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Following in the footsteps of his famous father, Nick Lloyd Webber, son of Andrew, is in the process of composing an original score for the Oxford Shakespeare Company's production of The Tempest. The production is being developed in celebration of it's 400th anniversary, in addition to the 400th anniversary of Wadham College where the Oxford Shakespeare Company was born. Mick Gordon directs.

Roundabout Theatre Company's Everyday Rapture, starring Sherie Rene Scott, will open at the American Airlines Theatre in place of the indefinitely postponed Lips Together, Teeth Apart on April 29, 2010. The critically acclaimed musical by Dick Scanlan & Sherie Rene Scott is directed by Michael Mayer. BroadwayWorld brings you the photos of the recently installed marquee!

As BroadwayWorld reported earlier, actor-comedian Patton Oswalt had been cast in the co-starring leading role on 'Beach Lane,' a half-hour comedy pilot for NBC since Broadway's LIPS TOGETHER got postponed indefinitely.

Billboard's Top Cast Albums chart for week ending 4/17/2010.

Producer Matt Murphy has acquired the stage rights to Michael Blake's 1986 best-selling novel Dances with Wolves. Murphy intends to adapt the property into a dramatic musical for the Broadway stage.

Nonesuch Records and PS Classics released the 2010 new Broadway cast recording of Stephen Sondheim and Hugh Wheeler's A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC on Tuesday, April 6, 2010. That same day, Stephen Sondheim and the A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC cast signed copies of the album at the Walter Kerr Theatre, with production crews on hand to document the day. Click below to watch clips of the starry CD signing event.

According to a report by Variety, the recent union dispute surrounding Broadway's Come Fly Away has caused American Guild of Musical Artists to try to play a bigger role in the Broadway community. Alan Gordon, AGMA exec director, expressed interest in representing dancers not ony in dance-heavy shows like Come Fly Away, but other productions as well. Gordon stated, 'We think that down the road it's better for dancers appearing in anything, including Broadway shows, to be represented by AGMA.'

Kerry Kennedy and the Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice and Human Rights, and The Public Theater (Artistic Director Oskar Eustis; Executive Director Andrew D. Hamingson) will present a one-night-only benefit reading of Ariel Dorfman's play SPEAK TRUTH TO POWER: Voices From Beyond The Dark, adapted from Kerry Kennedy's book of the same name, on Monday, May 3 at 7 p.m. All proceeds from the reading will benefit the relief efforts of Habitat for Humanity in Chile.

BWW Discounts is offering you the chance to save on Broadway's NEXT FALL, presented by Elton John and David Furnish and directed by Sheryl Kaller, currently running at the Helen Hayes Theatre.

BWW Discounts is offering you the chance to save on MTC's COLLECTED STORIES by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Donald Margulies and starring Tony Award winner Linda Lavin and Golden Globe nominee Sarah Paulson. COLLECTED STORIES opens April 27, 2010 at MTC's Samuel J. Friedman Theatre.

Lincoln Center Theater (under the direction of Andre Bishop, Artistic Director, and Bernard Gersten, Executive Producer) has announced plans to produce the New York premiere of A MINISTER'S WIFE, a new musical adapted from George Bernard Shaw's Candida by Austin Pendelton, with music by Joshua Schmidt and lyrics by Jan Tranen during its 2010-2011 season. A MINISTER'S WIFE, which was conceived and will be directed by Michael Halberstam, will begin performances Thursday, April 7, 2011 and opening on Thursday, May 5, 2011 at the Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater (150 West 65 Street).

Producer Richard Winkler will present a reading of the new musical comedy LET ME SING starring Tony Award nominee Sam Harris as Al Jolson in New York City on Thursday, April 15. With a book by Sherman Yellen, new music & lyrics by Will Holt and featuring some of the most enduring Al Jolson standards, LET ME SING is directed by Matt Lenz. Carl Pasbjerg/Alchemy Productions is the General Manager.

The 18th annual ESPYs will be hosted by 'Saturday Night Live's' 'Weekend Update' anchor Seth Meyers. Meyers will be joined by an all-star lineup of top athletes and entertainers to celebrate the best sports stories of the past 12 months, leading fans through the year's best plays, biggest upsets and most outstanding performances across all sports. The 2010 ESPYs will be televised live, for the first time since 2003, Wednesday, July 14 at 9 p.m. ET on ESPN/ESPNHD from the Nokia Theatre at L.A. LIVE in Los Angeles. Additional unique content will be available on a variety of ESPN multimedia platforms including ESPN.com, ESPN Mobile, ESPN Deportes and ESPN International.

West End star Julie Atherton (Avenue Q, Notes from New York, Fame, Mamma Mia!) will launch her eagerly anticipated second album No Space for Air with her first ever solo engagement at London's exclusive Delfont Room for one night only on Sunday 6 June 2010.

THE BOOK OF MORMON, a new original musical comedy from 'South Park' creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone and Avenue Q composer and co-creator Robert Lopez, will premiere on Broadway in March, 2011. The world premiere will be directed by Jason Moore and Trey Parker.

As GLEE gears up for the first season second installment tonight, April 13, USA Today has released the behind-the-scenes footage of an exclusive photo op with the cast for the highly anticipated Lady GaGa episode.

Roundabout Theatre Company recently announced that Everyday Rapture, starring Sherie Rene Scott, will open at the American Airlines Theatre in place of the indefinitely postponed Lips Together, Teeth Apart. The critically acclaimed musical by Dick Scanlan & Sherie Rene Scott is directed by Michael Mayer. In anticipation of its opening on April 29, 2010, Scanlan and Scott introduce the production in the clip below!

As GLEE gears up for the first season second installment tonight, April 13, USA Today has released the behind-the-scenes footage of an exclusive photo op with the cast for the highly anticipated Lady GaGa episode.

The world premiere of Sue Sylvester's (Jane Lynch) 'Vogue' video will air during the highly anticipated spring premiere of GLEE tonight, Tuesday, April 13 (9:28-10:30 PM ET/PT) following AMERICAN IDOL on FOX. The three-minute video premiere, which is sponsored by Chevy, will debut one week before it airs as part of 'The Power of Madonna' episode on Tuesday, April 20 (9:00-10:00 PM ET/PT). Sure to be a fan favorite, GLEE's 'Vogue' features Sue, KURT (Chris Colfer) and MERCEDES (Amber Riley) in an homage to Madonna with a brilliant shot-by-shot re-creation of the groundbreaking music video.

AMERICAN IDIOT began performances at the ST. James Theatre on March 24, 2010 and open on Broadway on April 20, 2010. In anticipation of the opening next week, BroadwayWorld brings you the first production shots of the cast performing on Broadway, following by tribute shots to their world premiere performance at Berkeley Rep this past fall.