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Two Tony Nominees and one Tony Award winner comprise the next all-star cast of Scott Siegel's BROADWAY JUKEBOX. The always-brand new musical revue (because both the cast and the songs are different every week) features three musical theater stars on Sunday, March 22nd that have each starred in unforgettable shows, leaving their own indelible stamps on Broadway history.

Currently in previews, Lincoln Center Theater's production of the new musical HAPPINESS will open at the Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater on Monday, March 30 at 6:45pm. HAPPINESS, which has a book by John Weidman, music by Scott Frankel, lyrics by Michael Korie and direction and choreography by Susan Stroman. The Tony winning Stroman talked about the new musical with New York Newsday, to read the interview click here.

Douglas Carter Beane's As Bees In Honey Drown will be presented March 27 - April 12, 2009, at the Las Vegas Little Theatre, 3920 Schiff Drive, in Las Vegas. Evening shows begin at 8 PM, and Sunday matinees start at 2 PM.

NYC's Barefoot Theatre Company will present THE 70/70 HOROVITZ PROJECT, a worldwide, year-long celebration of the 70th birthday of internationally-acclaimed playwright ISRAEL HOROVITZ. Barefoot will lead over 50 theatre companies from around the globe including France, Italy, Greece, Czech Republic, Scotland, Australia, England, Scandinavia, the Middle East, Japan, Korea & the United States, performing readings, staged readings & fully staged productions of 70 of Horovitz's plays. THE 70/70 HOROVITZ PROJECT will begin with a gala & a reading of Sins of the Mother (directed by Jo Bonney) at the Theatres at 45 Bleecker Street on Israel's birthday, March 31, 2009 & will continue throughout the following year, ending on March 31, 2010. The evening will be hosted by Barefoot Theatre Company Advisory Board Member, Pierre Dulaine. The entire Barefoot Theatre Company will be present at the event to greet all guests, along with the Horovitz family.

Jeff Daniels, Hope Davis, James Gandolfini and Marcia Gay Harden star in GOD OF CARNAGE, the new play by Yasmina Reza, translated by Christopher Hampton, directed by Matthew Warchus, opens on Broadway at the Bernard Jacobs Theatre (242 West 45 Street) tonight, Sunday March 22. Previews began on February 28.

NY City casting director, Bob Cline, has spent many years behind the audition table - but returns to the stage in the Bill C. Davis play, AVOW, presented by 4th Wall Theatre in Bloomfield, NJ.

Lights So Bright is an original one hour play with music and personal stories performed by middle school girls from Hillsborough County. Each girl attended a six week summer theatre intensive under the direction of Janice Creneti.

Following the Gypsy Rock Opera fusion of Viva Patshiva, the chairs will be cleared and the Metrofolk Band will take the stage to teach and play traditional Hungarian Gypsy folk dance and music.

Betsy Blair, the Oscar-nominated actress and teenage bride of Gene Kelly, has died in London at the age of 85, her publisher said on Thursday.

Variety reports Pete Segal, the director of the hit comedy, Get Smart is the frontrunner to direct Little Fockers, the third installment in the Universal Pictures/Tribeca Prods. franchise. The trade paper reports that Segal's schedule has opened up as plans to make Get Smart 2 have been put on hold as Steve Carell has signed on to star in Date Night with Tina Fey for Fox.

KD Actors Conservatory Presents ALMOST, MAINE, directed and Produced by Michael Serrecchia Assistant Director: Brandi Andrade Featuring: Terry Thlang, Cynthia Schafer, Jonathon Horne, Stephanie Fischer, Michael Dupuy, Kristin Rea, Travis Edwards, Jessica Bushey, Chris Sykes, Elizabeth Moore, Courtney Murrell, Lyzz Broskey, Clifford Clements, Michael Moss, Trevoy Lenear II, Bianca Pouttu, LaSylvia Knight, JR Bradford, and Lisa Robb

The Wall Street Journal reveals that Christopher Hampton chooses words with a 'diligence that borders on obsession'.

Twelve children representing The Random Farms Kids Theater were chosen to perform as Munchkins in the upcoming national tour of The Wizard of Oz at Madison Square Garden.

West Side Story returned to Broadway in a new production directed by its two-time Tony Award winning librettist Arthur Laurents. West Side Story opened at the Palace Theatre (1564 Broadway) on Thursday, March 19, 2009. Broadway Beat and BWW were there to cover every exciting moment of Opening Night-get ready to 'rumble' with this Sneak Peek!

Auditions for Totally 80's!, Loki's multi-media tribute to the 1980's, are on March 30th with call backs on April 4.

Brooks' classic cult comedy film. Now as a big Broadway-style musical, The Producers once again sets the standard for modern, outrageous, in-your-face humor. Hilarious, a teeny bit offensive, off the wall, and the winner of a record 12 Tony Awards in 2001, you will find yourself holding your sides with laughter as Max Bialystock and Leo Bloom sing and dance their way through the greatest show biz scam that there ever was.

RUSKIN GROUP THEATRE will continue to run BURN THIS by Landford Wilson through April 25, 2009. Lanford Wilson's 38th play first opened in Los Angeles in January 1987 and put John Malkovich on the ?international' road to stardom shortly afterwards. Garnering multiple awards in several categories, and written with a ?pas de quatre' style in mind, this contemporary and romantic story begins shortly after a funeral brings four self-distancing and comical characters together.

Doug Kreeger is an actor who has been displaying his chameleon-like gifts to the various roles he has played on New York's stages.

The Lyric Hammersmith production of Spring Awakening transfers to the Novello Theatre on Saturday 21 March 2009. The record-breaking run at the Lyric Hammersmith, a raft of five star reviews, and the overwhelming response from sell-out audiences propelled the European premiere production of the Tony Award-winning musical to London's West End.

Broadway Beat takes you from the rehearsal studios to opening nights, including in-depth interviews with Tony Award winning stars and directors. Broadway Beat is your front row seat to all the music, all the magic, and all of the magnificent drama that is Broadway.