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TRUE DETECTIVE's standout star is a big theatre fan!

The Tony Award-winning leading lady talks all about WAITRESS: THE MUSICAL!

The stars come out to tribute to the iconic film!

Musical theatre is not generally known for being an early adopter of up-to-the-minute trends in popular music, particularly since the advent of rock n roll and the great divide between popular music and theatre music began in the 1950s. Nevertheless, the presence of modern music idioms in contemporary musicals is a fascinating and often wildly entertaining element to assess when analyzing the great pantheon of scores that have graced the Great White Way. With the predominance of rap music in popular music for the majority of the last 30 years, it comes as no surprise that many musicals have employed the genre in the storytelling and song styling designed specifically for the shows, but the level of success as storytelling devices, character showpieces and as authentic rap music itself varies. Of course, with HAMILTON set to open on Broadway later this month, all of New York City is talking about the persuasive power of the scores of Lin-Manuel Miranda, he who was responsible for multiple rap showstoppers in his self-penned Tony Award-winning musical IN THE HEIGHTS as well as the hip hop tunes in the screen-to-stage adaptation of BRING IT ON, so now is a perfect time to take a look back at some of the most memorable and revolutionary uses of rap music on Broadway to date.

Discover the hidden gems of one of rock's most successful songwriters!

Get Greek with the LYSISTRATA JONES reunion!

A Hollywood headliner comes to Broadway!

DRIVING MISS DAISY races onto DVD today!

The world prepares to welcome a new Grizabella to the fresh new West End CATS revival!

Something Rotten! makes fun of the music industry with witty new parody ad!

Check out this brand new information on the upcoming music-themed movie SUGAR! starring Tony Award winner Alice Ripley!

A memorable romantic moment from STARMITES at 54 Below!

A standout from AMERICAN IDOL and THE VOICE joins 54 Below's tribute!

A rare original TV musical comes to DVD at last!

Two classic theatrical telecasts make their Blu-ray debut!

A school favorite comes to 54 Below!

The songwriter opens up about WAITRESS: THE MUSICAL!

A new leading lady prepares to star in the West End CATS revival!

One of the hottest stories of the summer has been Canadian regional theater Blue Canoe Theatrical Productions' game-changing and gender-bended mounting of classic Pulitzer Prize-winning musical A CHORUS LINE featuring a male actor in the leading role of Cassie, now referred to as Casey. Today, Kingston actor Hunter Agnew speaks exclusively to BroadwayWorld about how he became involved in the production, the revolutionary take on the show envisioned by the creative team for this production as well as his own thoughts on portraying a character traditionally played by an actress - of course, Broadway legend Donna McKechnie famously originally essayed the part and won the Tony Award for Best Leading Actress In A Musical for her efforts. Go inside the production and learn all about a buzz-worthy new take on a familiar classic below and be sure to check out BroadwayWorld's previous coverage of the production that closed late last month, available here.

This week, in honor of Tom Cruise's epic TONIGHT SHOW performance we look back at his best musical moments!