Jeffrey Seller, Kevin McCollum and Allan S. Gordon have announced that Adam Pascal, Anthony Rapp and Gwen Stewart will reprise the roles they originated on Broadway in RENT: The Broadway Tour when it visits the Orange County Performing Arts Center for a special one-week only engagement October 20 - 25.

AT HOME IN MITFORD, a new musical based on the popular novel by Jan Karon, will receive a one night only concert reading October 26 at 7:30 pm. Its part of The Academy for New Musical Theatre's reading series at The Colony Theatre in Burbank.

MEMPHIS, an original Broadway musical, will open Monday, October 19, 2009 at the Shubert Theatre (225 W. 44th Street) following critically-acclaimed and sold-out engagements at La Jolla Playhouse and Seattle's 5th Avenue Theatre. Previews begin on Wednesday, September 23, 2009.

Due to popular demand, the following shows have added additional performances: F#@KING UP EVERYTHING - Sat, Oct 17 at 11pm SING, BUT DON'T TELL - Sun, Oct 18 at 3pm

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).

A new musical about a runaway slave who becomes one of America's first Black Cowboys will debut this fall when CROSS THAT RIVER is presented by The New York Musical Theatre Festival and Patricia Harris, starting October 12, 2009 at TBG Theatre (312 West 36th Street - 3rd Floor) in New York City.

The Tony Award-winning Vineyard Theatre (AVENUE Q and [title of show]) will open its 2009-10 season with the Off-Broadway premiere of A BOY AND HIS SOUL -- a new play written and performed by Colman Domingo (PASSING STRANGE, Logo Network's 'The Big Gay Sketch Show') set to begin previews September 9, prior to officially opening on September 24 at the Vineyard Theatre (108 East 15th Street) in Manhattan.

Producers Jeffrey Seller, Kevin McCollum and Allan S. Gordon have announced that stars Adam Pascal, Anthony Rapp and Gwen Stewart will reprise the roles they originated on Broadway in 'RENT: The Broadway Tour'.

Due to popular demand, the following shows have added additional performances: F#@KING UP EVERYTHING - Sat, Oct 17 at 11pm SING, BUT DON'T TELL - Sun, Oct 18 at 3pm

The award-winning York Theatre Company (James Morgan, Producing Artistic Director) announces casting for The Age of Innocence and Play it Cool, the next offerings in its acclaimed Developmental Reading Series.

According to the Hollywood Reporter, Warner Home Video has recently signed a deal with Sesame Workshop to be the exclusive physical and digital distributor of the classic children's show, Sesame Street, including video games.

Producers Jeffrey Seller, Kevin McCollum and Allan S. Gordon have announced that stars Adam Pascal, Anthony Rapp and Gwen Stewart will reprise the roles they originated on Broadway in 'RENT: The Broadway Tour'.

The award-winning York Theatre Company (James Morgan, Producing Artistic Director) announces casting for Blue Roses, the next offering in its acclaimed Developmental Reading Series.

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).

A new musical about a runaway slave who becomes one of America's first Black Cowboys will debut this fall when CROSS THAT RIVER is presented by The New York Musical Theatre Festival and Patricia Harris, starting October 12, 2009 at TBG Theatre (312 West 36th Street - 3rd Floor) in New York City.

Previews began on Tuesday, September 29, 2009 for the first ever Broadway production of OLEANNA, the provocative drama by Pulitzer Prize winner David Mamet. Starring Bill Pullman and Julia Stiles and directed by Tony Award winner Doug Hughes (Doubt), the play is a gripping account of a power struggle between a male university professor and one of his female students. The Broadway production celebrated Opening Night on Sunday, October 11 at at The Golden Theatre and BroadwayWorld.com's cameras were there.

Adam Pascal, Anthony Rapp and Gwen Stewart will reprise the roles they originated on Broadway in RENT: The Broadway Tour, when it visits the Orange County Performing Arts Center for a special one-week only engagement October 20 - 25.

Readiness Is All plays the Cochrane Theatre on October 11 from 6pm.

AVENUE Q, Broadway's smash-hit Tony Award-winning Best Musical about real life in New York City, is coming to the Shubert Theater in New Haven for a limited engagement, October 9-11, 2009.

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.

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.

MOSTLY SONDHEIM, the long-running open mic night at the Duplex on Friday nights features Broadway guests and theme nights. The night is hosted by Kate Pazakis (Jerry Springer the Opera at Carnegie Hall, Newsical, and the new solo recording Kate Pazakis Unzipped)and Todd Buonopane (Broadway's Spelling Bee & Grease, television's 30 Rock). Previous guests have included Julie Rieber and Sarah Stiles.

Celebrated screen and stage actress Finty Williams will make her musical theatre debut alongside West End stars

IRVING BERLIN'S WHITE CHRISTMAS, the stage adaptation of the beloved classic film, has announced casting for its National Tour visiting Omaha, Cincinnati, Philadelphia, East Lansing, St. Louis, Louisville and Kansas City in the 2009 holiday season.