Tony-winner Nathan Lane is in talks to star in a Broadway revival of Waiting For Godot.

The show is expected to open in April.

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Click here to read a great new interview Perezzers just did with Broadway World!

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It's been ages since we've seen Rupert Everett in anything.

Well, he's finally gotten a job besides accompanying Donatella Versace to events!

The Brit has been cast alongside the delicious Christine Ebersole in the spring Broadway revival of Noel Coward's Blithe Spirit,.

In the comedy, Everett will play Charles Condomine, an author who hires an eccentric medium (to be played by Ebersole) to perform a seance at his home during a party. He's in search of material for an expose he's planning on psychics.

Everett is best known to us here in the U.S. of A. as Julia Roberts' best gay friend in My Best Friend's Wedding.

Congrats on the gig, Rupert!

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Miz Dolly Parton just sent us THIS CLIP (so brief!) from her new musical adaptation of 9 to 5, currently playing at the Ahmanson Theater in Los Angeles.

Can't wait to see it!

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With Rent no longer playing, Broadway will soon be welcoming a new revival at Times Square's Nederlander Theatre.

Frank Loesser's Guys and Dolls is set to return to the Great White Way, with Tony and Emmy nominee Oliver Platt in the lead role of Nathan Detroit.

The show will start performances on February 3rd, 2009 and will open officially on March 1st.

Other cast members have not yet been announced, but we're hearing hottie Cheyenne Jackson will be part of the revival.

Let's hope this one lives up to the former shows.

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The budget on the big Broadway musical adaptation of Spider-Man - with music by Bono and directed by Julie Taymor -has ballooned to $40 million!!!!!

The show also reportedly will cost $1 million a week to put on.

How will the investors ever make their money back?????

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It's his turn to be in the spotlight now,SJPeePee!

Matthew Broderick will return to the Great White Way next spring in a revival of The Philanthropist, a comedy by English playwright Christopher Hampton.

Broderick's new show is set to open April 26, 2009 at the American Airlines Theatre.

Preview performances will kick off on April 10.

Mr. PeePee will play the role of Philip, described as an insular college professor.

Other casting will be announced later.

Matthew most recently starred on Broadway in The Producers.

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Tony Award-winning musical Hairspray is finally coming to an end on Broadway.

The hit show is expected to close in mid-January 2009.

Before its end, though, they'll be welcoming back a familiar face, Harvey Fierstein, who won a 2003 Tony Award as Best Actor in a Musical for playing Edna Turnbald.

Fierstein will be returning to the Neil Simon Theatre between November and mid-January to help end the show with a bang.

Some are guessing (hoping) that Fierstein's return and the announcement of the show closing might gather enough buzz and ticket sales to keep the musical running for a bit longer.

The show got some extra publicity as well when the 2007 release of the movie version came out, featuring hottie Zac Efron.

This August marked Harispray's sixth anniversary on Broadway.

We're kind of sad to hear it's leaving.

What did U think of the musical?

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In honor of the late, great Paul Newman, Broadway's theaters will dim their lights for one minute at 8 p.m. on Friday.

Mr. Newman appeared in five productions on the Great White Way during his illustrious life.

Also, in case you missed it, the New York Times' Maureen Dowd wrote a touching article in memory of the Hollywood legend.

Click here to read it.

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