THIS WEEK IN PICTURES: June 27- July 2

Pictured: Eddie Cooper, Taran Killam, Ellen Greene, Jake Gyllenhaal, Joe Grifasi, Tracy Nicole Chapman, Ramona Keller and Marva Hicks. Photo Credit: Walter McBride

LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS is making a splash as part of New York City Center's Encores! Starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Taran Killam and original cast member Ellen Greene, Little Shop of Horrors is the event of the sumemr! The production is directed by Dick Scanlan with choreography by Patricia Wilcox. Jeanine Tesori is the Artistic Director of Encores! Off-Center and Chris Fenwick is Music Director. The show marks the musical theater debuts of both Gyllenhaal and Killam. For more photos inside the production visit here.

Pictured: Andre Martin and Mary Goodchild. Photo Credit: Grettel Cortes

Take a first look at the Independent Shakespeare Company's production of ROMEO & JULIET. Directed by Independent Shakespeare Co.'s Artistic Director Melissa Chalsma. ROMEO & JULIET began previews at THE GRIFFITH PARK FREE SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL on Thursday, June 25, and will open on Friday, July 3, performing through Sunday, July 26 at the Old Zoo in Griffith Park. For more photos inside this spectacular production click here.

Pictured: Lin-Manuel Miranda and Hamilton company

HAMILTON hasn't even opened on Broadway yet and it's taking social media and Broadway by storm. Last weekend, the cast and crew of Hamilton stepped on the stage of the Richard Rodgers Theatre for the first time and Lin-Manuel Miranda and other cast and crew members took to social media to share the special occasion. Hamilton opens with previews on Broadway starting on July 13th and tickets are already hard to come by. For more photos inside the first cast and crew meet-up in the Richard Rodgers Theatre visit here.

Pictured: Anthony Skillman and Marla Louissaint. Photo Credit: Henry McGee

The next generation of Broadway super-stars took the stage at the Minskoff Theatre to show off their incredible singing and acting chops. The seventh annual National High School Musical Theatre Awards or the JIMMY Awards were held on Monday, June 29, 2015, at the Minskoff Theatre on Broadway. This one-of-a-kind-event was hosted by two-time Tony Award-winner Michael Cerveris, currently on Broadway in this year's Best Musical Fun Home at Circle in the Square. The coveted Jimmy Award for Best Performance by an Actress and Best Performance by an Actor on Monday, June 29 at Broadway's Minskoff Theatre, was presented to Marla Louissaint representing The Gershwin Awards and Anthony Skillman, representing the M.A.C.Y. Awards. For more photos inside the award ceremony click here.

Pictured: The cast of Jersey Boys. Photo Credit: Jennifer Broski

JERSEY BOYS opened on Broadway to critical acclaim on November 6, 2005 at the August Wilson Theatre and as of this week, has played over 4000 performances on Broadway! The show has been seen by over 20 million people worldwide and is currently playing in New York; Las Vegas; London; in cities across the U.S. on a National Tour and The Netherlands. For more photos inside this historic milestone click here.

Pictured: Tina Fey and Jane Krakowski. Photo Credit: Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images

Tina Fey, Jane Krakowski, Darren Criss, Tituss Burgess, Megan Hilty and Caroline Rhea were just a few of the more than 1,000 people who supported youth in foster care at the "Voices for the Voiceless: Stars for Foster Kids" event this week at the St. James Theatre in New York City. The inaugural event, hosted by Seth Rudetsky and James Wesley with BeachBody.com, supported youth in foster care, particularly those ages 10 to 21 years whom many consider unadoptable because of their age. Proceeds benefitted You Gotta Believe, New York's only nonprofit specifically focused on finding permanent families for youth in foster care aged 10 years and older, and the Council on Adoptable Children (COAC). More than $500,000 was raised in support of older foster kids needing permanent families. For more photos from the event click here.

Pictured: Nicholas Rodriguez. Photo Credit: Jason Woodruff

The Broadway at Birdland concert series was proud to present the NYC club debut of Nicholas Rodriguez in "The First Time," a CD release celebration. "The First Time..." is a concert and CD that embraces songs by theatre composers Stephen Sondheim, Frank Loesserand Rodgers & Hammerstein alongside pop hits from Joni Mitchell and Sara Bareilles. The show fuses the worlds of Broadway and pop with a performance of Phil Collins' "You'll Be in My Heart" from Tarzan, the show in which Rodriguez made his Broadway debut. For more photos from the event click here and for an interview with Rodriguez visit here.

Pictured: Stephen Trask, Rebecca Naomi Jones and Taye Diggs. Photo Credit: Walter McBride

Taye Diggs will soon make his return to Broadway in Hedwig and the Angry Inch, taking over the lead role in the 2014 Tony Award winning Best Musical Revival from Darren Criss. Diggs will play a limited 12-week engagement starting Wednesday, July 22 at the Belasco Theatre (111 West 44th Street). Hedwig will mark Diggs' first New York stage role since the 2005 revival of A Soldier's Play. Taye Diggs alongside Stephen Trask, Rebecca Naomi Jones and John Cameron Mitchell met the press this week. For more photos click here.

Pictured: Trent Saunders, Courtney Reed, Heidi Klum and James Monroe Iglehart. Photo Credit: Heidi Klum via Getty Images/Jamie McCarthy

Disney magic continues to reign on Broadway! ALADDIN had some magical visitors this past weekend, Heidi Klum and Adam Lambert visited Aladdin over PRIDE weekend and it was magical. Aladdin opened last year on Broadway and continues to astound and draw in audiences. For more photos from this incredible backstage meet-up click here.

Pictured: Daniel Kucan. Photo Credit: Cecilia Kim

The brilliantly creative mind of Michael Keith Allen has worked wonders with a new re-telling of Shakespeare's MACBETH at the Art of Acting Studio by setting the tragedy in a postmodern Scotland where street thugs battle for leadership as well as territory, while cutting the run time to 90 minutes and allowing the actors to speak without heavy accents, making it easy to understand the dialogue and follow the plot and character development. For a BroadwayWorld review and more photos from this re-imagined version of Macbeth click here.