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Presented by NCM Fathom and Broadway Worldwide, MEMPHIS was captured live in performance at Broadway's renowned Shubert Theatre in New York City, and will be broadcast to more than 530 movie theaters nationwide through NCM's exclusive Digital Broadcast Network. Broadway Worldwide's production team is led by founder and executive producer Bruce Brandwen, Emmy Award®-winning director Don Roy King (Saturday Night Live, CBS' The Early Show, Survivor) and Grammy® and Emmy Award®-winning sound producer Matt Kaplowitz (Ghandi, PBS' To Bear Witness). Check out photos from the screening below!

MEMPHIS, Broadway's current Tony Award® winning Best Musical, is hitting big screens nationwide for an exclusive four-night run on Thursday, April 28; Saturday, April 30; and Tuesday, May 3 at 7:30 p.m., with a special matinee on Sunday, May 1 at 12:30 p.m. (all times are local). This is the first time the current Tony Award®-winning Best Musical will be presented in movie theaters while concurrently running on Broadway. In addition to the electrifying musical, audiences will be treated to an exclusive behind-the-scenes look at the musical that won four 2010 Tony Awards® and continues to play to sold out houses on Broadway. MEMPHIS was captured live in performance with the original Broadway cast for this special Fathom event presentation.

The LA Phil and NCM Fathom, the entertainment division of National CineMedia, and Cineplex Entertainment announced today an agreement to present a series of three programs exclusively in select movie theaters across the U.S. and Canada, beginning in January and continuing into June of 2011.

The longest running musical of all time, Les Misérables, will sweep U.S. audiences off their feet in a special one-night, in-theater event on Wednesday, Nov. 17 at 7:30 p.m. local time. Presented by NCM Fathom, Omniverse Vision and Cameron Mackintosh, in association with The Broadway League and Nederlander/First, Les Misérables in Concert - The 25th Anniversary Event was recorded live from London's famous O2 theater on Oct. 3 and will be broadcast to nearly 500 select U.S. theaters this November. Featuring the bravura songs 'I Dreamed a Dream,' 'On My Own,' 'Stars,' 'Bring Him Home' and more, the Les Misérables tribute concert marks the 25th anniversary of the musical and reunites the magnificent casts who have performed the 'people's musical' on the world's stages for over two decades. This one-time tribute will also include a special performance from teen sensation Nick Jonas to mark this momentous 25th anniversary concert celebration.

The LA Phil and NCM Fathom, the entertainment division of National CineMedia, and Cineplex Entertainment announced today an agreement to present a series of three programs exclusively in select movie theaters across the U.S. and Canada, beginning in January and continuing into June of 2011.

The longest running musical of all time, Les Misérables, will sweep U.S. audiences off their feet in a special one-night, in-theater event on Wednesday, Nov. 17 at 7:30 p.m. local time. Presented by NCM Fathom, Omniverse Vision and Cameron Mackintosh, in association with The Broadway League and Nederlander/First, Les Misérables in Concert - The 25th Anniversary Event was recorded live from London's famous O2 theater on Oct. 3 and will be broadcast to nearly 500 select U.S. theaters this November. Featuring the bravura songs 'I Dreamed a Dream,' 'On My Own,' 'Stars,' 'Bring Him Home' and more, the Les Misérables tribute concert marks the 25th anniversary of the musical and reunites the magnificent casts who have performed the 'people's musical' on the world's stages for over two decades. This one-time tribute will also include a special performance from teen sensation Nick Jonas to mark this momentous 25th anniversary concert celebration.

The Metropolitan Opera and NCM Fathom will once again present a series of six encore performances from the historic archives of the Peabody Award-winning The Met: Live in HD series in select movie theaters nationwide.

Jay Leno once coined the phrase Plaidheads, referring to fans (such as himself) of the hit stage production, Forever Plaid. Well on July 9th, Plaidheads nation wide gathered to celebrate the screening of one of Off-Broadway's most popular and critically acclaimed musicals, as it made its first appearance on the big screen in the Forever Plaid 20th Anniversary Special event on Thursday, July 9th. Select members from the original ?Forever Plaid?cast with narration provied by David Hyde Pierce for the pre-taped anniversary performance, as they introduce the event live from the red carpet at Los Angeles' Club Nokia to fans in 500 movie theaters across the country and Canada, followed by a specially-taped 20th Anniversary performance of ?Forever Plaid.? Audiences across the country experienced a memorable evening, combining the 20th Anniversary event classic production with new and interactive twists, including a first-ever live, coast-to-coast in-theater sing-a-long with ?The Plaids.?

'Forever Plaid,' one of Off-Broadway's most popular and critically acclaimed musicals, is making its first appearance on the big screen in the Forever Plaid 20th Anniversary Special event on Thursday, July 9th.

'Forever Plaid,' one of Off-Broadway's most popular and critically acclaimed musicals, is making its first appearance on the big screen in the Forever Plaid 20th Anniversary Special event on Thursday, July 9th.