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WICKED and Sydney Theater Company's dramatic play 'The War of the Roses' were the big winners at the ninth Helpmann Awards at the Sydney Opera House on Monday, collecting six awards each including best musical for WICKED and best play for 'Roses.'

The Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center today announces several additions to the creative team for Wonderland: Alice's New Musical Adventure. According to producer Judith Lisi, president and CEO of TBPAC, Marguerite Derricks will choreograph the production and Ron Melrose will serve as music supervisor and provide vocal and dance arrangements as well as incidental music. Susan Hilferty, Neil Patel and Paul Gallo will design the costumes, sets and lights respectively, while Jon Weston will design the sound and Sven Ortel will design video and projections.

The New York Times reports the sad news that acclaimed choreographer Merce Cunningham has died at the age of 90.

Gavin Creel is ever-evolving as an artist. His career defines 'growth' and his music is continuous proof that Creel pours every ounce of his fairly bursting soul into each lyric. Gavin possesses a voice that transports the listener, be it coming from the stage of the Al Hirschfeld theatre every performance as he brings his 'Claude' to emotional life in the Tony Award winning HAIR, or tonight from the confines of Joe's Pub as he plays his first concert date in over 8 months. Tickets to the two-time Tony Award nominee's Joe's Pub concert were sold out within one hour of going on sale. A second show that was added to due to the demand sold out in ten minutes!

Comic-Con 2009 soared back into the San Diego Convention Center July 23-26 -- with the popular Preview Night on Wednesday, July 22 -- Comic-Con's 40th was the the biggest and best convention ever. The event attracted stars from the world of stage, tv and film and BroadwayWorld.com's cameras were there to capture the celebs as they mixed and mingled with the eager fans!

Second Stage Theatre (Carole Rothman, Artistic Director, Ellen Richard, Executive Director) continues this summer's Second Stage Theatre Uptown Series with the world premiere of Lila Rose Kaplan's Wildflower. Directed by Giovanna Sardelli, Wildflower features Nadia Bowers, Ron Cephas Jones, Quincy Dunn-Baker, Jake O'Connor and Renée Felice Smith. Previews begin Monday, July 13 and opening night is Monday, July 27 at 7:00pm.

An anti-social piece about friends, intuitive storytelling, comedy capers and more are being offered this summer by CoHo Productions in its first ever summer programming: Endless Summer. This is our ambitious endeavor to co-produce at least one performance in the CoHo Theater every night beginning Thursday, July 9, until August 29! They're cheap too! Every production has at least one performance in which ticket prices start at $5.

Beginning tonight Monday, July 27, there will be a new ?man behind the mask' in the Broadway production of THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA, which is the longest-running show in Broadway history. John Cudia, the recent star of the National Tour, will take over the role on Broadway after a nearly decade-long association with the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical, directed by Harold Prince.

The final song selections for Love Is The Answer, the eagerly awaited new studio collection of intimate jazz standards performed by Barbra Streisand, are being revealed in anticipation of the album's release on Tuesday, September 29.

TOO CLOSE TO THE SUN, a dramatic new musical of a fictional account of the last days in the life of Ernest Hemingway, making its World Premiere in London's West End this summer will close early on August 8th.

AMERICAN IDOL 8 season eight runner-up Adam Lambert talks about his song choices on tour, his upcoming album, and reuniting with his fellow American Idol finalists.

First Wives Club The Musical is here! Sam Harris brings you to an exclusive behind the scenes look at the production process of a new Broadway bound musical.

The swinging '60's meet Broadway when Robin and the 7 Hoods, a brand new musical comedy, opens in New York during the 2010-11 season, it was announced by the show's producers (Bruce Charet, Dennis Mastro, Dennis Farina, Billy Campbell; Barry Brown, executive producer)

The Attic Ensemble, Theater for a New Jersey City, will hold auditions for a non-union production of the Neil Simon's classic comedy Come Blow Your Horn, directed by Marcie Colleen. Auditions are at the Attic Ensemble, 83 Wayne Street, Jersey City.

Philly Improv Theater has one quick performance week before they get ready for a 16-day run during the annual Philly Fringe. In August, the theater is presenting a line-up of improv, sketch and stand-up comedy favorites and a one-night performance of Amnesia and Attempted Murder, a one-woman show that has taken New York City's comedy scene by storm. All PHIT shows take place at 407 Bainbridge Street. More information is available online at www.phillyimprovtheater.com or at 267-233-1556.

Buck Creek Players, the award-winning all volunteer community theater on Indianapolis' southeast side, is set to honor the memory of Jack Peek with the third biannual Buck Creek Players Play-A-Part Fundraiser production of Rodgers and Hammerstein's classic Broadway musical, The Sound of Music.

Theatre By The Sea owner and producer Bill Hanney, Producing Artistic Director Amiee Turner and Managing Producer Joel Kipper are proud to continue Theatre By The Sea's 2009 Children's Festival with Dance, Dance, Dance presented by the Okra Dance Company on Friday, July 31, 2009.

After successful performances in June and July, Lee Summers continues his open ended run of 'Winds of Change' on Monday, August 3rd at 9:30pm at The Triad Theatre

Matthew Warchus, the 2009 Tony Award winner for Best Direction of a Play for his work guiding Best Play honoree GOD OF CARNAGE, talks to The New York Times about two of his upcoming projects, the musical adaptations of the film GHOST and Roald Dahl's book 'Matilda.'

The Tony nominated cast of Yasmina Reza's GOD OF CARNAGE have extended their contracts through November 15. The entire production will take a 6 week summer hiatus beginning after today's performance to allow the cast to fulfill previously scheduled family commitments. The production, starring Jeff Daniels, Hope Davis, James Gandolfini and Marcia Gay Harden will resume performances on Tuesday, September 8 and continue through Sunday, November 15.