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The Royal Shakespeare Company has announced that the Dodgers will be its producing partner for Roald Dahl's Matilda The Musical on Broadway. Currently playing to sold-out houses in London's West End, the new musical is planning a New York opening in the Spring of 2013.

Last night, March 28th, Givenik.com partnered with the new Broadway show Ghost The Muscial for a special post-performance reception for audience and cast members at The Paramount Hotel (235 West 46th Street) to benefit Stand Up To Cancer (SU2C), which funds innovative cancer research. BroadwayWorld was there for the special occasion, and be bring you full photo coverage below!

As Ghost The Musical enters its second year, over 250,000 new tickets go on sale today (28 March 2012) taking bookings at the Piccadilly Theatre to 20 April 2013. Having been seen by over 400,000 people, Ghost The Musical is now also playing on Broadway, with further productions planned for Holland in September 2012, Australia and Germany in 2013 and Korea in 2014.

Tonight, March 28th, Givenik.com will partner with the new Broadway show Ghost The Muscial for a special post-performance reception for audience and cast members at The Paramount Hotel (235 West 46th Street) to benefit Stand Up To Cancer (SU2C), which funds innovative cancer research.

The Royal Shakespeare Company's world premiere production of Roald Dahl's Matilda The Musical offers more tickets go on sale offering access to performances through until Sunday 17 February 2013.

Bryce Pinkham, who is currently playing Carl in Broadway's Ghost, announces a special evening on Wednesday, March 28th at 8PM that will support Stand Up 2 Cancer. Five percent of ticket sales will go to the organization. Attendees will be invited to a post-show reception with the cast at the Paramount Hotel. Purchase any ticket through Givenik.com to the Wednesday, March 28th performance and send your confirmation number to HYPERLINK RSVP@givenik.com to be invited to a special post-show cast party at The Paramount Hotel, supporting Stand Up To Cancer. When you purchase tickets, be sure to remember SU2C when choosing who receives your 5% donation.

On Wednesday, March 28th, Givenik.com will partner with the new Broadway show Ghost The Muscial for a special post-performance reception for audience and cast members at The Paramount Hotel (235 West 46th Street) to benefit Stand Up To Cancer (SU2C), which funds innovative cancer research.

Matilda the Musical, produced by the RSC and running at the Cambridge Theatre, leads the way with ten nominations - the maximum number of eligible awards for a musical this year. These notably include a collective nomination for Best Actress for all four young actresses who play the title role. Amongst other musical theatre productions Ghost The Musical at the Piccadilly Theatre and the National Theatre's London Road have five and four nominations respectively.

GHOST: THE MUSICAL is opening for previews tonight at The Lunt-Fontanne Theatre. The show is a huge hit in London, and the producers have promised an even more spectacular evening for Broadway audiences.

The nominees for this year's Olivier Awards will be announced today from 12 noon - follow it right here on BWW:UK.

Ghost The Musical announced today that a limited number of $25 tickets in the first and second rows of the Orchestra will be available through a lottery drawing for each performance beginning with the first preview on Thursday, March 15th. The lottery will open two and a half hours prior to each performance. The drawing will take place two hours prior to curtain giving all participants 30 minutes to enter the lottery. There is a limit of one entry per person, and two tickets per winner. Ghost The Musical lottery winners must be present at the time of the drawing and valid identification must be shown to purchase tickets. Only cash will be accepted to purchase lottery tickets. All winning entries will be checked for duplication and disqualified if more than one entry was submitted. Lottery tickets are subject to availability and will not be available on Ghost The Musical's Opening Night, April 23, 2012.

The Royal Shakespeare Company has just announced that it is currently planning for its production of Roald Dahl's Matilda The Musical, to open in New York early 2013.

GHOST THE MUSICAL, now entering its second year in the West End, will be releasing over 250,000 new tickets for sale next month, on March 28, taking bookings at the Piccadilly Theatre to April 20, 2013. The musical has now been seen by over 350,000 people.

The 12th Whatsonstage.com Awards winners have been announced, with winners including Matilda, The Wizard of Oz, Kerry Ellis and Alfie Boe.

At the Whats On Stage audience awards, Ghost the Musical's Richard Fleeshman just won 'Best Actor in a Musical' for Ghost. Talking to press after winning, Fleeshman talked about changes to the show that have been made for the currently rehearsing Broadway production, noting that 'We've made it more focused. Some of the illusions have gotten even more incredible and the cast is bigger. It's been very exciting.'

MATILDA, OZ, Boe, Fleeshman, Ellis Win At 2012 WhatsonstageAwards: Live Blog The 2012 Whatsonstage.com Awards will be announced tonight at the Prince of Wales Theatre, presented by Sheridan Smith along with Alan Davies and Jenny Eclair. Keep an eye out here for live updates through the night!

The show transfered to London's West End and opened November 24 to tremendous critical acclaim. Today, Michael Riedel reports in the New York Post that the show is now aiming to open on Broadway in the Spring of 2013, produced by the RSC themselves and overseen by Andre Ptaszynski, who formerly ran Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Really Useful Group.

Check out photos of the new cast of GHOST THE MUSICAL in the West End at the Piccadilly Theatre.

Celebrate Valentine's Day with Broadway's most romantic musical! Ghost The Musical announced today a special opportunity to listen to the London original cast album on Facebook for 48 hours only, beginning at noon Eastern on Monday, February 13th. The album will be streaming on Facebook through noon Eastern on Wednesday, February 15th. To listen, visit www.Facebook.com/GhostBroadway.