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Reprise! Broadway's Best has announced Broadway Babies as their next Best of Broadway at the Ford Amphitheatre production, set for June 16. Stage veterans Karen Morrow, Mimi Hines and Marilyn Maye will sing favorite songs from the Great White Way in this One Night Only performance...

The creators of Jewtopia, which started in Los Angeles and later transfered Off-Broadway for a three-year run, return to the city where it all began with their latest offering of all things Jewish, World of Jewtopia...

The Center Theatre Group's Mark Taper Forum will usher in its 41st season with British favorites The History Boys and The School of Night beginning in November...

The return of Superman was given star-studded treatment befit for royalty, as the Man of Steel resurfaced on stage in a concert-staging of It's a Bird...It's a Plane...It's Superman, as part of Reprise! Broadway's Best Marvelous Musical Monday series on May 14. This musical rarity, last seen on Broadway in it's original 1966 run, is a throwback to the olden days of theatre like no other...

In Fat Pig, which is making its West Coast debut at the Geffen Playhouse, LaBute goes deep into the psyche of insecure characters, as the subject of weight is discussed, actually argued over when a good-looking guy becomes attracted to a fat chick. Though, the variable phrases scattered throughout the play are often quite more demeaning. What an apropos locale, vanity obsessed Los Angeles, for Fat Pig to run...

'ShowBusiness' follows four hotly discussed musicals during the 2003-2004 Broadway season, 'Wicked,' 'Avenue Q,' 'Caroline, or Change' and 'Taboo,' as they develop from a fledgling workshop production into Tony Award contender...

UPRIGHT Cabaret celebrates two years of providing vibrant entertainment in West Hollywood. Producers Chris Isaacson, Shane Scheel and music director Trapper Felides walk down memory lane, along with Sean McDermott, Stephen Spinella and Tracie Thoms who pick their favorite memories from the show.

The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences screened the 1979 Best Picture nominee and Bob Fosse film 'All That Jazz' May 7 as part of the 'Great To Be Nominated' series. Cast and crew members including actors Deborah Geffner, John Lithgow and Kathryn Dody and associate producer-assistant director Wolfgang Glattes, who joined in on a post-screening discussion...

Fame, that glorious accolade that is so rarely attained, and once tasted, is constantly yearned for again. It is a tale as old as time here in Hollywood, where Gloria Swanson roams the hills in a dilapidated mansion, and gawkers flock to place a hand in some long ago imprint in front of Grauman's Chinese Theater...

The Geffen Playhouse bestowed Academy Award winning actress Dame Helen Mirren with their 2007 Distinction in Theater Award April 30 at the Fifth Annual event and reception in Westwood...

The travails of designing a Broadway production often go unnoticed by many theatre-goers as their only exposure to a show is the finished product, yet the stories behind the magic often lead down interesting paths which can result in wonderful collaborations and sometimes an onslaught of accolades...

Prolific thespian Richard Harris has reprised his role of King Arthur once again, as he takes to the small screen in Acorn Media's DVD release of Lerner & Loewe's 'Camelot.' Also out is 'The Best of the Tony Awards - The Plays' for the first time individually.

Lost Angels Theatre Company has infested the Coast Playhouse with the disturbingly enjoyable Bug, an off-Broadway thriller making its Los Angeles debut...

The Hayworth Theatre will present the world premiere of Dominic Hoffman's Last Fare beginning April 27 and running through June 3...

There is a praise-worthy effort afoot at Musical Theatre West, as the Long Beach company is putting on quite a show with the regional premiere of the Off-Broadway smash, Altar Boyz. Gaining the rights to a still running production, not to mention also being on a National Tour, is a feat in its own right, but MTW can also thank the heavens for a miraculous casting job with two former New York alums joining in on the fun...

Retro farce, if done well, can prove laugh out loud funny, and playwright Frank Salisbury has accomplished just that in his comedy Balancing Act, in its American debut at the Falcon Theatre...

If a hero should be regarded as a model or ideal figure, than Gerald Sibleyras' Heroes is sorely lacking any such characters. This American premiere at the Geffen Playhouse sets out with the best of intentions, but sadly disappoints in its final form...

Though hard to recollect is the sentiment of a country thrown into a just and strongly supported war, such a time did once exist in America. And as the current situation is so starkly opposite, a look back at such a time period seems all more affecting today when watching The Cover of Life, currently playing at the NoHo Arts Center...

ASCAP presented its Henry Mancini Award to Marc Shaiman at the 22nd Annual ASCAP Film and Television Music Awards held Tuesday night at the Kodak Theatre in Los Angeles, California...

Multiple-award winning composer Marc Shaiman got top billing Tuesday evening as the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers honored him with the Henry Mancini Award during the 22nd Annual ASCAP Film and Television Music Awards at the Kodak Theatre in Los Angeles...