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Through January 4th, The New York Times Auction for the Arts will feature such events as a Broadway debut in Rent and seeing The Odd Couple as the V.I.P. guest of Matthew Broderick

Lovely Day, directed by Tony Award-winner Blair Brown, will run off-Broadway from January 12th through February 12th

The soundtrack of the film version of The Phantom of the Opera has ranked as #2 on Billboard's Year End Chart for soundtracks

The hit London revival of Sunday in the Park with George by the Menier Chocolate Factory may be heading for the West End in 2006

On January 20th and 21st, Goodspeed Musicals will present three staged readings of new musicals as part of its Festival of New Artists

Susan Sontag's forgotten 1991 play A Parsifal will receive its New York premiere at PS 22 from February 23rd through March 5th

Dodger Theatricals are handing over management duties at Dodger Stages to the European company Stage Entertainment

Pop and soap star Jason Donovan will take on the title role in Sweeney Todd when the John Doyle-helmed production goes on a UK national tour

Today's UK Independent reports that legendary director Steven Spielberg has been in talks with the stage show's director, Richard Eyre, about bringing MARY POPPINS back to the big screen.

The cast of the hit off-Broadway musical Bingo will appear on 'WB-11 Morning News' on December 30th

Michael Vale, who played Fred the Baker in the popular Dunkin' Donuts commericals and who originated the role of Xanthias in The Frogs, has passed away at the age of 83

Two new programs instituted by Goodspeed Musicals will focus on developing musical theatre talent

Faith Prince, Tom Wopat, Kitty Carlisle Hart, Sutton Foster, James Naughton and Rebecca Luker will be among those performing at Feinstein's at the Regency in 2006

Tony Award-winner Betty Buckley will guest star on an upcoming episode of the NBC crime drama 'Law and Order: SVU'

The Fear Project, a politically-charged evening of 7 short plays, will open Monday, January 16th

Latinologues will play an extra performance on December 31st at 6 PM before closing that night

The Indiana birthplace of Cole Porter, after undergoing renovations, is set to become a museum and bed and breakfast

From January 18th through 21st, Tony Award-nominated actor Charles S. Dutton will pay tribute to the late August Wilson at the El Portal Theatre in L.A.

2005 is Broadway's highest grossing calendar year ever, and the highest in paid attendance in two decades, according to the League of American Theatres and Producers

Grosses for all the Broadway shows for the week ending 12/25/2005