'Shrek' Tickets Go On Sale 5/31- Complete Casting Announced!by BWW News Desk - May 28, 2008Tickets for the Broadway premiere of SHREK THE MUSICAL will go on sale this Saturday, May 31 at 8:00 a.m. Tickets will be available from May 31 by calling Telecharge.com at (212) 239-6200, (800) 432-7250 outside the NY metro area, or online at Telecharge.com. 'In The Heights' Cast To Perform At Virgin Times Square 6/5by BWW News Desk - May 28, 2008Principal cast members of 'In The Heights' will celebrate the release of their Original Broadway Cast recording with a Thursday, June 5th, in-store performance at Virgin Megastore in Times Square, 1540 Broadway, at 46th Street. Broadway League Releases Season End Statisticsby BWW News Desk - May 28, 2008The Broadway League has released end-of-season statistics for the 2007-2008 Broadway season, which began May 28, 2007 and ended May 25, 2008, showing a slight decline in both paid attendance and grosses.
Photo Flash: 'Saved' At Playwrights Horizonsby BWW News Desk - May 27, 2008SAVED features music & lyrics by Obie Award winner Michael Friedman (The Civilians' Gone Missing and the recent Paris Commune) and book & lyrics by 2-time Olivier Award nominee John Dempsey (The Witches of Eastwick) & Obie Award winner Rinne Groff (The Ruby Sunrise, writer on Showtime's 'Weeds'), based on the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer motion picture written by Brian Dannelly & Michael Urban. 'Avenue Q' a Polished, Brilliant Musical Comedy Gemby Paul W. Thompson - May 23, 2008Simply put, 'Avenue Q' is a brilliant musical comedy, written, staged and performed by brilliant people, saying brilliant, insightful things about young adulthood and life in general-and the actors are having a fantastic time on stage every single night. Photo Coverage: NEO Spotlight Concert Seriesby Genevieve Rafter Keddy - May 21, 2008NEO 4, the fourth in a series of annual benefit concerts celebrating emerging musical theatre writers took place on Monday May 19th, 2008 at the Theatre at Saint Peter's, 619 Lexington Avenue (on 54th Street, between Lexington and Third Avenues). 'Georgia Stitt and Friends' May 26th at Birdlandby BWW News Desk - May 19, 2008Jim Caruso's Cast Party announces 'Georgia Stitt and Friends' Monday, May 26, 2008 at 7:00p.m., as part of the long-running, Nightlife Award-winning concert series Broadway at Birdland.
Block, Broderick, and More Sing for Greenwich House 6/9by BWW News Desk - May 14, 2008 On Monday, June 9, 2008 at 7.30 PM an all-star cast will take to the stage for a one-night-only benefit gala performance of 'Comden and Green's New York'. All proceeds from the event will benefit Greenwich House Music School. $25.00 Ticket Lottery For 'Avenue Q'by Beau Higgins - May 14, 2008AVENUE Q is Broadway's 2004 Tony Award winner for BEST MUSICAL, BEST SCORE and BEST BOOK. A funny show full of heart and hummable tunes, AVENUE Q is about trying to make it in NYC with big dreams and a tiny bank account. Called 'one of the funniest shows you're ever likely to see' by Entertainment Weekly, AVENUE Q features a cast of people and puppets who tell the story in a smart, risqué and downright entertaining way. The New Yorker calls it 'SUBVERSIVE and UPROARIOUS!' Recommended for ages 13 and up. 'Avenue Q' - A Naughty, Tuneful, Witty Delightby Beau Higgins - May 14, 2008In substance, AVENUE Q is a distant relative of THE LION KING, television's SESAME STREET and many a yuppie sitcom in the mold of FRIENDS. The actor/singer/dancers in AVENUE Q also serve as the show's puppet masters. AVENUE Q is inhabited by human people, puppet people, and puppet 'monsters.' The inhabitants of AVENUE Q live on a block of homes where the superintendent is former child star Gary Coleman Puppets Take Miami - 'Avenue Q' Opens Tuesday!by Beau Higgins - May 12, 2008AVENUE Q is the hit Broadway musical about real life in New York City, as told by a cast of people and puppets through a hilariously irreverent, Tony® Award-winning book and score. The three-time Tony® Award winner, including Best Musical, will make its Miami debut at The Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami-Dade County May 13 - 18, 2008. The Miami engagement of AVENUE Q is a co-presentation of The Arsht Center and Stanford Broadway Across America - Miami presented by Moet Chandon. 'Saved' Postpones Previews One Day, Begins 5/10by BWW News Desk - May 9, 2008Previews for the Playwrights Horizons (Tim Sanford, Artistic Director; Leslie Marcus, Managing Director) World Premiere production of the new musical SAVED, which were scheduled to begin tonight, Friday, May 9, have been postponed due to a longer than expected tech process. Tonight's 8PM performance has been cancelled and the musical will now begin previews tomorrow evening, Saturday, May 10 at 8PM. (Please note: a matinee performance had not been scheduled for Saturday afternoon.) Inevitable Announces 08/09 Season of Premieresby BWW News Desk - May 9, 2008Inevitable Theatre Company proudly follows up its
inaugural season with a dynamic selection of music and madness in 2008-09, including the area premieres of two
cutting-edge plays and the world premiere concert reading of a new alt-rock musical.
Broadway Stars To Play 'Broadway Bingo' Sunday, 5/11by BWW News Desk - May 7, 2008Times Square will be ringing with show tunes and shouts of BINGO! as Broadway stars and other celebrities take part in BROADWAY BINGO. This new monthly event benefiting Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS kicks off Sunday, May 11 (Mother's Day) at Spotlight Live on Broadway.
Dancap Files Lawsuit Against Key Brand & Mirvishby Mark Andrew Lawrence - May 8, 2008Dancap Files Lawsuit Against Key Brand Entertainment
and Ed Mirvish Enterprises -Seeks injunction to prevent sale of Canon and Panasonic Theatres and related agreements
Puget Sound Native Joins Seattle 'Shrek' Castby BWW News Desk - May 2, 2008DreamWorks Theatricals and Neal Street Productions, Ltd. are pleased to announce that Puget Sound native Keaton Whittaker has joined the cast of SHREK THE MUSICAL for the Seattle engagement. Roundabout Adds New Performers To B'way Karaoke 5/5by BWW News Desk - May 1, 2008Performers include Nellie McKay (The Threepenny Opera), Kerry Butler (Xanadu), John Lloyd Young (Jersey Boys), Sarah Steele (Speech & Debate), Susan Blackwell (Speech & Debate, [title of show]), Lauren Pritchard (Spring Awakening), Tony Yazbeck (Gypsy), Ben Walker (Les Liaisons Dangerouses), Jenny Powers (Grease), Jessica Grové (Sunday in the Park with George), Telly Leung (Rent), Skylar Astin (Spring Awakening), Matt Schreiber with 'Nicky' (Avenue Q), and Matt Doyle (Spring Awakening) with more to come!
All celebrity appearances are subject to change.
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