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The latest in unauthorized gossip and buzz from the heart of Chicago's showtune video bars, and musical theater news from Chicago to Broadway. Bohemian Theatre Ensemble, 'Into the Woods,' Writers' Theatre, 'No Way To Treat a Lady,' Andrea McArdle, Michael Cullen, more.....

Bay Street continues to offer affordable evenings out as THE PICTURE SHOW continues throughout April and May with $5 films for everyone. What better way to spend the evening than by catching favorite old films as they were meant to be seen - on the big screen!

Go Comedy! Improv Theater has announced that its joint venture with the Ferndale Public Library, Son of The Maltese Falcon, has been extended to April 29. And the original comedy Wicked Tales of Horror & Regret will open at 9pm Thursday, April 1. Tickets ($5-$15) for all Go Comedy! shows are available online at www.gocomedy.net, by calling 248-327-0575,or in person at the Go Comedy! box office.

Go Comedy! Improv Theater has announced that its joint venture with the Ferndale Public Library, Son of The Maltese Falcon, has been extended to April 29. And the original comedy Wicked Tales of Horror & Regret will open at 9pm Thursday, April 1. Tickets ($5-$15) for all Go Comedy! shows are available online at www.gocomedy.net, by calling 248-327-0575,or in person at the Go Comedy! box office.

A new exhibition at the International Center of Photography will offer an innovative view of the Civil Rights Movement and the catalytic social role played by changing portrayals of African Americans in the 1950s and ‘60s.

Go Comedy! Improv Theater welcomes Son of The Maltese Falcon, Professor Richard Myron's You-Tube Bonanza, and the Bailout Improv Tournament Spectacular to its weekly schedule in March. A complete weekly performance schedule follows this release. Tickets ($5-$15) for all Go Comedy! shows are available online at www.gocomedy.net, by calling 248-327-0575,or in person at the Go Comedy! box office.

American Stage Theatre Company has announced the continuation of its popular free play reading series, HOT OFF THE PRESS, featuring new plays by local playwrights. Tickets are free to the public for all readings. All readings are followed by a talkback with the playwright to help guide the development of the piece.

The Music of Andrew Lloyd Webber, a grand concert showcasing the Tony®, Grammy® and Academy Award®-winning composer's biggest and most memorable hits, makes its way to the Orange County Performing Arts Center for a special one-week-only engagement February 16 - 21 in Segerstrom Hall.

Go Comedy! Improv Theater will unveil a barrage of shows in February including new shows at 8pm & 9pm on Friday and Saturday nights.

As we celebrate Christmas and await the New Year, here's a new audio interpretation of 'The Gift of the Magi' by O. Henry, written and recorded by local DC actors and designers who make up The Audible Group. It is Christmas Eve, 1935. In a small apartment in the H Street NE neighborhood of Washington, DC where James and Della Young, a young couple who, though rich in love, but down to their last pennies, still manage to give each other the perfect gift. It will fill you - from head to mistletoe - with the holiday spirit. Listen here

The latest in unauthorized gossip and buzz from the heart of Chicago's showtune video bars, and musical theater news from Chicago to Broadway. The Second City, 'TAF,' 'Glee,' 'The Princess and the Frog,' 'In the Heights,' 'Aida,' more.....

The Music of Andrew Lloyd Webber, a grand concert showcasing the Tony®, Grammy® and Academy Award®-winning composer's biggest and most memorable hits, makes its way to the Orange County Performing Arts Center for a special one-week-only engagement February 16 - 21 in Segerstrom Hall.

Theatre favorite Bryan Batt, currently starring on AMC's Emmy-Winning Best Drama 'Mad Men,' is featured in a new interview with NY Magazine.

Theatre favorite Bryan Batt, currently starring on AMC's Emmy-Winning Best Drama 'Mad Men,' is featured in a new interview with ChicagoPride.com.

Producer Jeffrey Finn announced today that OLEANNA, the provocative drama by Pulitzer Prize winner David Mamet, will have its first-ever Broadway production as part of the 2009-2010 Broadway Season. Starring Bill Pullman and Julia Stiles and directed by Tony Award winner Doug Hughes, the play is a gripping account of a power struggle between a male university professor and one of his female students.

Kenny Leon's True Colors Theatre Company is proud to announce its production of Miss Evers' Boys by David Feldshuh, directed by Kenny Leon, featuring Jasmine Guy, TC Carson and Eugene Lee. Performances will take place at Fulton County's Southwest Arts Center, March 4 - 21, 2009; performance times vary and are listed on the True Colors website, truecolorstheatre.org. Cast also includes Bart Hansard, Eric Little, Enoch King and E. Roger Mitchell.

The 20th Annual GYPSY OF THE YEAR COMPETITION announced a total of $3,061,000 had been raised by the 63 participating Broadway, Off-Broadway, and National Tour companies to benefit Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS. BroadwayWorld.com's cameras had VIP access on all levels to bring you the most complete coverage of this very special event!

The 20th Annual GYPSY OF THE YEAR COMPETITION announced a total of $3,061,000 had been raised by the 63 participating Broadway, Off-Broadway, and National Tour companies to benefit Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS.

Jeffrey Finn Productions announces a special return holiday engagement of THE MUSIC OF ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER for two weeks only at the Kennedy Center's newly-renovated Eisenhower Theater, Tuesday, December 23, 2008 through Sunday, January 4, 2009. The engagement marks the first return of the special concert since a sold out holiday run at the Kennedy Center Opera House in December 2004. The official Opening Night will be Saturday, December 27 at 7:30 p.m.

FoxNews.com is reporting that Richard Gere will be joining Debra Winger in the rumored upcoming revival of Guess Who's Coming To Dinner? It was previously rumored that Bill Pullman will be playing the lead role opposite Winger but is now reportedly unable to because of a conflict in schedule. If Gere resumes the role it will be the first time him and Ms. Winger are reuniting since their film 'An Officer and a Gentleman'.