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To launch the fifth annual New York Times Arts & Leisure Weekend, a five-day national and international celebration of art and culture, the auction house Christie's hosted the first New York Times Auction for The Arts on Jan. 5.

Thom Sesma will replace Paul Kandel in the Old Globe Theatre production of Twyla Tharp and Bob Dylan's The Times They Are A-Changin' in San Diego

Melba Moore and American Idol finalist Diana DeGarmo will appear in the upcoming national tour of Brooklyn

Manhattan Theatre Club (Lynne Meadow, Artistic Director; Barry Grove, Executive Producer) is pleased to announce that Tony Awardâ winner Brían F. O'Byrne will join Oliver Platt in Conor McPherson's SHINING CITY at the Biltmore Theatre (261 West 47th Street). The production will be directed by Tony Award® winner Robert Falls.

The great ELAINE STRITCH is THEATER TALK's guest, Friday at 12:30 AM (Saturday morning) on THIRTEEN. Stritch discusses many matters, including her current SRO cabaret show. 'At Home at The Carlyle.'

Dr. Justin Frank, author of Bush on the Couch: Inside the Mind of the President, will lead a talkback on Friday, January 6th following the 8pm performance of the play Fear Itself, Secrets of the White House

Forbidden Broadway will become the Pittsburgh CLO's second show to take center stage for an extended run at the Cabaret at Theater Square; it opens March 16th

Michael Cerveris, Victoria Clark and others will share insights on new 'Working in the Theater' seminars that will air in January

Alice Ripley will head Broadway Boot Camp, a workshop for young performers that will be held in Las Vegas in January before moving to another cities (without Ripley)

A full cast and creative team are now in place for the Center Theatre Group's production of The Cherry Orchard, running from February 2nd through March 29th, and starring Alfred Molina and Annette Bening

Taye Diggs will appear in the January 5th 'Von Trapped' episode of Will and Grace, which will pay spoofy homage to the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical

Philip Seymour Hoffman, Felicity Huffman, Dame Judi Dench and Cynthia Nixon are among the actors nominated for SAG Awards, which will be presented on January 29th

On January 9th, Ann Harada, Leah Hocking and Liz McCartney will give audiences TLC (Three Loud Chicks) at Birdland

Black Nativity completes its 36th season

NORA, legendary film director Ingmar Bergman's adaptation of Henrik Ibsen's classic play, A Doll's House, is coming to Manhattan for the first time in its 25-year history.

Twenty-seven critics and experts voted on the best performances they saw this past year in the clubs of New York City. The results of their voting (below) leave no doubt that this year's Nightlife Awards at Town Hall on Monday, February 6th.

Center Stage was host tonight for a lively discussion on Israeli politics only hours after Prime Minister Ariel Sharon became seriously ill.