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In the works: The “Avenue Q” producers are developing a musical based on “High Fidelity,” using both the Nick Hornby novel and its 2000 movie adaptation for inspiration, co-producer Kevin McCollum says. The score is by composer Tom Kitt and lyricist Amanda Green. David Lindsay-Abaire (“Kimberly Akimbo”) has been hired to write an adaptation of the story about a record-store owner.

Emmy winner: The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences said it would give its lifetime achievement award for engineering to Les Paul for his work in such sound developments as overdubbing, the electronic reverb effect and multitrack tape recording.