The revised cast list for the upcoming Benefit Concert, Help Is On The Way, is now available. Help Is On The Way 15: No Business Like Show Business is on Sunday, August 2nd at the Herbst Theatre in San Francisco.

Mayor 'Babs' Belgoody speaks out about the recent corruption scandal in New Jersey!

Paws for Style, the first charity dog fashion event created in 1999, was the premier and is the original pet fashion show designed to raise money and awareness for animal rescue. The event celebrating the 10th Anniversary of Paws for Style took place Monday, July 27th at M2 Ultra Lounge.

The Richmond / Ermet Aids Foundation presents HELP IS ON THE WAY XV: NO BUSINESS LIKE SHOWBUSINESS, the 15th Anniversary Gala and Northern California's Largest Annual Star-studded AIDS Benefit Concert & Gala. HELP IS ON THE WAY XV will be held Sunday, August 2, 2009 at the Herbst Theatre in San Francisco, benefiting four Bay Area AIDS service organizations.

David Mirvish is thrilled to announce the Canadian Premiere of the Broadway hit LEGALLY BLONDE THE MUSICAL as the final show of the 2009-10 Mirvish Theatre Subscription Season. The show plays through August 8, 2010 at the Canon Theatre.

The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust and Opus One Productions present American Idol sensation David Archuleta, live in concert, Tuesday, July 28, 2009, 8 p.m. at the Byham Theater. 'He is a genuine pop star, and is a gifted singer who instantly won over a huge audience when he first appeared on the show,' says Simon Fuller of American Idol fame. And Billboard Magazine notes, 'Here is the voice of a new generation: With his emotive pop consistency, Archuleta will touch hearts as he breaks the charts.'

In a world of Reality Television: American Idol, America's Got Talent, Intervention, America's Best Dance Crew, College Hill, and the Real World; Darryl Reuben Hall's REALITY CHECK brings together eight soulful strangers who've come together to live in THE HOUSE OF SONG for weeks as cameras follow their every step.

Ron Kellum's 'Breaking Into Showbiz' Workshop will be held on Saturday, July 25 from 10am to 3pm.

Taylor Hicks, currently starring the in the Broadway tour of GREASE had a visit from Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper last night, after the performance at the National Arts Centre in Ottawa, ONT. Take a look at some fun pictures of the meeting right here on BroadwayWorld.com!

Star Wars: In Concert, a unique multi-media event featuring music from all six of John Williams' epic Star Wars scores, begins its worldwide arena tour on October 1 and 2, 2009 at Honda Center in Anaheim, California, and October 7 and 8 at Nokia Theatre L.A. LIVE in Los Angeles, California.

The Toxic Avenger is a charming love story and laugh-out-loud musical that has it all -- an unlikely hero, his beautiful girlfriend, a corrupt New Jersey mayor and two guys who play...well, everyone else...bullies, mobsters, old ladies, and stiletto-wearing back-up singers. The show also features the most memorable and unbelievable duet you'll ever see on any New York stage. Audiences from teenagers to senior citizens love this hilarious new hit musical! Easily 1,000 laughs.

CHITTY CHITTY BANG BANG, the most fantasmagorical Broadway musical in the history of everything, will fly into Denver's Buell Theatre July 23-26! Based on the timeless novel by famed James Bond author and creator Ian Fleming, the production features the music and lyrics by the legendary Sherman brothers, composers of Mary Poppins.

Just added to 92YTribeca is Heeb Storytelling on Wednesday, July 22 and Gotta Dance on Wednesday, July 29.

Bay Street Theatre's 2009 Summer Gala Benefit Bash lit up the Long Wharf in Sag Harbor this past Saturday evening, treating guests to a celebration of the 60's from start to finish, providing a groovy good time for all!

Ron Kellum's 'Breaking Into Showbiz' Workshop will be held on Saturday, July 25 from 10am to 3pm.

The producers of BURN THE FLOOR announced today that CARRIE ANN INABA, the feisty but always fair American judge of 'Dancing with the Stars' has joined on as a producer.

Seattle Theatre Group (STG) presents Joshua Radin, with special guest The Watson Twins, on Sunday, November 1, 2009 at 8:00pm at Neumos.

The new Broadway production of the Tony Award nominated musical GREASE, opens in Houston, TX at Theatre Under The Stars on September 8, 2009 and will run through September 20, 2009 at the Hobby Center for the Performing Arts. Tickets will go on sale Sunday, July 19, 2009.

Hollywood recording artist and Disney Channel star Demi Lovato kicks off her North American headline tour this summer and will make a stop at the Orleans Arena on July 18 with American Idol finalist, David Archuleta.

Due to scheduling requirements in future markets, THE COLOR PURPLE is reducing the Chicago return engagement by eight performances. Theater-goers will be able to see American Idol Season 3 winner Fantasia Barrino reprise her starring role of Celie at The Arie Crown Theater for one week only, September 2 - 6, 2009.

While publicists and studio executives tire themselves out today making calls and greasing the marketing wheels, celebrities took things into their own hands on Twitter. Here are a few 140-character messages that showed up this morning from those internet savvy celebs ? or possibly their overpaid ghost tweeters...

Diana DeGarmo, Season 3 'American Idol' runner-up and Broadway vet is returning to the New York stage where, beginning Friday, August 14th, she will assume the role of Sarah, the sexy, blind librarian in The Toxic Avenger - named the 'Best New Off-Broadway Musical' by the Outer Critics Circle.

Various online sources are revealing that American Idol finalist and Broadway belter Diana DeGarmo will be joining THE TOXIC AVENGER later this summer. While there has been no official word, sources close to the production have announced the news of her upcoming arrival. DeGarmo will replace Celina Carvajal who currently stars in the production, Carvajal was a temporary replacement in the hit musical. Celina Carvajal assumed the role of Sarah, the sexy, blind librarian on Monday, June 15th. Original cast member Sara Chase left the production to create three roles in the musical The First Wives Club which is premiering at the Old Globe Theatre in San Diego.

Jay Leno once coined the phrase Plaidheads, referring to fans (such as himself) of the hit stage production, Forever Plaid. Well on July 9th, Plaidheads nation wide gathered to celebrate the screening of one of Off-Broadway's most popular and critically acclaimed musicals, as it made its first appearance on the big screen in the Forever Plaid 20th Anniversary Special event on Thursday, July 9th. Select members from the original ?Forever Plaid?cast with narration provied by David Hyde Pierce for the pre-taped anniversary performance, as they introduce the event live from the red carpet at Los Angeles' Club Nokia to fans in 500 movie theaters across the country and Canada, followed by a specially-taped 20th Anniversary performance of ?Forever Plaid.? Audiences across the country experienced a memorable evening, combining the 20th Anniversary event classic production with new and interactive twists, including a first-ever live, coast-to-coast in-theater sing-a-long with ?The Plaids.?

'American Idol' fans get ready! This Saturday, July 18th guests at Bay Street Theatre's Summer Gala Benefit Bash will have the opportunity to bid on tickets to the 2010 'American Idol' Finale in Los Angeles and tickets to this summer's 'American Idol LIVE Tour' at Nassau Coliseum as part of the Live 'Fantasy' Auction.