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The smash hit musical WICKED, which recently celebrated its 1000th performance, is pleased to confirm its new London company. From Monday 11 May 2009.

HAIR star, Will Swenson, who is playing Berger in the current revival of HAIR is featured in the current issue of NEXT magazine.

BroadwayWorld gave the talented Mr. Krill a FLIP video camera and set him free backstage and beyond, he captured so much fun 'Spring Fling' footage we decided to make it a four part series, get set to watch part three as 'Father Flips Out' at the Winter Garden Theatre. Stay tuned for the Final Flip from Sean Allan Krill next week on what is now known as 'Mamma Mia! Mondays', right here on BWW TV!

Broadway's Nick Adams, Curtis Holbrook and Van Hughes are featured in the April issue of PAPER MAGAZINE on stands now. The talented trio are included in the magazine's 12th annual 'Beautiful People' issue.

Broadway favorite Telly Leung is currently on the National Tour of RENT, as the cast travels across the country Telly has been serving up a wonderful series of webisodes detailing the adventures of 'life on the road'.

The New York Post is 'calling' American Idol this season. it is announcing that Adam Lambert is the odds-on favorite to be the next 'American Idol.'

Seth Rudetsky-multi-talented actor, comedian, musician, radio host and published author has embarked on a breathless musical mission, his inspired new YouTube project: 30 Deconstructions in 30 Days!

The Public Theater (Artistic Director Oskar Eustis; Executive Director Andrew D. Hamingson) began previews on Tuesday, March 24 for Christopher Durang's comedy WHY TORTURE IS WRONG, AND THE PEOPLE WHO LOVE THEM. This world premiere, directed by Nicholas Martin, will run through April 26 with an official press opening on Monday, April 6 at 7 PM.

The Toxic Avenger, the brand new musical about New Jersey's first superhero, features a score by Bon Jovi's David Bryan and Joe Di Pietro. The cast includes Nancy Opel, Sara Chase, Nick Cordero, Demond Green and Matthew Saldivar. Tony Award-winner John Rando directs. The Toxic Avenger began performances on Wednesday, March 18, 2009, at New World Stages (340 West 50th Street). Opening Night is tonight, Monday, April 6th.

Laurel Mill Playhouse, 508 Main Street, Laurel, Md. will hold auditions for 11 men and 7 women plus extras, ages 15 to 55, on Tuesday, April 14 at 7:00 pm and Wednesday, April 15 at 7pm. Director Michael Hartsfield will have sides available for cold readings from the script of Father of the Bride. Produced by special arrangement with Dramatists Play Service, Inc., Father of Bride will run June 5 through June 28 on Friday and Saturday evenings with two selected Sunday matinees.

On Saturday, May 23rd the Cotuit Center for the Arts, 4404 Falmouth Road, Rte. 28 in Cotuit and Major Productions will present 'Entrain's Drums For Peace', a multi-media event specifically focusing on the theme of peace, love, unity and a greener world. Opening the show will be a local Wampanoag Indian Pow Wow group.

59E59 Theaters (Elysabeth Kleinhans, Artistic Director; Peter Tear, Executive Producer) is proud to announce the AMERICAS OFF BROADWAY festival taking place at 59E59 Theaters (59 East 59th Street, between Park and Madison Avenues). AMERICAS OFF BROADWAY kicks off on Friday, May 8 and runs through Friday, July 3. A 5-StarCard (one ticket to each show in the festival) is available for $100 ($85 for 59E59 Members).

Based on a cover story in The Weekly World News (which generated the newspaper's second-highest ever sales figures), Bat Boy is a musical comedy/horror show about a human-like creature discovered in a cave near Hope Falls, West Virginia.

Artistic Director Robert Falls announced today the final production of Goodman Theatre's 2009/2010 season-The Good Negro, Tracey Scott Wilson's 'thunderous...stunning' (Variety) new play, comes to Chicago fresh from its off-Broadway run at The Public Theater. Resident Director Chuck Smith, who previously collaborated with Wilson on the Goodman's 2004/2005 Chicago-premiere production of The Story, will direct The Good Negro in the Albert Theatre in Spring 2010.

The Alchemy Theatre, in association with LAByrinth Theater, presents 'Sweet Storm' by Scott Hudson, Off Broadway at The Kirk Theatre (Theatre Row), 410 West 42nd Street, NYC. Padraic Lillis will direct the new play that features Jamie Dunn and Eric T. Miller. Previews begin on June 11 and the opening will be Wednesday, June 17 at 7 pm. The Scenic & Costume Designer is Lea Umberger; the Lighting Designer is Sarah Sidman and the Sound Designer is Elizabeth Rhodes.

Three Days of Rain, which opened at the Apollo Theatre on 10 February and runs until 9 May, has recouped its financial investment and has delivered another West End success.

Scottish born actor Alan Cumming served as Grand Marshall of New York's Tartan Day Parade. On April 4th, Cumming lead the parade of bagpipers, Scottish-American organizations, dignitaries, and even Scotties and Westies, up 6th Avenue.

Variety reports that the American Theatre Critics Association honored E.M. Lewis' Song of Extinction as the recipient of the 2009 Harold and Mimi Steinberg/ATCA New Play Award, which rewards plays that debut at regional theaters outside New York City, on Saturday, April 4th at the Humana Festival in Louisville, Kentucky.

The Milk Can Theatre Company has announced its spring 2009 season: Galileo, written by Bertolt Brecht and directed by Julie Fei-Fan Balzer, and The Science Plays, six short plays inspired by the history of science. Galileo and The Science Plays will run in repertory April 30 through May 17. All performances will take place at Urban Stages, 259 West 30th Street.

PThe New York Times reports that a spokesman for the Broadway production of Neil LaBute's 'reasons to be pretty' revealed Sunday that the show's producers had beefed up the security detail at the Lyceum Theater following an incident at the Saturday evening performance.