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Jeremy Schonfeld's "DRIFT" BENEFIT will take place on November 3rd At BB KING. DRIFT will feature Kris Coleman (Jersey Boys), Jarrod Emick (Tony Award Winner for Damn Yankees), Adam Kantor, Terrence Mann (Tony Nominated star of Les Miserable and Beauty and the Beast), Karla Mosley (Expatriate), Julia Murney (Wicked), Adam Cantor (Spring Awakening) and Adam Pascal (Rent.) BroadwayWorld was invited to cover the rehearsal as Adam Pascal worked on his songs before the event tomorrow night.

Beginning its 30th year of broadcast, the American Theatre Wing's 'Working in the Theatre' program will feature 'Actors Words, Writers Voice' on CUNY TV on Sunday, November 2 at 5 p.m. The program will repeat on Friday, November 7 at 9 a.m., 2 and 7:30 p.m., and Saturday, November 8 at 11 a.m. The program becomes available as streaming video and podcast from www.americantheatrewing.org, as well as iTunes, beginning Wednesday afternoon, November 5.

Join Celebrity Interviewer/Media Personality Valerie Smaldone as she kicks off a new series of up close and personal interviews with Broadway celebrities and theater icons, SUNDAY SALON.

Pittsburgh CLO Academy has announced that Broadway veterans Michael McGurk and Gina Philistine will teach a master class for students at the Academy's annual Musical theater Extravaganza from 1 to 4 p.m. on Sunday, November 2.

"Resurrection" will most likely resonate with those who know next to nothing of the black world Daniel Beaty writes about and with those who actually live in it.

"Farragut North" is an appraisal of presidential campaigns centered on a character who suggests how toxic all of those smiling press secretaries on television these days can be.

Star Trek's Patrick Stewart and The Lord of the Ring's Ian McKellen, will star together in a new U.K. production of Waiting for Godot, according to Broadway.com. Following a tour...

With newspapers struggling nationwide, it's no surprise that theatre critics are in danger of joining the endangered species list, even in new york. "But is it such a bad thing for the theater if a tiny group of older, mostly male critics no longer have make-or-break power? Many bloggers on All That Chat write as well as members of the new york Drama Critics Circle. And who's to say their opinions are any less valid?"...

"Rising... from the heart of Leicester's new cultural quarter, the Curve makes the powerful, dramatic statement that here is a city that can think outside the box. What the new building doesn't shout, in any obvious way, is "theatre". Yet a theatre is exactly what this £61 million architectural dazzler is."...

"Rumours have been circulating on the internet for some time, but it has been confirmed today that Godot will be turning up in British theatres next year, courtesy of Ian McKellen and Patrick Stewart. The two venerable stage actors... will be taking a new production of Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot on a short regional tour in the new year, before opening for a longer run at the Theatre Royal Haymarket in London's West End."...