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­ Jujamcyn Theaters has announced that A Catered Affair, a new musical with book by four-time Tony Award-winner Harvey Fierstein, score by acclaimed composer John Bucchino and directed by Tony Award-winner John Doyle, will open on Broadway at a theater to-be-announced in the coming season (Spring 2008).

What, exactly, does a theatrical producer do - and how do you get to be one? For anyone interested in the business behind the show, the Commercial Theater Institute (CTI) will once again offer its annual three-day intensive training program, 'Producing for the Commercial Theater' at New World Stages.

The Producers will play its final performance on Sunday, April 22, 2007, after playing 33 preview performances and 2,502 regular performances at Broadway's St. James Theatre.

The Irish Repertory Theatre has been chosen to receive the 22nd Jujamcyn Theaters Award.

Full casting has been announced for the upcoming Las Vegas production of The Producers, which will begin previews on January 31, 2007 and open at the Paris Las Vegas on February 9th

Leigh Zimmerman will play Swedish sexpot Ulla in the Las Vegas production of The Producers

Hunter Foster will return to the role of Leo Bloom, formerly played by Roger Bart, in The Producers, beginning Tuesday, January 23, 2007.

Click in for reviews of Avenue Q: The Book, The Audrey Hepburn Treasures, Mamma Mia! How Can I Resist You?, The Alchemy of Theatre, We Bombed in New London, Somewhere: The Life of Jerome Robbins, Stop The Show, In Their Company: Portraits of American Playwrights, Fantasia: Life is Not a Fairy Tale and The Entertainment Sourcebook 2007.

The most honored show in Broadway history, the MEL BROOKS musical comedy THE PRODUCERS, at Paris Las Vegas announces today that during previews, locals can purchase tickets for $60 (including taxes and service charges) with valid Nevada ID. Previews begin January 31, 2007 and run for one week.

The daffy new musical courtesy of the Upright Citizens Brigade is currently running at 59E59.

Playwright Tricia Walsh-Smith and her husband Shubert president Philip J. Smith, recently held a holiday party in the stunning penthouse apartment of the late J.J. Shubert

Tina Maddigan, Jay Johnson and more performed at The Theatre Museum's 2006 Awards for Excellence, which were presented at the Millennium Broadway Hotel's Hudson Theatre on October 16th

Ashlee Simpson, currently making her West End debut starring as Roxie Hart in the hit musical Chicago, will fly to New York to join the 10th Anniversary Gala one night only performance of the musical set for November 14th at the Ambassador Theatre

Kevin Richardson has been added to the all-star star alumni cast of the gala 10th anniversary performance of Chicago at the Ambassador Theatre on November 14th

A memorial celebration of the life and career of Cy Feuer, legendary Broadway producer, director, composer, musician, and immediate past chairman and longtime president of The League of American Theatres and Producers, was held on Thursday, September 21st at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre

A memorial celebration of the life and career of Cy Feuer, legendary Broadway producer, director, composer, musician, and immediate past chairman and longtime president of The League of American Theatres and Producers, will be held on Thursday, September 21st at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre

Sharon Lawrence, John O'Hurley, Tom Wopat, Paige Davis, Chuck Cooper, Lynda Carter and more have signed on to the gala 10th anniversary performance of Chicago on November 14th

Producers Barry & Fran Weissler have announced the latest group of 'Chicago' star alumni added to the special 10th anniversary gala performance on Tuesday evening, November 14th at the Ambassador Theatre.

Brooke Shields, Melanie Griffith, Patrick Swayze and more have joined the gala anniversary performance of the Chicago revival, which will take place on Tuesday evening, November 14th

The original stars of the Chicago revival -- Ann Reinking, Bebe Neuwirth, James Naughton, Joel Grey and Marcia Lewis -- will reunite for a 10th anniversary performance of the smash show on November 14th