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Stars and casts from the current Broadway line-up have been busy in the studio, recording for the 2013 Broadway's Carols for a Cure, Volume 15. Singing traditional and original holiday songs, this annual holiday music CD benefits Broadway CaresEquity Fights AIDS Bcefa, one of the nation's leading industry-based, nonprofit AIDS fundraising and grant-making organizations. Below, BroadwayWorld brings you exclusive photos from The Phantom Of The Opera's recording session for 'Gloria in Excelsis Deo' with castmembers Bill Kazdan, Joy L. Matthews-Jacobs, Cindy Hoxie, Wade Walfon, Kenneth Kantor, Angie Finn, Rose Mary Taylor, Laird Mackintosh, David Michael Garry, Victoria Toelker, Marni Raab, Mary Michael Patterson, Lynne Abeles, Elizabeth Welch, Nathan Patrick Morgan, Kelly Jeanne Grant, Jeremy Hays, Duane McDevitt, Michele McConnell, Santomi Hofman, Katherine McNamee, Tim Jerome, Heather Hill, Grace P. Jones, Arlo Hill, Elena Pellicciaro, Richard Poole and Sarah Bakker.

Samantha Hill takes over the role of Christine Daae in Broadway's The Phantom of the Opera, replacing Sierra Boggess. Hill joins Hugh Panaro in the title role with Kyle Barisich as Raoul, Jim Weitzer Monsieur Andre, Tim Jerome Monsieur Firmin, Michele McConnell Carlotta, Ellen Harvey Madame Giry, Christian ebek Piangi and Kara Klein Meg Giry.BroadwayWorld brings you a first look of Hill in action below...

Ghostlight Records will celebrate the release of the Original Cast Recording of Barry Wyners new musical Calvin Berger with a concert at Joes Pub the evening before the release tonight, Monday, September 24, 2012 at 7pm. Just added to the concert lineup are Curt Hansen Next to Normal, F. Michael Haynie Dogfight, Hayley Podschun Chaplin, and Tony nominee Tim Jerome Tarzan, Me and My Girl. They join the previously announced concert cast, who are also featured on the Calvin Berger recording Noah Weisberg Legally Blonde, South Pacific, Krystal Joy Brown Leap of Faith, David Hull Wicked andDana Steingold Spelling Bee.

Ghostlight Records will celebrate the release of the Original Cast Recording of Barry Wyners new musical Calvin Berger with a concert at Joes Pub the evening before the release next Monday, September 24, 2012 at 7pm. Just added to the concert lineup are Curt Hansen Next to Normal, F. Michael Haynie Dogfight, Hayley Podschun Chaplin, and Tony nominee Tim Jerome Tarzan, Me and My Girl. They join the previously announced concert cast, who are also featured on the Calvin Berger recording Noah Weisberg Legally Blonde, South Pacific, Krystal Joy Brown Leap of Faith, David Hull Wicked and Dana Steingold Spelling Bee.

Ghostlight Records will celebrate the release of the Original Cast Recording of Barry Wyners new musical Calvin Berger with a concert at Joes Pub the evening before the release next Monday, September 24, 2012 at 7pm. Just added to the concert lineup are Curt Hansen Next to Normal, F. Michael Haynie Dogfight, Hayley Podschun Chaplin, and Tony nominee Tim Jerome Tarzan, Me and My Girl. They join the previously announced concert cast, who are also featured on the Calvin Berger recording Noah Weisberg Legally Blonde, South Pacific, Krystal Joy Brown Leap of Faith, David Hull Wicked andDana Steingold Spelling Bee.

Jake Silbermann

Although it’s only been three months since CBS pulled the plug on As the World Turns after an astonishing 54-year run, for many gay fans, it feels like an eternity. As any AfterElton.com reader knows, the teen supercouple formerly known as Nuke, played with uncommon depth and finesse by Jake Silbermann (Noah) and Van Hansis (Luke), made history with the first-ever dude-on-dude kiss on daytime TV, setting off a media frenzy and a veritable blizzard in the blogosphere.

Their unfolding relationship polarized fans — the gays cheered, but later, some complained the story line was sporadic and sluggish. Remember our Liplock Clock that counted how long it took between kisses? (It was 211 agonizing days between the first and second smooch.) Meanwhile, right-wingers wanted the duo to disappear altogether.

When the producers finally portrayed the guys having sex, they skipped the actual sex scene and merely showed the before and after.