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Last week, legendary playwright Edward Albee passed away in his sleep at his home in Montauk, LI at the age of 88.  See photos of the Albee throughout his distinguished career as BroadwayWorld remembers the life and works of the theatre's most revered figures. 

Lincoln Center Theater's new production of William Finn and James Lapine's Tony Award-winning musical Falsettos will begin previews Thursday, September 29, and run for 14 weeks only at the Walter Kerr Theatre (219 West 48 Street). Opening night will be Thursday, October 27. BroadwayWorld has a new look at the glittering marquee below!

FACES by FALLIN opened last evening at The Ateleir, 635 West 42nd Street, and will run through 2016. The exhibit features original pen & ink drawings, as well as prints of famous faces from the World of Entertainment. Check out photos of some of the original works from the exhibit below!

Paper Mill Playhouse, recipient of the 2016 Regional Theatre Tony Award, presents Mel Brooks' award-winning musical The Producers. The cast just met the press, and BroadwayWorld brings you photos of the full company in rehearsal below!

Cate Blanchett and Richard Roxburgh will be joined by the entire original cast of The Present when Sydney Theatre Company's production of Andrew Upton's adaptation of Anton Chekhov's first play opens on Broadway. The limited season commences previews at the Barrymore Theatre on 17 December 2016, opening on 8 January and closing on 19 March 2017. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the show's Broadway marquee below!

Television personality and author Alton Brown previously announced Alton Brown Live: Eat Your Science will make its Broadway debut Thanksgiving week for eight performances only at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre (243 W 47th St).

IN TRANSIT, the a cappella musical that played a critically acclaimed run Off-Broadway, will begin previews November 10 at Broadway's Circle in the Square, with an official opening on December 11th.

Paper Mill Playhouse, recipient of the 2016 Regional Theatre Tony Award, presents Mel Brooks' award-winning musical The Producers, directed by Don Stephenson and choreographed by Bill Burns. The Producers features music and lyrics by Mel Brooks, a book by Mel Brooks and Thomas Meehan, and the original Broadway direction and choreography by Susan Stroman. The cast just met the press, and BroadwayWorld brings you photos of the full company below!

The Dramatists Guild Fund presented new work by its graduating 2015-2016 Fellows at Playwrights Horizons in New York on Monday, September 19, hosted by co-founders of the Fellows Program Lynn Ahrens & Stephen Flaherty. BroadwayWorld has photos from the event below!

The Broadway League and The Coalition of Broadway Unions and Guilds (COBUG) presented the eighth annual Broadway Salutes event yesterday, September 20, 2016, in Shubert Alley (between Broadway and 8th Avenue and 44th and 45th Streets). BroadwayWorld brings you photos of the performances and more below!

This morning, composers Benj Pasek and Justin Paul posed by the Broadway marquee for their musical DEAR EVAN HANSEN at the Music Box Theatre in New York City. The show's Broadway premiere will begin previews on November 14, 2016, with an official opening night on December 4, 2016.

The Broadway League and The Coalition of Broadway Unions and Guilds (COBUG) presented the eighth annual Broadway Salutes event yesterday, September 20, 2016 in Shubert Alley (between Broadway and 8th Avenue and 44th and 45th Streets). Below, check out red carpet photos from the event!

The Broadway League and The Coalition of Broadway Unions and Guilds (COBUG) presented the eighth annual Broadway Salutes event yesterday, September 20, 2016 in Shubert Alley (between Broadway and 8th Avenue and 44th and 45th Streets). Below, check out photos from the big event's rehearsal!

The Dramatists Guild Fund presented new work by the graduating 2015-2016 at Playwrights Horizons in New York last night, September 19, hosted by co-founders of the Fellows Program Lynn Ahrens & Stephen Flaherty. Chisa Hutchinson, playwright and 2010-2011 Fellow received the inaugural Thom Thomas Award, presented by Janis Purins at Playwrights Horizons. BroadwayWorld has photos below!

Over the weekend, Broadway For Hillary held 'Broadway Calls for Clinton,' the organization's first action day of phone banking for the Clinton campaign. Broadway's brightest came together for this volunteer organized event for a day of voter outreach in support of Hillary Clinton, the Democratic nominee for president, and BroadwayWorld has photos below!

Visionary Quebecois auteur Denis Villeneuve (Prisoners, Enemy,Sicario) directs Amy Adams, Jeremy Renner and Forest Whitaker in this sci-fi drama about the panic that follows a wave of mysterious spacecraft landings across the globe.

An ambitious jazz pianist (Ryan Gosling) and an aspiring actress (Emma Stone) fall in love while pursuing their dreams of stardom, in this dazzlingly stylized homage to the classic Hollywood musical from Whiplash director Damien Chazelle.

A show-biz impresario who happens to be a koala (Matthew McConaughey) attracts a menagerie of musical hopefuls when he holds a singing contest to try and save his theatre, in this animated musical comedy from the creators of Despicable Me.

The legend is back! Check out the brand new marquee for Frankie Valli's triumphant sold-out Broadway debut in Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons On Broadway! returning for a strictly limited 7 performance engagement from Friday, October 21, 2016 through Saturday, October 29, 2016 at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre (205 West 46 Street).

Producer James L. Nederlander welcomes Grammy Award winning stand-up comedian Lewis Black back to Broadway in his latest show LEWIS BLACK: Black to the Future. This is a limited engagement at the Marquis Theatre in New York City for four (4) performances only: Sept 12, 19, 26 and Oct 10. All performances begin at 8pm.