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New Foo Fighters Album Foo Fighters are releasing a new album, Concrete and Gold , this fall!!! Set for release on September 15, the album, the band's ninth, will be supported by a national tour. You can gain pre-sale access when you pre-order the album (several combo packages are available) and/or you become a verified fan (an anti-ticket bot measure). All pre-orders come with an instant download of the single, "Run." See the announcement below, and head to foofighters.com to pre-order and rock out. Casting News Broadway —Initial casting for the Broadway bow of The Band's Visit has been announced. Many of the actors from the acclaimed off-Broadway production will be reprising their roles, including Tony Shalhoub ( The Price , Act One ), Katrina Lenk ( Indecent ), and Jonathan Raviv . Previews for the David Yazbek–Itamar Moses musical begin October 7 at the Barrymore Theatre, with opening night scheduled for November 9. Broadway News has more. Concer...

Dear readers, I couldn't possibly not report back on the fantastic Carnegie Hall benefit concert of Guys and Dolls . The one night only even took place last night (April 3), and featured a stellar cast, led by Nathan Lane (reprising the role of Nathan Detroit, whom he played in a 1992 revival), Megan Mullally (as Miss Adelaide), Sierra Boggess (as Sarah) and Patrick Wilson (as Sky Masterson). Guys and Dolls is such a delightful, good old fashioned book musical, complete with lovable characters, comedic gags and a score that holds up, one with nary a weak song in its ranks. (I could do without "More I Cannot Wish You," but that's about it.) I think Guys and Dolls sometimes get short shrift because there's no heft to it, and because it isn't particularly remarkable in terms of its place in musical theatre history, but it's a damn good musical. They don't make 'em like this anymore, and when you see such a great production, as I did ...

The Newsroom : Season 2 So the season ended. It was a little disappointing, don't you think? I found the Will-Mackenzie wrap up too tidy, and I thought the Jim-Maggie and Maggie-Lisa bit to be somewhat melodramatic. I did like ***spoiler alert*** the Don-Sloan moment. That was satisfying. Ultimately, it felt like this season finale was the kind of finale you would write if you thought you were not coming back for another season (which The Newsroom  is). Still, it gave us more Sorkinese and brought us more Reese (Chris Messina), whom I think is a great foil to many of the characters, particularly Charlie. (It also reminded me of the Sports Night episode, "The Six Southern Gentlemen of Tennessee," in which everyone lines up behind the boss.) Check out Aaron Sorkin 's final HBO Connect session of the season and below watch as the scribe takes us inside the season's final episode. Ep. 19: Inside The Episode Emmy News It's time for the Emmys! The E...