This Friday, October 9th is The Sixth Annual Brandon & Ray's Birthday Bash, proudly hosted by The After Party at the Laurie Beechman Theatre.

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.

Some things aren't only for now! Announced from the stage tonight by producer Kevin McCollum was the unprecedented news that AVENUE Q was making theatre history by moving BACK off Broadway and that it will re-open on October 9, 2009 at New World Stages. The show will be presented in its entirety and from the same production, design and producer team as its current Broadway incarnation. An official announcement is expected tomorrow.

Jest End, a musical comedy insight into the weird and wonderful world of the West End, returns home to Jermyn Street Theatre, the central London venue where it was born, bringing audiences a brand new and up to date dose of musical theatre parody for a limited five-week engagement from Tuesday 17 November to Sunday 20 December 2009.

We might not be able to guarantee the real thing but Irving Berlin's White Christmas, a new stage adaptation of the beloved classic film is coming to the Academy of Music this holiday season. After its acclaimed 2008 Broadway engagement, performances begin here on Nov. 24 and run through Dec. 6.

This Friday, October 9th is The Sixth Annual Brandon & Ray's Birthday Bash, proudly hosted by The After Party at the Laurie Beechman Theatre.

To celebrate AVENUE Q's return to Off-Broadway BWW Discounts is offering you the chance to purchase tickets at a very special 'Housewarming Celebration' price! After more than 6 years of delighting audiences at Broadway's Golden Theatre, this deliciously naughty musical has taken its irresistible charm to New World Stages!

Due to popular demand, the following shows have added additional performances this week: R.R.R.E.D: A Secret Musical - Thursday, Oct. 8 at 11pm Gay Bride of Frankenstein - Saturday, Oct. 10 at 11pm

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.

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.

Eric Rosen, artistic director of Kansas City Repertory Theatre, opens the Rep's 2009-10 season with the Tony Award-winning musical Into the Woods by Stephen Sondheim. Broadway director Moisés Kaufman will direct.

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).

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

This is the last chance to catch The York Theatre Company's acclaimed production of Blind Lemon Blues, called 'an inspired, highly original tribute' by Associated Press. Performances continue through Sunday, October 4th only.

The Tony Award-winning Vineyard Theatre has announced that it will extend its critically acclaimed play A BOY AND HIS SOUL - written and performed by Colman Domingo - by 2 weeks, now until November 1.

The Theatre League has announced its season will include 8 touring shows, including several Broadway musicals, at the Fred Kavli Theatre.

The following are the October-December events at the King Center.

The following is UFPA's calendar of events for October - December 2009.

The award-winning York Theatre Company (James Morgan, Producing Artistic Director) announces that Akin Babatunde will perform in a staged reading of his new one-man show OBITUARY this Friday, October 2nd at 3 p.m. at The York, as part of its acclaimed Developmental Reading Series.

Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus' MAMMA MIA!, the smash hit musical based on the songs of ABBA, returns to Philadelphia's Academy of Music! Performances begin on Nov. 3 and run through Nov. 8.

Broadway Across America - Arizona is proud to announce Progressive Insurance as the title sponsor for the 2009-2010 Broadway Season at ASU Gammage, located at the Tempe campus of Arizona State University. The season opened last Tuesday with the smash-hit LEGALLY BLONDE THE MUSICAL.

The former standby Elphaba talks to Carrie Dunn about Edinburgh, Wicked, comedy and THAT love scene between Princeton and Kate...

Annalene Beechey who starred in the West End productions of 'Marguerite', 'Wicked' and 'Beauty & The Beast', will release her debut solo album next month. The CD features arrangements by Peter White, Jonathan Williams and Richard Taylor. Featured vocalists include Julian Ovenden (Marguerite, Annie Get Your Gun), Rebecca Lock (Avenue Q, Phantom of the Opera) and Simon Greiff (Saturday Night Fever, Spamalot).

The Tony Award® nominated hit musical IRVING BERLIN'S WHITE CHRISTMAS, the stage reinvention of the beloved classic film, directed by Walter Bobbie and choreographed by Randy Skinner, with music supervision by Rob Berman, is pleased to announce Broadway principal casting. James Clow, Melissa Errico, Tony Yazbeck and Mara Davi will star in the Broadway return production also starring Ruth Williamson, Peter Reardon, Remy Auberjonois, Cliff Bemis, Madeleine Yen and David Ogden Stiers, who will lead a cast of 33 in the limited holiday engagement at the Marquis Theatre (1535 Broadway).

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