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Photo Flash: Trustus & Front End Audio Presents RENT

Trustus & Front End Audio & AT&T, THE REAL YELLOW PAGES and THE TALKING PHONE BOOK, Present The Trustus 25th Anniversary Season Rent, Book, Music and Lyrics by Jonathan Larson, Musical Arrangements Original Concept/Additional Lyrics, Steve Skinner Billy Aronson, Music Supervision and Additional Arrangements Dramaturg Tim Weil Lynn Thomson (more...)

Photo Flash: Ben Crawford is SHREK THE MUSICAL's 'Big, Bright & Beautiful' New Leading 'Ogre'

Beginning November 10th, Ben Crawford has been performing the title role of ‘Shrek'. Crawford replaces Tony Award® nominee Brian d'Arcy James, who departed after the performance on Sunday, November 8th to appear in Manhattan Theatre Club's production of Time Stands Still. (more...)

Photo Flash: Chicago Dramatists' Special Benefit Performance of A STEADY RAIN, 11/14

The benefit performance of A STEADY RAIN for Chicago Dramatists, the creative force behind the successful production, was held on Saturday, November 14th at 8:00 p.m. at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre, 236 West 45th Street, New York, NY. (more...)

A.T.C. Presents IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE: THE RADIO PLAY Opens 11/27

American Theater Company (ATC) continues its 2009-2010 season with the eighth annual production of It's a Wonderful Life: The Radio Play adapted from Frank Capra's classic film and directed by Jason W. Gerace. (more...)

Playmakers' Holiday Show Features THE VELVETEEN RABBIT, Opens 11/27

The Playmakers kick off the holiday season with an adaptation by Scott Davidson of the classic children's story, "The Velveteen Rabbit," by Margery Williams. A short play about holiday giving, "The Lost and Found Christmas," is included, also. It is a production from The Paper Bag Players by Judith Martin, with music by Donald Ashwander. (more...)

Photo Flash: MY THREE ANGELS At Attic Playhouse

Set in French Guiana, a region where on Christmas Eve the temperature has graciously dropped to 104 degrees, three amiable convicts are employed as roofers above the Ducotel's general store. The roof winds up being the least of the family's troubles. (more...)

AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY at Seattle's Paramount

Tracy Letts’ Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize winning play “August: Osage County” is playing at Seattle’s Parmamount Theatre for only one week. And if you thought your family was dysfunctional then you’ve never met the Westons. But do yourself a favor and pay them a visit before they’re gone! (more...)

LIFE COULD BE A DREAM Extends Again At Hudson Mainstage Theatre Thru 12/27

THIS HOLIDAY SEASON IS GOING TO BE "DREAM-Y" - David Elzer, Peter Schneider and Crooning Crabcakes, LLC are thrilled to announce that the Ovation nominated (Best Musical Intimate Theatre, Best Featured Actor - Jim Holdridge), critically-acclaimed (LA Times CRITICS' CHOICE, Backstage CRITIC'S PICK, LA WEEKLY GO!) smash-hit world premiere production of LIFE COULD BE A DREAM, written and directed by Roger Bean (The Marvelous Wonderettes) with choreography by Lee Martino (Reprise On Your Toes, On The Town) and musical direction by Michael Paternostro (Kiss of the Spider Woman, Thrill Me) is EXTENDING AGAIN through SUNDAY, DECEMBER 27 at the Hudson Mainstage Theatre, 6539 Santa Monica Blvd. in Hollywood. (more...)

Photo Coverage: AVENUE Q Opens at New World Stages - Arrivals and Backstage!

The producers of the Tony Award-winning musical AVENUE Q, transferring from its 6-year run on Broadway to New World Stages (340 West 50 Street) in New York, celebrated Opening Night on October 21, 2009. BroadwayWorld.com's cameras were there to capture all the "furry" fun! (more...)

Photo Coverage: 'More To Ruv', AVENUE Q Opens Off-Broadway at New World Stages!

The producers of the Tony Award-winning musical AVENUE Q, transferring from its 6-year run on Broadway to New World Stages (340 West 50 Street) in New York, celebrated Opening Night on October 21, 2009. BroadwayWorld.com's cameras were there to capture all the "furry" fun! (more...)

Playmaker's DRACULA: The Musical? Plays Through Halloween

Don't take the upcoming Playmaker production about Dracula too seriously. The vampire in "Dracula: the Musical?" is bumbling and inept, more like The Count in the films "Love at First Bite" or "Dracula: Dead and Loving It." (more...)

STAGE TUBE: Sam Harris - Divas Simply Singing: Backstage and On Stage!

In this video Sam takes you behind the scenes during the show where you meet a few cast members along the way. (more...)

Photo Flash: Cast of Way Off Broadway Dinner Theatre's 2009 NEW YEAR'S EVE REVIEW

The 2009 Season marked The Way Off Broadway Dinner Theatre's 15th Anniversary Season. For the year, WOB brought many area premieres to the stage including a regional theatre premiere production of the musical comedy The Wedding Singer and Mel Brooks' The Producers. Capping off the year, WOB has added a New Year's Eve special event to the calendar to celebrate the end of 2009 and arrival of 2010. (more...)

STAGE TUBE: Hugh Jackman Chats With CBS' Katie Couric

Jackman recently sat down with CBS's Katie Couric for her webshow "@katiecouric" and you can watch the segment right here on STAGE TUBE. (more...)

BWW TV: Broadway Beat Special: A STEADY RAIN - Opening Night Press Conference

A STEADY RAIN stars Hugh Jackman and Daniel Craig opened on Tuesday, September 29, 2009 at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre (236 West 45th Street) for a strictly limited 12 week engagement through Sunday, December 6, 2009. Broadway Beat and BroadwayWorld were on hand for the Opening Night celebration to capture the post-performance press conference! (more...)

BWW INTERVIEWS: Broadway Legend JOEL GREY

Carrie Dunn talks to the star of Cabaret and Chicago about his performing career and his photography... (more...)

Photo Flash: NYMF's UNDER FIRE Rehearsals

John Bonanni, Big Fish Big Pond, Ltd and the New York Musical Theater Festival present the world premiere of Under Fire, a new musical set in the late 1970's during the bloody revolution in El Mirado, and based upon the 1983 motion picture of the same title. (more...)

Happy Holidays! Errico, Clow, Davi and Yazbeck Will Lead IRVING BERLIN'S WHITE CHRISTMAS

The Tony Award® nominated hit musical IRVING BERLIN'S WHITE CHRISTMAS, the stage reinvention of the beloved classic film, directed by Walter Bobbie and choreographed by Randy Skinner, with music supervision by Rob Berman, is pleased to announce Broadway principal casting. James Clow, Melissa Errico, Tony Yazbeck and Mara Davi will star in the Broadway return production also starring Ruth Williamson, Peter Reardon, Remy Auberjonois, Cliff Bemis, Madeleine Yen and David Ogden Stiers, who will lead a cast of 33 in the limited holiday engagement at the Marquis Theatre (1535 Broadway). (more...)