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This Carrollwood Players production of 'CHAPTER TWO' is comparable to any professional regional production. BRAVO!...2 Thumbs UP!...and 5 Stars!

...we know that we are in for a smashing production of 'The Producers'. And the most appreciative audience was simply, WOWED! There were lots of Laughs and lots of Applause, because this production is Terrific! - a HUGE HIT!

Below, check out quotables from NBC's Late Night with Jimmy Fallon February 11 - 15:

Comedy is a winning formula for TV ONE with new local series AGENT ANNA leading Thursday night's popular line-up.

BroadwayWorld.com noticed something today as we scoured Facebook and it's something that we really liked, so we wanted to share it with you because it's not so often that you find such generosity for actors. This weekend, all roads lead to St. Louis as actors are headed there from all over the country to audition for the Muny's summer production of LES MISERABLES directed by Richard Jay-Alexander and with music direction by Kevin Stites.

Are you kidding? It's a nightmare when you have to sing anywhere, a show, a concert, your sister's wedding…Jeez…this is when I want to throw myself off of a bridge. It never fails. You could be fine for a whole year, then when you have a performance of some kind, you find that little tickle in your throat, that faithful friend that rears it's ugly little head and starts to say "hello…"

Wow, talk about a thumbs up! BroadwayWorld.com Cabaret Reviewer/Columnist Stephen Hanks received such a positive reaction to his '2012 Best of New York Cabaret' piece posted yesterday that we thought it would be fun for him to add to his original 13 "honorable mentions" list. So, here for your holiday week reading pleasure is Part 2 of his "Best" and "Most" Honorable Mentions in Cabaret for 2012 with 21 new listings (because an even 20 would be trite). Enjoy!

UglyRhino Productions announces its December 2012 programming, including 'UGLYSHOTS: A NEW CINEMATIC DRINKING GAME' and 'WAREHOUSE NEW YEAR'S' with live bands and DJs to ring in 2013.

It's Saturday, and that means it's time for BroadwayWorld's 'Saturday Intermission Pics' round-up! Today's photos feature Annie star Lilla Crawford doing a dead-on (although red-headed) impersonation of President Lincoln, the casts of The Public Theater's GIANT, NEWSIES, EVITA, A CHRISTMAS STORY, NICE WORK IF YOU CAN GET IT, FORBIDDEN BROADWAY, SILENCE! THE MUSICAL, THE MYSTERY OF EDWIN DROOD, ONCE, SPIDER-MAN, CHAPLIN, CHICAGO, WICKED, SCANDALOUS, THE BOOK OF MORMON and many more joining together to support the third season of webseries 'Submissions Only', and quite a few pics from regional shows!

UglyRhino Productions announces its December 2012 programming, including 'UGLYSHOTS: A NEW CINEMATIC DRINKING GAME' and 'WAREHOUSE NEW YEAR'S' with live bands and DJs to ring in 2013.

December's installment of TinyRhino* will premiere UglyShots, a brand new partnership with Over Shots Productions. The first in a reoccurring series, UglyShots will pair the TinyRhino drinking game concept with a series of short films.

'This feels like opening night,' Liz Callaway admitted early on the second night of her new 54 Below Show, 'Coming Around Again,' in response to the lusty audience cheering that continued throughout an eclectic 15-song set. For Callaway, a self-admitted New York Mets baseball fanatic, this show was definitely a home run.

Bobby and Jamie Deen whip up a traditional Turkey Day feast with an inside look into the Deen's family festivities and traditions on Deen Brothers Thanksgiving on Sunday, November 11th at 8pmET/5pmPT.

Tickets are currently on sale for UP Comedy Club's roster of stand up and sketch shows, Maria Bamford, Jim Breuer, Jo Koy, Ted Alexandro, Robert Klein, Kyle Kinane, THE SECOND CITY'S NUT-CRACKING HOLIDAY REVUE and the debut of WHAT THE TOUR GUIDE DIDN'T TELL YOU: A CHICAGO REVUE.

'DADGUM That's Good, Too!,' the latest cookbook by southern culinary master John McLemore, serves up more scrumptious times for family bonding through dadgum good cooking and 135 new recipes. It is available on September 1, nationwide on Amazon.com, barnesandnoble.com, and other retail outlet sites. It is also available at QVC.com (Trade paperback, $24.95, In Print, LLC). There's a strong appetite for the sequel: More than 10,000 books were sold on its debut day.

Tickets are currently on sale for UP Comedy Club's Fall roster of headlining talent and holiday shows, including Adam Ferrara, Tommy Davidson, Bobcat Goldthwait, Charlie Murphy, Maria Bamford, Jim Breuer, Jo Koy, Lyndsay Hailey, The Bicycle Men, Robert Klein, Kyle Kinane and 'The Second City's Nut-Cracking Holiday Revue.' Tickets can be purchased by calling 312-662-4562 or visiting UPComedyclub.com. UP Comedy Club is located at 230 W. North Ave, 3rd Floor of Piper's Alley in Chicago.

If bite-sized chicken can grow up, so can you! COMEDY CENTRAL has teamed up with KFC to create the original digital series and contest GROWING UP AND GETTING OUT.

Today's spotlight falls on Ronnie Nelson, who hails from Ammon, North Carolina, and plays Norm in the show. When you go to see The Nutty Professor, keep this is mind: Ronnie's the tall, good-looking guy among an ensemble filled with tall (and not-so-tall), good-looking guys-and he's played Nashville before (as part of the national tour of Cats) and he's got a hankering for some good ol' down-home biscuits and gravy, so I predict you might see him at the Loveless Cafe or Pancake Pantry while he's in town.

Tonight was the final night of performances on American Idol, with three rounds of songs to win over your votes. So how did Phillip Phillips and Jessica Sanchez measure up? Find out now!

Tonight's American Idol was two hours even with only five contestants left (really, Idol?) leading to another week with two categories and some strong performances: the music of the 1960s and British pop. It'll certainly be a show on which some of them struggle on one category or the other, but who'll rise to the occasion with the help of guest judge Steven van Zandt? Find out now!

Most of you reading this are probably already feeling the stress of this dreadful February vacation. (I mean those of you stuck at home or at work while the kids have no school. Not the ones on vacation. I'll tell you where you can put your vacation). For me, it's an endless week of manic scheduling and desperate searches to find fun things for the kids to do in between my fruitless attempts at working from home.

Hodges and Hodges were on the scene for the advance screening of SMASH, NBC's behind the curtain look at what it takes to put on a Broadway show. The buzz was already huge (BWW covered the New York premiere last month) with many of Broadway's biggest stars giving the show a thumbs up. So, dressed up in our finest, we drove to San Francisco, dashing past the Curran and Orpheum theatres to make our way to the theater for the premiere.

BWW:UK's Edinburgh resident reports from the city as the festival cranks up...

RED, WHITE & TUNA has added 2 more performances! If you haven't had a chance to see this hilarious show, yet, it's not too late.

RED, WHITE & TUNA has added 2 more performances! If you haven't had a chance to see this hilarious show, yet, it's not too late.