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This year's Broadway Beauty Pageant took place last night, March 19th, at Symphony Space. The popular event is the annual benefit of New York's Ali Forney Center. BroadwayWorld was on hand the entire raucus evening and brings you exclusive video footage of the show, in addition to interviews with the company below!

Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice's JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR, directed by the Stratford Shakespeare Festival's Artistic Director and 2-time Tony Award winner Des McAnuff, JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR opens March 22, 2012 (previews began March 1) at the Neil Simon Theatre. The highly anticipated performance highlights have been released and below, BroadwayWorld brings you a very first look at the show's montage and brand new performance clips!

Linda Lavin (Broadway Bound), Sebastian Arcelus (Elf), LaChanze (The Color Purple), Emily Skinner (Side Show), Shuler Hensley (Oklahoma!), Daniel Breaker (Passing Strange) and Sierra Boggess (Love Never Dies, The Little Mermaid) will be among the star players in the upcoming Broadway Hal Prince tribute, PRINCE OF BROADWAY, The New York Times reveals.

ONCE, the acclaimed new musical opened on Broadway on Sunday, March 18, 2012 to rave reviews after a successful Off-Broadway run in 2011. BroadwayWorld was on hand for the opening night festivities at Gotham Hall and takes you inside the special event below!

Broadway star Brian Stokes Mitchell was the featured performer at 'An Evening With Brian Stokes Mitchell,' a fundraising gala for Neighborhood Studios of Fairfield County (NS), a non-profit arts education program and summer camp for inner city children and those with special needs.

The 15th and grand finale edition of THE BROADWAY BEARS, the annual auction of handmade, one-of-a-kind, theatrically costumed teddy bears, raised a record-setting $198,300 on Sunday, benefiting Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS. BroadwayWorld on hand and brings you an exclusive look inside at the farewell event.

Newsies, the new American musical, has extended its limited Broadway engagement through August 19, 2012. Tickets for the extension dates (June 11th through August 19th) will go on sale Tuesday, March 20th at 10am. Tickets for Newsies are available for purchase through NewsiesTheMusical.com, by calling Ticketmaster's Disney on Broadway hotline at 866-870-2717, or in person at the Nederlander Theatre box office.

Enchanted April Enhancement LLC has announced the start of rehearsals today for two private industry staged readings of ENCHANTED APRIL a romantic musical comedy with book and lyrics by Charles Leipart and music by Richard B. Evans.

Broadway's brightest stars, composers, and musicians are teaming up to create OVER THE MOON: The Broadway Lullaby Project. The 2-CD set, 48-page children's book is illustrated by America's best loved artists, features original music and art. The project benefits breast cancer research, support and education. BroadwayWorld will be bringing you videos of some of your favorite Broadway stars in the recording studio, contributing their bit to the album. In this series kick-off, we bring you Raul Esparza (Leap of Faith, Company) recording 'This Little World' (Music & Lyrics by Michael Friedman).

Despite the popularity of Mike Daisey's THE AGONY AND THE ECSTASY OF STEVE JOBS, which has celebrated sold-out and extended runs across the country and twice in New York, it seems some old fashioned fact-checking is raining on an otherwise unstoppable parade.

Daily Mail reports that the cast of Cameron Mackintosh and Tom Hooper's film version of the musical Les Miserables now includes Bertie Carvel (Matilda), Daniel Evans (Sunday in the Park with George) and Adrian Scarborough (Betty Blue Eyes). In addition, several cast members who have performed in stage versions of Les Miserables will star in the film including Caroline Sheen, Hadley Fraser, Killian Donnelly, Mike Jibson, Linzi Hateley, Gemma Wardle, Katy Secombe, Gina Beck, Fra Fee, Alexia Khadine and Katie Hall.

Academy Award® nominee and Emmy® Award winner David Strathairn (Dr. Austin Sloper) will join Academy Award® nominee Jessica Chastain (Catherine Sloper) in the Tony Award®-winning play The Heiress. Written by Ruth Goetz & Augustus Goetz, The Heiress will be directed by Tony Award® nominated playwright and director Moisés Kaufman and will open in the Fall of 2012 at a theatre to be announced.

Prominent players from the world of musical theatre have come together to record a unique collection of original musical theatre and cabaret songs, all composed by Danny Davies, with additional lyrics by playwright, director and actor Pete Gallagher, and lyricist Judy Wolfson in the new album Hey, Producer! Below, BroadwayWorld is pleased to introduce the album's title track! Stay tuned for more coming soon!

This morning, March 14, Jujamcyn President Jordan Roth stopped by MSNBC's Morning Joe to talk about the recent Broadway boom. According to the most recent stats, the 2010-2011 season saw a record high of 12.5 million in ticket sales, and this season has seen box office grosses up by 6.7% this season. Click below to hear Roth's theories on why Broadway is flourishing despite a struggling economy, and how Broadway business could be an indication of an economy on the upswing.

Goodspeed Musicals will present its much-anticipated new production of Mame. The brassy musical comedy will run from April 20 - July 1 at the Goodspeed Opera House in East Haddam, Conn. Today, the company met the press and BroadwayWorld was there to capture the big event. Check out Tony-nominee Louise Pitre perform 'Boy with the Bugle' and stay tuned for full photo and video coverage!

On Monday, March 12th, 2012 Roundabout celebrated Rob Marshall with the 2012 Spring Gala: From Screen to Stage. Rob Marshall began his career with Roundabout working on celebrated musicals such as She Loves Me, Company, Little Me and the Tony Award®-winning Cabaret. When Hollywood beckoned, he directed and choreographed the biggest film musical in years, the Academy Award® winning Chicago, the summer blockbuster Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, and the star studded NINE among others. BroadwayWorld was inside the event to chat with the star-studded guests. Click below for the action!

Last night, March 12, Robert Redford hosted the first-ever New York benefit celebrating the Sundance Institute Theatre Program at The Bowery Hotel. Participants included Sundance Institute Theatre Program alumni Denis O'Hare (Performance of An Iliad, at New York Theatre Workshop), Lisa Peterson Scott Frankel, Jeanine Tesori, Georgi James and Christine Ebersole, who recreated 'Little Edie Beale' from Grey Gardens. BroadwayWorld was on hand to speak to the guests and takes you inside the event below.

Previews for EVITA began last night, March 12, 2012 at the Marquis Theatre on Broadway in anticipation of the April 5, 2012 opening. BroadwayWorld was on hand for the show's first curtain call and post-show press conference and introduces you to the stars below!

Previews for EVITA began March 12, 2012 at the Marquis Theatre on Broadway in anticipation of the April 5, 2012 opening. BroadwayWorld was on hand for the show's first curtain call and takes you inside the theater below!

Ghost The Musical announced today that a limited number of $25 tickets in the first and second rows of the Orchestra will be available through a lottery drawing for each performance beginning with the first preview on Thursday, March 15th. The lottery will open two and a half hours prior to each performance. The drawing will take place two hours prior to curtain giving all participants 30 minutes to enter the lottery. There is a limit of one entry per person, and two tickets per winner. Ghost The Musical lottery winners must be present at the time of the drawing and valid identification must be shown to purchase tickets. Only cash will be accepted to purchase lottery tickets. All winning entries will be checked for duplication and disqualified if more than one entry was submitted. Lottery tickets are subject to availability and will not be available on Ghost The Musical's Opening Night, April 23, 2012.