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54 BELOW, Broadway's Supper Club, presents Ilene, Randy, and Todd Graff, and Nikka Graff Lanzarone in 'The Graff Family Holiday Special,' tonight, December 14th at 11 P.M., and in a sold out show on Monday, December 16, 2013 at 7 P.M. This talented family will perform a host of holiday favorites and tunes from their various forays on the Great White Way in the tradition of the Andy Williams Christmas specials that mesmerized them as children. Expect tight, four-part harmonies, color coordinated hats and mufflers, indoor sleigh rides, audience participation, mistletoe, and plenty of high belting.

Star-studded holiday benefit SPARKLE: An All-Star Holiday Concert comes to Los Angeles for the first time with an exclusive and intimate performance at the Acme Theatre in Hollywood tonight, December 13th, 2013 at 7:30pm with proceeds benefiting the programs and services of The Actors Fund.

Coming up this week, 54 BELOW, the performance venue located just below the legendary Studio 54 at 254 West 54th Street, presents some of the brightest stars from Broadway, cabaret, jazz and beyond:

Yesterday's SIPs came from Broadway's own CINDERELLA, Laura Osnes, who claims she's just 'one of the guys,' the national tours of THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA and EVITA, as well as La Jolla's SIDE SHOW, and more!

It's Saturday, and that means it's time for BroadwayWorld's 'Saturday Intermission Pics' roundup. Today's photos come from the casts of KINKY BOOTS, WE WILL ROCK YOU, FAMILY FURNITURE, BIG FISH, THE FANTASTICKS, JUNO AND THE PAYCOCK, the national tour of PHANTOM OF THE OPERA, OLIVER! at Paper Mill, EVITA, WHITE CHRISTMAS and more!

Yesterday's SIPs come from the national tour of THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA, taking their paper faces on parade, Broadway's BIG FISH and CINDERELLA, plus, La Jolla Playhouse's SIDE SHOW, the national tour of EVITA, and more!

It's Saturday, and that means it's time for BroadwayWorld's 'Saturday Intermission Pics' roundup. Today's photos come from the casts of OLIVER! in their first SIP at Paper Mill Playhouse, the national tours of JERSEY BOYS, WHITE CHRISTMAS, THE GRINCH and EVITA, THE FANTASTICKS and AVENUE Q off-Broadway, Broadway's NEWSIES, THE BOOK OF MORMON, KINKY BOOTS, SPIDER-MAN, THE LION KING, THE MOST HAPPY FELLA at Goodspeed and more!

Yesterday's shots included the first SIP from the Broadway-bound ALADDIN, Broadway's CINDERELLA, the national tours of CHICAGO, ELF, and EVITA, plus a slew of regional photos from productions around the country!

It's Saturday, and that means it's time for BroadwayWorld's 'Saturday Intermission Pics' roundup. Today's photos come from the casts of BEAUTIFUL: THE CAROLE KING MUSICAL, Goodspeed's THE MOST HAPPY FELLA, BIG FISH, FAMILY FURNITURE, EVITA, WE WILL ROCK YOU and more!

Star-studded holiday benefit SPARKLE: An All-Star Holiday Concert comes to Los Angeles for the first time with an exclusive and intimate performance at the Acme Theatre in Hollywood on Friday, December 13th, 2013 at 7:30pm with proceeds benefiting the programs and services of The Actors Fund.

This weekend's shots come from Broadway's Chondra Profit who pulled double duty as the Queen(s) of THE LION KING's jungle yesterday, CINDERELLA, MATILDA, La Jolla Playhouse's SIDE SHOW, the national tours of ELF, EVITA, MAMMA MIA!, HELLO, DOLLY! and many more!

It's Saturday, and that means it's time for BroadwayWorld's 'Saturday Intermission Pics' roundup. Today's photos come from the casts of Goodspeed's THE MOST HAPPY FELLA, The Flea's FAMILY FURNITURE, NEWSIES, KINKY BOOTS, THE BOOK OF MORMON in the West End, ANNIE, THE WINSLOW BOY, HELLO, DOLLY!, EVITA, WE WILL ROCK YOU, SHOW BOAT at Asolo Rep, PETER AND THE STARCATCHER, GREASE in Manila and more!

54 BELOW, Broadway's Supper Club, presents Ilene, Randy, and Todd Graff, and Nikka Graff Lanzarone in "The Graff Family Holiday Special," on Saturday, December 14th at 11 P.M., and in a sold out show on Monday, December 16, 2013 at 7 P.M. This talented family will perform a host of holiday favorites and tunes from their various forays on the Great White Way in the tradition of the Andy Williams Christmas specials that mesmerized them as children. Expect tight, four-part harmonies, color coordinated hats and mufflers, indoor sleigh rides, audience participation, mistletoe, and plenty of high belting.

Now in its 16th season, Lincoln Center's acclaimed series American Songbook will continue to expand its scope celebrating the best in American singing and songwriting. New this year, the opening night concert will befree, in the David Rubenstein Atrium, on Wednesday, January 22, 2014. 'Live From Lincoln Center,' the Emmy Award-winning program broadcast nationally on PBS stations, will shoot four of the first week's American Songbook concerts in The Allen Room: by James Naughton, Lawrence Brownlee, Jason Isbell, and Patina Miller. These performances will be broadcast nationally beginning in Spring 2014. In addition, American Songbook concerts taking place in the Stanley H. Kaplan Penthouse at Lincoln Center will be live-streamed via http://watch.lincolncenter.org.

Yesterday's photos included Nick Spangler taking on the role of 'Prince Topher' in Broadway's CINDERELLA prior to departing the production today, shots from NEWSIES, THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA, ROCK OF AGES and more! Plus, check out shots from the national tours of MAMMA MIA!, WHITE CHRISTMAS, and EVITA!

It's Saturday, and that means it's time for BroadwayWorld's 'Saturday Intermission Pics' roundup. Today's photos come from the casts of NATASHA, PIERRE AND THE GREAT COMET OF 1812, KINKY BOOTS, NEWSIES, THE FANTASTICKS, WE WILL ROCK YOU, MAMMA MIA!, Goodspeed's THE MOST HAPPY FELLA, GREASE in Manila, regional productions of YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN and LES MIS and more!

BroadwayWorld collected as many of yesterday's evening Saturday Intermission Pics as we could to bring you Part 2 of our November 2nd SIP round-up. Yesterday's SIPs include shots from ANNIE, SPIDER-MAN, PRISCILLA, QUEEN OF THE DESERT, EVITA, MAMMA MIA!, LES MISERABLES at Zach Theatre in Austin, and regional productions of HELLO, DOLLY!, FRANKENSTEIN, HAIRSPRAY, OKLAHOMA, EMMA, KISS ME, KATE, CABARET, ROCKY HORROR, CLUE and more!

It's Saturday, and that means it's time for BroadwayWorld's 'Saturday Intermission Pics' roundup. Today's photos come from the casts of THE FANTASTICKS, WE WILL ROCK YOU, BIG FISH, MAMMA MIA!, THE ADDAMS FAMILY, Goodspeed's THE MOST HAPPY FELLA, SPAMALOT at the Media Theatre, LES MISERABLES at County College of Morris and more!

For one night only, Broadway favorite Ann Harada will once again become the outrageous, beloved and heavily accented therapist from Avenue Q to make her holiday fantasies come true with the fourth edition of Christmas Eve with Christmas Eve(#christmasevebcefa), a benefit for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS on Monday, December 2, 2013.

Now in its 16th season, Lincoln Center's acclaimed series American Songbook will continue to expand its scope celebrating the best in American singing and songwriting. New this year, the opening night concert will befree, in the David Rubenstein Atrium, on Wednesday, January 22, 2014. 'Live From Lincoln Center,' the Emmy Award-winning program broadcast nationally on PBS stations, will shoot four of the first week's American Songbook concerts in The Allen Room: by James Naughton, Lawrence Brownlee, Jason Isbell, and Patina Miller. These performances will be broadcast nationally beginning in Spring 2014. In addition, American Songbook concerts taking place in the Stanley H. Kaplan Penthouse at Lincoln Center will be live-streamed via http://watch.lincolncenter.org.