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THIS WEEK IN PICTURES: June 20-26

By: Jun. 26, 2015
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Still reeling from the Harry Potter and the Cursed Child announcement? Getting ready for Broadway in Bryant Park? Didn't have time check in on all of the latest Broadway news? Well don't worry BroadwayWorld has rounded up some of the biggest stories from this week from Broadway and beyond with BroadwayWorld's "This Week in Pictures."

Highlights from this week include photos from WEST END LIVE, a Pitch Perfect guest at IT SHOULDA BEEN YOU, a new HEDWIG and so much more! Click through the gallery below to relive some of this weeks biggest highlights.


Pictured: Laverne Cox. Photo Credit: Kevin Thomas Garcia

Laverne Cox from Orange is the New Black brought down the house at the annual Broadway Bares event! The epic 25th edition of Broadway Bares celebrated the golden age of Broadway with an evening of ripped dancers, cheeky choreographers and sumptuous showgirls, raising a record-shattering $1,598,501 on Sunday, June 21, 2015. Since it began with eight dancers performing on a bar in 1992, Broadway Bares has now raised $14.3 million for Broadway Cares.? For more photos from the epic event visit here.


Pictured: The cast of Bend It Like Beckham. Photo Credit: Ellie Kurttz

BEND IT LIKE BECKHAM is scoring big on the West Wend. The new British musical, is currently booking at the Phoenix Theatre to 24 October 2015. The musical is based on the hit 2002 film starring Parminder Nagra, Keira Knightley and Jonathan Rhys Meyers. The musical and film follow Jess who needs extra time. She is facing the most important decision of her life: live up to family expectations of university, career and marriage, or follow in the footsteps of her hero David Beckham. For more photos from this new musical click here.


Pictured: The original company of Into the Woods. Photo Credit: Richard Termine

This year has been a celebration of the hit Stephen Sondheim musical INTO THE WOODS. With the release of the film starring Meryl Streep, Emily Blunt, James Cordon and Anna Kendrick back in December 2014, Into the Woods has leaped back into fans hearts. This past week the original cast of the musical Into the Woods reunited and fans could not have been more excited. For more photos from this epic reunion click here.


Pictured: Taye Diggs. Photo Credit: People Magazine

A new HEDWIG portrait has been revealed and it's simply stunning and epic. Taye Diggs will take over the role of Hedwig from Darren Criss later next month and fans cannot wait for his return to the Broadway stage. "Hedwig is the role of a lifetime," Diggs told PEOPLE. "I'm looking forward to being challenged performance-wise on many levels, as well as being humbled by the musical's social implications...I also like wearing nail polish." For more info on Taye Diggs starring in Hedwig and the Angry Inch visit here.


Pictured: Rebel Wilson & the cast of It Shoulda Been You

Pitch Perfect star Rebel Wilson took some time off from her busy schedule to stop by the hit new broadway comedic-musical IT SHOULDA BEEN YOU. She stopped by to talk to Tyne Daly, Lisa Howard and the rest of the incredible company of It Shoulda Been You. Rebel Wilson can currently be seen on the big-screen in the smash hit PITCH PERFECT 2. For more photos from her visit backstage click here.


Pictured: The cast of Hairspray

The Muny presents HAIRSPRAY, winner of the 2003 Tony Award for Best Musical, featuring music by Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman. The Muny's production of Hairspray is directed and choreographed by Dan Knechtges and music directed by Charlie Alterman. The cast includes Bryan Batt (Edna Turnblad), Ryann Redmond (Tracy Turnblad), Christopher J. Hanke (Corny Collins), Taylor Louderman (Amber Von Tussle) and many others. For more photos from inside this production of Hairspray click here.


Pictured: Jennifer Mudge, Heather Lind, Alicia Silverstone. Photo Credit: Joan Marcus

Alicia Silverstone is all grown up from Clueless and now she is taking Broadway theater by storm. Manhattan Theatre Club presets the New York premiere of OF GOOD STOCK, the new play by Melissa Ross (Thinner Than Water, Too Much Too Soon). The play tells the story of the three Stockton sisters are witty, brilliant, beautiful - and a total mess, thanks to the legacy of their complicated novelist father. In Melissa Ross' new play, these women gather at their family home on Cape Cod for a summer weekend. Their reunion ignites passions, humor, and wildly unanticipated upheavals. For more photos click here.


Pictured: Bradley Dean, Alyse Alan Louis, Rema Webb, Aaron Lazar, Jonathan Groff, Ana Gasteyer, Dan Fogler and Josh Lamon. Photo Credit: Walter McBride

Jonathan Groff and the cast of A NEW BRAIN celebrated their opening night this week. Encores! Off-Center production of William Finn and James Lapine's A New Brain, running June 24 - 27, 2015. The production will be directed by James Lapine, with choreography by Josh Prince. A New Brain is inspired by William Finn's personal experiences, is a medical tragedy seen through the iris of a Looney Tunes short. After struggling composer Gordon Michael Schwinn (Jonathan Groff) collapses face-first into a plate of spaghetti, he is diagnosed with a brain tumor and is forced to come to terms with his creative ambitions and the lovable screw-ups in his life: an overbearing mother (Ana Gasteyer), a ruthless kiddie-show host (Dan Fogler), and a boyfriend who'd "rather be sailing" (Aaron Lazar). For more photos from their opening night bow click here.


Pictured: The cast of Miss Saigon. Photo Credit: Darren Bell

West End LIVE in association with MasterCard takes place in Trafalgar Square every year. Now in its 11th year, this free annual event - the largest event of its type in the world - is organised by Westminster City Council and Official London Theatre and offers fantastic free family entertainment from London's top theatre productions and attractions. Alongside Miss Saigon, West End favorites like Les Miserables, Beautiful: The Carole King Music, Memphis and numerous other musicals took the stage. For more photos from the event visit here.


Pictured: Tony Yazbeck. Photo Credit: Jennifer Broski

Earlier this week, Tony nominee Charles Busch (July 14-17 & 23); Micky Dolenz (July 7, 10 & 11); Michael McCormick and Lucia Spina for 54 Sings 1776 (July 4-5); Tony Award nominee Tony Yazbeck for 54 Sings Irving Berlin (July 8) gathered to preview their upcoming appearances at 54 Below. For more photos from the event at 54 Below click here.







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