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The tour of the Broadway revival of West Side Story is coming to New Jersey. West Side Story will open at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center on May 1, 2012. Award-winning librettist Arthur LaurentsÂ’ Broadway direction will be recreated for the tour by David Saint, the Associate Director on Broadway. Mr. Saint is also the artistic director of the George Street Playhouse in New Brunswick, NJ. The original Jerome Robbins choreography is reproduced by Tony Award-nominee Joey McKneely (The Boy from Oz, The Life). (more...)

Dallas Theater Center Artistic Director Kevin Moriarty announced today the theaterÂ’s 2012-13 season, which will take place at the Dee and Charles Wyly Theatre at the AT&T Performing Arts Center and the historic Kalita Humphreys Theater. DTCÂ’s 54th season will include three world premieres; two new musicals; the culmination of DTCÂ’s four-year Shakespeare cycle; and several nationally acclaimed plays making their North Texas debut. (more...)

According to the New York Times, Tony Award winner Bill Sherman and Pulitzer Prize finalist Rajiv Joseph will collaborate on a new musical project entitled Fly, which will be a dark re-telling of Peter Pan and will premiere at Dallas Theater Center in summer 2013. (more...)

The tour of the Broadway revival of WEST SIDE STORY is coming to Philadelphia. WEST SIDE STORY will open at the Academy of Music on March 28 through April 8 as part of the Broadway Season, presented by The Kimmel Center and The Shubert Organization. (more...)

The tour of the smash hit Broadway revival of WEST SIDE STORY is coming to Columbus, opening at the Ohio Theatre on Tuesday, April 17. Tony Award-winning librettist Arthur LaurentsÂ’ Broadway direction will be recreated for the tour by David Saint, the Associate Director on Broadway. The original Jerome Robbins choreography is reproduced by Tony Award nominee Joey McKneely (The Boy from Oz, The Life). (more...)

The tour of the smash-hit Broadway revival of West Side Story is coming to the Fox Cities Performing Arts Center. West Side Story will open at the Center on April 24. Tony Award®-winning librettist Arthur Laurents’ Broadway direction will be recreated for the tour by David Saint, the associate director on Broadway. The original Jerome Robbins choreography is reproduced by Tony Award-nominee Joey McKneely (The Boy from Oz, The Life). (more...)

The Tony Award winning musical AVENUE Q -- which played a 6-year run on Broadway before moving to New World Stages over two years ago -- will celebrate its 1000th performance at New World Stages (340 W. 50 St.) on Wednesday, March 14. (more...)

The tour of the Broadway revival of WEST SIDE STORY is coming to Cincinnati. (more...)

The Tony Award winning musical AVENUE Q -- which played a 6-year run on Broadway before moving to New World Stages over two years ago -- will celebrate its 1000th performance at New World Stages (340 W. 50 St.) on Wednesday, March 14. (more...)

WEST SIDE STORY is currently touring the country, and now stars Ross Lekites as Tony, Evy Ortiz as Maria, Michelle Aravena as Anita, Drew Foster as Riff and German Santiago as Bernardo. Also featured are Mike Boland as Schrank, Stephen DeRosa as Glad Hand, Jon Drake as Action, Wally Dunn as Krupke, Alexandra Frohlinger as Anybodys, Jay Garcia as Chino, Casey Garvin as Diesel, Nathan Keen as Big Deal, Harris Milgrim as Snowboy, John O'Creagh as Doc, Christopher Rice as Baby John, Clay Thomson as A-rab, along with Karolina Blonski, Alicia Charles, Lauryn Ciardullo, Dean Andre De Luna, Lori Ann Ferreri, Ryan Ghysels, Tim Hausmann, Nicole Hellman, Laura Irion, Thayne Jasperson, Gizel Jimenez, Eric Anthony Johnson, Patrick Ortiz, Kristen Paulicelli, Christie Portera, Waldemar Quinones-Villanueva, Alexandra Blake Redelico, Michael Scirrotto, Jeffrey C. Sousa, Dani Spieler, Jessica Swesey, Kathryn Lin Terza and Kirstin Tucker. (more...)

The tour of the Broadway revival of WEST SIDE STORY is coming to Cincinnati. (more...)

The tour of the Broadway revival of WEST SIDE STORY is coming to St. Louis. WEST SIDE STORY will close at The Fox Theatre on February 26, 2012. (more...)

The tour of the Broadway revival of WEST SIDE STORY is coming to St. Louis. WEST SIDE STORY will open at The Fox Theatre on Tuesday, February 14, 2012. (more...)

The tour of the Broadway revival of West Side Story is coming to the Fox Cities Performing Arts Center. (more...)

In The Heights opened Tuesday night in Toronto, and BWW is thrilled to bring its readers these exclusive photos. The Tony Award Winning musical by Lin Manuel Miranda was eagerly anticipated by fans who weren't able to see it in NYC. The show plays The Toronto Centre for the Arts until February 19th 2012. (more...)

The tour of the smash hit Broadway revival of WEST SIDE STORY is coming to Milwaukee and is presented by Broadway Across America-Milwaukee and the Marcus Center as part of the Time Warner Cable Broadway at the Marcus Center Series. WEST SIDE STORY will open at the Marcus Center on April 10-15. Tony Award-winning librettist Arthur Laurents' Broadway direction will be recreated for the tour by David Saint, the Associate Director on Broadway. The original Jerome Robbins choreography is reproduced by Tony Award-nominee Joey McKneely (The Boy from Oz, The Life). (more...)

Following its limited engagement of Into the Woods and its co-production of The Rocky Horror Show in 2011, Stocking Productions has announced that it will bring RENT to Frederick for the first time for a special Memorial Day weekend presentation at The Way Off Broadway Theatre. (more...)

The tour of the Broadway revival of West Side Story is coming to the Fox Cities Performing Arts Center. (more...)

According to The Journal Live, Sting's new stage musical, THE LAST SHIP, had a try-out run this past weekend at Newcastle's Live Theatre. The singer tells the Journal that the show may be on track to come to Broadway before making the transfer to the UK's West End. (more...)

The tour of the Broadway revival of WEST SIDE STORY is coming to Philadelphia. WEST SIDE STORY will open at the Academy of Music on March 28 through April 8 as part of the Broadway Season, presented by The Kimmel Center and The Shubert Organization. (more...)