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Vicki and Chris Le Vine, along with The Broadway Dreams Foundation, presented the third annual White Christmas at Sweetwater Farm and Grace Winery (50 Sweetwater Road, Glen Mills, PA) on Sunday, December 16. The festive old-fashioned piano party and cabaret featured performances by Broadway's brightest stars and talented local BDF students. Each year hundreds of students received valuable musical theatre training through BDF programs offered in partnership with Philadelphia's Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts. Check out photos from the event below!

Vicki and Chris Le Vine, along with The Broadway Dreams Foundation, present the third annual White Christmas at Sweetwater Farm and Grace Winery (50 Sweetwater Road, Glen Mills, PA) on Sunday, December 16, 2012. The festive old-fashioned piano party and cabaret will feature performances by Broadway's brightest stars and talented local BDF students. Each year hundreds of students receive valuable musical theatre training through BDF programs offered in partnership with Philadelphia's Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts. Proceeds from White Christmas at Sweetwater Farm and Grace Winery will help to fund scholarships for worthy aspiring performers.

The Broadway Dreams Foundation held its second annual Champagne & Caroling Gala last night at Celsius, a restaurant, bar and event space within Citi Pond at Bryant Park (5th Ave and 42nd Street) on Monday, December 10. At this one of a kind urban winter wonderland in of the heart of midtown Manhattan, Broadway's brightest stars and patrons of the arts joined together for a festive celebration of the country's premier musical theatre training program. Check out photos from the event below!

The Broadway Dreams Foundation will hold its second annual Champagne & Caroling Gala at Celsius, a restaurant, bar and event space within Citi Pond at Bryant Park (5th Ave and 42nd Street) on Monday, December 10, 2012 at 7:00 p.m. At this one of a kind urban winter wonderland in of the heart of midtown Manhattan, Broadway's brightest stars and patrons of the arts will join together for a festive celebration of the country's premier musical theatre training program. The evening will include festive cocktails, hors d'oeuvres and performances by Tony, Grammy and Emmy Award-winner Marc Shaiman, BDF Artistic Director Nicholas Rodriguez (Tarzan, "One Life to Live"), teaching artists Billy Porter (Kinky Boots), Matthew Scott (Jersey Boys), Kirsten Scott (Follies), Morgan James (Godspell), BDF alumni Ryann Redmond (Bring It On The Musical), current Broadway Dreams students from across the country.

ShenanArts at the nTelos Theatre presents 9 to 5: The Musical, tonight, November 9th - 11th, & 16th - 18th, running Todays & Saturdays: 7:00 pm and Sundays: 3:00 pm. Directed by Hank Fitzgerald with choreography by Sara Ann Meinhofer.

Casting has been announced for the acclaimed Chichester Festival Theatre production of Goodnight Mister Tom which runs at the Phoenix Theatre from 22 November 2012 for 9 weeks before embarking on a UK Tour from 29 January.

ShenanArts at the nTelos Theatre presents 9 to 5: The Musical, November 9th - 11th, & 16th - 18th, running Fridays & Saturdays: 7:00 pm and Sundays: 3:00 pm. Directed by Hank Fitzgerald with choreography by Sara Ann Meinhofer.

Backstage @ 54 Below returns Tuesday, September 18th with high energy host SUSIE MOSHER and Musical Director BRAD SIMMONS. Special Guests include VAN HUGHES (9 to 5, Hairspray & American Idiot), LESLIE McDONEL (Hairspray, American Idiot), JAY ROGERS (Howard Crabtree's "When Pig's Fly"), KIRSTEN SCOTT (Follies, Hairspray) & MATTHEW SCOTT (Jersey Boys, Sondheim on Sondeim). Featuring JESSICA VOSK (Encores!), MICHELLE DOWDY (Hairspray), JOHN PATRICK WALKER (High Fidelity, Young Frankenstein) and "LA's Next Great Stage Star" Winner JUDY MORA.

Coming up this week, 54 BELOW, the new performance venue located just below the legendary Studio 54 at 254 West 54th Street, presents some of Broadway's brightest stars.

The West End stage show Horrible Histories - Barmy Britain temporarily leaves the Garrick Theatre this weekend, today, 1st September, to embark on a Middle East tour to Abu Dhabi, Dubai and Shajah. The production then returns to the Garrick on Saturday 27th October 2012, running through to January 6th 2013.

The West End stage show Horrible Histories - Barmy Britain temporarily leaves the Garrick Theatre this weekend, Saturday 1st September, to embark on a Middle East tour to Abu Dhabi, Dubai and Shajah. The production then returns to the Garrick on Saturday 27th October 2012, running through to January 6th 2013.

The Hollywood Arts Council celebrated their 27th Annual Children's Festival of the Arts with a salute to Paramount Pictures' 100th birthday on the grounds of the historic Hollywood studio this past Sunday, August 12th. DJ Casey McCabe of AMP Radio 97.1 FM served as Master of Ceremonies for the fun-filled free event. Check out photos from the celebration below!

For 12 years, Merkin Concert Hall's Broadway Close Up series has been taking audiences behind the scenes of classic musicals old and new with eye-opening interviews and inspiring performances. The annual Bound for Broadway show hosted by Liz Callaway gives theater lovers sneak peeks at some of the best new shows in production. This season's line-up includes:

Philadelphia's Broadway dreams came true for the fourth consecutive summer when The Broadway Dreams Foundation (BDF) partnered with The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts to present their Summer Performing Arts Intensive, July 30 through August 5, 2012. Jason Robert Brown, Tony Award-winner for Parade, and a faculty of Broadway professionals taught master classes during the week to aspiring Philadelphia area students interested in pursuing a career in musical theatre. Check out photos of Brown in workshop and the faculty and students performing in concert below!

School's out for the summer and the fast-talking, hyper teenager 'Fred Figglehorn' is headed to camp in the brand-new TV movie starring internet sensation Lucas Cruikshank, Fred 3: Camp Fred, premiering tonight, July 28, at 8 p.m. (ET/PT) on Nickelodeon.

Pittsburgh CLO presents the debut production of Sunset Boulevard, now playing through July 29 at the Benedum Center. Tony Award nominee Liz Callaway, critically-acclaimed star of Love Changes Everything, returns to the Pittsburgh CLOstage as eccentric Hollywood actress Norma Desmond. Check out the video we have of the production below.