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1) SOUND OFF: GLEE Wins Regionals With A Bang, Splash & Crash

Fourteen episodes in, with eight more to come after the seven week hiatus that just began, GLEE’s Season Three has been filled with shocks and surprises, but none so shocking and surprising as last night’s potentially fatal collision involving the one and only Quinn Fabray, Dianna Agron. In the show’s final moments, the danger of auto texting was made painfully plain to see as Quinn‘s car was demolished by an oncoming truck as she typed the episode‘s title into her phone, “On My Way,” - on her way to the wedding of Rachel (Lea Michele) and Finn (Cory Monteith), that is. "Chapel Of Love" playing on the radio gave the scene an extra added note of morbid irony and twisted the dramatic knife in a way few enterprises dare to do, as well - a NIP/TUCK twist (as Ryan Murphy would have it). So, is this really the last we shall see of Quinn on GLEE? We will have to wait until April to see, but some pictures have already surfaced of Quinn wheelchair racing with Artie (Kevin McHale) onset, so perhaps she survives after all. Besides Quinn’s catastrophe, one of the most complex and controversial secondary characters on the show, closeted gay football player and Kurt’s former McKinley High bully par excellence, Max Karofsky, succumbed to a heartbreakingly presented suicide attempt, but survived to fight another day. Will Quinn be as lucky? What will become of her daughter, Beth - sired with Puck (Mark Salling) back in Season One - who is being raised by Rachel’s birth mother, Shelby (Idina Menzel)? Does this mean we will be seeing more of Ms. Menzel in the back 8 of the season? Will Puck and Shelby rekindle their romance in the wake of Quinn’s crash and subsequent rehabilitation or, maybe, death? Only time will tell, it seems. In an episode packing an incredible punch, GLEE’S “On My Way” delivered the drama, the social commentary, the laughs, tears, joy and, of course, the music as stylishly and successfully as any of its finest episodes ever have, even if some of the questionable of-the-moment contemporary song selections at the central Regionals competition failed to fully ignite as other songs may very well have done. Indeed, last night’s GLEE was all any gleek could ask for from the Winter Finale of their favorite show, and, if we are forced to wait a few weeks for the next episode, best to go out on a big, bad cliffhanger that makes a splash. (more...)

2) Central Park INTO THE WOODS Already Considering Broadway?

According to a report by Michael Riedel of nypost.com, The Public Theater is already considering a Broadway transfer for the revival of INTO THE WOODS which plays the Delacorte in Central Park this Summer. (more...)

3) Photo Flash: Meet LEAP OF FAITH's Stars- Raul Esparza & Jessica Phillips!

Broadway’s LEAP OF FAITH stars four-time Tony nominee Raúl Esparza as Jonas Nightingale, Jessica Phillips as Marla Humes, Kendra Kassebaum as Sam Nightingale, Kecia Lewis-Evans as Ida Mae Robinson, Leslie Odom, Jr. as Isaiah Robinson, Krystal Joy Brown as Ornella and Talon Ackerman as Jake Humes. Previews begin Tuesday, April 3 and the production will open on Thursday, April 26, 2012 at the St. James Theatre (246 West 44th Street). Meet the stars of the show, Raul Esparza and Jessica Phillips, in the photos below! (more...)

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• Horse Trade Theatre Group Presents FINAL CURTAIN: THE LAST OF ED WOOD, 6/20-7/1
• SummerStage Yiddishfest 2012 Features THE KLEZMATICS, SOCALLED and More, 6/26
• Fountain Gallery Presents Osvaldo Cruz/Keith Pavia: NEW WORKS, 5/17-7/11
• Highline Ballroom Presents 'A TRIBUTE TO DELANEY & BONNIE' to Benefit TheatreWithin, 6/8
• Ritz Bar and Lounge Presents Marti Gould Cummings in UNTUCKED AND UNCENSORED, 5/20
• RuPaul's DRAG RACE Winner Bebe Zahara Benet and More Set for XL Cabaret, May-June 2012
• Breaking: NEWSIES Run on Broadway Is Now Open Ended!
• ATLANTIC RHYTHM SECTION, PIRATE SCHOOL! et al. to Play at Emelin Theatre 5/19-6/3
• Gregg Edelman, Melissa Errico, et al. Set for Prospect Theater Company Gala, 5/21
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