Arts and Stage News - Playbill

The original Broadway cast album of Jason Robert Brown's short-lived coming-of-age musical 13 will receive a new double-CD release from Ghostlight Records Nov. 24. Full Story »

The concept recording of Wonderland: Alice's New Musical Adventure, the new Frank Wildhorn-Jack Murphy musical now in rehearsal for a Florida world premiere, is now available. Full Story »

As previously announced, international gigastar Dame Edna � aka Barry Humphries � will return to Broadway later this season in It's All About Me, which is billed as "a glorious celebration of everything Edna." Full Story »

Lombardi, a new play about the famed American football coach Vince Lombardi, will open on Broadway in fall 2010, producers Tony Ponturo and Fran Kirmser announced. Full Story »

John Tartaglia's new family musical Imaginocean!, featuring a cast of puppeteers, will make its debut on Royal Caribbean's Oasis of the Seas beginning Nov. 20. Full Story »

David Shannon takes over the title role in the original London production of The Phantom of the Opera on Nov. 9. He succeeds Ramin Karimloo, who departs to prepare to take the same role in the Phantom sequel, Love Never Dies, which begins rehearsals Jan. 4, prior to beginning performances Feb. 20, 2010 and an official opening March 9 at the Adelphi Theatre. Full Story »

Tony Award winner Betty Buckley will return to Feinstein's at Loews Regency in the New Year. Full Story »

The Royal Court's West End-bound production of Jez Butterworth's Jerusalem leads the nominations list for this year's Evening Standard Theatre Awards, with four citations, while another Royal Court play Enron and the import of August: Osage County from Broadway have received three nominations apiece. Full Story »

Art D'Lugoff, who, as the owner of the famed downtown Manhattan club The Village Gate, presented a wide variety of performance attractions over several decades, died Nov. 4. He was 85, and lived in Riverdale, The Bronx. Full Story »

Stefan Karl will be the title grouch in the Los Angeles premiere of Dr. Seuss' How The Grinch Stole Christmas! The Musical, beginning performances Nov. 10 at the Pantages Theatre in Hollywood. Full Story »