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The producers of the Tony Award nominated new Broadway production of GREASE are proud to announce that 'American Idol' Season Five winner, Taylor Hicks, will star in the first national tour of the show, launching at the Providence Performing Arts Center in Providence, RI on December 2, 2008. Taylor Hicks made his debut on Broadway in the role of 'Teen Angel' this past summer.

Cast members from The Public Theater's acclaimed revival of HAIR: The American Tribal Love-Rock Musical will gather in Central Park on the International Day of Peace on Sunday, September 21 for a 'Be-In' celebrating peace and love. The 'Be-In' is free and the public is invited to Frisbee Hill to share flowers, stories, food and music in commemoration of the global holiday honoring peace and unity.

Dublin's National Concert Hall will this week host a celebration of Andrew Lloyd Webber's most famous musical work.

Broadway United for Barack will take place on Monday, September 15th at 9:45pm at The Metropolitan Room. All proceeds benefit Obama For America. Shonn Wiley, Meredith Patterson, and Ryan J. Davis produce.

Direct from Spain, an exceptional and exciting event occurs when Rafael Amargo with his 18 member company perform 'Tiempo Muerto' with two special performances at Town Hall (123 West 43rd Street, between Broadway & Avenue of the Americas/6th Ave) on Saturday, September 20, 2008 at 8:00 pm and Sunday, September 21 at 3:00 pm. After flirting with modern dance, break-dance, aerial theatre and cinema, Rafael Amargo returns to the most flamenco essence with 'Tiempo Muerto', the sixth show in his career.

Theater Resources Unlimited (TRU) presents the TRU Faces Cabaret Benefit at Don't Tell Mama's, 343 W. 46th Street, NYC on Monday, September 22 at 7pm. This special one-night only performance will showcase the talent of members of TRU, a producer's service organization that also happens to help the forgotten population of self-producing artists here in New York.

The Professional Theatre Awards Council will present its annual Kevin Kline Awards Variety Hour fundraising event on Monday, Dec. 8, at The Coronado Ballroom, 3701 Lindell Blvd.

James Lapine will be creating a new revue of the songs of Stephen Sondehim titled 'iSondheim: aMusical Revue'. The revue will premiere at Atlanta's Alliance Theatre

Today, Sanjeev Bhaskar is confirmed as the last King of the Britons to perform at the Palace Theatre in the multi award-winning, record-breaking Monty Python's SPAMALOT. Bhaskar, who was due to end his run on 5 October, will now retain his throne until the show's final West End performance on Saturday 3 January 2009 at 8pm. In June this year Bhaskar was crowned as the new King Arthur, following in the footsteps of Tim Curry, Simon Russell Beale, Peter Davison and Alan Dale.

Producers of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice, The New Musical announce that Obie Award-winner and Rochester, NY native Donna Lynne Champlin (Sweeney Todd, Hollywood Arms, By Jeeves) will play the role of Jane Austen in the Broadway-bound musical's one-night-only performance event at Rochester's historic Eastman Theatre on Tuesday, October 21. Champlin joins previously-cast Colin Donnell (Jersey Boys, Follies) as Mr. Darcy.

Ubu: A 'Patamusical began 14 years ago as Brantley was finishing his junior year in high school. Yep, high school. Monty Holamon asked him to spend the summer learning to walk on stilts. The reason: the one-act play that Monty was planning to direct that fall was based on three French plays by Alfred Jarry, and three of the characters, the Paljenttents, needed to be about 10 feet tall. Huh?

More star presenters for the 60th Primetime Emmy® Awards confirmed, including Christina Applegate, Candice Bergen, David Boreanaz, Wayne Brady, Lauren Conrad, Jimmy Kimmel and Kiefer Sutherland. The telecast will broadcast live from the NOKIA Theatre in Los Angeles on Sunday, September 21 (8:00-11:00 PM, ET/PT) on ABC.

Louis Spisto, Executive Producer of the Tony Award®-winning Old Globe, is pleased to announce the Theatre's 2008-2009 Winter Season. In the Old Globe Theatre, a large-scale revival of Clare Boothe Luce's The Women (September 13 - October 26, 2008), directed by Resident Artistic Director Darko Tresnjak will launch the season.

13, A New Musical makes the dean's list again. The only show to have an all teenage cast & band and to offer $13 tickets, will now host the first ever open dress rehearsal for

A.R. Gurney's play Buffalo Gal will end its run at Primary Stages as scheduled tonight, Sept 13th.

With a tip of the hat to the Works Progress Administration, The WPA (Williamsburg Performance Alliance) returns with its annual festival.

Artistic Director James C. Nicola and Managing Director William Russo have announced that New York Theatre Workshop (NYTW) will present its 2008 Pre-Election Series, a program of public readings and events timed to this year's historic presidential election.

Isaac Robert Hurwitz (NYMF Executive Director & Producer) announces that due to demand NYMF will add extra performances of Hunter Foster & Rick Crom's Bonnie & Clyde: A Folktale, Buddy Sheffield & Keith Thompson's Idaho!, and Matthew Loren Cohen's Jason & Ben.

The final production in Jonathan Kent's Theatre Royal Haymarket Season, the world premiere of MARGUERITE, will close tonight, September 13th on the West End. MARGUERITE is a new musical with music by Michel Legrand, book by Alain Boublil, Claude-Michel Schönberg and Jonathan Kent, lyrics by Herbert Kretzmer - original French lyrics by Alain Boublil and orchestrations and arrangements by Michel Legrand and Seann Alderking.

On New Years Day, 2005, we were sitting on the floor of our dorm room, brainstorming ideas for new musicals we wanted to write. We were eating cold pizza out of the box and laughing at the empty cereal bowls, text books, and laundry strewn about the room; we were listening to roommates outwit each other and joke about both the trivialities and the very important aspects of their lives; we were trying to drown out the cell phone calls and television news playing in the background…. For some time, we'd been looking at stories to adapt or historical events to retell, but finally we just looked at each other and the room we were sitting in, and we said 'You know what? I think this is it.'