(Jun. 30 3:18) - Emmy and Golden Globe Award winner Laura Linney ("John Adams," The Savages) will play the lead role in Manhattan Theatre Club's upcoming New York premiere of TIME STANDS STILL by Pulitzer Prize winning playwright Donald Margulies. The limited engagement, to be directed by Tony winner Daniel Sullivan (Accent on Youth, Sight Unseen on Broadway, Brooklyn Boy, Dinner with Friends) will begin previews at MTC's Samuel J. Friedman Theatre (261 West 47th Street) on Tuesday, January 5, 2010 in preparation for a Thursday, January 28, 2010 opening night. The production had previously been announced to play MTC's New York City Center - Stage I.

(Jun. 30 12:02) - Producer Arielle Tepper Madover is pleased to announce that the critically acclaimed Donmar Warehouse production of William Shakespeare's HAMLET with Jude Law in the title role, directed by Michael Grandage, will come to Broadway this fall, following sold out runs in London's West End and a special engagement at Elsinore Castle in Denmark.

(Jun. 29 3:24) - Grosses for all the Broadway shows for the week ending 6/28/2009

(Jun. 29 3:11) - As previously announced, beginning on Monday, July 6th AVENUE Q will welcome back original cast member Ann Harada in the role of "Christmas Eve." Also joining the Broadway cast on July 6th, direct from the AVENUE Q U.S. national tour are Robert McClure in the roles of "Princeton/Rod," Anika Larsen in the roles of "Kate Monster/Lucy the Slut," and Danielle K. Thomas in the role of "Gary Coleman." Harada, McClure, Larsen and Thomas will join Christian Anderson, Nicholas Kohn and Jennifer Barnhart to comprise the final Broadway cast of AVENUE Q.

(Jun. 29 1:27) - Amy Spanger has left the cast of the five-time Tony Award Nominated hit musical, ROCK OF AGES, for personal reasons reports production representatives. Spanger, who starred as Sherrie in the musical, was a new cast member when the show opened on Broadway on Tuesday, April 7, 2009 at Broadway's Brooks Atkinson Theatre (256 W. 47th Street).

(Jun. 29 1:08) - Legendary actor, director, writer and producer Jerry Lewis will make his theatrical directorial debut on Broadway with the new musical, ?THE NUTTY PROFESSOR?, based on the 1963 film that he starred in and co-wrote. With music by Academy Award, Emmy Award, Grammy Award and Pulitzer Prize winner Marvin Hamlisch and a book and lyrics by multiple Tony Award winner and Grammy Nominee Rupert Holmes, the musical is aiming for a bow on Broadway in the 2010/2011 season and is being produced by Loud Watch Productions, LLC.

(Jun. 29 9:21) - fter 6 years on Broadway the Tony Award-winning musical AVENUE Q will play its final performance on SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 13th, 2009. It will have played 2,534 performances and 22 previews, surpassing THE PRODUCERS (on August, 17th), ANNIE, OKLAHOMA!, and PIPPIN, among many others to become the 20th longest running show in Broadway history.

(Jun. 28 4:19) - Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus' global smash hit musical MAMMA MIA! officially became the 15th longest-running show in Broadway history on Saturday, June 27th when it played its 3,183 performance, surpassing the record previously held by the play Tobacco Road.

(Jun. 28 3:55) - CELEBRITY AUTOBIOGRAPHY: IN THEIR OWN WORDS presented a special one night engagement to coincide with New York's annual Gay Pride Celebration. CELEBRITY AUTOBIOGRAPHY: IN THEIR OWN WORDS -- GAY PRIDE EDITION took place Friday, June 26 at Off-Broadway's Gramercy Theater. BroadwayWorld.com's cameras made the trip to celebrate along with the 'CELEB AUTOBIO' gang for the special event!

(Jun. 27 12:11) - TWELFTH NIGHT officially opened on June 25th. The production runs through July 12th at the Delacorte Theater in Central Park. Bank of America returns as lead sponsor of Shakespeare in the Park 2009. BroadwayWorld.com was there as the stars arrived for the festive evening under the stars!

(Jun. 27 11:02) - Adapted from the screenplay by Jeff Nathanson and the book written by Frank Abagnale Jr. and Stan Redding, the original musical CATCH ME IF YOU CAN boasts a book by four-time Tony Award-winner Terrence McNally, who joins forces with the collaborative team behind the hit musical Hairspray (which also premiered at the 5th), including five-time Tony Award-winning director Jack O'Brien, Tony Award-winning choreographer Jerry Mitchell, and Tony Award-winning composing team Marc Shaiman (music & lyrics) and Scott Wittman (lyrics).

(Jun. 26 12:01) - Michael Jackson, music industry icon, passed away yesterday, June 25th, after suffering a suspected heart attack. He was 50 years old.

(Jun. 26 10:30) - TWELFTH NIGHT officially opened on June 25th. The production runs through July 12th at the Delacorte Theater in Central Park. Bank of America returns as lead sponsor of Shakespeare in the Park 2009.

(Jun. 26 9:26) - Rock Of Ages Tony-nominated star Constantine Maroulis, Tony Award-winner (for Gypsy) Laura Benanti and her husband Steven Pasquale (Reasons To Be Pretty) and Tony-nominated Judy Kuhn (Les Miz, Chess, Rags, She Loves Me) were among the Broadway honorees and performers at the Thursday June 25 Inside Broadway Broadway Beacon Awards at The Players Club, 16 Gramercy Park South, New York, NY.

(Jun. 26 9:15) - The Shubert Organization and Career Transition For Dancers hosted Broadway's Nick Adams, Andy Blankenbuehler, Charlotte d'Amboise, Mercedes Ellington, Judine Somerville and the Broadway Dance Community for a Between-Shows-Get-Together at Sardi's Eugenia Room on 234 West 44th Street on Wednesday, June 24th, 2009.

(Jun. 25 5:08) - Superior Donuts, Steppenwolf's new American play by Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning ensemble member Tracy Letts will follow Letts' Tony Award-winning play August: Osage County into The Music Box Theatre (239 West 45th Street), beginning performances on Wednesday, September 16, 2009, with an officially opening on Thursday, October 1, 2009.

(Jun. 25 5:05) - Multiple news outlets, including the Los Angeles Times and the Associated Press, are reporting that Michael Jackson, The King of Pop, has died. The singer was 50 years old.

(Jun. 25 4:30) - Perfectly timed (in Australia time) as the closer to Bio's Television Cabaret Month, the world premiere of Bernadette Peters live concert at the Adelaide Cabaret Festival will air on Foxtel at 8:30 PM on Saturday June 27th.