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The Broadway Boys, a gathering of some of the best tenor voices on the Broadway stage are headed into the recording studio on October 1 to record their debut album. Produced by Michael McElroy, the CD is schedule to be available at concerts by late November. PS Classics will release the CD in stores in early winter. BroadwayWorld.com's cameras were there as the 'Boys' laid down their tracks!

LOVE, LOSS and WHAT I WORE, an intimate collection of stories by Nora Ephron and Delia Ephron, is making its world premiere for a 12-week run at New York's Westside Theatre. The play celebrated its official Opening Night yesterday evening, Thursday, October 1st.

THE HAPPY EMBALMER -- a World-Premiere new musical with book, music and lyrics by Mark Noonan and Nick Oddy, directed and choreographed by Kelly Devine -- is presented by The New York Musical Theatre Festival, starting October 6, 2009 at Theatre Row's Acorn Theatre (410 West 42nd Street, btw 9th and 10th Avenues) in New York City.

'True Colors Cabaret,' a new monthly cabaret show, hit Feinstein's at the Loews Regency, 'the nightclub of New York,' on, Monday, September 28. The next show will be Monday, October 26, featuring Lauper and HAIR star Gavin Creel. All of the net proceeds from 'True Colors Cabaret' support the True Colors Fund and Broadway Impact.

From Beverly Hills to Berlin; from Miami to Melbourne; from big screens to home screens, Warner Bros. Entertainment has for the past year been celebrating the 70th anniversary of an iconic American classic, The Wizard of Oz, with a slate of spectacular festivities spanning the globe. This September, the celebration culminates in New York City with a series of sparkling events.

The 23rd Annual Broadway Flea Market & Grand Auction held yesterday Sunday, September 27 raised a grand total of $403,929 for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS (BC/EFA).

The 23rd Annual Broadway Flea Market & Grand Auction held yesterday Sunday, September 27 raised a grand total of $403,929 for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS (BC/EFA). Since its debut in 1987, which then raised $12,000, the 23 editions of The Broadway Flea Market & Grand Auction have raised a grand total of $8,161,752 for BC/EFA. BroadwayWorld.com was there for all the celebrity filled action!

Eric Rosen kicks off his second season as Kansas City Rep's artistic director with an audacious production of INTO THE WOODS (September 18 - October 4). The Tony Award-winning musical by Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine is being staged by Broadway director Moisés Kaufman, who will take the audience on a wild trip into the darker side of the woods, where they will experience a different version of familiar fairy tale characters. Choreography is by Daniel Pelzig. The show also features extensive puppetry created by Kansas City's puppet master Paul Mesner.

The healing power of music and the helping power of musicians came together on September 9th when acclaimed four-time Grammy Award winning musician Michael Feinstein headlined the 9th Annual Music Has Power Awards benefit, with two-time Tony-Award winning actress and singer Christine Ebersole, at Feinstein's at Loews Regency - The Nightclub of New York.

Saycon Sengbloh featuring Kojo Modibo Sun rocked Joe's Pub on Sunday, August 30th with a thrilling concert full of passionate song.

After Monday night's Nick Adams Broadway at Birdland concert, everyone stuck around for a jam-packed Cast Party, guest hosted by Scott Siegel, stepping in for Jim Caruso who is traveling out of town.

Broadway favorite Nick Adams made his solo cabaret debut at Birdland on August 17th. Adams was last seen on Broadway as 'Liver Lips Louie' in the recent revival of GUYS & DOLLS.

FEINSTEIN'S AT LOEWS REGENCY, the nightclub proclaimed 'Best of New York' by New York Magazine and 'an invaluable New York institution' by The New York Post - currently celebrating its 10th Anniversary season- recently hosted the first joint engagement of the club's founder Michael Feinstein and critically-acclaimed Broadway star Cheyenne Jackson.

HAIR stars Gavin Creel and Will Swenson, both 2009 Tony Award nominees, were honored with a Tony's DiNapoli 'Broadway Wall of Fame' portrait on Thursday, August 6th, 2009 at the Times Square restaurant (147 West 43rd Street at Broadway).

Paws for Style, the first charity dog fashion event created in 1999, was the premier and is the original pet fashion show designed to raise money and awareness for animal rescue. The event celebrating the 10th Anniversary of Paws for Style took place Monday, July 27th at M2 Ultra Lounge.

Broadway favorite Tituss Burgess, who recently starred as Nicely-Nicely Johnson in GUYS AND DOLLS, presented 'How I Hear It' featuring the Tight-Ass Band at Birdland (315 West 44th Street) on Monday, July 27th at 7pm. BroadwayWorld.com's cameras were there to cheer him and band on!

On Saturday, July 11th, Broadway performers from The Little Mermaid, Billy Eilliot, Mamma Mia!, and Bye Bye Birdie Celebrated Canada Day, which is on July 1st. They joined Robert Creighton and Friends for the 5th Annual Canadian Day Party at THE IRISH ROGUE (356 W 44th Street).

Academy Award-winning screenwriter Dustin Lance Black and leading news network CNN were honored at the ninth annual Trevor New York gala on June 29 at Capitale in New York City. The event proceeds will benefit The Trevor Project, the leading national organization focused on crisis and suicide prevention efforts among lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning (LGBTQ) youth.

Rock Of Ages Tony-nominated star Constantine Maroulis, Tony Award-winner (for Gypsy) Laura Benanti and her husband Steven Pasquale (Reasons To Be Pretty) and Tony-nominated Judy Kuhn (Les Miz, Chess, Rags, She Loves Me) were among the Broadway honorees and performers at the Thursday June 25 Inside Broadway Broadway Beacon Awards at The Players Club, 16 Gramercy Park South, New York, NY.

The Shubert Organization and Career Transition For Dancers hosted Broadway's Nick Adams, Andy Blankenbuehler, Charlotte d'Amboise, Mercedes Ellington, Judine Somerville and the Broadway Dance Community for a Between-Shows-Get-Together at Sardi's Eugenia Room on 234 West 44th Street on Wednesday, June 24th, 2009.