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Amanda Green and PETER PAN LIVE executive producer Neil Meron chat about expanding the lyrics to classic songs from the musical.

On last night's TONIGHT SHOW, Jimmy Fallon talked to Allison Williams about starring as the title character in NBC's upcoming Peter Pan Live. Later, the host gets a flying lesson from the star.

Today, November 18 Bloodshot will release While No One Was Looking: Toasting 20 Years of Bloodshot Records, a collection of 38 musical acts covering songs from the label's catalog.

Hugh Jackman may finally be bringing PT Barnum to the big screen.

THE RIVER opens tonight, November 16, at Circle in the Square (50th Street between Broadway and Eighth Avenue), where it will play a strictly limited 13-week engagement through Sunday, January 25, 2015. Scroll down to learn more about the full cast, and watch interviews with the company below!

Christopher Marlowe's 1587 epic Tamburlaine, Parts I and II, edited and directed by Olivier Award-winner Michael Boyd and starring John Douglas Thompson, opens Sunday, November 16, at 1:00pm at Theatre for a New Audience, Polonsky Shakespeare Center, 262 Ashland Place.

PETER PAN LIVE! star Allison Williams will be a guest on NBC's Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon on Monday, November 17th.

"'Twas the night before Christmas and all through the house, not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse." One of the most iconic opening lines in any piece of writing in history, and the basis for the Children's Theatre's 2014 Christmas presentation. Beginning November 22nd, The Children's Theatre at Way Off Broadway will be reviving its original production of 'Twas the Night Before Christmas, which first appeared at the theatre during the 2010 Season.

In the all-new video below, go behind the scenes to the rehearsal stage of NBC's highly anticipated PETER PAN LIVE, airing Thursday, December 4 at 8/7c!

Seline Hizli completes the cast for Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown joining the previously announced Tamsin Greig, Haydn Gwynne, Jerome Pradon, Anna Skellern, Ricardo Afonso, Haydn Oakley and Willemijn Verkaik. Additional cast includes Marianne Benedict, Holly James, Michael Matus, Rebecca McKinnis, Sarah Moyle, Alastair Natkiel, Nuno Queimado and Dale Rapley.

From Broadway debuts to stage veterans, this season is swarming with big screen stars. Below, BroadwayWorld brings you the backstory on this year's film-to-stage transplants. Scroll down to learn more, and be sure to let us who you're most excited to see on the Great White Way, plus which actors you'd like to make the leap!

Today we are talking to a spectacularly gifted Tony Award-winning stage and screen performer known for originating numerous memorable roles in both new musicals and revivals as well as starring in this month's Encores! special presentation of THE BAND WAGON, Brian Stokes Mitchell. Opening up about the new stage-to-screen adaptation of the movie musical classic while granting a rare few moments for a chat while on a break, Mitchell shares his enthusiasm for re-teaming with frequent collaborator director/choreographer Kathleen Marhshall as well as what audiences can expect from the brand new concert presentation while also commenting on his starry assortment of fellow players in the production, including Tracey Ullman, Michael McKean and Laura Osnes. Furthermore, Mitchell offers first news of his return to FOX's hit musical dramedy series GLEE for its final season and preliminarily clues us in to what we can expect from his last appearance on the series. Additionally, Mitchell reflects on his starring role in the 2002 Kennedy Center production of Stephen Sondheim and Hugh Wheeler's SWEENEY TODD and whether he would be interested in pursuing that part again in the future. Plus, Mitchell reveals he has recorded a series of studio albums awaiting release and shares his opinions on what material he would like to record in the future. All of that, thoughts on THE PRINCE OF EGYPT and if it could work onstage, his upcoming Christmas concert series with the Cincinnati Symphony, KISS OF THE SPIDER WOMAN memories and much, much more in this exclusive conversation with one of Broadway's most beloved leading men!

Included in the video below, PETER PAN LIVE star Allison Williams reveals that her character will be doing some singing on the new season. 'Maybe I'll Scat for you, do a little rap,' says her character Marnie Michaels in the teaser.

The holiday musical event PETER PAN LIVE will premiere on Thursday, Dec. 4 at 8 p.m. (ET/PT) on NBC, starring Allison Williams as the boy who refuses to grow up and Christopher Walken as the villainous Captain Hook. The special will also star Christian Borle, Kelli O'Hara, Taylor Louderman and Alanna Saunders. The cast met the press just yesterday morning and BroadwayWorld brings you photos from inside the special event below!

The actors joined Allison Williams on this morning's TODAY and were asked what advice they would give the 'Girls' star before she appears on NBC's upcoming live broadcast.

Allison Williams, Sandy Duncan and Cathy Rigby, who all took on the iconic role of 'Peter Pan' united for the very first time on NBC's TODAY this morning to discuss how the role touched their lives and those of fans.

To celebrate HUNCHBACK's run, we've gone in-depth on Disney's animated films that have brought their music, magic, comedy and romance to the stage. Scroll down to learn more, and be sure to tell us which Disney film you'd like to see adapted next!

PETER PAN LIVE! executive producer Neil Meron turned to Twitter to share the exciting breaking news that Allison Williams, Sandy Duncan and Cathy Rigby will unite for the very first time on NBC's TODAY, today November 30th.

San Francisco Opera presents Gioachino Rossini's La Cenerentola (Cinderella) in six performances November 9-26.

Allison Williams spoke from a West Side rehearsal space about starring in NBC's highly anticipated live broadcast of the classic musical PETER PAN. The production airs on Thursday December 4th.

Round House Theatre continues its 2014/15 season with a magical, fresh new take on a beloved classic - The Nutcracker, a new holiday musical created by Tommy Rapley, Jake Minton, Phillip Klapperich, and Kevin O'Donnell. Directed by the award-winning Joe Calarco, The Nutcracker makes its area premiere at Round House Theatre from November 26 thru December 28, 2014. Opening night is Monday, December 1, 2014.

The National Alliance For Musical Theatre (NAMT) announced today its selections for the 26th Annual Festival of New Musicals. Beautiful Poison, Cubamor, Great Wall, How To Break, Mary Marie, The Noteworthy Life of Howard Barnes, String and Stu For Silverton make up the eight new musicals that will be presented at the 26th Annual Festival of New Musicals today, October 23, 2014 and Friday, October 24, 2014 at New World Stages (340 West 50th Street).

Roundabout Theatre Company presents Tom Stoppard's Tony Award-winning play, The Real Thing, starring Ewan McGregor as 'Henry' and Maggie Gyllenhaal as 'Annie' in their Broadway debuts; Cynthia Nixon as 'Charlotte' and Josh Hamilton as 'Max.' The Real Thing officially opens tonight, October 30, 2014 at the American Airlines Theatre on Broadway. Scroll down to learn more about the full cast and watch interviews with the company below!