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An evening featuring the songs of Andrew Lippa (2000 Drama Desk award winner for best music The Wild Party) is presented by 3S Theatre Collective. Guest stars: Kate Reinders (Wicked), Sarah Litzsinger (Beauty and the Beast) and Julie Foldesi (Little Women) Tickets for the two night benefit concert titled, Welcome to the World, featuring Valerie Issembert, Sharone Sayegh and Louise Stewart are now on sale through THEATREMANIA.COM or by calling 212-352-3101. The show will be presented Monday May 12th at 8pm. ADDED PERFORMANCE TUESDAY MAY 13TH AT 7PM. The concert will benefit the brand new, tri-state based, non-profit Theatre Company, 3S Theatre Collective. The goals of the company: 3STC is committed to bridging the gap between the current generation and the next generation of theatre artists by fostering new talent from all aspects of the art. . . to bring spectacular entertainment to NYC and the areas surrounding Manhattan. . . [and] to not doing anything 'by the book.' [The company] intends to do everything [it] can to make a splash, turn heads and raise eyebrows.' Over the next few months, under the guidance of Kevin R. Free, 3STC will also begin an educational outreach program to further it's commitment to the artists of tomorrow. To support 3STC and it's mission, email marc@3stheatrecollective.org.

3S Theatre Collective presents an evening of songs by Andrew Lippa on May 12th at 8pm and May 13th at 7pm. The concerts will feature special guest stars Kate Reinders (Wicked), Sarah Litzsinger (Beauty and the Beast) and Julie Foldesi (Little Women).

Seventeen different stage productions were honored at the third annual Kevin Kline Awards ceremony. Ten St. Louis area theater companies - double the number of last year's recipients - were recognized with awards. Four of those ten theaters were multiple award winners.

Twenty-four theater companies in the St. Louis area received 118 nominations in 22 different categories. Forty-five different productions received nominations; twenty-five productions receive multiple nominations the Awards Ceremony will be held on March 31 at the Loretto-Hilton Center

Columbia Gorge Repertory Theatre/Jesse Merz, Artistic Director and Lisa Dozier announce that The Gospel According to Tammy Faye, a new two-act musical based on the life of televangelist Tammy Faye Messner, will be presented in three special industry readings in New York City, on Sunday, December 16 at 7PM; Monday, December 17 at 4PM and Tuesday, December 18 at 2PM.

Musicals Tonight! continues its ongoing salute to Broadway and Off-Broadway Standbys and Understudies with its current editions of At This Performance…™ to be held on Sunday, November 12th and Monday, November 13th at the McGinn/Cazale Theatre

Tony Award-winners Carlin Glynn and Cady Huffman will appear in two readings of Pure Country, a new musical, which will be presented September 25th and 26th

The third ArtCents Benefit Concert will feature the music of actress and singer/songwriter Julie Foldesi

John Bucchino and a number from the upcoming NYFM musical Smoking Bloomberg will be featured in the concert 'Any Minute Rocks Now' on July 24th

Following last summer's success with The Last Five Years, the 2005 inaugural show for Hot Summer Nights at the Kennedy in Raleigh, NC, the professional summer-series theatre company will present Songs for a New World

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The Ark, an off-Broadway musical that starred Adrian Zmed and Annie Golden, has closed after 36 previews and 8 regular performances

Creators of the eight NAMT New Works musicals as well as performers and industry professionals turned out for a reception at Marseilles on September 27th

A benefit at Helen's Hideaway for former Naked Boys Singing actor Bill di Paola, who lost his New Orleans home, will feature Jenny Powers and others on September 27th

There will be those who will criticize the new musical Yank! claiming that it is a patchwork of moments that have worked in other musicals...

Kerry Butler, Felicia Finley and others will perform in Ten-in-Ten, a benefit concert at the Duplex, tonight, September 12th

Kerry Butler, Felicia Finley, Jenny Powers and other stars will lend their voices and money-raising efforts to a Ten-in-Ten benefit concert at the Duplex on September 12th

YANK!, a new musical exploring gay life during WWII and featuring Doug Kreeger, will run from September 14th through 21st as part of the New York Musical Theatre Festival

Tom D'Angora's tribute show Divas I've Done will end its two-year run on August 21st at the Kirk Theatre