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The Tom Kitt Band, led by Next to Normal's Tony-nominated composer Kitt and featuring Damien Bassman, Michael Aarons, and Dan Grennes, will appear at The Bitter End on Monday, June 1 at 10:15 pm. The concert will also feature guest performances from Broadway performers Will Chase, Jenn Colella and Rachel Stern who all starred in Kitt's first Broadway musical, High Fidelity.

Actor David Tennant has signed on to reprise the title role he played on stage in 'Hamlet' in a BBC television production of the drama.

Mr. Herman composed the scores for such Broadway musicals as Hello, Dolly!, Mame and La Cage aux Folles. He is a five-time Tony Award nominee and two time Tony Award winner, for La Cage aux Folles and Hello, Dolly!

Susan Boyle has officially denied she will leave Britain's Got Talent. An ITV spokesperson confirmed that she will see her 'Talent' through to the end, in spite of the pressures ahead. The Scottish singer will remain in the show, continue with rehearsals, and perform on Saturday's big Grand Final, the show spokesperson said tonight.

After a 48 year absence, Roundabout Theatre Company (Todd Haimes, Artistic Director) will present the first new Broadway production of Bye Bye Birdie as the inaugural production of the new Henry Miller's Theatre (124 West 43rd Street) beginning Thursday, September 10th, 2009 with an official opening on Thursday, October 15th, 2009. This will be a limited engagement through January 10th, 2010.

American Idol winner Kris Allen and star powered runner-up Adam Lambert both performed this morning on The TODAY show this morning, Thursday, May 28th and BroadwayWorld was there!

Broadway's brightest gathered this morning, Thursday, May 28th, 2009 to officially open the 55th Season of the Broadway Softball League with the singing of the National Anthem and the ceremonial first pitches of the season.

The UK Sun reports that Britain's Got Talent songster Susan Boyle has threatened to quit the show - because she can't handle the pressures of fame. The 48-year-old singer is struggling to cope with life in the public eye and publicly went into meltdown twice this week reveals the Sun, launching four-letter rants at cops and fellow contestants' families. Boyle was interviewed by police yesterday after she went beserk in the lobby of north London's Wembley Plaza Hotel at two strangers she claimed were out to 'wind her up'.

The Associated Press reveals that Barbra Streisand has finished building her dream house and has started to think about her life in terms of a potential memoir. The singer, director and actress has reached an agreement with Viking for 'A Passion for Design,' an illustrated book scheduled for fall 2010 that includes photos of the Malibu, Calif., oceanfront compound she worked on for more than five years, and of other residences, back to her early years in New York.

EXIT THE KING's Tony nominated Geoffrey Rush is currently featured in The New Yorker's new video series, Conversations with John Lahr.

The 63rd Annual Tony Awards will be one of the first events to take place in the newly re-designed Times Square. The Tony Awards will be simulcast in its entirety from Radio City Music Hall, to the Clear Channel Spectacolor Screen in Times Square, live on Sunday, June 7th from 7:00 p.m. - 11:00 p.m.

Adam Lambert is now a household name thanks to his exposure on AMERICAN IDOL, the singing sensation has hit New York City and the Season 8 runner-up is making the media rounds all this week.

Just weeks prior to the Tony Award-winning musical AVENUE Q's 6th anniversary on Broadway, one of the stars of the original cast, Ann Harada, will return to the role of 'Christmas Eve' starting Monday, July 6th at the John Golden Theatre (252 West 45th Street) in New York City.

Featured performances for the 63rd Annual Tony Awards were announced today. The Tony Awards telecast on Sunday, June 7th will feature performances by each of the Tony-nominated Best Musicals and Best Musical Revivals, including: Billy Elliot, The Musical; Guys and Dolls; Hair; Next to Normal; Pal Joey; Rock of Ages; Shrek the Musical; and West Side Story. Additionally, The Tony Awards will feature special performances from three touring shows - Jersey Boys, Legally Blonde The Musical and Mamma Mia!

The top-rated morning program 'Live with Regis and Kelly' will welcome Broadway's best over the next number of days, including 'God Of Carnage' stars Marcia Gay Harden and Jeff Daniels.

Booth! an exciting new musical, will have its New York premiere at the Skirball Center for the Performing Arts at New York University from June 2 through June 7. An examination of the life of 19th Century maverick actor Edwin Booth, Booth! features music by noted composer Barbara Harbach and lyrics by Jonathan Yordy, with book and direction by Niyi Coker, Jr. James Richards conducts. The cast includes Jan Prokop, Keith Boyer, Amanda Boyer, Jessica Marsco and Kyle Minshew.

The Musical of Musicals (The Musical!), the acclaimed off Broadway hit by Eric Rockwell and Joanne Bogart that has played to sold-out houses across the United Stages, in Canada and on London's West End, will return to New York for a one-night-only performance, on Wednesday, July 8 at 7:30pm. The evening will benefit the York Theatre Company, the award-winning off-Broadway company that first produced the show, in 2004, in honor of the theatre's 40th Anniversary.

Theatre World Awards for Outstanding Broadway or Off-Broadway Debut performances during the 2008-2009 theatrical season will be presented by former Theatre World Award winners, including: Craig Bierko (The Music Man, 2000), Daniel Breaker(Passing Strange, 2008), Kristin Chenoweth (Steel Pier, 1997), Tovah Feldshuh (Yentl, 1976),Susan Kellermann (Last Licks, 1980), Loretta Ables Sayre (South Pacific, 2008), and John Tartaglia (Avenue Q, 2004).

HAIR's Michael James Scott love for fashion has been in his life for a very long time. 'Style' and 'Fashion' isn't the first thing that might come to peoples minds when they think about theatre, but the talented actor is on a mission to change that and bring it to the forefront.

Chace Crawford will undergo gruelling singing and dancing lessons before the cameras role on his remake of movie musical 'Footloose.' Paramount Pictures announced earlier this month that the 'Gossip Girl' star will play the lead role of Ren McCormack in the film 'Footloose,' which will be produced and directed by Kenny Ortega.