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THE VIEW's Guest Co-host Ashanti performed 'Santa Baby' from her new album, 'A Wonderful Christmas with Ashanti' Check out the appearance below!

Good morning, BroadwayWorld! Because we know all our readers eat, sleep and breathe Broadway, what could be better than waking up to it? Today's big news: AN AMERICAN IN PARIS opens in Paris, THE AMBASSADOR comes to BAM and more!

Acclaimed and much loved celebrity and society photographer Annie Watt, a familiar face in the New York social and commercial art scenes will unveil her first solo exhibition at the Galerie Dumonteil, at 475 Park Avenue in New York City, from today, December 10th 2014 to January 10th 2015.

MSG Entertainment (MSGE) announced today that Whoopi Goldberg will be lending her extraordinary voice to narrate New York Spring Spectacular as the character of The Statue of Liberty. Whoopi Goldberg is one of only twelve elite artists to win an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony Award, along with several other accolades in entertainment to her name, and was born and raised in New York City.

Hugh Bonneville, Laura Carmichael Lesley Nicol, Phyllis Logan and Rob James-Collier stopped by yesterday's THE VIEW on ABC to talk about the upcoming season of DOWNTON ABBEY and the special appearance by actor George Clooney,

Oscar winner Tom Hanks was among the five people honored Sunday evening at the 2014 Kennedy Center Honors held in Washington DC. The Oscar winner spoke about what the award meant to him.

ALADDIN stars Adam Jacobs and Tony award-winner James Monroe Iglehart will appear on 'The View' tomorrow, Tuesday, December 9 to promote 'Backstage with Disney on Broadway: Celebrating 20 Years' airing on ABC Sunday December 14 at 7pm ET. They will be performing a never-before-heard medley of songs from Aladdin.

In celebration of Disney Theatrical Productions' 20 years on Broadway, the ABC Television Network will air 'Backstage with Disney on Broadway: Celebrating 20 Years,' SUNDAY, DECEMBER 14 at 7:00 p.m., ET. The special will be hosted by Broadway veteran Jesse Tyler Ferguson, star of ABC's 'Modern Family,' and feature musical performances from Sir Elton John, Sam Palladio and Clare Bowen (ABC's 'Nashville'), Darren Criss, Ashley Brown ('Mary Poppins') and Adam Jacobs ('Aladdin'). Multi-talented entertainers and Broadway performers Toni Braxton, Whoopi Goldberg and Rosie O'Donnell are part of the roster of all-star talent sharing memories and anecdotes from the past two decades of Disney on Broadway.

Eminent artists, friends and peers of this year's five honorees gathered in Washington, D.C. last night (Dec. 7) to present entertaining and heartfelt tributes at THE 37TH ANNUAL KENNEDY CENTER HONORS

Singer Al Green; actor and filmmaker Tom Hanks; ballerina Patricia McBride; singer-songwriter Sting; and comedienne Lily Tomlin received honors for 2014 on THE 37TH ANNUAL KENNEDY CENTER HONORS, to be broadcast Tuesday, Dec. 30 (9:00-11:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network. CBS has broadcast the special each year since its debut 37 years ago.

Written and directed by Chris Rock, the new comedy film TOP FIVE opens today.

Darren Criss joins the celebration of Disney Theatrical Productions' 20 years on Broadway, the ABC Television Network will air "Backstage with Disney on Broadway: Celebrating 20 Years," SUNDAY, DECEMBER 14 at 7:00 p.m., ET. As previously announced, the special will be hosted by Broadway veteran Jesse Tyler Ferguson, star of ABC's Modern Family, and feature musical performances from Sir Elton John, Sam Palladio and Clare Bowen (ABC's "Nashville"), Ashley Brown ("Mary Poppins") and Adam Jacobs ("Aladdin"). Multi-talented entertainers and Broadways performers Toni Braxton, Whoopi Goldberg and Rosie O'Donnell join the roster of all-star talent sharing memories and anecdotes from the past two decades of Disney on Broadway.

MSG Entertainment (MSGE) and The Garden of Dreams Foundation are proud to announce the return of Garden of Laughs - the wildly successful all-star comedy benefit first held in 2013. This year's show, featuring some of the biggest names in comedy, will take place at The Theater at Madison Square Garden on Saturday, March 28, 2015 at 8:00 p.m., with all net proceeds going directly to Garden of Dreams.

On yesterday's THE VIEW on ABC, talented actor,singer and writer Seth MacFarlane admitted that he wants to write a musical.

The Meeting* hosted by Justin Sayre, the acclaimed comedy/variety show, will return to JOE'S PUB at The Public Theater on Sunday, December 7 at 9:30 PM to continue its landmark 6th season. The Meeting* has been called 'delicious and delightfully droll' by The New York Post and 'hilarious and sardonic' by The Village Voice. A story for Slate.com called the evening 'so deliciously icy that it left me shivering with fear and delight.' The season's previous shows sold out after a New York Times 'Arts & Leisure' piece ran in September. The December show marks the 5th annual Holiday Spectacular from The Meeting*, with special guests Lady Rizo, Julian Fleisher, Connie Champagne, Michael Friedman, David Drake, Josh Sharp and Aaron Jackson. Tracy Stark serves as the show's Music Director.

El musical de Stage Entertainment y El Terrat vende 50.000 entradas desde su estreno, el 24 de octubre.

This week's New York Times In Performance video features Joy Behar, comedian and former co-host of 'ABC's The View,' in a scene from her new solo autobiographical show, 'Me, My Mouth & I.'

Bob Saget, Whoopi Goldberg, George Lopez and other special guests along with Top Chef Masters Bring Cool Comedy - Hot Cuisine to New York tonight December 2

ABC has announced that Glenn Close and John Lithgow, who currently star in Broadway's A Delicate Balance will drop by THE VIEW today, November 2nd. Singer and Oscar winner Jennifer Hudson will also be a guest on the show, which airs 11:00 a.m.-12:00 noon, ET).

Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga stopped by ABC's THE VIEW to perform the title track from their Number One album 'Cheek to Cheek.' Later on the show, the duo spoke about their special musical partnership.