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TheatreWorks New Milford will present the powerful, Tony Award- and Pulitzer Award-winning drama, DOUBT: A PARABLE, by John Patrick Shanley. The production opens July 10 for a four-week run.

Pittsburgh CLO and Nederlander Alliances, LLC. will present The , celebrating excellence in high school musical theater programs nationally, at Skirball Center for the Performing Arts, NYU (566 LaGuardia Place at Washington Square South) on Monday, June 29 at 7:30 p.m.

McCarter Theatre Center has announced that George C. Wolfe, one of the most acclaimed directors in the American theater, has been awarded the inaugural Sallie Goodman Prize.

The Toronto Alliance for the Performing Arts (TAPA) announced 176 nominations from 218 eligible productions that opened between June 1, 2008 and May 31, 2009 for the 30th annual Dora Mavor Moore Awards which honour excellence in the performing arts in Toronto.

Kevin McCollum, Jeffrey Seller and Jill Furman, the producers of the 2008 Tony Award-winning Best Musical In The Heights, announced today that Justina Machado will take over the role of ?Daniela? for 8 weeks only from Monday, June 29, through Sunday, August 23, 2009 at Broadway?s Richard Rodgers Theatre (226 West 46th Street).

fter 6 years on Broadway the Tony Award-winning musical AVENUE Q will play its final performance on SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 13th, 2009. It will have played 2,534 performances and 22 previews, surpassing THE PRODUCERS (on August, 17th), ANNIE, OKLAHOMA!, and PIPPIN, among many others to become the 20th longest running show in Broadway history.

The Associated Press reports that Gale Storm, who was one of early television's biggest stars on 'My Little Margie' and 'The Gale Storm Show,' has died at age 87.

Small Pond Entertainment and Stephanie Rosenberg bring Broadway Meows: a benefit concert for the Humane Society of New York to Don't Tell Mama, one night only, Monday, July 20th at 7pm.

The New York Times reports that audience members attending the final performance of 'August: Osage County,' the Pulitzer Prize-winning drama by Tracy Letts that closed after the Sunday matinee today June 28th, were treated to an unexpected bonus.

CELEBRITY AUTOBIOGRAPHY: IN THEIR OWN WORDS presented a special one night engagement to coincide with New York's annual Gay Pride Celebration. CELEBRITY AUTOBIOGRAPHY: IN THEIR OWN WORDS -- GAY PRIDE EDITION took place Friday, June 26 at Off-Broadway's Gramercy Theater. BroadwayWorld.com's cameras made the trip to celebrate along with the 'CELEB AUTOBIO' gang for the special event!

THE BROADWAY DREAMS FOUNDATION (BDF) returned to Atlanta, Georgia Monday, June 1 through Saturday, June 6, 2009 to host their fourth annual BDF Summer Performing Arts Intensive program. The goal of the non-profit organization is to bring young talent closer to their Broadway dreams, regardless of their financial status, through an intensive week-long Broadway training program lead by some of Broadway's brightest stars.

The entire cast and all-star band of HAIR, the Tony-Award Winning Best Musical Revival, performed live on the 'Good Morning America' Summer Concert Series segment on Friday, June 26th, in Central Park.

La Jolla Playhouse presents the world premiere of Restoration, written by and starring award-winning playwright/actress Claudia Shear (Dirty Blonde, Blown Sideways Through Life), directed by Playhouse Artistic Director Christopher Ashley. Commissioned by La Jolla Playhouse, Restoration runs in the Mandell Weiss Forum June 23 - July 19th. The official opening is tonight, Sunday, June 28th at 7:00 pm.

TRACY LETTS' AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY, winner of five 2008 Tony Awards, as well as the 2008 Pulitzer Prize, and currently starring Tony and Emmy award winner PHYLICIA RASHAD, will play its final performance on SUNDAY, JUNE 28th, 2009. It will have played 648 performances and 18 previews, surpassing The Heidi Chronicles, Master Class, The Real Thing, and Doubt, among many others, to become one of the longest running plays in Broadway history.

Michael Jackson, pop music superstar, passed away on June 25th, after suffering a suspected heart attack. He was 50 years old. Musical theatre legend Andrew Lloyd Webber remembers fellow music icon Michael Jackson in the UK Telegraph. Lloyd Webber reveals how much Jackson enjoyed the craft of musicals, how he himself influenced them in later years and the King of Pop's desire to play the 'man behind the mask' in a film version of The Phantom Of The Opera.

Tony Award winning stage and screen star Kristin Chenoweth's new book, 'A Little Bit Wicked' recently made the New York Times' Bestseller List. After its first week of sales, Chenoweth's book debuted in the 12th spot on the famed list. Kristin Chenoweth tells LXTV's 'CAN'T LIVE WITHOUT' her 'NYC favs', and you can watch the fun and very informative video right here on STAGE TUBE!

The entire cast and all-star band of HAIR, the Tony-Award Winning Best Musical Revival, performed live on the 'Good Morning America' Summer Concert Series segment on Friday, June 26th, in Central Park.

The New York Times reports that Morton Gottlieb, a Broadway producer who guided to the stage four plays that were nominated for Best-Play Tony Awards, died Thursday in Englewood, N.J. He was 88 years old.

Many Rockbridge area performers consider Theater at Lime Kiln their home. On Saturday, June 27th and Sunday, June 28th, Lime Kiln hosts two events featuring artists who can make that claim.

One of the most talked-about films of the summer features a 14-year old Lehigh Valley resident, and she's coming to Civic Theatre of Allentown to talk about her experiences on set. Samantha Pryor of Slatington plays Ashley in Away We Go, the latest offering from Academy Award-winning director Sam Mendes starring John Krasinski (The Office) and Maya Rudolph (Saturday Night Live).