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As first reported on TVGuide.com, stage and screen star Eve Best has been cast in the role of Christina Applegate's boss in the NBC comedy UP ALL NIGHT.

As we exclusively reported on Friday, Russell Grant is to take over as The Wizard of Oz at the London Palladium after Michael Crawford's departure next month.

The Wizard of Oz's latest newsletter tells us that Michael Crawford's replacement will be announced shortly but until that time the casting is 'strictly confidential' - so does that mean the Strictly Come Dancing star is in the frame to take over?

The Martha Graham Dance Company (Janet Eilber, Artistic Director; LaRue Allen, Executive Director) will have a special engagement at The Joyce Theater, 175 Eighth Avenue (at 19th Street) NYC; March 13-18, 2012. Inner Landscape, the latest offering in the company's innovative series of thematic performances including contextual media and narration, features the acclaimed Graham psychological works in which she laid bare the human psyche. There will be two programs presented by the company as well as a Family matinee show on Saturday-March 17 at 2:00pm.

We've found out that Andrew Lloyd Webber intends to search for a Jesus Christ Superstar in conjunction with an ITV1 series - but who will be joining him on the judging panel?

Playwright Richard Vetere will celebrate his 60th birthday with a very special event, called A Life in the Theater, of readings from twelve of his plays at the Cherry Lane Theater on Sunday, January 15th at 7pm, which will feature many special guests & speakers including playwright Israel Horovitz.

The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis (The Rep) opened Sunday in the Park with George, music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and book by James Lapine, on the Browning Mainstage of the Loretto-Hilton Center for the Performing Arts on January 4. The production will run through January 29, 2012. Look below for some behind-the-scenes photo coverage!

Playwright Richard Vetere will celebrate his 60th birthday with a very special event, called A Life in the Theater, of readings from twelve of his plays at the Cherry Lane Theater on Sunday, January 15th at 7pm, which will feature many special guests & speakers including playwright Israel Horovitz.

SUNDAY IN THE PARK WITH GEORGE is a fascinating and visually dazzling examination of painter Georges Seurat and his unique style, which art books call pointillism. Stephen Sondheim has crafted an entertaining score, but it was at the suggestion of book writer, James Lapine, that this artful and delightful production actually came together. While viewing his masterpiece, "A Sunday afternoon on the Island of La Grand Jatte", Lapine remarked that the only thing missing was the painter himself, and so we're blessed with this visually arresting musical recreation of that moment in time. The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis has conjured up a superb rendering, filled with sharp performances and a pair of tableaus, one at the end of each act, that are breathtaking in their beauty.

The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis (The Rep) opened Sunday in the Park with George, music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and book by James Lapine, on the Browning Mainstage of the Loretto-Hilton Center for the Performing Arts on January 4. The production will run through January 29, 2012. Click below for a video preview of stars Erin Davie and Ron Bohmer performing 'Color and Light'!

The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis (The Rep) opened Sunday in the Park with George, music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and book by James Lapine, on the Browning Mainstage of the Loretto-Hilton Center for the Performing Arts last night, January 4. The production will run through January 29, 2012. Get a first glimpse at the production with the video below!

NBC has released details about the January 27th season finale of its series CHUCK. The show is ending its five season run on the air. The network will broadcast back-to-back episodes of the show. From 8:00 - 9:00 pm, 'Chuck Versus Sarah' will air, followed immediately by 'Chuck Versus The Goodbye'.

The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis (The Rep) opens Sunday in the Park with George, music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and book by James Lapine, on the Browning Mainstage of the Loretto-Hilton Center for the Performing Arts tonight, January 4. The production will run through January 29, 2012. Below, we bring you a first look at the official production photos!

Russell will appear alongside Gareth Gates, Kerry Ellis, Oliver Thornton and Brenda Edwards in the Biblical-inspired musical Children of Eden, by Wicked composer Stephen Schwartz and John?Caird, which is being revived in the West End for one night only in a spectacular star-studded charity gala at the Prince of Wales?Theatre on Sunday 29 January.

Sunday in the Park with George opened Off-Broadway in 1983 with Mandy Patinkin and Bernadette Peters in the lead roles. Reportedly, after seeing the show, Leonard Bernstein wrote to his friend Sondheim to commend him, calling the show 'brilliant, deeply conceived, canny, magisterial and by far the most personal statement I've heard from you thus far.' The show soon transferred to Broadway where it earned 10 Tony Award nominations, a New York Drama Critics Circle Award and the Pulitzer Prize for Drama.'

On the Friday, December 30th episode of NBC's CHUCK entitled 'Chuck Versus the Baby', Sarah (Yvonne Strahovski) is forced to confront a secret from her past and feels she must do so alone, while Chuck (Zachary Levi) urges her to let him help.

The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis (The Rep) will present one of the best musicals ever written, Sunday in the Park with George. With music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and book by James Lapine, the show will be performed on the Browning Mainstage of the Loretto-Hilton Center for the Performing Arts, 130 Edgar Road (on the campus of Webster University), Webster Groves, January 4 - 29, 2012.

Whatsonstage.com reports today that Andrew Lloyd Webber's next project may involve searching for a new Jesus. The maestro is reportedly in talks for a new reality talent show that would focus on finding the next 'Jesus' for a stadium tour of Jesus Christ Superstar in 2012. The tour could kick off in the US before heading to London't O2 Arena.

The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis (The Rep) will present one of the best musicals ever written, Sunday in the Park with George.

On Thursday night the Metropolitan Room let the cabaret world know that one of New York's most esteemed music rooms is primed to get better.