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After holding a reading of his new rock musical GALILEO last fall, Danny Strong is at it again. FINDING NEVERLAND's Carolee Carmello just Tweeted photos from another reading -- this time with some new faces!

Watch adoring audience members singing along to the composer/lyricist's performance of 'Wig In A Box.'

With just weeks until the big day, Criss just checked in with BroadwayWorld to update us on everything Elsie. Check out the full interview below!

It was a rock concert yesterday at the final performance of the Tony-winning production of HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH. Check out photos from the curtain call below!

After the curtain call, Stephen Trask, and more took the stage to say a few farewell words to the crowd and even led the team in one last song. Click here to check out the high-powered bows, emotional speeches, plus a special on-the-spot performance!

The hit, Tony-winning revival of HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH closes on Broadway today, September 13, 2015. Taye Diggs, the show's current star, wraps the run. At the time of closing, HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH will have played 22 previews and 506 regular performances at the Belasco Theatre. Below, BroadwayWorld takes you from Broadway's first HEDWIG to its sixth, stopping to remember everything in between!

TELLY LEUNG - star of this season's new Broadway musical Allegiance opposite George Takei and Lea Salonga - will celebrate his new solo CD Songs for You at JOE'S PUB at The Public Theater on Monday, November 23 at 7:00 PM.  

Dave Thomas Brown, recently of Heathers: The Musical at New World Stages, leads a cast that also includes Wayne Duvall (O Brother Where Art Thou?, Leatherheads), Matt McGrath (Cabaret, Hedwig and the Angry Inch), Keith Nobbs (Lombardi, 'The Black Donnellys') and Afton C. Williamson ('Nashville,' 'Homeland'), in Matthew Lopez's THE LEGEND OF GEORGIA MCBRIDE, the first production of MCC's 2015-16 Main Stage Season. THE LEGEND OF GEORGIA MCBRIDE begins previews tonight, August 20, 2015 ahead of a September 9, 2015 opening night.

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Lucas DeBard, this year's Songbook Youth Ambassador, will perform at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., tonight, September 3, as part of their Millennium Stage series.

Lucas DeBard, this year's Songbook Youth Ambassador, will perform at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., on September 3, as part of their Millennium Stage series. Lucas will be joined by the three most recent Youth Ambassadors - Madelyn Baillio, Julia Goodwin, and Nick Ziobro. The quartet will be accompanied by members of The American Pops Orchestra for the performance that will be streamed live online and become part of a permanent archive of similar performances on the Millennium Stage, which take place daily in Washington.

When HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH opened off-Broadway in 1998, I'd just entered high school. As a teenage theatre geek in Massachusetts, my only available resources were local theatres, and the few Broadway cast recordings sold at the local mall, so I remained oblivious. When the 2001 movie was later produced, I'd grown to identify as a member of the LGBT community, but queer independent films were far off my radar, despite the cult following that had quickly developed surrounding this particular film. Now, although I will miss the recent Broadway revival of HEDWIG (which will close on September 13), I've grown familiar with the material, thanks in part to YouTube, and many years of visiting the famous Musical Theatre Mondays at NYC's Splash bar (R.I.P.), which frequently showed clips of "Wig in a Box," "Wicked Little Town," and "The Origin of Love."

EW just unveiled a cute yet playfully contentious Skype date between Darren Criss and Aaron Tveit to promote their upcoming Elsie Fest in New York City. Click below to watch the pair argue over who people most want to see at the event with a 'Take Me or Leave Me' face-off!

The Tectonic Theater Project is proud to announce a star-studded one-night-only special benefit reading of Moises Kaufman's GROSS INDECENCY: THE THREE TRIALS OF OSCAR WILDE, the award-winning play about Oscar Wilde and the trials for his 'crime' of homosexuality, on October 5, 2015 at the Gerald W. Lynch Theater (524 W 59th St).

Dave Thomas Brown, recently of Heathers: The Musical at New World Stages, leads a cast that also includes Wayne Duvall (O Brother Where Art Thou?, Leatherheads), Matt McGrath (Cabaret, Hedwig and the Angry Inch), Keith Nobbs (Lombardi, 'The Black Donnellys') and Afton C. Williamson ('Nashville,' 'Homeland'), in Matthew Lopez's THE LEGEND OF GEORGIA MCBRIDE, the first production of MCC's 2015-16 Main Stage Season. THE LEGEND OF GEORGIA MCBRIDE begins previews tonight, August 20, 2015 ahead of a September 9, 2015 opening night.

Craig Zadan and Neil Meron are two of the most renowned producers working in the industry today. They are best known for their work on the past three Academy Awards ceremonies, The Sound of Music Live!, Peter Pan Live! and Smash. Their Broadway credits include Promises, Promises and How to Succeed in Buisness Without Really Trying. Film credits include Hairspray, Chicago, A Raisin in the Sun and Footloose. Upcoming projects include The Wiz Live!, the movie adaptation of Pippin and much more.