Playbill - Harve Presnell, who starred in the Broadway and film versions of The Unsinkable Molly Brown, and was known as an imposing, full-voiced Daddy Warbucks to generations of Annie fans, died June 30 in Santa Monica, CA. He was 75 and lived in Livingston, MT.

Playbill - Falcon Theatre, the Burbank, CA, company founded by Garry Marshall, will present five productions in 2009-10, including the world premiere comedy, The Psychic, by Sam Bobrick.

Playbill - The Broadway cast of Glory Days, the pop musical about a reunion of four high school buddies, will be in a recording studio July 2-3 to create a cast album more than a year after the show's one-performance run.

Playbill - Act II Playhouse in Ambler, PA, has a hit on its hands with the musical revue Respect: A Musical Journey of Women, which has been extended for a second time - now to Aug. 2.

Playbill - The Second City e.t.c. in Chicago will open its 33rd revue, Studs Terkel's Not Working, on July 19. The title refers to the classic oral history book, "Working," by late Chicago-based historian Terkel.

Playbill - Mauckingbird Theatre Company, Philadelphia's only professional theatre company devoted to gay-themed work, will present John Logan's Never the Sinner: The Leopold and Loeb Story Aug. 8-30.

Reuters - A housewife from Sleaford in eastern England will be the first of thousands of people to stand for one hour on top of a plinth in London's Trafalgar Square as part of a 100-day "live sculpture" exercise.

Playbill - The Tony Award-winning Old Globe in San Diego opens Shakespeare's Twelfth Night - one of three shows in the 2009 Summer Shakespeare Festival - on July 1, after previews from June 17. Patrick Page is Malvolio.

Playbill - Chicago Shakespeare Theater (CST) launches Disney's Aladdin, an adaptation of the 1992 animated film, July 1 in its kid-friendly summer slot.

Playbill - The "talkback Tuesdays" discussion following the 7 PM June 30 Broadway performance of Alfred Hitchcock's The 39 Steps will feature cast members and comic Michele Balan.