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BroadwayWorld.com's Richie Ridge was on hand at PETER PAN's press day where he talked to the stars and creative team about how they are putting together this live TV event. Here, Richie talks to Christian Borle and Kelli O'Hara.

The companies of Broadway's MATILDA and PIPPIN celebrated the holidays with performances at CBS' annual THANKSGIVING DAY PARADE.

CBS has confimed reports that its long-running crime drama THE MENTALIST will end its run after the upcoming seventh season.

As part of a year-round strategy of more original programming and fewer repeats, CBS announced today the season premiere dates of THE MENTALIST and UNDERCOVER BOSS.

'The Mentalist' star Tim Kang tweeted a few weeks ago, indicating that Season 7 would be the show's last. Though the series is nearing its end, Kang seemed excited for what the season ahead of him would bring.

Producers of the Tony Award-winning MATILDA THE MUSICAL announced today that Alison Luff will join the company as Miss Honey beginning tomorrow, Saturday, September 6.

The Royal Shakespeare Company's production of Roald Dahl's MATILDA the musical will hold a special Gala performance in aid of BBC Children in Need on Tuesday 4 November 2014. The evening will be hosted by BBC Radio 2's Sir Terry Wogan with a special appearance from the charity's mascot, Pudsey. BBC Radio 2 presenters and celebrities will be in attendance alongside members of the public. At least 50% of the proceeds from this performance will benefit the BBC Children in Need Appeal, and its work with disadvantaged children and young people across the UK.

The Royal Shakespeare Company and The Dodgers today announced that Tori Feinstein, Eliza Holland Madore, Brooklyn Shuck, and Fina Strazza have joined the Broadway company of Matilda the Musical and will begin performances in the title role over the course of the next few weeks.

Berkeley Rep opens its 47th season this September with An Audience with Meow Meow, a musical play of gargantuan proportions starring international superstar Meow Meow.

Morena Baccarin is officially headed back to CBS' long-running drama THE MENTALIST for a single episode, Entertainment Weekly has confirmed.

Capturing the imagination of young and old alike, the Royal Shakespeare Company's production of Roald Dahl's Matilda The Musical continues to play to packed houses at the Cambridge Theatre in London. Matilda has now been seen by almost 1.5million people since it transferred to the West End in October 2011. The production was commissioned by the RSC and played to sold-out audiences at the RSC's The Courtyard Theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon for twelve weeks from November 2010 to January 2011. Tickets are now on sale until Sunday 24 May 2015.

The Old Vic and Sonia Friedman Productions present Sophocles' ELECTRA, in a version by Frank McGuinness, starring Kristin Scott Thomas.

On Wednesday afternoon, friends and family of Tony-nominated actress Kelli O'Hara gathered for an intimate luncheon at Lidia Bastianich's famed New York restaurant Becco. Jason Robert Brown, Steven Pasquale, Greg Naughton, and Lidia Bastianich herself raised a glass to O'Hara and her achievements this season in Bridges of Madison County. Check out photos from the luncheon yesterday, below!

The cast of Matilda the Musical appeared on the Paul O'Grady show yesterday, May 22, with Alex Gaumond as Miss Trunchbull punishing the host for taking something that didn't belong to him. Watch the hilarious clip below!

Since appearing in the comedy “Freaky Friday” opposite Lindsay Lohan and Jamie Lee Curtis 10 years ago, actress Haley Hudson has made a career of playing complicated and often unusual characters as in the upcoming film “The Pact 2” and the new TV pilot “Queen Gorya.” Today, Hudson is set to star in the season finale of the popular CBS crime drama “The Mentalist” at 10 p.m. Sunday, May 18.

CBS has made a verdict on six of its shows: The Mentalist, The Crazy Ones, Bad Teacher, Friends with Better Lives, Intelligence, and Hostages.

On the next episode of CBS's THE MENTALIST titled 'Il Tavolo Bianco,' Jane's freedom is at stake

CBS announced today the storylines for its 2013-1014 series' season finales, which include exciting cliffhangers, big reveals and dramatic conclusions.

Watch the four girls who share the title role in Broadway's Matilda the Musical take EW.COM's Pop Culture Personality Quiz and find out which one of them is allowed to watch Grimm, who's keeping your love of Saved by the Bell and Full House alive, and who can tell you all about Jim Henson's Creature Shop Challenge and Face Off. Paige Brady, Gabriella Pizzolo, Ripley Sobo and Ava Ulloa show us their jazz hands here.

On the next episode of CBS's THE MENTALIST titled 'Brown Eyed Girls,' a chance encounter with a suspicious-looking individual leads Jane and Lisbon to uncover a vast human smuggling ring.