Parker Posey has Lyme disease, withdraws from off-Broadway production

October 10th, 2009 DANIEL RADCLIFFE is eyeing a return to the Broadway stage to debut his song and dance skills, in a new production of Tony Award-winning musical HOW TO SUCCEED IN BUSINESS WITHOUT REALLY TRYING. Producers are in the early stages of planning a Broadway revival of the 1961 show and have lined-up Radcliffe for a read-through this December (09), reports Daily Variety.

September 30th, 2009 'West Side Story' recoups $14 million investmentNEW YORK — "West Side Story" has danced into the financial hit column. Its producers say the current Broadway revival has recouped its $14 million investment in less than eight months.

September 25th, 2009 EVA LONGORIA PARKER is in awe of her friend VICTORIA BECKHAM for juggling her home life with booming businesses. The two A-Listers struck up a friendship through their sporty husbands, basketball player Tony Parker and soccer star David Beckham, when the Brit couple moved to Los Angeles in 2007.

September 13th, 2009 JAY-Z and WILL SMITH are among the investors in a new musical about the life of revered African world music star FELA KUTI. The stars have given Bill T.

August 27th, 2009 MARY-LOUISE PARKER is laughing off an embarrassing photo scandal - after accidentally flashing her bare backside during a stroll through New York. The Weeds star suffered a wardrobe malfunction during a recent trip to the Big Apple and failed to notice her dress had ridden up, flashing her behind to passers by, including a cunning photographer, who captured the flash on film.

August 27th, 2009 Actress PARKER POSEY has been diagnosed with Lyme Disease. The 40-year-old Best In Show star has pulled out of an off-Broadway play, called This, to focus on battling her tick-borne illness.

August 13th, 2009 Parker Posey to narrate 'Feminine Mystique' audioNEW YORK — Actress Parker Posey and authors Gay Talese and Naomi Wolf will be among those participating in a new line of audiobooks dedicated to famous 20th-century books. Audible Inc.

August 12th, 2009 Gheorghiu withdraws from start of new Met 'Carmen'NEW YORK — Soprano Angela Gheorghiu has pulled out of the first six performances of the Metropolitan Opera's new production of Bizet's "Carmen," which opens New Year's Eve. The Richard Eyre staging was designed around Gheorghiu, making an unusual foray into a role written for mezzo-sopranos, and her husband, tenor Roberto Alagna.

August 11th, 2009 Netrebko withdraws from new Met Opera 'Traviata'NEW YORK — Soprano Anna Netrebko (nuh-TREHB'-koh) has withdrawn from the Metropolitan Opera's new production of Verdi's "La Traviata" scheduled for the 2010-11 season. The modern-dress staging, directed by Willy Decker, is based on his 2005 production for the Salzburg Festival in Austria.

August 7th, 2009 Broadway revival of 'Hair' recoups its investmentNEW YORK — The Broadway revival of "Hair" is in the black. Public Theater artistic director Oskar Eustis (YEW'-stis) says the Tony-winning revival of the "Age of Aquarius" musical has recouped its $5.76 million productions costs in four months.

July 22nd, 2009 NEW DELHI - American actress Sarah Jessica Parker and her hubby actor Matthew Broderick are said to be preparing to live apart. The two, who have been married for 12-years and are parents to son James Wilkie, six, and one-month-old twin daughters Marion and Tabitha, have decided to set-up home in different properties in New York, reports the China Daily.

July 7th, 2009 NEW YORK - Actress Sarah Jessica Parker's production company has offered to produce a TV series based on Amy Sohn's novel 'Prospect Park West'. Parker's company, known as 'Pretty Matches', has offered to produce half an hour series in conjunction with HBO.

June 16th, 2009 Rene Pape withdraws from 'Hoffmann' at MetNEW YORK — Bass Rene Pape has withdrawn from the Metropolitan Opera's new production of Offenbach's "Les Contes d'Hoffmann," the latest cast change to the staging that opens Dec. 3. Pape has decided not to add the four villains to his repertory, the company said Tuesday.

June 3rd, 2009 Tennessee Williams' 'Cat' coming to LondonLONDON — "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" is coming to London. Producers said Wednesday that an all-black production of Tennessee Williams southern tragedy that ran on Broadway last year will open in the West End in December.

May 6th, 2009 NEW YORK - It looks like Eva Longoria Parker and Tony Parker may adopt a child in the near future. The 'Desperate Housewives' star has revealed that it's her long-time work with Padres Contra El Cancer that may inspire her to adopt, reports E! Online.