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As Sir Robin carols merrily to King Arthur in Monty Python's Spamalot, 'In any great adventure, if you don't want to lose...you won't succeed on Broadway if you don't have any Jews.'

As Sir Robin carols merrily to King Arthur in Monty Python's Spamalot, 'In any great adventure, if you don't want to lose…you won't succeed on Broadway if you don't have any Jews.' Eric Idle's cheeky lyric, which unfailingly generated knowing guffaws from Broadway audiences, proves to be more than a little grounded in truth, as BROADWAY MUSICALS: A JEWISH LEGACY convincingly attests.

Voting is now underway for the Washington, DC Awards and continues until December 31, 2012. Winners will be announced in early January. Check out the live standings below!

Voting is now underway for the Los Angeles Awards and continues until December 31, 2012. Winners will be announced in early January. Check out the live standings below!

Following four critically acclaimed shows since its launch earlier this year, the Back to the Musicals series returns to The Pheasantry in Chelsea on Sunday 9th December 2012, with A MERRY LITTLE CHRISTMAS, a celebration of festive music from the world of theatre and film.

Paul Garman, Executive Director/Producer, has announced that Davis Gaines (LA's PHANTOM OF THE OPERA, MTW's MAN OF LA MANCHA & MONTY PYTHON'S SPAMALOT) will make his Los Angeles-area directorial debut for the upcoming MTW production of OKLAHOMA!, which will preview on February 15 and run for 12 performances through March 3, 2013. OKLAHOMA!, as with all Musical Theatre West productions, is created from the ground up at its rehearsal studios in Long Beach using a blend of both professional actors from Broadway, Hollywood and national tours, and the best in local talent.

Two River Theater, under the leadership of Artistic Director John Dias and Managing Director Michael Hurst, announces the full cast and community events for A Wind in the Willows Christmas, a new musical inspired by Kenneth Grahame's children's classic, written by composer Mike Reid, lyricist Sarah Schlesinger, and bookwriter Mindi Dickstein. The world-premiere production is directed by Amanda Dehnert, with music direction by James Sampliner.

Voting is now underway for the Washington, DC Awards and continues until December 31, 2012. Winners will be announced in early January. Check out the live standings below!

Christmas is in the air, and what better way to get into the spirit than a night with Clay Aiken and his classical renditions of all your Yuletide favorites? Backed by a 20 piece orchestra, the Joyful Noise Tour will be a holiday show like no other. Clay Aiken charmed his way into America's heart during American Idol's second season.

Voting is now underway for the Los Angeles Awards and continues until December 31, 2012. Winners will be announced in early January. Check out the live standings below!

Tennessee Shakespeare Company, the Mid-South's professional classical theatre, features award-winning Broadway stars Marin Mazzie and Jason Danieley in performance for its Fourth Annual Valentine's Gala on Friday, February 8, 2013, at 6:00 pm at Germantown Performing Arts Centre.

Tony Award winner Steve Kazee will be featured on the THE TWILIGHT SAGA: BREAKING DAWN - Part 2 original soundtrack. The ONCE star sings vocals along with Christine Perri on 'A Thousand Years (Part 2).

Warner Bros. Theatre Ventures in association with Unique Features and Jujamcyn Theaters present Jordan Gelber (Avenue Q, All My Sons) as Broadway's favorite elf, 'Buddy' in the hit holiday musical ELF. He will be joined by Leslie Kritzer (Sondheim on Sondheim, A Catered Affair) as 'Jovie' and Mitchell Sink as 'Michael' in his Broadway debut.

THE BOOK OF MORMON, winner of nine Tony Awards including Best Musical, will launch its Second National Tour next month in Chicago, with Nic Rouleau, direct from the Broadway company, starring in the role of Elder Price. Ben Platt will star opposite Rouleau as Elder Cunningham.

Following a sell out run at the 2012 Edinburgh Festival, Maurice's Jubilee will go on a national tour from January 2013. This is Olivier Award winning Nichola McAuliffe's most recent play and she will reprise her role as Katie, alongside Olivier Award winning Julian Glover (Maurice) and Sheila Reid* (Helena). Maurice's Jubilee is directed by multiple Fringe First winner Hannah Eidinow and has design by Christopher Richardson.

Christie Brinkley, one of the world's most successful supermodels, will make her Boston debut in the National Tour of the Tony Award-winning hit musical "Chicago." She will star as merry murderess Roxie Hart with John O'Hurley as Billy Flynn in a strictly limited 6-show engagement at the Citi Performing Arts Center Wang Theatre tonight, November 1-4. Press night is set for tonight, November 1 at 7:30 pm. Tickets go on sale on Friday, September 7 at 10 am.

Hennepin Theatre Trust announced today that individual tickets for Monty Python's Spamalot and Rock of Ages will go on sale at 10 a.m. on Friday, Nov. 9, 2012. Tickets will be sold online through HennepinTheatreTrust.org, in person at the State Theatre Box Office, by calling 1.800.982.2787 or visiting a Ticketmaster Ticket Center.

Starlight Theatre's 2013 Broadway Season will include flying cows, '80s dance craze, the ultimate con man, a little mermaid, rebellious teens, forbidden love and show-stopping musical numbers.

Accompanied by a 20 piece orchestra, Clay Aiken's Joyful Noise Tour is coming to the St. George Theatre to perform all of your favorite holiday classics on Sunday, December 2nd.

Following last season's reinterpretation of Federico Garcia Lorca's classic The House of Bernarda Alba, the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami-Dade County and the University of Miami's Department of Theatre Arts are partnering once again to present a fresh rock musical, GIRLS VS. BOYS, written by the creators of The Sparrow and Death and Harry Houdini - Chris Mathews, Jake Minton, Kevin O'Donnell and Nathan Allen of the renowned House Theatre of Chicago. Playing November 1 - 18, 2012 in the intimate Carnival Studio Theater (Ziff Ballet Opera House), GIRLS VS. BOYS is a captivating, dramatic story about the struggles of teen life set to a rocking, soul-bearing score. The musical is part of the Arsht Center's Theater Up Close series in the Carnival Studio Theater which features artistic collaborations from stellar local theater ensembles and nationally acclaimed theater companies.

According to reports, Stephen Tompkinson will make his West End musical debut in Monty Python musical Spamalot (playing King Arthur). The musical will transfer to the Playhouse Theatre beginning November 20, 2012, with previews starting November 14.

Broadway In Chicago and the producers of the new musical THE BOOK OF MORMON, winner of nine Tony Awards® including Best Musical, announced today there are some tickets still available March 5 - June 2, 2013 and due to popular demand, performances are now sold out December 11, 2012 - March 3, 2013 for THE BOOK OF MORMON at the Bank of America Theatre (18 West Monroe). Tickets for performances March 5 - June 2, 2013 are on-sale now.

Don't miss THE BOOK OF MORMON at the Pantages Theatre before the West Coast Premiere engagement ends November 25 - and one of the best chances of seeing THE BOOK OF MORMON, winner of nine Tony Awards including Best Musical, is to enter the pre-show ticket lottery. At the lottery, held prior to each performance at the box office, the show makes a limited number of tickets available at $25 apiece; cash only.

Hennepin Theatre Trust today announced a new lineup of 2012-13 events for The Scene, our Broadway and performing arts group for patrons in their 20s and 30s. The Scene will kick off the new season with a launch event set for Thursday, Oct. 18, 2012 including a 6 p.m. pre-show cocktail hour at Rosa Mexicano and discounted tickets to Disney's Beauty and the Beast at the Orpheum Theatre, the classic musical that begins the Trust's 2012/13 Broadway Season.

The School of Theatre at Florida State welcomes home one of its extremely successful alums, Kevin Covert. Covert is back in Tallahassee to play a featured role in the school's upcoming production of How To Succeed in Business Without Really Trying and to choreograph the show.