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The Lyric Theatre and Curtain Call Productions will be presenting William Finn's A New Brain, a musical by the Tony award-winning team behind 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee and the Falsettos trilogy, starring Broadway Veteran Anna McNeely at the Lyric's Flagler Center, for four performances only, tonight, March 22nd- 24th.

InFusion Theatre Company has announced its second collaboration with award-winning playwright Qui Nguyen with the Midwest premiere of Fight Girl Battle World, directed by InFusion Artistic Director Mitch Golob, May 14 - June 16, at Theater Wit, 1229 W. Belmont Ave.

Tonight, Friday 15 February, The Bodyguard's Heather Headley performs in a Romantic Classics edition of the beloved BBC Radio 2 programme, Friday Night Is Music Night in celebration of St. Valentine's Day. Recorded at London's Mermaid Theatre on 16 January, Ken Bruce presents a night of romantic classics with Tony and Grammy award-winning Heather Headley who performs two numbers including the iconic hit song from The Bodyguard, I Will Always Love You. Headley will be accompanied by the BBC Concert Orchestra, conducted by their principal conductor Keith Lockhart.

The Lyric Theatre and Curtain Call Productions will be presenting William Finn's A New Brain, a musical by the Tony award-winning team behind 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee and the Falsettos trilogy, starring Broadway Veteran Anna McNeely at the Lyric's Flagler Center, for four performances only, March 22nd- 24th.

On Friday 15 February, The Bodyguard's Heather Headley performs in a Romantic Classics edition of the beloved BBC Radio 2 programme, Friday Night Is Music Night in celebration of St. Valentine's Day. Recorded at London's Mermaid Theatre on 16 January, Ken Bruce presents a night of romantic classics with Tony and Grammy award-winning Heather Headley who performs two numbers including the iconic hit song from The Bodyguard, I Will Always Love You. Headley will be accompanied by the BBC Concert Orchestra, conducted by their principal conductor Keith Lockhart.

Thea Sharrock's hit production of The Bodyguard, which opened in December last year, today announces the release of over 250,000 tickets for sale, taking booking at the Adelphi Theatre to 28 September 2013. Starring Heather Headley (to 10 August 2013) as Rachel Marron and Lloyd Owen (to 7 September 2013) as Frank Farmer and based on Lawrence Kasdan's 1992 Oscar nominated Warner Bros. film, Sharrock's production of this new musical has book by Alex Dinelaris.

According to the Daily Mail, The Bodyguard, currently playing at the Adelphi Theatre starring Heather Headley and Lloyd Owen, now boasts an advance of more than £4 million.

Thea Sharrock's production of new musical The Bodyguard, opened on 5 December 2012 at the Adelphi Theatre in London to great reviews and is aiming for Broadway in spring of 2014. The musical's official theatrical trailer has just been released. Check it out below!

Panto season is well and truly here and no more so than at Birmingham Hippodrome where Robinson Crusoe & the Caribbean Pirates is playing right through til the 27th January. QDOS pantomimes can always be relied on to deliver the best quality productions and this one is no exception.

Brian Conley, one of the country's best-loved all-round entertainers, makes a triumphant return to Birmingham Hippodrome following his role as Buttons in the acclaimed production of Cinderella last Christmas, and as Fagin in Oliver! earlier this year. This Christmas Brian Conley plays the lead role of Robinson Crusoe in his sixth pantomime at Birmingham Hippodrome. His other hugely successful roles in Birmingham include Edna Turnblad in Hairspray, and Caractacus Potts in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.

Today, in the New York Post, Michael Riedel reports that the show, whose producers include the Nederlander Organization, is aiming for Broadway in the Spring of 2014.

Thea Sharrock's production of new musical The Bodyguard, opened last night (Wednesday 5 December 2012) at the Adelphi Theatre, London. BroadwayWorld brings you photos from the first curtain call and opening night after party below!

Thea Sharrock's production of new musical The Bodyguard, opens this week (Wednesday 5 December 2012) at the Adelphi Theatre, London, and leading lady Heather Headley just performed at the 100th Royal Variety Performance (ITV1) singing the classic number from the West End show, I Will Always Love You. Check out the full song below!

Thea Sharrock's production of new musical The Bodyguard, opens this week (Wednesday 5 December 2012) at the Adelphi Theatre, London, and tonight (Monday 3 December 2012) leading lady Heather Headley can be seen performing at the 100th Royal Variety Performance (ITV1) singing the classic number from the West End show, I Will Always Love You.

Gary Naylor sees a traditional panto in a traditional home of panto

Deadline reports that Fox Searchlight has acquired the rights to the UK musical I DREAMED A DREAM, based on the real-life story of Britain's Got Talent winner and international superstar Susan Boyle. According to the report, the studio plans to develop 'a re-imagined filmed version of the musical.'

On Friday, November 30, The Metropolitan Museum of Art will offer a live webcast of the first of five performances of an updated version of the 16th-century Chinese Kunqu opera masterpiece Peony Pavilion that will take place in the Met's Astor Court, the courtyard modeled on a 17th-century Chinese garden. This 70-minute version of the opera has been developed and directed by celebrated composer Tan Dun, with a new score by Mr. Tan and choreography by Huang Doudou, one of China's most prominent dancers. It will be performed by Zhang Jun, one of China's most respected Kunqu performers, and the Shanghai Zhang Jun Art Center Company.

Heather Headley stars in The Bodyguard musical, opening today, November 6 at the Adelphi Theatre in London. She will play Rachel Marron, a role originated by Whitney Houston on the silver screen. Lloyd Owen plays alongside Headley as a former Secret Service agent-turned bodyguard, hired to protect Rachel from a stalker.

Cellist Maya Beiser and composer/pianist Michael Harrison's new album Time Loops will be released by Cantaloupe Music today, October 30, 2012.

Based on Lawrence Kasdan's 1992 Warner Bros. film, this brand new musical of The Bodyguard, with book by Alex Dinelaris will open at the Adelphi Theatre in Autumn 2012. Previews begin on 6 November 2012, twenty years after the release of the Oscar nominated film.