The New York Musical Theatre Festival (NYMF) and Andy Sandberg (Hair) present The Last Smoker in America with Book & Lyrics by Bill Russell (Side Show, Tony Award Nominee), and Music by Peter Melnick (Adrift in Macao, Drama Desk Nominee).

Manu Narayan (Bombay Dreams on Broadway, subUrbia at Second Stage, The Love Guru starring Mike Myers) will star in the rock and roll vampire musical The Cure, running September 29th-October 11th at the American Theatre of Actors in the upcoming 2009 New York Musical Theatre Festival. Written by Mark Weiser, The Cure will feature direction from Elizabeth Lucas (Wild About Harry, The Last Starfighter, and The View From Here at NYMF), and is produced by The New York Musical Theatre Festival and Samantha Saltzman.

I'M JUST GLAD YOU'RE HERE, a collection of songs with lyrics by Charlie Sohne, will be performed at the Laurie Beechman Theatre on Monday, October 5 at 9:30 p.m. The show features performances by Celina Carvajal (Toxic Avenger, MTV's 'Legally Blonde: The Search for the Next Elle Woods'), Sevan Greene (Betrayed), Amy Justman (White Christmas, Company), Jed Resnick (Rent national tour, Avenue Q), Jodi Stevens (Urban Cowboy, Jekyll & Hyde) and Mariand Torres (Giant). The show includes music by David Gaines, Tim Rosser, Matt Van Brink, and Chris Wade.

Cassidy Janson is to join the cast of Avenue Q, taking over the roles of Kate Monster and Lucy the Slut from Julie Atherton

Jonathan B. Wright (Spring Awakening - Broadway original cast, Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist, Youth in Revolt) has been cast in the New York premiere of Gay Bride of Frankenstein, a 'comic-book-rock-musical' that begins its run at the New York Musical Theatre Festival on September 28. Wright joins fellow Spring Awakening alum, Emma Hunton, completing an outstanding cast which includes Darryl Winslow (Avenue Q, Evil Dead, Unlock'd - NYMF), Jeremiah James (Carousel - London), Dana Aber, Christian D. White, Christopher Hudson Myers and Ashley Kate Adams.

Emma Hunton (*Spring Awakening*), Darryl Winslow (*Avenue Q, Evil Dead, Unlock'd - NYMF*), Jeremiah James (*Carousel* - London), Dana Aber, Christian D. White, Christopher Hudson Myers and Ashley Kate Adams will appear in the New York premiere of Gay Bride of Frankenstein at the New York Musical Theatre Festival this September.

CityListen® Audio Tours announces the release of Walkin' Broadway, hosted by Elliott Forrest. The tour takes listeners on a journey through Broadway past and present,mixing a historic walk through New York's theater district with fascinating anecdotes and recollections from over a dozen exclusive interviews with a veritable who's who of the theater, including James Naughton, Ossie Davis, Stephen Schwartz, John Raitt and Hal Prince.

FRIDAY September 25th THE AFTER PARTY is thrilled to welcome EVAN HARRINGTON from Broadway's Avenue Q plus Broadway & Fantasy Football's CHRISTINE PEDI plus Hairspray and Cashino's SUSIE MOSHER

Sarah Stiles will be the special guest at 'Mostly Sondheim' on Friday, September 25th.

Billboard's Top Cast Albums chart for week ending 9/26/2009.

ATLANTIS PRODUCTIONS, the Manila-based theater company that recently staged Broadway musicals THE 25TH ANNUAL PUTNAM COUNTY SPELLING BEE and HAIRSPRAY, celebrates its 10th anniversary and the voice of the youth as it opens its own production of Tony, Grammy, and Drama Desk award-winning musical SPRING AWAKENING at the Carlos P. Romulo Auditorium, RCBC Plaza, Makati City on Friday, September 25, 2009.

The producers of the Tony Award-winning musical AVENUE Q, transferring from its 6-year run on Broadway to New World Stages (340 West 50 Street) in New York, with previews set to begin October 9, have announced casting for the Off-Broadway production along with the official opening night, now scheduled for October 21, 2009. A Rush Ticket policy for all performances is also announced.

Rising star of musical theatre, Cassidy Janson is confirmed to join the cast of AVENUE Q this fall. She takes over the roles of Kate Monster and Lucy the Slut from Julie Atherton on October 5 as the show enters its new booking period. Cassidy gained attention when she covered and appeared in the role of Elphaba in the West End hit Wicked. Prior to that she played Susan in the UK premier of Jonathan Larson?s Tick Tick Boom at the Menier Chocolate Factory.

Tony nominee Martha Plimpton and Christy Carlson Romano will join Tony and Emmy winner Elaine Stritch at the Sept. 24 reading of 'White's Lies' at the Snapple Theatre Centre in NYC.

Daniel Reichard(Jersey Boys), Nick Blaemire(Cry Baby, Glory Days), and Rob McClure(Avenue Q) are set to appear in the next performance of 'Craig Stevens Guide to Making it on Broadway' at the Laurie Beechman Theater on Thursday, September, 24th at 9:30pm.

MEMPHIS has nabbed the Shubert Theater for its fall run.

Casting has been announced for the National Tour of AVENUE Q, presented by Work Light Productions. The three-time Tony Award winning musical, including Best Musical, Best Original Score of a Musical and Best Book of a Musical, is about trying to make it in New York with big dreams and a tiny bank account.

Directed and choreographed by Connor Gallagher (Fat Camp), 'The Battery's Down' stars Jake Wilson as a young performer who, along with his friends, navigates the world of showbiz in New York City and Los Angeles. Series regulars include Andrew Keenan-Bolger (Mary Poppins, Spelling Bee), Dani Spieler (Legally Blonde), Nina Sturtz (Vote! The Musical) and Cortney Wolfson (Legally Blonde, Les Miserables).

The much-loved, musical web series 'The Battery's Down' has announced its season finale complete with two final episodes to close out the second, and last, season. Episodes 15 and 16 will premiere on October 15 and December 1, respectively.

BroadwayWorld has the gotten scoop that Rialto favorite Barrett Foa will be on your TV twice next week.

Michael Croiter, musician and owner of the recording production facility Yellow Sound Lab, and Tony Award®-winning Orchestrator Bill Sherman (In the Heights) have partnered to launch YELLOW SOUND LABEL, a brand new record label that will produce an eclectic array of albums from some of today's biggest talents from Broadway and beyond. Yellow Sound Label recently signed a distribution deal with Alternative Distribution Alliance (A.D.A. Distribution), part of Warner Bros. Music, and is set to premiere on September 22 with the release of Tony Award® winner Alan Cumming's new album, I Bought a Blue Car Today.

Tony nominee Martha Plimpton and Christy Carlson Romano will join Tony and Emmy winner Elaine Stritch at the Sept. 24 reading of 'White's Lies' at the Snapple Theatre Centre in NYC.

A DVD of 'The Leading Men IV,' a benefit concert for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS held last May, will be sold at the Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS Flea Market on Sunday, September 27.

Daniel Reichard(Jersey Boys), Nick Blaemire(Cry Baby, Glory Days), and Rob McClure(Avenue Q) are set to appear in the next performance of 'Craig Stevens Guide to Making it on Broadway' at the Laurie Beechman Theater on Thursday, September, 24th at 9:30pm.

ATLANTIS PRODUCTIONS, the Manila-based theater company that recently staged Broadway musicals THE 25TH ANNUAL PUTNAM COUNTY SPELLING BEE and HAIRSPRAY, celebrates its 10th anniversary and the voice of the youth as it opens its own production of Tony, Grammy, and Drama Desk award-winning musical SPRING AWAKENING at the Carlos P. Romulo Auditorium, RCBC Plaza, Makati City on Friday, September 25, 2009.