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Turner Classic Movies (TCM) and Sony Masterworks team up to celebrate one of Hollywood's most beloved stars: Fred Astaire.

Tickets are now on sale for the fourth annual 'A Swinging Birdland Christmas' celebration at Birdland Jazz Club. To celebrate the holidays, Birdland regulars Klea Blackhurst, Jim Caruso and Billy Stritch will perform swinging arrangements of beloved seasonal specials like 'Christmas Waltz,' Kay Thompson's 'Holiday Season,' 'Sleigh Ride,' and 'I've Got My Love To Keep Me Warm' among other favorites. The singers will be joined by Steve Doyle on bass and Carmen Intorre on drums.

Joe's Pub at the Public has announced its singer-songwriter/rock and roll/pop lineup for today, August 8-November 5, 2013. Featuring: Lindsay Katt, Kim Lenz, Freedy Johnston, Nick Garrie, Shrive Alive, Bill Kirchen & Texicalli, Johnette Napolitano, Vallely Brothers, Josh Rouse, Nora Jane Struthers & The Party Line, Caroline Rose, Jean Rohe and Griffin House. Details below!

Joe's Pub at the Public has announced its singer-songwriter/rock and roll/pop lineup for August 8-November 5, 2013. Featuring: Lindsay Katt, Kim Lenz, Freedy Johnston, Nick Garrie, Shrive Alive, Bill Kirchen & Texicalli, Johnette Napolitano, Vallely Brothers, Josh Rouse, Nora Jane Struthers & The Party Line, Caroline Rose, Jean Rohe and Griffin House. Details below!

According to the Daily Mail, Michelle Williams is in talks to play 'Nellie Forbush' in a new big-screen adaptation of the musical SOUTH PACIFIC, directed by Michael Mayer with a screenplay by Lynn Grossman based on James Michener's novel Tales of the South Pacific.

Melva Niles Barborka, a Broadway leading lady, passed away on March 12 in South Jordan, Utah. She succumbed to chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy, a neurological disease, at age 86. As Melva Niles, she stared in the Broadway runs "Song of Norway" and "Magdalena," creating the role of Solis.

At the heart of the sixth season from Artistic Director Jonathan Church and Executive Director Alan Finch will be 'a Festival within a Festival' celebrating the achievements of playwright Terence Rattigan in the centenary year of his birth.

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