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Below are BroadwayWorld.com's most popular articles from Saturday, February 23, 2013. Catch up below on anything that you might have missed from today on BroadwayWorld.com!
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 Scoop: LES MIS Stage Alumni from Broadway, Tour, West End & Hollywood Bowl to Perform at Oscars
by BWW News Desk - February 23, 2013
According to Entertainment Weekly, an unprecedented LES MISERABLES reunion is set to take place at tomorrow's 85th Annual Academy Awards. Cast members from various productions throughout the show's history, including Broadway, national tours, the West End, and the Hollywood Bowl, are set to perform alongside the film's cast during the medley tomorrow night as members of the chorus. As of now, no specific names have been announced. (more...)
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 STAGE TUBE: First Look at Melbourne's KING KONG Musical!
by Stage Tube - February 23, 2013
He's been in the Global Creatures West Melbourne maternity ward for nearly five years, but earlier this month King Kong arrived at the Regent Theatre for rehearsals, ahead of the 15 June opening of the epic music theatre event that bears his name. Today, the first glimpse of Kong has been released! Check him out in the video below! (more...)
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 FLASH SPECIAL: Unforgettable Oscars Performances
by Pat Cerasaro - February 23, 2013
Today we are shifting our focus from the stages of Broadway and beyond to the stages of the previous 84 Academy Awards telecasts that have transpired to date, in anticipation of Sunday night's big, big, big show. After all, this year's Academy Awards is of particular interest and excitement to theatre fans around the globe, especially because super-producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron are behind it - the men responsible for the hit stage-to-screen adaptations of CHICAGO and HAIRSPRAY, as well as the small-screen successes GYPSY, LIFE WITH Judy Garland: ME & MY SHADOWS, ANNIE, and, most recently, NBC's musical series SMASH, to name a few of their many marvelous musical-friendly credits. They told me themselves earlier this week that this year's telecast would be the most music-packed Academy Awards show to date, and, just judging from the announced tributes, performers and presenters thus far it is clear to see that they were not kidding - reunions of the casts of the film versions of CHICAGO and LES MISERABLES live onstage, singing their film's most famous songs to Jennifer Hudson leading a DREAMGIRLS tribute all the way to a James Bond 50th anniversary celebration featuring Adele and Shirley Bassey on some famous Bond themes, as well as Barbra Streisand herself singing 'The Way We Were' in memory of friend and collaborator, three-time Oscar-winner Marvin Hamlisch. (more...)
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 STAGE TUBE: AVENUE Q Does the 'Harlem Shake'
by Stage Tube - February 23, 2013
AVENUE Q is the Tony Award-winning musical about 20-somethings -- people and puppets alike -- fresh out of college and trying to find their way in the big city, living as neighbors on a rundown street in an outerborough of NYC. The company recently joined in the viral 'Harlem Shake' craze - view the video below! (more...)
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 Tony Sheldon, Nicolas Dromard and More Lead MOBY DICK Reading; NY Production Planned
by BWW News Desk - February 23, 2013
In anticipation of a New York production, Cameron Mackintosh's 1992 musical comedy, MOBY DICK, has received a staged reading. (more...)
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 STAGE TUBE: 'Russell Crowe' on Being Snubbed During Awards Season
by Stage Tube - February 23, 2013
Russell Crowe, the actor who played Javert in the recent blockbuster LES MISERABLES adaptation, is the focus of a new parody after the film received several nominations during awards season - but no nods for Crowe. (more...)
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 BWW Interviews: Rachelle Rak of Broadway-Bound FLASHDANCE
by Heidi Scheuermann - February 23, 2013
You've probably seen the movie, but what does FLASHDANCE the Musical have that the movie doesn't? One word. Sas. That's right ladies and gents. Broadway veteran Rachelle Rak has taken on the role of Tess in this brand new musical that is currently sweeping across the US. (more...)
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 STAGE TUBE: On This Day 2/23- THE PAJAMA GAME
by Stage Tube - February 23, 2013
Today in 2006, The Pajama Game opened at the America Airlines Theatre, where it ran for 129 performances. The Pajama Game is a musical based on the novel 7½ Cents by Richard Bissell. It features a score by Richard Adler and Jerry Ross. The story deals with labor troubles in a pajama factory, where worker demands for a seven-and-a-half cents raise are going unheeded. In the midst of this ordeal, love blossoms between Babe, the grievance committee head, and Sid, the new factory superintendent. The original Broadway production opened on May 13, 1954, and ran for 1,063 performances. (more...)
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 BWW's On This Day - February 23, 2013
by - February 23, 2013
Here are the Broadway, Off-Broadway and West End shows which opened on February 23 along with all of the upcoming show openings, closings and special events!
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 Adam Jacobs and Ali Ewoldt Star in A HEART FULL OF LOVE at Town Hall Tonight
by Oliver Oliveros - February 23, 2013
Broadway's 'Les Miserables' alumni Adam Jacobs, last seen as Simba in Disney's 'The Lion King,' and Ali Ewoldt, last seen as Tuptim in Baayork Lee's production of Rodgers and Hammerstein's 'The King and I,' are poised to reunite on stage in A HEART FULL OF LOVE, a concert at The Town Hall on 43rd Street tonight, February 23 at 8 p.m. (more...)
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 New York Theatre Ballet Presents Chase Brock's BARK! IN THE PARK and THE FIREBIRD, 2/23-24
by BWW News Desk - February 23, 2013
New York Theatre Ballet's (NYTB) 2012-2013 season will debut an all-new ballet, Bark! In The Park with choreography by Chase Brock of Broadway's hit Spider-Man: Turn Off The Dark, and story and music by Karen LeFrak paired with the perennial favorite Russian folk tale, The Firebird today, February 23 and tomorrow, the 24th. Both productions will join Sleeping Beauty, Goose! and Peter & the Wolf in its series of perfect 1-hour ballets for kids and families. (more...)
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Photo Flash: SIPS, Feb 23 - NEWSIES Recreate Best Picture Nominees & More!
STAGE TUBE: HANDS ON A HARDBODY Begins Performances - Preview the Show Now!
BWW Exclusive: MARY POPPINS Creative Team Shares Broadway Memories- 
STAGE TUBE: NEWISCAL's 
Goodspeed and Hartford Symphony Celebrate 50 Years of 
2013 MAC Award Nominees Announced - Callaway, Rimalower & More
Photo Flash: 
ABC Airs Academy Award Winning Film DREAMGIRLS Today
Dark Nights at 