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The new production of the Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning musical A CHORUS LINE comes to the Hobby Center in Houston for a limited two-week engagement January 5-17.

Erich Steinbock, Managing Director of The Carlyle Hotel, announced today the return of resident leading lady, Elaine Stritch, to the Café Carlyle in an all-new show: 'At Home At The Carlyle: Elaine Stritch Singin' Sondheim. . . One Song At A Time.' The strictly limited engagement will play the month of January 2010, at the legendary nightspot, with opening night set for Tuesday, January 5 (through January 30).

Despite the acclaimed revival's premature closing, Michael X. will soldier on in this biz, as he has for 30-plus years.

Oprah Winfrey, Scott Sanders and the producing team of the Broadway smash hit THE COLOR PURPLE, The Musical about Love, are proud to announce that the first North American Touring production of THE COLOR PURPLE returns to the Fabulous Fox Theatre in St. Louis for 8 performances, February 2-7, 2010.

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Kate Baldwin, currently starring in the Broadway revival of FINIAN'S RAINBOW that took it's opening night bow last night, is set to perform in concert at Feinstein's at Loews Regency on December 13th. The show, 'Let's See What Happens,' will feature songs from her debut solo album of the same name, recently released.

The new production of the Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning musical A CHORUS LINE comes to the Times Union Center's Moran Theater in Jacksonville on January 19 - 24, 2010 for 8 performances only!

Oprah Winfrey, Scott Sanders and the producing team of the Broadway smash hit THE COLOR PURPLE, The Musical about Love, are proud to announce that Fort Worth will host the first North American touring production of THE COLOR PURPLE for eight performances at Bass Performance Hall, January 26-31, 2010.

'The problem is the author's lost control,' sings Guido Contini in the pulsating penultimate song of the film soundtrack of NINE, simultaneously grasping for words and grasping for breath as he reaches a breaking point; a crisis of spirit, faith and heart.

Bringing Stephen Sondheim's SWEENEY TODD closer to Manila theater audiences may at first seem like a Herculean task. After all, the taste of sweet, blood-curling revenge is not everyone's favorite bedtime story. But that was what Repertory Philippines has been doing in its incarnation of the musical thriller, set to end its highly successful run on December 13, Sunday, 3:30 and 8 p.m. at Onstage, Greenbelt 1, Ayala Center, Makati City.

Oprah Winfrey, Scott Sanders and the producing team of the Broadway smash hit THE COLOR PURPLE, The Musical about Love, are proud to announce that Austin will host the first North American Touring production of THE COLOR PURPLE for eight performances, January 12-17.

The new production of the Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning musical A CHORUS LINE comes to the Hobby Center in Houston for a limited two-week engagement January 5-17.

Oprah Winfrey, Scott Sanders and the producing team of the Broadway smash hit THE COLOR PURPLE, The Musical about Love, are proud to announce that Austin will host the first North American Touring production of THE COLOR PURPLE for eight performances, January 12-17.

Oprah Winfrey, Scott Sanders and the producing team of the Broadway smash hit THE COLOR PURPLE, The Musical about Love, are proud to announce that Jacksonville will host the first North American Touring production of THE COLOR PURPLE for 8 performances only on November 17 - 22, 2009 at the Times Union Center's Moran Theater.

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Oprah Winfrey, Scott Sanders and the producing team of the Broadway smash hit THE COLOR PURPLE, The Musical about Love, are proud to announce that Jacksonville will host the first North American Touring production of THE COLOR PURPLE for 8 performances only on November 17 - 22, 2009 at the Times Union Center's Moran Theater.

NJPAC has canceled the second week of performances for the upcoming national tour of THE COLOR PURPLE. Performances, which were supposed to take place December 16th through December 27th, will now close December 20th.

Stage and screen star John Stamos will be honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, revealed today, November 16th. The star will be the 2,393rd given to honor a star on the Walk of Fame.

Erich Steinbock, Managing Director of The Carlyle Hotel, announced today the return of resident leading lady, Elaine Stritch, to the Café Carlyle in an all-new show: 'At Home At The Carlyle: Elaine Stritch Singin' Sondheim. . . One Song At A Time.' The strictly limited engagement will play the month of January 2010, at the legendary nightspot, with opening night set for Tuesday, January 5 (through January 30).

The Signature Theatre, nationally renowned for its innovation in musical theater, will reinvent the 1927 classic American musical, Show Boat, in a brand new production playing November 10, 2009 through January 17, 2010.