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One minute she's saying that she chose to be gay, the next she's revealing that she's shaved her head bald for an upcoming role!

Cynthia Nixon is nothing if not surprising!

Check out that bald head, you guys!

That takes guts, especially when you're known for your head of red hair! She did it for her role in the Manhattan Theatre Club production of Wit where she plays cancer stricken poetry professor Vivian Bearing.

Here's what she had to say about it:

We know where we are going to be every night this summer. EVERY NIGHT!

Those of you who live in Los Angeles probably have a love/hate relationship with the famed Hollywood Bowl. You hate it because come June 22nd, the only way you're going to get on the 101 is if you wait till 1am to drive along Highland Blvd … and even then it is a crap shoot! But you also love it because only the Hollywood Bowl can put on such great entertainment ranging from Broadway musicals to musical legends!

The schedule for the 2012 summer season has been announced and the HIGHlights are ones not to be missed. For starters, the incomparable Liza Minnelli will be performing on August 11th for a one-night only concert event. The night before, the Bowl will host Norah Jones for her single evening show.

Earlier in the season,

Talk about feeling 200 feet tall!

This week marks Nick Jonas' return to Broadway as he takes the role of J. Pierpont Finch off of Darren Criss' hands in How To Succeed In Business… Starting tonight, Nick will be donning a little green bow tie every night, wowing the crowds with his moves and melodies, and hopefully having the time of his life while doing so.

In this pic he tweeted out this morning - his last morning before his debut - Nick is seen in Times Square standing with … himself!

Would you just look at that ad? What a feeling of accomplishment he must have to see his names no only in lights, but large and in charge in one of the greatest cities in the world!

He should be so proud!

[Image via Twitter.]

One of the main reasons. There are a lot of reasons to tune in for this; she just ranks as in the top three!

Anjelica Huston is an icon and what a show like Smash needed from the very beginning was a presence like hers to make it work. Though we haven't seen the pilot yet — but we will soon — we already know she's going to be our favorite character. She's exactly how we envision a high-powered Broadway producer to be: a touch of Liza Minnelli charm with the attitude of Meryl Streep's Miranda Priestly.

Oh, and did we mention she likes to throw her drinks into people's faces?

Check out the video (above) to meet Anjelica's Smash personality!

This is gonna be big!

Twi-hards, this is for you! (Everyone else, move along!)

It was only a matter of time before a musical version of Twilight made it to the stage. All the best fandoms find a way to get their beloved story parodied and put to music. So it was no surprise to us to hear that Twilight: The Musical was coming to the the New World Stages with a one-night only performance with proceeds going to charity.

THIS … is what came out of that evening!

Check out the video (above) to watch some HIGHlights from the production. It looks like the musical is retrospective of all four installments of the franchise, with some cameos from other books-gone-blockbuster films.

Somewhere, Kristin Stewart and Robert Pattinson are squirming uncomfortable. More so than usual!

OhEMglEE!!

We've always had a soft spot in our heart for the super talented Darren Criss, but this footage of his ah-mazing personality somehow manages to raise the bar!!

For his last night in Broadway's How to Succeed, he wished his fans — all of whom were freezing for him — the best of adieus.

It's always wonderful when celebrities maintain where they came from, and he does just that!! LAHVE IT!!

PresSsSsSs PlaaaaAYY!!

It's a good look for him, that bow tie we mean!

As of this week, Nick Jonas will be officially replacing Darren Criss as J. Pierpont Finch in the Broadway revival of How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying!

For those of you who won't be making it into the city for his opening night, here is a pretty spectacular behind-the-scenes look at his first stage rehearsals for the show! (above)

Oh, and another plus — Michael Urie is starting with the production this week too! He's also in the video talking about joining the show and how excited he is!

Can't wait to get to New York to see it!

Talk about an all-star cast! It pays to be well connected, eh Ryan?!

The man behind Eat, Pray, Love and Glee is adding two more very well respected names to the roster of his film adaptation of Larry Kramer's play The Normal Heart. The film already totes Julia Roberts, Alec Baldwin and Mark Ruffalo as the leads of the flick, but now, Emmy-winner Jim Parsons and sexy stud Matt Bomer have also been cast.

Originally staged on Broadway in 1985,

[Image via WENN.]