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John Travolta was the 20th honoree saluted by the Museum of the Moving Image at its annual black-tie gala, held this year on Sunday, December 5, 2004.

Rita McKenzie stars in her Acclaimed Award-Winning Off-Broadway Musical 'Ethel Merman's Broadway' Saluting the Queen of Broadway's Golden Age

Daniel Goldfarb's comedy of Jewish singles has a terrific cast, swift direction and plenty of good laughs. Just try not to let the plot get in the way.

JULIUS CAESAR, starring two-time Academy Award winner Denzel Washington as Brutus, will begin previews on Tuesday, March 8th at the Belasco Theatre (111 West 44th Street) with the opening date set for Sunday, April 3rd.

Thanks to SRO houses and rave reviews, How to Be Perfect, the cabaret review starring Debra Vogel and Brian Tom O'Connor at Don't Tell Mama, has been extended.

BroadwayWorld.com favorite Kaitlin Hopkins, and star of shows like Noises Off, Bare, Bat Boy and many others has just released her first solo CD - Make Me Sweat. We checked in to get the scoop.

The 16th Annual GYPSY OF THE YEAR COMPETITION announced a total of $2,754,631 had been raised by the 55 participating Broadway, Off-Broadway, and National Tour companies to benefit Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS.

The Lyceum Theatre will be the home of the Broadway premiere of STEEL MAGNOLIAS, the award-winning Off-Broadway play and popular film by Robert Harling, now set to begin performances March 15, 2005. Directed by Jason Moore (Tony® Award nominee for Avenue Q), STEEL MAGNOLIAS will open Monday, April 4, 2005.

Roundabout Theatre Company (Todd Haimes, Artistic Director) is proud to announce that Anthony Mackie will star in the world premiere of Stephen Belber's McReele, staged by Tony Award© nominated director Doug Hughes (Doubt). McReele begins previews in January 2005 at the Laura Pels Theatre (Harold and Miriam Steinberg Center for Theatre; 111 West 46th Street) and officially opens on Thursday, February 17, 2005. This is a limited engagement through Sunday, April 24th.

LENNON, the new Broadway musical based on the life and songs of John Lennon announced today that Yoko Ono has given Don Scardino, the show's writer and director, permission to use three rare and unpublished songs by John Lennon for the musical.

VITAL THEATRE COMPANY TO PRESENT 'VITAL SIGNS' New Works Festival At its new home at the McGINN/CAZALE THEATRE above the Promenade

Edie Falco, one of the stars of Broadway's 'NIGHT, MOTHER will be a guest on 'Good Day Live' tomorrow, Wednesday December 8th. The program airs on FOX from 12pm - 1pm EST.

Atlantic Theater Company (Neil Pepe, Artistic Director; Andrew D. Hamingson, Managing Director) announced today that tickets will go on sale on Friday, December 10 for ROMANCE, Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright and Atlantic Theater Company co-founder David Mamet's new World Premiere comedy to be directed by Neil Pepe.

DAME EDNA EVERAGE AND BROOKE SHIELDS TO LIGHT 2004 BROADWAY HOLIDAY TREE WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 8 @ 5:15p IN DUFFY SQUARE. PERFORMANCES BY BROADWAY MUSICAL THEATRE'S 'FIRST COUPLE' - MAMMA MIA!'s CAROLEE CARMELLO and WONDERFUL TOWN'S GREGG EDELMAN, and the cast of AVENUE Q

On Dec 10th, Amy Coleman performs at the famous Cutting Room.

Lincoln Center Theater's Platform Series, a forum for public discussion between Lincoln Center Theater artists and interested theatergoers, continues its sixth season with pre-performance talks with Mark Lamos, the director of the upcoming production of The Rivals, on Wednesday, December 8 . The Rivals are part of Lincoln Center Theater's 20th Anniversary Season.

LONE STAR LOVE, or The Merry Wives of Windsor, Texas, opens tomorrow, December 8 at 8pm. Presented by Amas Musical Theater, LONE STAR LOVE is playing at Off-Broadway's John Houseman Theater (450 West 42nd Street, between 9th & 10th Avenues). Performances began November 23.

You've heard the horror stories about stage parents fumbling away their child's career through ill-informed decisions or alienating their children from the industry by being behind-the-scenes tyrants. So how do you avoid becoming that stage parent while keeping your child happy, healthy, and working? Troy Rutter has helped establish some of Hollywood's best-known child actors, and in Kids in the Biz, he tells you exactly how to concentrate on getting your kid that big break without breaking up your family life.

Emmy and Peabody Award winner Tom Fontana (writer/producer Oz, Homocide) directs Michael Hayden (Henry IV, Enchanted April, Judgement at Nuremburg), Anthony Arkin (I'm Not Rappaport), and Samantha Soule (White Chocolate, Dinner at Eight) in Phillip Barry's Paris Bound, Monday, December 13th to benefit The Acting Company.

The doors to the beautiful Perry Street Theatre will re-open after nine year as Martin Platt, David Elliott and Rosalie Beer in association with Robert Friedman Presents present the acclaimed production of SHYLOCK written by and starring Gareth Armstrong, directed by Frank Barrie with original music by Simon Slater.

The New York Times fourth annual Arts & Leisure Weekend will be held January 7 - 9, 2005. This year's event will be the largest in the four-year history of the event with more than 1,300 cultural institutions participating throughout the United States and Europe. The weekend is the newspaper's annual signature event, a national and international celebration of art and culture.

Film, stage and television star MICHAEL McKEAN visits Tony Danza on ABC's ratings winning 'The Tony Danza Show' for a live chat to discuss his role in the world premiere of Atlantic Theater Company's A Second Hand Memory (written and directed by Woody Allen) and his acclaimed career.

Florence Foster Jenkins couldn't hit a right note to save her life, but they sure loved her at Carnegie Hall