Tonight Barbara Walters will be naming 2009 “American Idol” finalist Adam Lambert among her “10 Most Fascinating People of 2009” (ABC, Wednesday, Dec. 9, at 10 p.m. ET.)

Tomorrow, the ladies of ABC’s “The View” will welcome Lambert, as well. (”The View,” ABC, Thursday, Dec. 10., at 11a.m./10a.m. PT/C — check your local listings.)

“Glee: The Music Vol. 2,” featuring songs from the hit Fox series, “Glee,” arrives both digitally and in stores today, Dec. 8.

The album includes a mixture of pop and theatre songs sung in various solo and choral styles by the cast of “Glee.”

Purchase options for Glee: The Music Vol. 2: CD on Amazon, iTunes, mp3 album on Amazon.

And, in case you missed it, “Glee: The Music Vol. 1,” was released Nov. 3.

Purchase options for Glee: The Music Vol. 1: CD on Amazon, iTunes, mp3 album on Amazon

Keep reading this post for the complete track listings for both albums!

GLEE is a one-hour musical comedy that follows an optimistic high school teacher as he tries to transform the school’s Glee Club and inspire a group of ragtag performers to make it to the biggest competition of them all: Nationals. …

The short-lived Off-Broadway musical, Rooms: a rock romance, released its original cast recording on iTunes today, Dec. 8.

If you want to purchase the single disc in stores, you’ll have to wait until February 2010 (date TBA — stay tuned for more details!). …

I grew up watching the original Emmet Otter’s Jugband Christmas special on HBO as a child, and the idea of it as a stage musical makes me smile. …

The American Theatre Wing’s 63rd Annual Antoinette Perry “Tony” Awards took place Sunday night, June 7 at Radio City Music Hall. CBS presented a live broadcast from 8-11 p.m. Eastern/7-10 p.m. Central.
The Tony Awards are the most prestigious awards in the theatre world.
View a complete list of the Tony nominees here.
So, without further ado, allow us to share the 2009 Tony Awards winners.
Best Play
God of Carnage
Author: Yasmina Reza
Producers: Robert Fox, David Pugh & Dafydd Rogers, Stuart Thompson, Scott Rudin, Jon B. Platt, The Weinstein Company, The Shubert Organization
Best Musical
Billy Elliot, …

Wow, what an opening! By the way, I’m going to try to live-blog this…stay tuned as the show continues, and I continue to update this post.
Stockard Channing! Rizzo forever! She’s amazing, as always.
Shrek looks interesting, indeed. I love the Duloc “toy” dancers. I wish they’d have done a song that fully featured Sutton Foster — love her!
Angela Lansbury SO deserved the Tony for Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play — and she’s got 5 Tonys now!
Yay! I love me some Dancing Queen!
*sigh* I love West Side Story. …

The nominees for the American Theatre Wing’s 63rd Annual Antoinette Perry “Tony” Awards were announced this morning (May 5) by Tony Award winners Cynthia Nixon (Rabbit Hole) and Lin-Manuel Miranda (In the Heights).
The Tony Awards are the most prestigious awards in the theatre world. Who do YOU think will win?
(The Tony nominations ceremony can be viewed at the Tony Awards website.)
The nominations took place at 8:30 a.m. Eastern time at the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts at Lincoln Center in New York.
The 2009 Tony Awards will …

Rooms: a rock romance opened Off-Broadway last night, March 16, at New World Stages/Stage 2. Previews for the musical began Feb. 27.
Press notes say Rooms “begins in 1970s Glasgow where Monica, an ambitious singer/songwriter meets Ian, a reclusive rocker. The two quickly become entangled creatively and romantically. Their music takes them first to London and ultimately to New York City, where they discover the vibrant new music scene and create an intimate partnership, their love deepening while their personalities drive them apart. A five-piece rock band accompanies these two characters …

Spring Awakening, the Tony Award-winning coming-of-age story of teen angst, opened to the public today in London, following previews from January 23.
The musical opened at the  Lyric Hammersmith, and is scheduled to continue through March 14 — a two-week extension from the original closing date of Feb. 28. Rumors of a move to the West End are rampant, as well.
Press notes describe the musical, based on Frank Wedekind’s 1891 play:
Spring Awakening boldly depicts a dozen young people and how they make their way through the thrilling, complicated, confusing and mysterious …

Rentheads’ (a.k.a. diehard Rent fans)  voices have been heard: the hit Broadway musical has been granted an extension, and will close September 7, 2008. This is an extension of approximately 3 months. (Previously a closing date of June 1 had been reported.) No doubt ticket demand had some influence in this case.
If you’ve already bought tickets for up to the June 1 date, you now have the option of attending a later performance. The final performance is now 6:30 PM on September 7, and, according to Ticketmaster.com, tickets are on …