The London stage production of the smash 1980s movie Dirty Dancing has proved such a hit that producers are extending its run until at least March 2008.

The show, which opened in October at the Aldwych Theatre was set to finish in October 2007.

Such is the popularity of Dirty Dancing, the show was sold out for its first two months six months before it even opened.

For many years now, Jewish musician Craig Taubman has been on a drive to get more Jewish music out, from his own material through to compilation albums featuring other artists, Taubman has been one of the most widely recorded musicians around.

And now, through a deal with Fontana distribution, a division of Universal Music Group, Taubman’s latest album The Shabbat Lounge is gaining wide distribution across retailers in the States including Virgin Megastores and Borders.

Interviews with Sacha Baron Cohen talking about himself are rare and Rolling Stone has one of the most revealing interviews that Baron Cohen has done where he talks about his Jewish background as well as his yiddishe mama.

The magazine, which goes on sale at the end of the month provides a revealing insight into the 35-year-old former Habonim youth member.