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Tony Award-winning productions including 2013 TONY AWARD-WINNER for BEST MUSICAL REVIVAL! (PIPPIN) and 2012 TONY AWARD-WINNER for BEST SCORE & BEST CHOREOGRAPHY! (NEWSIES) will take to Cultural District stages for the 2014-2015 PNC Broadway Across America-Pittsburgh season, along with critically-acclaimed audience favorites and the triumphant return of THE BOOK OF MORMON as part of the season specials.

Last week's poll asked which theatre vets you'd be rooting for on Oscar night, and the result was a landslide of support for FROZEN's Robert Lopez & Kristen Anderson Lopez!

The Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami-Dade County is proud to announce its ninth season of showcasing Broadway's greatest hits in the Ziff Ballet Opera House with a five-show subscription package that is power-packed with musical blockbusters. The Broadway in Miami 2014-2015 season presented by Bank of America includes The Book of Mormon. From the creators of South Park and winner of nine Tony® Awards, The Book of Mormon will play a limited two-week engagement (December 2 - 14, 2014).

Back by popular demand, THE BOOK OF MORMON, which played a record-breaking three-week run in the spring of 2013, has announced a lottery ticket policy for the National Tour, which begins April 1, 2014 at the Boston Opera House and plays a limited four week engagement through April 27, 2014. In Boston, the production will conduct a pre-show lottery at the box office, making a limited number of tickets available for $25 apiece.

The producers of the national tour of the THE BOOK OF MORMON, winner of nine Tony Awards including Best Musical, and The Orpheum Theatre announced today that single tickets will go on sale Friday, April 4th at 10:00 AM. Tickets will be available at The Orpheum Theatre Box Office (203 S. Main Street, Memphis TN 38103), the ticket counter at The Booksellers at Laurelwood (387 Perkins Road Ext., Memphis TN 38117), all Ticketmaster outlets (www.ticketmaster.com or 901.743.ARTS), by visiting the official Orpheum Theatre website, www.orpheum-memphis.com or by calling 901.525.3000. Group orders of 15 or more may be placed by calling 901.529.4226.

The nominations for The Olivier Awards 2014 with MasterCard - the most prestigious event in the UK's theatrical calendar - were announced today (Monday, March 10) by Nigel Harman and Leigh Zimmerman with the full list of nominations available below and online at www.olivierawards.com.

The famous parody/comedy site has just released a new mashup of classic Hollywood moments - all featuring the Oscar-winning song 'Let It Go,' from Disney's FROZEN. Check it out below!

The latest in unauthorized gossip and buzz from the heart of Chicago's showtune video bars, and musical theater news from Chicago to Broadway. The Mosh Pit's exclusive Oscar wrap-up, Billy Zane announced for Lyric Opera, DLO's 'Les Miz' aims high, Porchlight tries 'How To Succeed,' Bailiwick's 'Dessa Rose' begins, as does 'Heartbeat Of Home' from BIC, 'Option Up! ' returns, voice students compete at NATS, and more!

Idina Menzel, who voiced 'Elsa', sang the film's anthem 'Let it Go' at the Oscars ceremony, and her performance has spurred even more covers from fans online. YouTube has gathered a list of the most popular covers of "Let It Go" on the site, which includes children singing the popular tune, a classical interpretation and even mashups of the song with popular songs such as Passenger's "Let Her Go," as well as other creative versions. Check out the full list and watch all 10 versions below!

On Sunday night, Warner/Chappell husband-and-wife songwriters Robert Lopez and Kristen Anderson-Lopez won the Academy Award for "Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures (Original Song)," in recognition of "Let it Go" from Disney's Frozen.

The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts today announced its 2014- 2015 theater season today, including the pre-Broadway engagement of Gigi featuring a re-envisioned book by Heidi Thomas with direction by Eric Schaeffer. The Kennedy Center will also produce the world premiere musical Little Dancer with book and lyrics by Lynn Ahrens, music by Stephen Flaherty, and direction and choreography by Susan Stroman; touring productions of Evita, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, and Once; and back by popular demand following its record-breaking six week engagement in 2013, the multi-Tony Award®-winning musical from the creators of South Park, The Book of Mormon, will return for a limited engagement. The season also brings the eighth season of Barbara Cook's Spotlight series, individually showcasing five Broadway performers in a cabaret setting. From March 2 - 24, Iberian Suite: arts remix across continents will bring a multitude of theatrical offerings to the Kennedy Center. As part of the Center's efforts to support the creation of new works, the Kennedy Center will host the 13th annual Page-to-Stage new play festival and the 47th annual Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival.

Coming off FROZEN's Best Animated Feature and Best Original Song wins, as well as Idina Menzel's performance at the Oscars last night, BWW couldn't resist bringing you a little bit more from the big screen hit. Last month, the stars of Disney's FROZEN got together at the Vibrato Grill Jazz Club in Los Angeles to perform songs from the movie. Below, watch Kristen Bell and Santino Fontana perform 'Love Is an Open Door'!

While the worlds of Disney's hit animated movie musical blockbuster FROZEN and that of international stage staple WICKED both share iconic female heroines with memorable showstopping songs, for the first time in forever the two are now inextricably linked in a spectacular new performance recently given by West End Elphaba Willemijn Verkaik.

On the same day it won two Academy Awards® including Best Animated Feature, “Frozen,” Walt Disney Animation Studios' 53rd feature film, crossed $1 billion at the worldwide box office.

The 2014 Academy Awards telecast was lovely, lengthy and a generally low-key affair, filled with more than a few buzz-worthy moments worth a replay or two as well as some spectacular song sequences, too - as would be expected from two noted and similarly Oscar-winning producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron. Ellen Degeneres delivered on the humor as expected, if not surpassing expectations in doing more than merely decently, whereas the winners themselves were generally smart and savvy choices, all said - 12 YEARS A SLAVE and DALLAS BUYER'S CLUB nabbing many top awards. Plus, FROZEN took home a well-earned trophy or two and its sensational lead Idina Menzel was responsible for not only the performance of the night - a Swarovski explosion of epic proportions, with vocals to match - but also the viral video, too, byway of John Travolta's unfortunate faux pas introduction mispronouncing the Broadway superstar's name. Oops, Oohs, Ahhs, and, well, OZ, the 2014 Oscars fulfilled its promise of entertaining, if perhaps overstaying its welcome - yet, who would want to sacrifice those fabulous speeches; or anything else, for that matter? Everyone got their moment - but maybe just a moment or two too many.

When Tony winner Robert Lopez and his wife Kristen Anderson-Lopez won this year's Oscar for Best Original Song for 'Let It Go' from FROZEN, Lopez became the 12th member of the exclusive EGOT club.

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Tony winner Idina Menzel sang the Best Original Song winner 'Let It Go' from this year's Best Animated Film FROZEN at the Academy Awards. Disney's newest movie musical, which has earned more than $1 billion worldwide, in addition to Menzel, features Broadway vets Kristen Bell, John Gad, and Santino Fontana. The beloved songs were written by the youngest EGOT winner Robert Lopez and his wife Kristen Anderson-Lopez.