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Tony Lo Bianco is currently starring in LaGuardia at the Dicapo Opera Theatre- 184 East 76th Street. Bianco's humorous, poignant and eye-opening entertainment of who many consider to be one of New York City's greatest Mayors - Fiorello La Guardia. He stopped by the WLIW studios on Sunday October 12th to be live and in person as the channel aired the very popular documentary PRIDE & PASSION.

Lyric Stage, Dallas County's only locally produced professional musical theater company, continues its sixteenth season with FIORELLO!, October 10-25, 2008. Performances are Thursday-Saturday evenings @ 8:00 PM with matinees on Sundays @ 2:30 PM. There is also a matinee on Saturday, October 25 @ 2:30 PM.

Following acclaimed engagements in San Francisco, Boston, Detroit, Toronto, Los Angeles and St. Paul, IRVING BERLIN'S WHITE CHRISTMAS, a new stage adaptation of the beloved classic film, will arrive at the Marquis Theatre on Broadway this holiday season - guaranteeing that New York will have a white Christmas! The production is directed by Walter Bobbie with a book by David Ives and choreography by Randy Skinner.

Actress/singer/songwriter Alicia Witt sang and performed a set of her original songs with piano and full band at the Public Theater's JOE's PUB on Monday, July 28th at 9:30 PM. Alicia is an award-winning classical pianist. Special guests included Josiah Early, Jeff Fiorello and Lady Rizo of Lady Rizo and the Assettes.

Actress/singer/songwriter ALICIA WITT will be singing and performing a set of her original songs with piano and full band at the Public Theater's JOE's PUB on Monday, July 28th at 9:30 PM.

Experience the passion, romance and excitement of the most electrifying music ever written for Broadway, when Pittsburgh CLO proudly presents West Side Story August 5 through August 17 at the Benedum Center. This classic musical is filled with jet-propelled dancing, melodious songs and the poignancy of youthful heartbreak.

Actress/singer/songwriter ALICIA WITT will be singing and performing a set of her original songs with piano and full band at the Public Theater's JOE's PUB on Monday, July 28th at 9:30 PM.

The Brooklyn-based theatre company, Woodshed Collective, will present the premiere of Caridad Svich's Twelve Ophelias, directed by Teddy Bergman, as a free event at McCarren Park Pool, one of the city's best-loved concert and performance venues, in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, beginning performances Friday, July 11, at 8pm and opening Thursday, July 24 at 8pm. The McCarren Park Pool is located on Lorimer Street at Bayard Street.

The world premiere musical revue 'Tonight at Eight: Saluting Sheldon Harnick' will launch Northwestern University's Summer Music Theatre Festival 2008.

This summer, Northwestern University's American Music Theatre Project (AMTP) and the Theatre and Interpretation Center will present the Summer 2008 musical theatre programs on the Evanston campus.

FEINSTEIN'S AT LOEWS REGENCY, the nightclub proclaimed 'Best of New York' by New York Magazine and 'an invaluable New York institution' by The New York Post, will conclude the Spring 2008 season with the solo debut of Emmy Award winner and Tony Award nominee LIZ CALLAWAY from June 17 - 28.

Northwestern University's Summer Music Theatre Festival 2008 announces line-up.

The former home of the Von Trapp family, who became famous with the film The Sound Of Music, will be turned into a hotel to be officially opened sometime in July in Saltzburg, Austria.

Shattered Globe Theatre announce their 18th anniversary, 2008-2009 season of presenting ensemble-driven theatre including 'The Glass Menagerie,' 'The Little Foxes,' and 'Buried Child.'

Experience the magic when American Musical Theatre of San Jose presents Disney's Beauty and the Beast, perfect entertainment for the entire family. The enchantment begins on May 13 at the San Jose Center for the Performing Arts where the show runs through May 25. The production is sponsored by Comerica Bank. Single tickets are now on sale.

TimeLine Theatre Company to remount its award-winning production of the Musical 'FIORELLO!'

Now that the 50th Annual Grammy Awards ceremony is history, and before the Tony Awards season sneaks up on us, it might be a good time to do a little investigating into the relationship between the category that both award shows recognize-Best Musical, of course.

Michael Riedel of the New York Post reports that acclaimed Broadway director and producer Hal Prince 'suffered what close friends are calling a 'minor stroke' Sunday afternoon. He was released from the hospital Wednesday - his 80th birthday - and is expected to be on the mend soon.'

Sheldon Harnick was cohost, performer and honoree in a Museum of the City of New York concert saluting the Yiddish theater's influence on Broadway musicals.

The York Theatre Company has announced its Fall 2007 Musicals in Mufti Series -- the York's acclaimed series of musical theatre gems in staged concert performances

MCC Theater has announced programming for the MCC Theater Youth Company's third annual FreshPlay Festival, which is set to take place at Theatre Row's Clurman Theatre