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Variety reports today that THE MIRACLE WORKER star Alison Pill will Join stage and screen vet Edie Falco on stage off-Broadway in the Naked Angels' production of THIS WIDE NIGHT, by Chloe Moss. The production will feature direction by Anne Kauffman (Stunning, The Thugs) and is set to open sometime this spring at the Peter Jay Sharp Theatre at Theatre Row. The production will begin previews on May 8 and open May 16. The Naked Angels Theatre Company is currently represented on Broadway with NEXT FALL, co-produced by Elton John and David Furnish.

Singer and Tony Award-winning actress Idina Menzel has announced that she will return to the road in April for a series of 2010 shows with major symphony orchestras across the country. Menzel will be performing a diverse repertoire of classic pop, musical theater favorites (including hits from Wicked and Rent), and songs from I Stand, her debut album for Warner Bros. Records. 'I'm really looking forward to getting back on stage in this new arena. There's something so magical about singing in front of an orchestra. I can't wait to mix up my repertoire and experiment with my album material in this new context.'

Rehearsals begin today, Monday, April 5 for the World Premiere production of PARADISE FOUND, a new musical under the combined direction of Theater legend and 21-time Tony Award winner Harold Prince (the original productions of Cabaret, Sweeney Todd, A Little Night Music, The Phantom of the Opera, Company, Follies, Evita) and 5-time Tony Award winner Susan Stroman (Crazy For You, Show Boat, The Producers, Contact). This is their first collaboration since the landmark, Tony Award-winning revival of Show Boat. Following the New York rehearsal period, the production will open at London's acclaimed Menier Chocolate Factory with performances running May 19 through June 26.

Red Bull Theatre has announced that they will host a series of master classes in Voice and Verse, The Classical Monologue, Stage Combat, Performing Heightened Language on May 8 and May 9 in New York City. Instructors will include Fight Choreographer J. David Brimmer, Voice and Text coach Deborah A. Hecht, Red Bull Theater artistic director Jesse Berger, and more.

In anticipation of its return on April 13, Fox has released the official season 2 trailer! Click below for interviews with the cast and previews of what's to come (Sue Sylvester and Olivia Newton John remake the 'Physical' video, Rachel betrays her crew by dating the lead singer of an opposing group, the Madonna episode and more).

In anticipation of its return on April 13, GLEE cast members are reflecting on how the show has changed their lives. The AP caught up with Matthew Morrison, Cory Monteith, Dianna Agron and others to chat about what GLEE has done for them, and their careers.

The family of John Forsythe sadly announces his passing on April 1, 2010. He was 92 years old and, thankfully, he died as he lived his life, with dignity and grace, after a year-long struggle with cancer.

Kelsey Grammer, who is about to make his Broadway musical debut in LA CAGE AUX FOLLES, recently sat down with the Today Show's Kathie Lee and Hoda to discuss all things LA CAGE, including the intricacies of the show's elaborate tech and the challenges he faces switching roles just months into the run (opening as Georges, he will switch to the role of Albin around October). BroadwayWorld brings you his interview below.

Entertainment Weekly reports today that after 16 years of playing Lt. Van Buren, Tony and Emmy-winning actress S. Epatha Merkerson will bid farewell to 'Law and Order.'

Variety reports today that Broadway's Talk Radio star and Gossip Girl regular Sebastian Stan has joined the The First Avenger: Captain America film as Bucky Barnes. Bucky Barnes is the sidekick to Steve Rogers/Captian America, played by Chris Evans, in the popular WWII Marvel comic book series.

Wednesday, March 31, marked the one year anniversary of the critically acclaimed Broadway revival, of Tony Award-winning production HAIR. BroadwayWorld was on hand at the Al Hirschfeld Theatre to celebrate with the cast post-show.

Nominations in 14 categories and 2 special awards were announced today by the Off-Broadway League for the 2010 Lucille Lortel Awards recognizing outstanding achievement Off-Broadway. This year's ceremony will benefit The Actors Fund.

The critically acclaimed, Olivier Award-winning production of LA CAGE AUX FOLLES has announced a student rush ticket policy.

The Donmar Warehouse production of RED, a new American play by John Logan about the master of twentieth century abstract impressionism, Mark Rothko, opens on Broadway tonight, Thursday, April 1 for a limited 15-week engagement at the Golden Theatre. Previews began on Thursday, March 11.

Donna Murphy, Sutton Foster and Raúl Esparza will star in Stephen Sondheim and Arthur Laurents' Anyone Can Whistle, the final New York City Center Encores! production of the 2009-2010 season. Anyone Can Whistle, running for five performances April 8 - 11, will be directed and choreographed by Casey Nicholaw with musical direction by Rob Berman.

Signature Theatre Company has announced the final production for their 20th Anniversary 2010-2011 Season, celebrating the work of Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize-winner Tony Kushner. Joining the previously announced first New York Revival of Parts 1 and 2 of ANGELS IN AMERICA: A GAY FANTASIA ON NATIONAL THEMES and the New York premiere of THE INTELLIGENT HOMOSEXUAL'S GUIDE TO CAPITALISM AND SOCIALISM WITH A KEY TO THE SCRIPTURES will be THE ILLUSION, Kushner's freely adapted version of Pierre Corneille's L'Illusion Comique, directed by Tony Award-winner Michael Mayer. The production will be presented in Spring, 2011 at the Peter Norton Space, (555 West 42nd Street, between 10th and 11th Avenues). Dates and casting will be announced at a later date.

Roundabout Theatre Company has just 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.

A pressure group is gaining ground in its bid to change the names of towns and villages in Wales as a special tribute to the smash hit musical MAMMA MIA!.

Ruthie Henshall, currently starring as ‘Roxie Hart' in the West End production of 'CHICAGO' at the Cambridge Theatre in Covent Garden's Seven Dials, will end her run in the production on April 24, 2010 after multiple extensions. Ruthie Henshall originated the role of ‘Roxie Hart' in 1997 - for which she was lauded by the critics and nominated for a Laurence Olivier Award - when 'CHICAGO' first conquered the West End.

As BroadwayWorld previously reported, stage and screen star Julianne Moore will return to As the World Turns, the soap on which she got her start. Entertainment Weekly reveals today that Moore's episode will air on the CBS daytime drama on April 5. Moore began her career on the show as half-sisters Frannie and Sabrina Hughes, and will reprise the role of Frannie in her guest appearance.