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The new Broadway production of the Tony Award nominated musical GREASE, opens in Orlando at the Carr Performing Arts Centre on August 25 and runs through August 30, 2009. Tickets start at $37.00 and will go on sale on July 10, Friday at 10:00AM.

'We are delighted to announce that due to popular demand we are adding additional performances for the previously announced, hot new production of GREASE,' states Christopher B. Manos, Producer of Theater of the Stars.

One of Broadway's favorite leading men Matt Cavenaugh, currently starring as the lovestruck Tony in the current acclaimed revival of West Side Story at the Palace Theater, is featured in the current issue of OUT magazine. Cavenaugh chats about working with Arthur Laurents, playing the iconic role of Tony and that fact that the last inhabitant of his dressing room was Liza Minnelli!

WEST SIDE STORY stars Matt Cavenaugh, Josefina Scaglione, Tony Award winner Karen Olivo, Cody Green, George Akram, Curtis Holbrook, visited Barnes & Noble Lincoln Triangle (1972 Broadway at 66th Street) on Thursday, June 11th to celebrate the new Broadway cast recording available now from Sony Masterworks. BroadwayWorld.com's cameras were on hand to catch the soaring performance by the talented young stars!

WEST SIDE STORY stars Matt Cavenaugh, Josefina Scaglione, Tony Award winner Karen Olivo, Cody Green, George Akram, Curtis Holbrook, visited Barnes & Noble Lincoln Triangle (1972 Broadway at 66th Street) on Thursday, June 11th to celebrate the new Broadway cast recording available now from Sony Masterworks. BroadwayWorld.com's cameras were there to join in the classic melody filled celebration!

Dolly Parton's Tony Award-nominated score for 9 To 5: The Musical will be released on Tuesday, July 14, 2009 by DOLLY RECORDS. The Original Broadway Cast Recording of 9 to 5: The Musical was recorded Sunday, May 3, and Monday, May 4, 2009, at Legacy Recording Studios in New York and will be available at the Marquis Theatre in New York City, on all digital formats, in retail outlets and via www.dollypartonmusic.net.

Taylor Hicks had a surprise in store for the audience attending last Saturday evening's performance June 6th with prop that stopped the show with laughter and applause. While on stage in Appleton, Wisconsin (the CHEESE state), Hicks decided to surprise the local audience when he appears from inside the ice cream cone by wearing a cheese hat!

Nominated for 4 Tony Awards and a record 15 Drama Desk Awards including Best Musical, Broadway's side-splitting, take-charge triumph, 9 To 5: The Musical stars four-time Emmy Award winner and two-time Tony Award nominee Allison Janney,Stephanie J. Block, Megan Hilty, and three-time Tony Award nominee Marc Kudisch, and opened Thursday, April 30, 2009, at the Marriott Marquis Theatre (1535 Broadway).

The Fisher Theatre announced today that ?American Idol? winner, Taylor Hicks will appear in the first national touring production of the Tony Award nominated Broadway musical GREASE? when it comes to Detroit for a limited engagement

Audemars Piguet was the presenting sponsor of the 63rd Annual Tony Awards Telecast Red Carpet on June 7th at Radio City Music Hall. Audemars Piguet, considered one of the world's finest watch manufacturers, displayed eight solid aluminum clocks along this year's red carpet.

BroadwayWorld Congratulates Hair, 2009 Tony Award Winner, 'Best Revival of a Musical'

Josefina Scaglione is starring as 'Maria' in the 2009 revival of West Side Story. The 21 year old Scaglione is a trained opera singer and has been in a production of Hairspray. She was set to portray Christine Daae in a production of The Phantom of the Opera in Argentina but had to give that lead up for her coveted casting in West Side Story. The story of how her YouTube video won her an audition and then the lead in Arthur Laurents's revival of West Side Story is already on its way to becoming Broadway legend.

Sony Masterworks proudly announces the upcoming release of the New Broadway Cast Recording of WEST SIDE STORY. The recording will be available nationwide on June 2, 2009. The official opening of WEST SIDE STORY, which took place at the Palace Theatre in New York City on Thursday, March 19, 2009, has been greeted with great critical acclaim and sold-out performances. The opening followed a pre-Broadway engagement at the National Theatre in Washington, D.C., where the musical made its original world premiere in 1957.

Nominated for 4 Tony Awards and a record 15 Drama Desk Awards including Best Musical, Broadway's side-splitting, take-charge triumph, 9 To 5: The Musical stars four-time Emmy Award winner and two-time Tony Award nominee Allison Janney,Stephanie J. Block, Megan Hilty, and three-time Tony Award nominee Marc Kudisch, and opened Thursday, April 30, 2009, at the Marriott Marquis Theatre (1535 Broadway).

Nominated for 4 Tony Awards and a record 15 Drama Desk Awards including Best Musical, Broadway's side-splitting, take-charge triumph, 9 To 5: The Musical stars four-time Emmy Award winner and two-time Tony Award nominee Allison Janney, Stephanie J. Block, Megan Hilty, and three-time Tony Award nominee Marc Kudisch, and opened Thursday, April 30, 2009, at the Marriott Marquis Theatre (1535 Broadway). 9 To 5: The Musical marks the Broadway debut of seven-time Grammy Award winning singer, songwriter and musician Dolly Parton as composer and lyricist.

Sony Masterworks proudly announces the upcoming release of the New Broadway Cast Recording of WEST SIDE STORY. The recording will be available nationwide on June 2, 2009. The official opening of WEST SIDE STORY, which took place at the Palace Theatre in New York City on Thursday, March 19, 2009, has been greeted with great critical acclaim and sold-out performances. The opening followed a pre-Broadway engagement at the National Theatre in Washington, D.C., where the musical made its original world premiere in 1957.

Who says it's all takin' and no givin'? $36.50 tickets avaliable by lottery for every performance of 9 to 5: The Musical at Broadway's Marriott Marquis theatre

West Side Story has returned to Broadway in a new production directed by its two-time Tony Award winning librettist Arthur Laurents. Laurents dicusses the musical with the Advocate, in the feature he reveals the evolution of the classic musical as it makes its return to Broadway.

West Side Story has returned to Broadway in a new production directed by its two-time Tony Award winning librettist Arthur Laurents, Karen Olivo, who plays the iconic and passionate 'Anita' in 'West Side Story', earned a 2009 Tony Award nomination for Best Performance By A Featured Actress In A Musical for her dynamic performance.

9 To 5: The Musical marks the Broadway debut of seven-time Grammy Award winning singer, songwriter and musician Dolly Parton as composer and lyricist.