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The National Entertainment Fund for the Cultural Arts (NEFCA) and event co-chairs Michael Steinhardt, Charles Bronfman and Lynn Schusterman proudly present the 2nd Annual Broadway Purim Shpiel at the Hudson Theatre on Monday, March 13, 2006 at 7pm

Martin Short: Fame Becomes Me will play Toronto's Canon Theatre from May 27 - July 2, 2006.

The Pajama Game opened on February 23, 2006 and BroadwayWorld was there to capture all the festivities of the opening night party!

The Pajama Game opened on February 23, 2006 and BroadwayWorld was there to capture all the festivities of opening night!

The Pajama Game opened on February 23, 2006 and BroadwayWorld was there to capture the Gypsy Robe Ceremony. The colorful Gypsy Robe, embellished with mementos from Broadway musicals, is presented to the cast member who has the most Broadway chorus credits.

The 2006-2007 at the Hippodrome Theatre at the France-Merrick Performing Arts Center has been announced. The seven-show season ranges from $156 - $615, and sales begin Sunday. Call 800-343-3103 or go online at www.broadwayacrossamerica.com.

The show, will begin previews on April 3, 2006 and will open on May 1, 2006.

Rep Stage, Toby's of Columbia, local actors and designers honored.

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North Shore Music Theatre's 2006 season will include a revised production of Damn Yankees and the regional theatre premiere of Hairspray

Martin Short: Fame Becomes Me will play from July 5th through 16th in Chicago before opening on Broadway on August 10th

Variety reports that 'Martin Short: Fame Becomes Me' will open at a TBA Shubert theatre on August 10, 2006.

Altar Boyz' Danny Calvert will be among the performers in In the Name of Love, a February 13th benefit for God's Love We Deliver

Former American Idol runner-up Diana DeGarmo will join the cast of Broadway's Hairspray as Penny Pingleton from February 7 through May 14, 2006.

Both Sandra Bernhard and John Cameron Mitchell (with Murray Hill) will celebrate New Year's Eve at Joe's Pub, and other acts will follow in weeks to come

The Wedding Singer has been announced for the Al Hirschfeld Theatre, with previews to begin on March 30, 2006 and opening night to be April 27, 2006.

The production will star Josh Strickland as Tarzan, Jenn Gambatese as Jane, Merle Dandridge as Kala, Shuler Hensley as Kerchak, Chester Gregory II as Terk, Timothy Jerome as Professor Porter and Donnie Keshawarz as Clayton. Daniel Manche and Alex Rutherford will alternate in the role of Young Tarzan.

SEATTLE ­ Audiences at The 5th Avenue Theatre will travel back in time ­ to 1985 ­ for the pre-broadway world premiere of THE WEDDING SINGER. Tickets are on sale now.

The Great American Trailer Park will be recorded by Sh-K-Boom records, with the cast going into the studio on October 26th; it will be released online in December and commercially in early 2006

Adam Shankman, best known for helming the hit Bringing Down the House, has been chosen as the director of the upcoming big screen version of Hairspray

Bernard Telsey Casting is seeking exciting new talent for the upcoming Las Vegas production of the hit Broadway musical HAIRSPRAY, opening in February 2006 at the Luxor Theater.

Disney has announced that Tarzan will being previews on March 24, to open on May 10, 2006.

The movie musical version of Hairspray, which was first to have been directed by Jack O'Brien and then by Rob Marshall, is still without a director