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The Path Fund, Inc.has just announced that two-time Tony Award winning director Des McAnuff (Jersey Boys, The Who's Tommy) has joined the cast of 'ROCKERS ON BROADWAY - HALLOWEEN SPOOKTACULAR', the latest edition of Broadway's favorite benefit Rock and Roll concert series will take place on Monday October 31st at the Midtown Theatre at the HA! Comedy Club (163 West 46th Street, NYC) with shows at 7PM and 10PM. Proceeds will benefit The Broadway Dreams Foundation, Broadway in South Africa and Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS.

On Sunday October 23rd the Ryerson Theatre School is holding a special one night only concert at Koerner Hall to celebrate the achievements of Tony Award Winning director Des McAnuff. It has been a banner year for McAnuff, with his production of Jesus Christ Superstar a runaway hit at the Stratford Festival and bound for Broadway in March of 2012. The concert will feature songs from many of Des' shows, as well as cast members from Jesus Christ Superstar, Toronto's Jersey Boys and more. BWW spoke to Peggy Shannon, Chair of the Ryerson Theatre School, on what we can expect at the event and on the new scholarship the school is offering in Des' honour.

Producers Fran Kirmser and Tony Ponturo (Lombardi) announced today members of their creative team. Tony nominee Thomas Kail (Lombardi, In The Heights) will reunite with Lombardi playwright and Oscar winner and Emmy Nominee Eric Simonson on MAGIC/BIRD, a new play chronicling the intertwined life stories of two of the most influential figures in sports and pop culture of the past 25 years, basketball Hall of Famers Larry Bird and Earvin ‘Magic' Johnson.

Alley Theatre Artistic Director Gregory Boyd announces the cast and creative team for the world premiere of Ether Dome, the first Alley production by acclaimed playwright Elizabeth Egloff.

On sale to State Theatre Members Tues, Aug 2 (Box Office window at 453 Northampton Street opens at 6 AM; Online Ticketing and Phone lines open at Noon). Tickets will go on sale to the Public August 16 at 10 AM.

A labor of love and a wonderful homage to the man who was an institution in Boston, Ken Dooley's 'The Auerbach Dynasty' offers a hefty helping of nostalgia alongside a strong portrayal of Arnold 'Red' Auerbach by Jeff Gill in a solo performance as the first coach of the Boston Celtics.

Broadway veteran Michael Cerveris is set to take part in the CD release party for The Lisps' 'Are We at the Movies?,' at the Rock Shop on May 20.

Roger Daltrey plans to bring THE WHO'S TOMMY on tour this fall. The Who's Tommy is a rock musical by Pete Townshend and Des McAnuff based on The Who's 1969 double album rock opera Tommy, also by Pete Townshend, with additional material by John Entwistle and Sonny Boy Williamson.

Pete Townshend's score won the Tony Award in 1993 when The Who's concept album from the late 1960's was transferred to the Broadway stage. Townshend said he used Tommy's afflictions to represent the 'basic blindness to reality' shared by most of the general population. The role of Tommy will be portrayed on The Media Theatre stage by Peter Kriss who has been seen in regional productions of 'Footloose' and 'Fame'. View 5-year-old John Michael Daily of Glen Mills performing 'Pinball Wizard', in a clip provided by his parents, by clicking below!

Garrison Keillor was born in 1942 in Anoka, Minnesota, and began his radio career as a freshman at the University of Minnesota, from which he graduated in 1966.

Broadway's Tony nominated actress Ann Crumb, who has originated numerous leading roles on Broadway and in London's West End, will rock out as the Acid Queen in 'The Who's Tommy' at The Media Theatre March 30-May 22.

In The Mood is a phenomenon among touring shows-now in its 17th year. Swing aficionados, especially seniors who heard the music first hand, adore this musical revue. But this family show is for all ages-even young kids who love to swing dance flock to see it.

In The Mood is coming to the Aronoff Center's Procter and Gamble Hall on Saturday, April 2 at 3:00 PM and 7:30 PM.

Garrison Keillor was born in 1942 in Anoka, Minnesota, and began his radio career as a freshman at the University of Minnesota, from which he graduated in 1966.

In The Mood is a phenomenon among touring shows-now in its 17th year. Swing aficionados, especially seniors who heard the music first hand, adore this musical revue. But this family show is for all ages-even young kids who love to swing dance flock to see it.

Broadway's Tony nominated actress Ann Crumb, who has originated numerous leading roles on Broadway and in London's West End, will rock out as the Acid Queen in 'The Who's Tommy' at The Media Theatre March 30-May 22.

The Media Theatre's Artistic Director Jesse Cline recently announced the upcoming 2010-11 Broadway Series Season, which begins in October with Frank Wildhorn's 'Jekyll and Hyde: The Musical'.

Roger Daltrey is set for a March 24 performance of The Who's Tommy at Royal Albert Hall . The performance will benefit Teenage Cancer Trust.

Queens Theatre in the Park (QTP) presents International Guitar Night on January 16, 2011 at 3pm at Queens Theatre in the Park, Flushing Meadows Corona Park, Flushing, NY. Tickets are $37 and are available by phone at 718-760-0064.

Queens Theatre in the Park (QTP) presents International Guitar Night on January 16, 2011 at 3pm at Queens Theatre in the Park, Flushing Meadows Corona Park, Flushing, NY. Tickets are $37 and are available by phone at 718-760-0064.

La Jolla Playhouse announced today the cast and creative team of its upcoming world-premiere musical Little Miss Sunshine, by the Tony Award-winning creative team of composer/lyricist William Finn and playwright/director James Lapine. Mr. Lapine has enjoyed a long association with the Playhouse, having previously directed Merrily We Roll Along (1985) and Luck, Pluck and Virtue (1993). The production runs February 15 - March 27, 2011 in the Mandell Weiss Theatre.

Queens Theatre in the Park (QTP) presents International Guitar Night on January 16, 2011 at 3pm at Queens Theatre in the Park, Flushing Meadows Corona Park, Flushing, NY. Tickets are $37 and are available by phone at 718-760-0064.

The Media Theatre's Artistic Director Jesse Cline recently announced the upcoming 2010-11 Broadway Series Season, which begins in October with Frank Wildhorn's 'Jekyll and Hyde: The Musical'.

The debut song, 'Boy Falls from the Sky,' established that this theatrical extravaganza - the Broadway community will be abuzz whether this fails or not - will have a strong U2 sound to it, meaning it is relying heavily on a rock and roll sound...

CHESS opened at the Signature Theatre on August 10 and will run through September 26. The cast is lead by Jill Paice (Curtains, The 39 Steps) as Florence Vassy, Euan Morton (Boy George in Taboo, Sondheim on Sondheim) as Anatoly Sergievsky and Jeremy Kushnier (Footloose, Rent) as Freddie Trumper. The rock musical is directed by Signature's Artistic Director Eric Schaeffer. Written by Mamma Mia! composers Björn Ulvaeus and Benny Andersson with Evita and Lion King lyricist Tim Rice, the 1984 cult musical of Cold War competition in love and chess is being given its first major Washington area production. Chess is being performed in the fabulous intimacy of the 276-seat MAX Theatre.