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59E59 Theaters (Elysabeth Kleinhans, Artistic Director; Peter Tear, Executive Producer) and Page 73 Productions has announced casting for Samuel D. Hunter's JACK'S PRECIOUS MOMENT, which receives its World Premiere at Americas Off Broadway at 59E59 Theaters from May 21 - June 13. Opening Night is scheduled for Wednesday, May 26 at 7:30 PM.

To celebrate the arrival of spring, RACE will take over Times Square on Wednesday, March 24, 2010 from 11 am - 1 pm and will have nearly two dozen women wear red sequined dresses for the public. This event will also celebrate the fact that RACE is currently the longest-running play of this Broadway season. The women will be coming from all over the city to wear the show's famous red sequined dress, a major plot point in the play.

Two-time Academy Award-winner Denzel Washington stars in the first Broadway revival of FENCES, the 1987 Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning play by August Wilson. The production also stars Tony Award-winner and Academy Award-nominee Viola Davis. FENCES, directed by Kenny Leon, opens on Monday, April 26, 2010 at the Cort Theatre. The strictly limited 13-week engagement began previews on April 14. BroadwayWorld brings you the first production shots below.

According to her official website, Idina Menzel will be making four additional appearances on GLEE after her current stint is up. In this second installment of GLEE's first season, Menzel plays Shelby, coach of rival glee club Vocal Adrenaline. As previously reported, Menzel had been contracted to appear in episodes airing May 18, May 25, June 1 and June 8. She has appeared on the first two premiere episodes, as well. For more information, visit www.idinamenzel.com.

Stephen Sondheim is widely acknowledged as the most innovative, most influential, and most important composer and lyricist in modern Broadway history. He is the winner of an Academy Award, numerous Tony Award, multiple Grammy Awards and a Pulitzer Prize. Some of his other accolades include a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Kennedy Center Honors (1993), the National Medal of Arts (1996), the American Academy of Arts and Letters' Gold Medal for Music (2006) and a special Tony Awardâfor Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre (2008).

Having recently departed Broadway's Lips Together, Teeth Apart, it seems Megan Mullally is putting her energy into her project, Karen: The Musical, based on her Will & Grace alter ego, Karen Walker.

National Corporate Theatre Fund (NCTF) held its Annual Chairman's Awards Gala and benefit yesterday, Monday, April 19 at the St. Regis New York hotel. This year, NCTF Chairman James S. Turley, Chairman & CEO of Ernst & Young, honored Nathan Lane (currently starring on Broadway in The Addams Family), set designer Eugene Lee (Wicked) and Wells Fargo & Company. Accepting the award on behalf of Wells Fargo was Joe Kirk, Regional President for New York and Connecticut. All net proceeds of the event will be distributed as the NCTF/WELLS FARGO FUND FOR NEW AMERICAN THEATRE. Special guest Bette Middler stopped by to congratulate the nominees.

Beastly, the fantasy romance based on Alex Flinn's 2007 novel of the same name, starring Neil Patrick Harris, Mary-Kate Olsen, Vanessa Hudgens, Alex Pettyfer and Lisa Gray Hamilton opens in theaters on July 30, 2010. Distributed by CBS films, the movie's trailer has just been released! Click below to view.

The Manhattan Theatre Club Broadway premiere of COLLECTED STORIES, by Pulitzer Prize winner Donald Margulies (Time Stands Still, Dinner with Friends), directed by Lynne Meadow (The Tale of the Allergist's Wife, The Loman Family Picnic) began previews on Friday, April 9 and is gearing up for their opening night on Wednesday, April 28 at MTC's Samuel J. Friedman Theatre. BroadwayWorld brings you the first production photos.

TMZ.com has just revealed that the executors managing Michael Jackson's estate have concluded a deal with Cirque du Soleil for the creation of a Jackson-themed spectacular. Co-executor of the Jackson estate John Branca has reportedly told TMZ that the first production will open in late 2010 and embark on a North American tour thereafter, with stops in most major cities, including Los Angeles at the Staples Center.

Weekend Movie Box Office Update: April 16 - April 18, 2010

Today, on April 19, SONDHEIM ON SONDHEIM star Vanessa Williams visited ABC's Good Morning to discuss the show, which opens on Thursday, April 22, and life after Ugly Betty. Click below to see her appearance.

Performances for Broadway's hit musical comedy, ROCK OF AGES, begins tomorrow, Tuesday April 20 at Toronto's Royal Alexandra Theatre. Opening night is May 11, 2010.

The Eugene O'Neill Theater Center announced today that seven plays will be developed at the 2010 National Playwrights Conference under the leadership of artistic director Wendy C. Goldberg. The selected playwrights will spend the month of July at the O'Neill's Waterford, Connecticut campus developing and presenting staged readings of their work during the NPC's 46th season. Box office and online ticket sales open Wednesday, June 9; advance ticket sales will be available to O'Neill Members beginning Monday, May 17.

PEEPSHOW, Las Vegas' hottest show and striptease spectacular, brought sexy back to The Strip on Monday, March 1. Holly Madison resumed her starring role as 'Bo Peep,' a modern woman who discovers her newfound sexuality alongside Broadway vet Josh Strickland (Tarzan). Yesterday, April 18, PEEPSHOW celebrated its one year anniversary on the strip with a cake and champagne celebration. BroadwayWorld brings you photos from the event.

You may know her from Broadway's recent revival of The Seagull. Or, Come Back, Little Sheba. Or the feature films 'Revolutionary Road' with Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet, 'It's Complicated' with Meryl Streep and Alex Baldwin, 'The Valley of Elah,' 'Me and Orson Welles'...the list goes on. True, she does bear the famous last name (grandfather is Elia Kazan), but Zoe is undoubtedly one of the most exciting and diverse up-and-comers in entertainment, and can currently be found every night at the Shoenfeld Theatre starring alongside Christopher Walken, Sam Rockwell and Anthony Mackie in Martin McDonough's A Behanding in Spokane, directed by John Crowley.

The entire cast of Broadway's hottest comedy, the Tony Award-winning Best Play, GOD OF CARNAGE, will receive caricatures at Sardi's on Tuesday, April 27. Dylan Baker, Jeff Daniels, Lucy Liu and Janet McTeer will each be honored with their own caricature which will hang on the walls of the famous restaurant. GOD OF CARNAGE is currently playing at the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre.

Today, April 16, ADDAMS FAMILY star Nathan Lane co-hosted ABC's LIVE! with Kelly Ripa. BroadwayWorld brings you the clip of his appearance below.

The Wall Street Journal is reporting today that there may be some Tony tension brewing early over the category of Best Original Score. According to the report, only two scores from original musicals that opened on Broadway this season may be eligible for nomination, despite the 4 available slots in the category. MEMPHIS and THE ADDAMS FAMILY will be eligible, however shows such as FELA! and AMERICAN IDIOT will likely not qualify.

August Wilson's masterpiece receives its first major London revival at the Young Vic. Delroy Lindo (The Cider House Rules, Malcolm X, Get Shorty) leads a stellar cast including Adjoa Andoh, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Petra Letang and Danny Sapani for David Lan's new production of Joe Turner's Come and Gone by the two time Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright whose work includes Fences, Ma Rainey's Black Bottom and The Piano Lesson.