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The Village Gate's Old Fashioned Piano Party will be celebrating the songs of William Finn this Sunday, April 24th, 2011 beginning at 9pm. Admission is free, so dust off your rendition of 'I'm Breaking Down' or 'Magic Foot' and head on down!

Transport Group Theatre Company, the winner of a special Drama Desk Award and two OBIE Awards, has announced casting and dates for the New York premiere of Lysistrata Jones, a new musical with a book by Douglas Carter Beane; music and lyrics by Lewis Flinn; directed and choreographed by Dan Knechtges.

The Village Gate's Old Fashioned Piano Party will be celebrating the songs of William Finn this Sunday, April 24th, 2011 beginning at 9pm. Admission is free, so dust off your rendition of 'I'm Breaking Down' or 'Magic Foot' and head on down!

Now Entering the Crossroads of Theatre presents the music of Adam Gwon on Wednesday, November 3rd at 7PM at The Duplex (61 Christopher St.)

This One Time. In Junior High...(How we survived Middle School. And the 90's.), a rock concert benefit, will play The Triad theater on November 1st at 7pm.

Now Entering the Crossroads of Theatre presents the music of Adam Gwon on Wednesday, November 3rd at 7PM at The Duplex (61 Christopher St.)

On Monday, October 25, an array of actors will take part in the second edition of Songs You've Never Heard and Shows You've Never Heard Of at the Laurie Beechman Theatre. Show time is at 9:30 PM.

This One Time. In Junior High...(How we survived Middle School. And the 90's.), a rock concert benefit, will play The Triad theater on November 1st at 7pm.

Bistro Award winner Liz McCartney, recently seen in the Tony® Award winning musical South Pacific and best known for her role in the Tony nominated musical Taboo, begins performances tonight in Nighttime Traffic, an official selection of this season's New York Musical Theatre Festival.

Bistro Award winner Liz McCartney, recently seen in the Tony® Award winning musical South Pacific, joins the cast of Nighttime Traffic, a part of this season's New York Musical Theatre Festival.

After reading far too many obituaries claiming, while not exactly mourning, the death of the Broadway musical, insisting that the art form can only be revived by injections of the kind of music that appeals to today's young audiences, I decided to take a night off from cabarets and piano bars a couple of Sundays ago to see what kind of songs were going to save the hallowed grounds of Gershwin, Porter and Rodgers.

Bistro Award winner Liz McCartney, recently seen in the Tony® Award winning musical South Pacific, joins the cast of Nighttime Traffic, a part of this season's New York Musical Theatre Festival.

On Sunday, August 29, If It Only Even Runs A Minute 3 played Le Poisson Rouge. The concert was the third edition of an evening of rare and inspiring songs, anecdotes, and photos from Broadway musicals that may not have been fully appreciated the first time around. The evening features performances and stories from original cast members of several of the featured shows. BroadwayWorld was on hand and brings you photo coverage below.

If It Only Even Runs A Minute 3 is the third edition of an evening of rare and inspiring songs, anecdotes, and photos from Broadway musicals that may not have been fully appreciated the first time around. The evening features performances and stories from original cast members of several of the featured shows. This is an essential concert for musical theatre nerds!

An array of emerging songwriters will perform music from their own catalogues at the Laurie Beechman Theatre on August 9.

The New York Musical Theatre Festival (NYMF) has announced the full slate of 27 musical productions, a developmental reading series and special events for their seventh annual festival. This year's Festival will begin September 27th and continue through October 17th. A full breakdown of this year's performances follows.

On Monday, July 26th, New York Theatre Barn will present its monthly showcase for emerging writers and performers at the D-Lounge at the Daryl Roth Theater, which will feature the music of Joel Waggoner, Laurence O'Keefe (Bat Boy, Legally Blonde), Ryan Scott Oliver (Mrs. Sharp), Gaby Alter (Band Geeks), Joy Son, Julian Fleisher, and Kirsten Guenther.

An array of emerging songwriters will perform music from their own catalogues at the Laurie Beechman Theatre on August 9.

Academy has been to South Korea's Daegu International Musical Festival and has returned with the top prize.

Academy, the 2009 New York Musical Theatre (NYMF) selection to The 2010 Daegu International Musical Festival (DIMF) in Daegu, South Korea has been awarded The Best Musical Prize at The Festival.