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The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee has broken the house record at Circle in the Square for the week ending November 27th

On November 29th, The Pajama Game's Harry Connick Jr. will be featured on NBC's Today

Wicked has once again broken the house record at the Gershwin Theatre for the week ending November 27th

The Bova Actors Workshop has moved to a new permanent home in Times Square

On January 10th, Eden Espinosa, Carol Kane and Derrick Williams will join the Broadway production of Wicked

The June Carnegie Hall concert production of South Pacific, with Reba McIntyre and Brian Stokes Mitchell, will air on PBS in April of 2006

The 2005 Evening Standard Awards have been announced, with Billy Elliot and The Home Place winning the top awards

Tickets for this year's 'Kids' Night on Broadway: 10th Birthday Edition' -- that once-a year-opportunity for young people, age 6-18, to attend a Broadway show for free when accompanied by a full-paying adult - are on sale for select shows from now through December 15.

Roundabout Theatre Company (Todd Haimes, Artistic Director) presents the New York premiere of Tony Award® winner Richard Greenberg's new comedy A Naked Girl on the Appian Way, directed by Tony Award® winner Doug Hughes at the American Airlines Theatre (227 West 42nd Street). A Naked Girl on the Appian Way will play its final performance on Sunday, December 4th at 2:00 PM.

On December 20, Original Cast Records will release the original cast CD recording of BUSH IS BAD: The Musical Cure for the Blue-State Blues, the hilarious, cathartic and unabashedly partisan new revue by Joshua Rosenblum, currently playing to sold-out crowds at The Triad Theatre (158 West 72nd Street, between Broadway and Columbus).

A one-night-event will take place at New York's City Center on Monday, January 30, 2006 to celebrate the Public Theater's 50th Anniversary.

The Alchemy Theatre Company of Manhattan, Inc. presents the New York premiere of 'Haymarket' by Zayd Dohrn, Off Broadway at The Beckett Theatre (Theatre Row), 410 West 42nd Street.

The UK press is reporting this morning that Andrew Lloyd Webber is partnering up with the BBC for a talent show to search for an unknown to star as Maria in The Sound of Music.

Reuters reports that the film version of Rent opened at number 5, estimated to earn $10.7 million for the weekend, and $18.1 million since the film opened on Wednesday.

Yako Miyamoto's percussion and dance show Otodama will be performed in New York from December 2nd through 11th

Cabaret legend Julie Wilson will perform at Helen's Hideaway Room from December 12th through 21st

David Nehls and Betsy Kelso will appear in Talkin' Trash with the Creators of the Great American Trailer Park Musical on November 28th

To celebrate the re-release of the cd, Caruso Live And In Person (LML Music), singer/comedian/Cast Party host Jim Caruso and pianist/musical director Billy Stritch will be performing at the Lincoln Center Tower Records 'Any Wednesday' concert series on Wednesday, November 30 at 6pm.

J. Robert Spencer as well as other Jersey Boys performers, Will Chase and more will be seen in In the Raw, Original Songwriters Night on November 27th