YourLocalGuardian.co.uk is giving away 7 pairs of tickets to see Cat on a Hot Tin Roof at the Novello Theatre in London which is directed by Debbie Allen. Visit the site to see how you can win. Contest closes on January 28, 2010 so get your entries in quick.

RTÉ Television and Screentime ShinAwil have launched Ireland's biggest ever musical theatre talent search.

The search, which will be featured in the 10-week television show 'Fame The Musical', aims to find male and female stars for a nationwide tour of the West End production.

Leading the search for the new musical theatre stars will be stage producer Robert C Kelly, actor and director Simon Delaney and actress and singer Erica Gimpel, who starred as Coco Hernandez in the original 'Fame' television series.

Michael Hoey's book Inside Fame on Television is now available for purchase at the MacFarland Publishing website or Amazon.com.

Hi everyone,
this is Greg's story about her Fame-filled experience last December. She went to see Nia, Jesse and Cynthia on two of the three concerts they held in Italy. The shows took place:
on FRY 4TH at DISCOCLUB LE PALAFITTE – SULZANO (BS);
on SAT 5TH at FUORIORARIO – TANETO DI GATTATICO (RE);
on SAT 12TH at TABATA DISCOCLUB – SESTRIERE (TO).
Greg was at the last two shows.

Greg (that is, Barbara) is an old member of the FameForever forum who has not the chance to surf the net as often as she would like to...also, she claims her english is too rusty (which of course it isn't ), so I volunteered to translate her story for you all. Enjoy!

FameForever friends…those who remember me and those who don’t know me…though I can’t participate in the forum like I used to anymore, I can’t help sharing with you the joy and the enormous luck that befell on me lately, on two occasions that will stay with me forever…
One of my lifetime dreams came true and my eyes still sparkle…who would have possibly thought that, more than 20 years later, I’d have had the chance of seeing, listening to, meeting, and most of all sharing some moments with Nia Peeples, Jesse Borrego and Cynthia Gibb, some of our Kids from Fame??

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OK Magazine is having a contest to win a Fender Starcaster Electric Guitar as well as the recently released Fame 2009 DVD.

 I ran across the following video of an 8 year old Irene Cara singing on Ted Mack’s Amateur Hour show in 1967.

Michael Cerveris did a radio interview earlier today with Robin Milling of Blog Talk Radio.com's Let's Do Lunch! Listen to the interview here.
Cerveris chats with Milling about everything from how he came to shave his head, why he named his dog Gibson, nudity on stage and blogging about it, to 'faking it;' all while dining over dim sum at John's Shanghai in the heart of the theater district.

Also, Michael is currently starring in the play In the Next Room or The Vibrator Play as Dr. Givings.

Source: broadwayworld.com

Krazy Vatos Emporium is a store that was opened last month by actors Jesse Borrego and Danny De La Paz.
Borrego and De La Paz, who have been friends almost 20 years, have appeared at Latino arts festivals and lowrider car shows in recent years. The two would autograph posters of their films, many that depict barrio life and Latino working-class families.
Krazy Vatos carries such merchandise, as well as DVDs and works by local artists, including lotería art, T-shirts, jewelry, and pillows and purses shaped like pan dulce.

Krazy Vatos Emporium is having a holiday party from 5-11 p.m., Saturday, Dec. 26. The store is located at 2342 S. Presa St., San Antonio, Texas. Jesse is to be in attendance at the event which is free to the public.

Source: mysanantonio.com

The BET channel called Centric is airing Fame episodes. Below is a list of the upcoming episodes scheduled to air beginning Dec. 26.

12/26 7pm The Strike
12/26 8pm A Musical Bridge
12/26 9pm Passing Grade
12/26 10pm Tomorrow's Farewell
12/26 11pm The Crazies
12/27 12am Teachers
12/27 1am Class Act
12/27 2am Feelings
12/27 3am Star Quality
12/27 4am Solo Song

Check your local area for time and channel. According to the Zap2It Guide, it appears that each episode will air twice a day once in the morning and once in the afternoon at the same hour ... like, 5am and 5 pm will air the same episode, etc.

Thanks to Timothy for the heads up!