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Back by popular demand, THE BOOK OF MORMON, returns to Omaha for a limited engagement Tuesday, May 31, through Sunday, June 5, at Omaha's Orpheum Theater, 409 S. 16th St. Single tickets will go on sale Friday, February 26, 2016 at 10:00 a.m. Central Time.

A friendly reminder! Rehearsals begin on Monday, January 18th for Shuffle Along Or The Making of the Musical Sensation of 1921 and All That Followed, a new production that presents both the 1921 musical itself, and additionally details the events that catalyzed the songwriting team of Noble Sissle and Eubie Blake, and librettists F.E. Miller and Aubrey Lyles to create this ground-breaking work. SHUFFLE ALONG will star six-time Tony Award-winner Audra McDonald, Tony Award-winners Brian Stokes Mitchell and Billy Porter, and Tony Award-nominees Brandon Victor Dixon and Joshua Henry.

Back by popular demand, THE BOOK OF MORMON, returns to Orange County for a limited engagement March 22 - April 3, 2016 at Segerstrom Center for the Arts. Single tickets start at $36 and may be purchased online at SCFTA.org, the Box Office at 600 Town Center Drive in Costa Mesa or by calling (714) 556-2787. For inquiries about group tickets for 10 or more, call the Group Services office at (714) 755-0236. The TTY number is (714) 556-2746. The 2 p.m. performance on Saturday, March 26, 2016 will include audio description, open captioning and sign-language interpretation.

THE BOOK OF MORMON, winner of nine Tony Awards including Best Musical, is pleased to announce a lottery ticket policy for the National Tour, which begins Tuesday, February 9th at the Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall in Sarasota, Florida and plays a limited eight- performance engagement through Sunday, February 14th. The production will conduct a pre-show lottery at the box office, making a limited number of tickets available at $25 apiece for each of the eight performances. 

The producers of the national tour of THE BOOK OF MORMON, winner of nine Tony Awards including Best Musical, and Broadway Grand Rapids announced today that single tickets for the Grand Rapids engagement will go on sale February 1st at 10:00 a.m. Tickets will be available at the Broadway Grand Rapids box office at 122 Lyon St NW or at the DeVos Performance Hall box office located at 303 Monroe Ave NW.  Tickets can also be purchased at all Ticketmaster outlets, by visiting www.broadwaygrandrapids.com, or by calling 1-800-745-3000. Group orders of 10 or more may be placed by calling 616-235-6285. 

SYLVIA, the Broadway revival of the play by two-time Pulitzer Prize-nominee A.R. Gurney (The Dining Room, Love Letters) will end its limited-engagement today, Sunday, January 3, 2016.

BroadwayWorld has the scoop on the latest egotistical Mormon missionary on Broadway.

The Book of Mormon is an original musical that tells the story of two young Mormon missionaries who are sent to a remote village in Uganda, where they try to share one of their scriptures, The Book of Mormon (hence the title), but have trouble connecting with the locals who are more worried about war, poverty, and AIDS than religion.

Back by popular demand, THE BOOK OF MORMON, which played a record breaking two-week run in 2014 returns to the Triangle for a limited engagement December 29 through January 10 at DPAC. 

Back by popular demand, THE BOOK OF MORMON, which played a record breaking two-week run in 2014, is pleased to announce a lottery ticket policy for the National Tour, which begins December 29 at DPAC and plays a limited two week engagement through January 10. At DPAC, the production will conduct a pre-show lottery at the box office, making a limited number of tickets available at $25 apiece.

Today, December 18, ABC's GOOD MORNING AMERICA will go behind the scenes of Broadway's MISERY with stars Bruce Willis and Laurie Metcalf.

Back by popular demand, THE BOOK OF MORMON, returns to Memphis for a limited engagement March 15-20, 2016 at the Orpheum Theatre. Single tickets will go on sale today, December 18th at 10:00 AM.

On the next UNDAY MORNING on CBS, correspondent Maurice DuBois goes behind the scenes of the new Broadway production SHUFFLE ALONG, a reimagining of the classic 1921 musical

The official soundtrack of the new suspense thriller Broadway play, MISERY, is now available to stream from SoundCloud in its entirety. Composed by Michael Feldman, the track list includes nine songs.

A friendly reminder! The Belasco Theatre box office (111 West 44th Street) will open on Monday, December 14 for David Harrower's BLACKBIRD, the Olivier Award-winning drama, starring Jeff Daniels and Michelle Williams. The production, to be directed by Joe Mantello, will begin previews Friday, February 5, and open Thursday, March 10. BLACKBIRD will play an 18-week limited engagement through June 12, 2016. For one week only, from Monday December 14 through Saturday December 19, ticket buyers can purchase $20 balcony seats for all performances.

When LATE SHOW guest Bruce Willis claimed he does his own stunts, host Stephen Colbert wasn't buying it but quickly learns you don't call the action star a liar!

THE BOOK OF MORMON is a satirical musical with book, lyrics, and music by Trey Parker, Robert Lopez and Matt Stone. Parker and Stone are the creators of the animated series South Park, which just wrapped up its 19th season. Lopez is best known as a co-composer/co-lyricist of Avenue Q and Frozen. THE BOOK OF MORMON is the story of two young Mormon missionaries who are sent to Uganda for their first mission. The boys have a naive outlook on life and little in common with each other. When they try to spread "the word" among the locals they find their audience has many things on their minds and religion is the last thing they are thinking about.

Back by popular demand, THE BOOK OF MORMON, returns to Memphis for a limited engagement March 15-20, 2016 at the Orpheum Theatre. Single tickets will go on sale Friday, December 18th at 10:00 AM. Tickets will be available for purchase online at the official Orpheum Theatre website, www.orpheum-memphis.com, The Orpheum Box Office (901.525.3000), the ticket counter at The Booksellers at Laurelwood, and all Ticketmaster centers (901.743.ARTS). Group orders of 10 or more may be placed now by calling 901.529.4226. 

BroadwayWorld has just learned that Shuffle Along Or The Making of the Musical Sensation of 1921 and All That Followed has shifted its spring performance schedule. Instead of opening on April 21, 2016, the show will now open on April 28, with previews beginning on March 15.

Broadway's new smash-hit suspense thriller MISERY, starring two-time Emmy Award winner and Golden Globe Award winner Bruce Willis and three-time Emmy Award winner Laurie Metcalf, has announced a student rush policy for the strictly limited engagement at the Broadhurst Theatre (235 W 44th Street).  A limited number of $35 tickets (inclusive of a $2 facility fee) will be available to students 25 years old and younger when the box office opens for that day's performance(s). Photo identification is required.  Patrons are limited to two tickets person.  Tickets are subject to availability.