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BroadwayWorld Presents The 2009 Tony Award Nominees: 'Best Performance By A Featured Actress In A Musical'

Bucking the trend toward more modest offerings, Shadow Theatre Company expands its programming and offers six shows for its 2009-10 season. Celebrating its one-year anniversary in its new state-of-the-art facility in the East End Arts District in Aurora, Shadow Artistic Director Jeffrey Nickelson notes, 'One group that is under-represented in American theatre is women-especially African American woman; which is why our upcoming season celebrates women and is entitled 'Celebrating Women, Mothers and Daughters.' Women's work, energy, thought, and spirit help build the world we live in today, and each scheduled show demonstrates the strength and beauty of womanhood.' Nickelson goes on, 'Funding for Shadow and all arts institutions have declined over the past year but we have faith that this exciting season will bring people out to the theatre. In tough times, we celebrate tough women-because their devotion to goodness and community is what will bring us through the current crisis.'

BroadwayWorld Presents The 2009 Tony Award Nominees: 'Best Performance By A Leading Actor In A Musical'

Starlight Theatre employees and volunteers surprised local high school theatre students and instructors today when they personally delivered and announced the nominations for the 2009 Blue Star Awards program.

On Monday, May 4 multi award-winning composer and lyricist Ryan Scott Oliver will bring sexy schoolteachers, provocative rent-boys, obsessive homicidal teenagers, and fairy dust to Joe's Pub.

During the week of April 27- May 1, 2009, top-rated morning program 'Live with Regis and Kelly' gave the show's nationwide TV audience a vicarious thrill when America's favorite co-hosts jumped into the roles of some of the best Broadway characters during 'On Broadway Week.'

New York Theatre Workshop (NYTW) Artistic Director James C. Nicola and Managing Director William Russo have announced plans for NYTW's 2009-10 season. One of New York's leading non-profit theatre companies, NYTW will present a 27th season that includes work by Jessica Blank and Erik Jensen, Rebecca Gilman, and Geoffrey Cowan and Leroy Aarons. A fourth production, scheduled for spring 2010, will be announced in the coming weeks.

Pioneer Theatre Company presents the spectacular musical phenomenon Miss Saigon, by the same team that created Les Misérables. The show runs May 1 through May 16, 2009.

Who Wants Cake? is thrilled to announce auditions for the opening show of its 2009/2010 season RENT, the Tony and Pulitzer prize-winning musical by Jonathan Larson. Auditions will be held on Saturday, May 16 from 9:00 AM-5:00 PM at The Ringwald Theatre; callbacks will be held Sunday, May 17 beginning at 6:00 PM.

The John W. Engeman Theater at Northport is delighted to announce that SINGLE TICKETS will go ON SALE FRIDAY MAY 1, 2009 at 10AM!

32 seats in the front two rows of the orchestra will be made available for purchase by lottery for $20.00 at every performance of Rent, the Pulitzer Prize and Tony® Award-winning musical, with Theatre Under The Stars at the Hobby Center for the Performing Arts. Opportunity to purchase the $20 tickets will be assigned by lottery and announced 90 minutes prior to curtain

Theatre Under The Stars (TUTS) will host the National Tour of RENT at the Hobby Center for Performing Arts, April 29-May 3, 2009, for just five days. Jeffrey Seller, Kevin McCollum, Allan S. Gordon, the producers of the Pulitzer Prize- and Tony Award-winning musical RENT, have announced that original Broadway cast members Adam Pascal and Anthony Rapp will reprise the roles they made famous on stage and in the film adaptation.

Following an extremely successful off Broadway run and the sale of the film rights to New Line Cinema, ROCK OF AGES opened on Broadway, Tuesday, April 7, 2009 at Broadway's Brooks Atkinson Theatre (256 W. 47th Street). Previews began on Tuesday, March 17, 2009.

2009-2010 Nevada Conservatory Theatre Season Main Season (in the Judy Bayley Theatre) Company Book by George Furth, Music and Lyrics by by Stephen Sondheim October 2, 3, 8, 9 & 10 @ 8PM, October 4 & 11 @ 2PM

Ensemble Studio Theatre (William Carden, Artistic Director, Paul Alexander Slee, Executive Director) will present Marathon 2009, E.S.T.?s 31st annual festival of new one-act plays, at E.S.T. (549 West 52nd Street). Performances begin Friday, May 22nd, and continue through Saturday, June 27th.

One month after their classic songs debut as part of the score of the new hit musical comedy, ROCK OF AGES, two unparalleled rock stars - Tommy Shaw from STYX and Kevin Cronin from REO Speedwagon - will make their Broadway debuts as they perform their new single, 'Can't Stop Rockin', immediately following the evening performance on Monday, April 27, 2009 at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre, 256 W. 47th Street). The performance of the new song, co-written by Cronin and Shaw, celebrates the rockers recently announced CAN'T STOP ROCKIN' 2009 Tour, which kicks off on May 12th, presented by VH1 Classic and Rock Band.

Anthony Rapp, who originated the role of Mark Cohen in the Broadway hit musical RENT, will be signing copies of his book, Without You: A Memoir of Love, Loss, And The Musical RENT at Books-A-Million, 1201 Main St. in the Houston Pavilions on Thursday, April 30th from 12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. Come meet this talented actor and original cast member of RENT, one of Broadways most legendary musicals!

The American Repertory Theater (A.R.T.), under the Artistic Direction of Diane Paulus, is pleased to announce its 2009/10 Season, which is also the A.R.T.'s 30th year in Cambridge.

Fulton Entertainment and Paul Anthony Storiale present 'the Columbine project' Previews Friday, April 17, 8:00 pm Runs April 18 - May 9, 2009 Fridays & Saturdays at 8:00 pm Written & Directed by Paul Storiale

'the Columbine project' runs Friday's and Saturday's at 8pm April 18-May 9th 2009, with a preview Performance Friday April 17th 2009.

Royal Albert Hall's CHESS IN CONCERT, originally presented May 12-13 2008 is set to air on PBS stations this June.

Jeffrey Seller, Kevin McCollum and Allan S. Gordon have announced that Adam Pascal, Anthony Rapp, and Gwen Stewart will reprise the roles they originated on Broadway in RENT: The Broadway Tour when it visits Denver's Buell Theatre June 9-14. Tickets are now on sale.

Pioneer Theatre Company presents the spectacular musical phenomenon Miss Saigon, by the same team that created Les Misérables. The show runs May 1 through May 16, 2009.

On Monday, May 4 multi award-winning composer and lyricist Ryan Scott Oliver will bring sexy schoolteachers, provocative rent-boys, obsessive homicidal teenagers, and fairy dust to Joe's Pub.

32 seats in the front two rows of the orchestra will be made available for purchase by lottery for $20.00 at every performance of Rent, the Pulitzer Prize and Tony® Award-winning musical, with Theatre Under The Stars at the Hobby Center for the Performing Arts. Opportunity to purchase the $20 tickets will be assigned by lottery and announced 90 minutes prior to curtain