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Hosted by Joanna Gleason and Jim Dale, the 22nd Annual Benefit Gala For The Drama League (a one-night-only event) took place at the Rainbow Room High At Rockefeller Plaza on Monday, February 5 and BroadwayWorld.com was there to capture many of that evening's performers!

Ashley Brown, Asa Somers, and the cast of Broadway's Spring Awakening have just been added to the roster of performers appearing in 'When Hollywood Met Broadway: Great Songs from Stage and Screen,' the 22nd annual gala benefit concert for The Drama League.

On Monday, February 5, Joanna Gleason and Jim Dale will host an array of theater luminaries gathering to appear in 'WHEN HOLLYWOOD MET BROADWAY: Great Songs from Stage and Screen,' the 22nd annual gala benefit concert for The Drama League. This special one-night-only event begins at 7:30 p.m. at The Rainbow Room in New York City (30 Rockefeller Plaza, 65th Floor).

Dr. Seuss' How The Grinch Stole Christmas! The Musical has officially become the #1 show on Broadway-ending Wicked's 100 week-long streak. The Grinch also broke the Hilton Theatre's record for gross and attendances with a net gross of $1,567,295 and attendance of 21,273 for the week ending December 10, 2006.

Broadway's Patrick Page, currently playing the title role in How the Grinch Stole Christmas at the Hilton Theatre, will appear on NBC's Weekend Today in New York on Sunday, December 3rd at 7:20 am.

Watch out, Patti. Step aside, Betty. Make room, Eartha. Broadway's got a brand new diva and this time it's a big, green, hairy fella.

William Ryall was chosen as the Gypsy Robe winner for How the Grinch Stole Christmas! - The Musical, which opened at the Hilton Theatre on November 8th

How The Grinch Stole Christmas! - The Musical, the new holiday musical based on the Dr. Seuss classic, opened at the Hilton Theater on November 8th after beginning previews on October 25th

Talented young actor Rusty Ross plays Young Max in Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas! The Musical!

Patrick Page--soon to be playing the title role of the Broadway musical How the Grinch Stole Christmas!--recently posed in full costume with wife Paige Davis, as well as their dog Sophie

Donna Lynne Champlin, James Moye, Patrick Ryan Sullivan, Melanie Vaughan and more have been cast in Goodspeed Musicals' upcoming production of the new musical Meet John Doe

John Cullum, Kaitlin Hopkins and Michael McCormick will join Patrick Page in How the Grinch Stole Christmas! The Musical

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On September 8th, the youngest cast members of Broadway's How The Grinch Stole Christmas! - The Musical celebrated the opening of their box office under the snowy Hilton Theater marquee

Tickets are now on sale for Dr. Seuss' How The Grinch Stole Christmas! - The Musical, based on the holiday classic about the fuzzy Yuletide-hating curmudgeon

Broadway veteran Patrick Page will play 'The Grinch' in the upcoming musical version of the popular Dr. Seuss fable How the Grinch Stole Christmas!- the Musical.

Young performers now have a chance to make their Broadway debut--as a 'Who' in the upcoming Broadway musical version of the Dr. Seuss holiday musical How the Grinch Stole Christmas, with the winner to be announced on the 'Today' show next month

Confirming reports in the Broadway Pulse here on BroadwayWorld.con on June 5, the official announcement has been made that the musical adaption of How the Grinch Stole Christmas will make its Broadway debut at the Hilton Theatre, running from November 8 through January 7.

Anthony Rapp, Will Chase, Raul Esparza and Michael Stuhlbarg will be among the stars taking part in the 2006 Sundance Institute Theatre Laboratory, which will take place at the Sundance Resort in Utah from July 10-30

Goodspeed Musicals will present three new shows--Caraboo, Princess of Javasu, The '60s Project and Meet John Doe--at the Norma Terris Theatre in Chester, Connecticut as part of its Brand New Musical! program