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Laurence O'Keefe, the co-composer of the hit Broadway musical, Legally Blonde, returned to 'Broadway at Birdland' on Monday, September 24 at 7PM. The gifted songwriter was joined by a host of Broadway talent including: Farah Alvin, Annaleigh Ashford, Becca Ayers, Miguel Cervantes, Gaelen Gilliland, Kevin Pariseau, Mo Rocca and Kate Wetherhead.

The third season of the acclaimed Monday Nights, New Voices series continues October 8 at the Duplex Cabaret Theatre, hosted by Tina Maddigan with compositions by Tom Kitt.

New this week: BPF Winners announced! Arsenic and Old Lace, Best Bet! Plus CENTERSTAGE and Everyman Theatre show-related events! Readers write!

Anita Baker presents an inaugural concert of the newly formed relationship between SHN and Pacific Arts Presents at the Golden Gate Theatre on November 2 at 8PM.

The 2007 LA Stage Alliance Ovation nominees have been announced. Celebrating excellence in Los Angeles Theatre, the awards will be presented on November 12 at 7:30PM at The Orpheum Theatre (842 S. Broadway, Downtown LA).

Anna Bergman premieres 'Wherever Love Takes Me' her solo show at The Metropolitan Room from October 11 to 20.

Grosses for all the Broadway shows for the week ending 9/23/2007

South Coast Repertory's first NewSCRipts reading of the 2007-08 season will be John Kolvenbach's Goldfish. Commissioned by SCR, Goldfish is the 102nd play to receive a staged reading as part of its venerable play reading program. The NewSCRipts reading of Goldfish will take place on October 22 at 7:30PM on the Julianne Argyros Stage.

Jam Theatricals is proud to announce tickets will go on-sale Sunday, September 30 at 12PM for the internationally acclaimed Cirque Dreams Jungle Fantasy making its Chicago premiere this holiday season with a limited one-week engagement at The Chicago Theatre (175 N. State St.) from December 26 - 31, 2007.

Activist and performer Kathryn Blume will bring her new show, The Boycott, to New York's Arclight Theater for a six-week engagement. Performances will begin on Thursday, October 11 and will continue through Sunday, November 18.

Playwrights Horizons has announced it will present the return of its unique benefit evening Stories on 5 Stories Monday, November 19. The event will feature new works by seven of the theater's alumni writers.

Classic Stage Company will present Obie Award winner Michael Cumpsty in the title role in Shakespeare's Richard III beginning performances Thursday, November 1 at CSC (136 East 13th Street). The production kicks of CSC's 40th anniversary season. Co-directed by Kulick and Cumpsty, Richard III will play a limited engagement from Thursday, November 1 through Sunday, December 9. The official opening night is Tuesday, November 13 at 7PM.

Wayne Brady has quickly become a staple on the Las Vegas Strip with his successful headlining act, 'Making It Up,' at The Venetian Resort-Hotel-Casino. After receiving an overwhelming response to his critically acclaimed show, Brady is now giving back to his loyal fans.

The Prince Edward theatre, currently the home of 'Mary Poppins', witnessed another piece of magic on Sunday 23 September, when it became the venue for a star-studded gala tribute to legendary Broadway lyricist/tunesmith, Jerry Herman - a show scheduled to be aired on BBC Radio 2's Friday Night Is Music Night just before Christmas. From the moment the BBC concert orchestra conducted by Larry Blank and the highly accomplished chorus of Capital Voices launched into Herman's blockbuster, 'Tap Your Troubles Away' (from 'Mack and Mable') the audience knew they were in for a rare treat of musical theatre showstoppers. And for the next 2 hours the cast of John Barrowman, Maria Friedman, Debbie Gravitte and Clarke Peters never failed to deliver.

The Lerner and Loewe 1951 hit Broadway musical, Paint Your Wagon, will be launched by co-producers Christopher Allen, D. Constantine Conte (48 Hours, Persido), and Larry Spellman (Say Goodnight Gracie), for a cross-country tour to open on Broadway followed by a London production starting with Utah's Pioneer Theatre Company September 28 thru October 13, 2007.

Hundreds of Broadway, TV and film stars crowded the sidewalks of Shubert Alley at the 21st Annual Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS Flea Market and Grand Auction on Sunday, September 23.

The 2007 Broadway Flea Market and Grand Auction raised a total of $559,810, beating the 2006 total of $505,832. Over the past 21 years, the Flea Markets and Grand Auctions have raised a total of $7,262,372.

The production of LONE STAR LOVE, currently playing an engagement at Seattle's 5th Avenue Theatre, has canceled its Broadway engagement this fall.

This Fall, Monarch Theatre Company will present the US premiere production of Dreams of Home, a provocative, poetic and poignant play by acclaimed playwright Migdalia Cruz. Performances begin Wednesday October 24 through Sunday November 11, in a special three-week engagement at CenterStage NY.

On Saturday September 22 the curtain came down on the last performance of the world premiere of the Maltby/Shire/Weidman musical, 'Take Flight', at the Menier Chocolate Factory - just proverbially of course, as the beautifully intimate space created by set designer David Farley dispensed with the use of a curtain. Instead the audience were drawn into a world on an open sand-strewn playing area that from the first moments captivated them in a triangular storyline concerning the trials and tribulations of the Wright Brothers' premiere flight as well as the lives of two other pioneers of aviation - Charles Lindbergh and Amelia Earhart.