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The classic Rodgers and Hammerstein musical 'Oklahoma!' takes the stage at Lincoln Park Performing Arts Center July 15-17 and 22-24.

Fresh from their hit Broadway turns, Meghann Fahy (Next to Normal) and Andrew Durand (Spring Awakening) star in The Unauthorized Autobiography of Samantha Brown. Talkin' Broadway calls the show's writing team of Kait Kerrigan and Brian Lowdermilk 'the most important young writers in musical theatre today.' This original musical for Broadway's next generation will run from August 4 through 28, 2011 at The Norma Terris Theatre in Chester, Conn., Goodspeed's home for developing new works. Check out photos of the cast in rehearsal below!

Broadway's Tony Award® winning hit PRISCILLA QUEEN OF THE DESERT THE MUSICAL joins official wine sponsor Wily Jack® for post Priscilla ‘Safe Ride' bar nights to extend the party that begins at the Palace Theatre this summer!

Celebrate Brooklyn will host a screening of of West Side Story in Prospect Park July 21. The event is free and will be held at 8pm.

Royal New Zealand Ballet presents 'From Here to There' at the Barbican. It's first appearance in the UK since 2004, as part of a national tour.

Earlier this week BroadwayWorld reported that a handful of GLEE characters, including Lea Michele, Chris Colfer, and Cory Monteith, will not return for Season 4. 'We made that decision and I involved Chris and Lea,' Murphy confirmed in an interview wit the Hollywood Reporter, adding that 'they thought that was a good idea. They both trust the writing and trust me and felt that it would be great to have an open and closed experience for them to go out while they were on top.'

The new, off-Broadway production of Rent began previews onJuly 14, and opens Thursday, August 11 at New World Stages. The highly anticipated resurrection of the cult classic, written by Jonathan Larson, is being directed by Michael Greif, who directed the show's original off-Broadway and Broadway productions. The creative team includes choreographer Larry Keigwin, music supervisor Tim Weil, set designer Mark Wendland, costume designer Angela Wendt, lighting designer Kevin Adams, sound designer Brian Ronan, and projection designer by Peter Nigrini.

As reported by BroawayWorld earlier this week, Sam Troughton, who plays Romeo in the Royal Shakespeare Company's Romeo and Juliet at the Park Avenue Armory, sustained a knee injury during a performance on July 12. After the audience was led out of the theatre, understudy Dyfan Dwyfor took over. Now, according to the NY Times, Troughton had to have arthroscopic knee surgery.

MARY POPPINS, Broadway's perfectly magical musical, will surpass PIPPIN as the 30th longest-running show in Broadway history when it plays performance #1945 on Saturday, July 16 at 2pm at the New Amsterdam Theatre.

The American Songbook Project will be hosting a benefit on Tuesday, July 26th at Sardi's from 7 to 9 pm. Author and advertising exec, Tyler DeAngelo, will read excerpts from each chapter of his hilarious book 'Learn Just Enough to Get Laid' followed by several of New York's finest male artists performing sons on each chapter's topic: cooking, wine, speaking French, astronomy, construction, magic, guitar, and religion. The reading of each chapter's excerpt will be followed by a suitable selection from the American Songbook, performed by some of New York's most eligible and ineligible bachelors. THe vening will feature musical direction by Lance Horne, composer, recording artist, Juilliard faculty, member of the TASP Board of Directors.

Goodman Theatre Artistic Director RoRobert Falls announced today that he will direct bert Falls The Iceman Cometh, Eugene O'Neill's epic portrait of hope and disillusionment, running April 22 - June 10, 2012 in the Albert Theatre. Falls' major revival features Tony Award-winning stage and screen stars Nathan Lane Nathan Lane as hardware salesman and pipe dreambuster Theodore 'Hickey' Hickman, and Brian Dennehy Brian Dennehy as one-time syndicalist-anarchist Larry Slade. Hailed by The New York Times as a 'ferocious American classic that has lost none of its power,' The Iceman Cometh marked Falls' and Dennehy's first O'Neill collaboration at the Goodman in 1990-a production which featured Dennehy in the role of Hickey.

'THE REAL LOVE' is a poignant Broadway-style musical inspired by an extraordinary, true love story, starring Tony winner Daisy Eagan ('The Secret Garden'), Tony winner Cady Huffman ('The Producers'), Tony nominee Adam Pascal ('Rent'), and Tony nominee Robert Torti ('STARLIGHT EXPRESS'), with guest stars including internationally recognized Tony winner and Broadway legend Betty Buckley ('Cats'), Oscar winner Shirley Jones ('The Partridge Family'), and Emmy winner Faith Rivera, leading a vivacious and dazzling 40-member cast. Check out a preview in the video below!

Waves of good and bad news washed over tonight's 'So You Think You Can Dance' as host Cat Deeley and the show basked in the glow of the eight Emmy nominations that were announced earlier today. However, there were several gray clouds hovering about as two more dancers were sent home and, for the first time this season, the eliminated dancers were not part of the same pair. Another bit of sad news came when Judge/Executive Producer Nigel Lythgoe announced early in the show that Season 7 fan favorite Alex Wong, who had to step out of competition last year due to a tendon injury on his right foot, suffered another tendon injury (this time on his left foot) this past weekend and would not be able to return to the show as an All-Star next week.

ALADDIN opens July 14 and runs through August 14 at The Marriott Theatre for Young Audiences, 10 Marriott Drive. Based on the smash hit 1992 Disney film Aladdin, ALADDIN is a magical journey for all ages, featuring an Academy Award-winning score. ALADDIN is directed and choreographed by Matt Raftery with Musical Direction by Michael Mahler.

According to the Hollywood Reporter, stage veterans America Ferrera and Julia Stiles have joined the cast of 'It's a Disaster.' The movie will feature a screenplay by Todd Berger, who will also direct. As described by THR, the film is a 'comedy about four couples who meet for Sunday brunch only to discover they are stuck in a house together as the world may be about to end.'

Philippine Development Foundation USA ('PhilDev') announces that it will hold its annual fundraising gala at the prestigious Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center with a concert event entitled 'PhilDev Celebrates Broadway: Suites by Sondheim,' directed by Victor Lirio, on Monday, November 7th, 2011 at 7:30PM. Tom Myron will serve as conductor and music director.

The 5th Avenue Theatre just began previews of Aladdin, a new stage musical adapted from Disney's 1992 animated feature film. Aladdin, featuring the Academy Award®-winning score by Alan Menken, Howard Ashman and Tim Rice, began performances on July 7 and runs until July 31, 2011. Official opening is July, 21. Check out photos of the cast with writers/directors of the movie, Ron Clements and John Musker below!

According to the Chicago Tribune, Nathan Lane will star in the Goodman Theatre production of Eugene O'Neill's 'The Iceman Cometh.' The show will be directed by Robert Falls and will run in Spring 2012. Falls commented: 'Nathan had approached me about wanting to work on an O'Neill play and I have finally been able to put together this project I have been working on for three years. I think this is the greatest American play.'

Members of the cast and creative team of Broadway's SPIDER-MAN Turn Off The Dark will appear on CBS's 'The Late Show With David Letterman' this Monday, July 18. The appearance will feature show composers Bono and The Edge as the evening's guests, as well as a performance by Patrick Page ('Norman Osborn/Green Goblin') and the show's ensemble, debuting the show's newest song, 'A Freak Like Me.'

FST's Sarasota Improv Festival is here! This weekend brings two-nights of comedy to Downtown Sarasota with 10 of the hottest groups on the Improv scene nationwide. Acts from New York City, Boston, Austin, Miami, Atlanta (and everywhere in between) will perform on the Cabaret stage in the festival that Sarasota Magazine called 'high-energy' and the Sarasota Herald-Tribune called 'hilarious.' The festival will also feature Improv workshops taught by the professional Improvisers attending the festival. This is a must-see event for anyone with a funny bone! Due to popular demand for the Saturday workshops, an additional workshop has been added at 3pm. ImprovBoston will now host a second Free Form Workshop at 3pm in the rehearsal studios. Workshops are $29 each. 'We'll review the tools that will enable to creat a unique free-form performing experience every time you hit the stage,' said ImprovBoston Artistic Director, Will Luera. 'We will review ideas of listening to what the show wants, what can be funny, when are the best times to edit and how to edit the scene.'