Kerry Long

On April 28th the Second Annual Broadway Beauty Pageant (formerly titled Mr. Broadway) was held at New World Stages. The winner was Marty Thomas (Mr. Xanadu).

On January 21, 2008, The 24 Hour Company presented The 24 Hour Musicals, rehearsed and performed at Joe's Pub in a single day, featuring an all-star line up of Broadway performers, great composers, writers, directors, choreographers and musical directors.

In an exclusive one-night-only performance, theater all-star group The Broadway Boys, with special guests Julia Murney and Chelsea Krombach, presented their special holiday-themed Broadway at Birdland performance, on Monday, December 3, 2007 at 7PM.

The 'Rockers on Broadway' concert returned this year with the latest edition - 'Rockers on Broadway Salutes Motown' at BB King Blues Club & Grill (237 West 42nd Street) on Monday, October 22 at 8PM.

The Broadway Boys performed a concert in Westport, CT on October 1 to benefit the Staple Players. Jesse Nager, Josh Strickland, Michael James Scott, Maurice Murphy, Steve Morgan, and Danny Calvert infuse traditional musical theater repertoire and pop classics with elements of funk, jazz, gospel, and folk.

At a press conference on June 13th, Signature Theatre Company - led by artistic director James Houghton - announced the next four years of programming as well as the unprecedented Signature Ticket Initiative, made possible by the lead sponsorship of Time Warner, Inc.

In celebration of Tarzan's first anniversary on Thursday, May 10th, Tarzan composer Phil Collins, author Michael Lassell and Tarzan stars Josh Strickland, Jenn Gambatese and Chester Gregory appeared at Barnes & Noble for a special event.

'The Broadway Boys' brought their six-part harmonies to Birdland on Monday, March 19 at 7pm.

The cast and creative team of Adrift in Macao, a new musical with book and lyrics by Christopher Durang and music by Peter Melnick, recently gathered for a press rehearsal

On August 28th, Tony Award-winner Christine Ebersole and the cast of the upcoming Broadway musical Grey Gardens gathered in the lobby of Playwrights Horizons for a CD signing

The New York International Fringe Festival (FringeNYC), the largest theater festival in North America, kicked off its 10th year on August 8th with a press conference at the Lucille Lortel Theatre featuring excerpts from some of its most exciting shows

On August 3rd, Faith Healer, starring Ralph Fiennes and Cherry Jones, offered a special performance to benefit the Actors' Fund of America, and stars such as Billy Porter, Michael Cerveris and Kathy Brier turned out to catch the show

Ars Nova continued its acclaimed 'Uncharted' series with popular songwriters Benj Pasek and Justin Paul on Monday, July 17 at Ars Nova

On Monday, July 10th at The Cutting Room, some of Broadway's best--including Michael Cerveris, Patrick Wilson and Jersey Boys' Christian Hoff, J. Robert Spencer and Daniel Reichard--performed in the 14th annual 'Rockers on Broadway'

'The H.E.L.P. Fundraiser' was held at Cipriani's on 42nd Street on Thursday, June 22 with Nathan Lane, Bebe Neuwirth, Brian Stokes Mitchell, and distinguished circus performers!

'A Life in the Theatre--Onstage and Off,' a star-studded tribute to Anne Jackson and Eli Wallach, took place on June 19th at Symphony Space

'Become'--a showcase of the music of Justin Paul and Benj Pasek featuring some of Broadway's biggest stars--was a sold-out success on May 14th, and BroadwayWorld was there!

The cast of the upcoming Greg Kotis play Pig Farm--Denis O'Hare, Katie Finneran, Logan Marshall-Green and John Ellison Conlee--as well as Kotis and director John Rando gathered to meet the press and pose for photos on May 12th

BroadwayWorld.com was there as Patti LuPone celebrated the release of her newest recording The Lady With the Torch, released by Ghostlight Records, a division of Sh-K-Boom Records.

On April 3rd, the Cherry Lane Theatre's gala celebrated the reopened, renovated theatre and also honored playwrights Edward Albee and David Henry Hwang