holiday songs from the world of pop, film, TV, and stage, plus some originals, all sung by the cast, special guest Bill Hayes, and host Bruce Kimmel.

The great Hal Linden (The Rothschilds, Barney Miller) is asked to star in a new musical by the Outside the Box Musical Theatre Group. What is the musical? Will he accept? Stay tuned. Also stars Jenna Rosen, Jane Noseworthy, and Sharon McNight.

Days of Our Lives and musical theatre star Matthew Ashford is asked to star in a new musical for the Outside the Box Musical Theatre Group. What is the musical? Will he accept the unusual role? Stay tuned.

TV, film, and Broadway star Gregory Harrison (Trapper John, Broadway's Steel Pier and Chicago) is asked to star in a new musical. What's the musical? Will he accept the challenging role? Stay tuned.

Musical theatre performers Andy Taylor (currently off-Broadway and about to be on Broadway in Once; The Producers; Moon Over Buffalo), and Alet Taylor (The Brain From Planet X, The Producers, several Encores productions, and wife of Andy) are asked to star in a new musical for the Outside The Box Musical Theatre Company. What is the musical? Will they accept? Stay tuned.

Brilliant performer Jason Graae is asked to star in a new musical for the Outside The Box Theatre Company. What is the musical? Will he accept? Stay tuned.

Brad Oscar (The Producers, The Addams Family) is asked to star in a new musical for the Outside The Box Musical Theatre Company. Will he accept? What is the musical? Tune in!

Tony Award-winner Beth Leavel is asked to star in a new musical for the Outside The Box Musical Theatre Company. What is the musical? Will she accept? Tune in! Also stars Melody Hollis, Barry Pearl, Sandy Rosenberg, and Brandon Uranowitz.

BroadwayWorld.com, the largest theatre web site on the net, is thrilled to announce the newest addition to its line-up of exclusive, engaging, star-filled TV programs. To get fans caught up, and fired up for the new show, the entire first season's episodes begin airing now, with Season 2 slated to premier November 25, followed by it's regular presentation schedule of every other Sunday.

Hottest Articles on BroadwayWorld.com from this weekend Sunday, November 11, 2012 - Sunday, November 11, 2012.

The season two premiere of OUTSIDE THE BOX, Bruce Kimmel's web series, is now live with the first episode, starring Hal Linden, Jenna Rosen, Jane Noseworthy and Sharon McNight. Watch it below!