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Continuing the theme of offering the most radical perks for their audience (like offering the lowest top ticket price for any Broadway musical), the producers of the new Broadway musical comedy ROCK OF AGES announced several ticket initiatives that that will treat audience members to one of the most unique (and inexpensive!) experiences on Broadway, every night.

Tyler Perry, the award-winning playwright, director, actor and creator of such hit plays as Diary of a Mad Black Woman and Madea Goes to Jail (now a major motion picture) brings his latest stage production, Tyler Perry's The Marriage Counselor, to New York City's New Beacon Theater (2124 Broadway between West 74th & 75th Streets) for a limited sixteen-performance engagement this April.

West Side Story has returned to Broadway where it began preview performances, Monday, February 23, 2009, in a new production directed by its two-time Tony Award winning librettist Arthur Laurents.

New Jersey Governor Jon Corzine has proposed cutting arts funding in his state to $17.1 million, a drop of $5.2 million that would reduce arts support to 2004 levels.

The New York Post's Cindy Adams talks with Dolly Parton about her upcoming Broadway musical, '9 To 5' and also remembers her friend, the late Ron Silver in her Post column today, both entries are more than worth a read.

Legendary stand-up comedian Jackie Mason is fightng back after catching heat for using what many people consider to be a Yiddish racial slur to describe President Barack Obama during his Thursday night performance at Feinsteins At Loews Regency.

Splash Bar presents a special edition of Curtain Call with recording artist Kelly King and her two guest stars Alysha Umphress and Marisela - plus a special one night only return of host Scott Nevins.

WNET.ORG, New York's public media provider, teams up with leading American composer John Williams to score new theme music for THIRTEEN's award-winning performing arts series Great Performances.

Washington National Opera, under the leadership of General Director Placido Domingo, opens its monumental production of Siegfried, running for five performances, May 2 to 17 at the Kennedy Center Opera House. In this new production, a company premiere conducted by Michael Gittler, acclaimed director Francesca Zambello sets Wagner's tale within the context of the American experience.

Jim Caruso's Cast Party is proud to announce the return of songwriter GEORGIA STITT in Concert on Monday, March 30 at 9pm, in continuation of the Broadway at Birdland series.

Two longtime veterans of Broadway's The Phantom of the Opera will be headlining a star-studded Benefit Evening, MASQUERADE: ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER'S GREATEST HITS, on Saturday, April 18, at the Bickford Theatre, 6 Normandy Heights Road, in Morristown, NJ.

Academy Award-winner Susan Sarandon, who is currently starring on Broadway in EXIT THE KING is featured in the current issue of New York Magazine.

Stage and screen actor and longtime political activist Ron Silver died yesterday morning, ending a long battle with cancer, the former president of Actors' Equity was mourned by the organization today in a statement.

Altovise Joanne Gore Davis, the widow of legendary entertainer Sammy Davis Jr., died Saturday in Los Angeles at age 65 after suffering what appeared to be a stroke.

Jermyn Street Theatre's production of Stephen Sondheim's Saturday Night, will now transfer from the off West End venue, to the West End's Arts Theatre for a limited run from 25 March to 11 April 2009.

Van Hill Entertainment and Red Griffin Media present the Off-Broadway premiere of ROOMS a rock romance, starring Leslie Kritzer and Doug Kreeger. Performances began Friday, February 27th at New World Stages/Stage 2 (340 West 50th Street). Opening Night is set for Monday March 16th. ROOMS a rock romance has music and lyrics by Paul Scott Goodman with a book by Goodman and Miriam Gordon, and is directed by Scott Schwartz (Golda's Balcony, Bat Boy: The Musical, tick, tick... BOOM!, Jane Eyre).

Children's Theatre At The Grove is proud to present Jack and the Giant. Running on March 21st and March 28th, performances are scheduled both Saturdays at 2:00 p.m.

Signature Productions Presents THOROUGHLY MODERN MILLIE March 23rd through April 25th. THOROUGHLY MODERN MILLIE continues Signature Productions' grand tradition of Quality Family Entertainment. Join us for this fun, zany, high energy, madcap romp through the roaring 20's.

Theatre Tulsa, in cooperation with Clark Theatre, presents Bel Kaufmans 'Up the Down Staircase'. This will be a joint production with the City of Tulsa Parks and Recreation Department, to be performed at the Liddy Doenges in the Tulsa PAC. Performance dates are March 27-28, April 2-4 at 8 pm. and March 29 at 2:00 pm.

The New York Post has reported that stage and screen actor and longtime political activist Ron Silver died this morning, ending a long battle with cancer, friends of the liberal Democrat-turned-GOP stalwart told The Post.