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Variety reports that Stephen Collins and Tony Roberts have joined the cast of Manhattan Theater Club's upcoming Broadway revival of THE ROYAL FAMILY.

West Side Story has returned to Broadway in a new production directed by its two-time Tony Award winning librettist Arthur Laurents, Karen Olivo, who plays the iconic and passionate 'Anita' in 'West Side Story', earned a 2009 Tony Award nomination for Best Performance By A Featured Actress In A Musical for her dynamic performance.

Editor/founder of THE COLUMN and new Dallas BroadwayWorld.com correspondent, John Garcia recently interviewed TONY Award nominee Adam Pascal and Anthony Rapp, original stars of the history making rock/pop opera RENT.

Mother's Day: the one day each year when we honor the women who brought us all into this world - BWW TV celebrates the larger than life 'Moms' who did everything from bake a mean apple pie to thrillingly bring down the house with their 11 o'clock numbers.

Editor/founder of THE COLUMN and new Dallas BroadwayWorld.com correspondent, John Garcia recently interviewed TONY Award nominee Adam Pascal and Anthony Rapp, original stars of the history making rock/pop opera RENT.

Broadway Beat takes you from the rehearsal studios to opening nights, including in-depth interviews with Tony Award winning stars and directors. Broadway Beat is your front row seat to all the music, all the magic, and all of the magnificent drama that is Broadway.

YOU is a love story. It spans 21 years, bouncing around in time, creating a kind of family quilt that wraps around a father as he struggles to overcome the grief of losing his beloved wife and raise their daughter alone. A coming-of-age journey for both the father and his daughter, You is filled with the magic of life and love and family.

The New York Times ArtsBeat section one of the biggest questions going around the Rialto regarding this spring's biggest hit, 'God of Carnage,' 'how long will it end up running with its superstar cast of Jeff Daniels, Hope Davis, James Gandolfini, and Marcia Gay Harden?'

The Flea presents the World Premiere of OFF THE MAIN ROAD, an unproduced play by William Inge, author of Picnic, Bus Stop, and Come Back Little Sheba.

On Saturday May 30th 2009 Tony Winner Sara Ramirez star of ' Grey's Anatomy' and 'Spamalot' and Emmy Winner Carson Kressley host of 'Queer Eye for the Straight Guy' and 'How to Look Good Naked' will be hosting the first benefit gala event for the Al D. Rodriguez Liver Foundation. The event will take place at The Brandon Fradd Theatre at Whyte Hall in Fire Island Pines, Long Island, NY starting at 6PM. Ms. Ramirez and Mr. Kressley have united forces to honor their close friend Al D. Rodriguez, an actor, performer, producer, mentor, and creative tour de force with an evening of music and film.

The Hollywood Reporter has revealed that Broadway star Jesse Tyler Ferguson - who originated the role of Leaf Coneybear in The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee - has reason to celebrate as the new comedy pilot he is featured in, 'Modern Family', has been given a 13-episode order from ABC.

MBCT; Modern But Classical Theatre presents MEDEA: A Tragedy of Revenge May 9-17 at the Flamboyán Theatre on the Lower East Side of Manhattan. The classic Euripides work is the terrifying tale of a powerful sorceress wronged by her husband, ravaged by domesticity, and driven by revenge

Playwrights Horizons (Tim Sanford, Artistic Director; Leslie Marcus, Managing Director) is now accepting entries for its popular LIVEforFIVE online lottery for $5 tickets to its next production, the New York premiere of OUR HOUSE, a new play by Pulitzer Prize finalist Theresa Rebeck (The Butterfly Collection and Bad Dates at Playwrights Horizons, Broadway's Mauritius, co-author of Omnium Gatherum). At least 50 tickets will be available via the online lottery.

FOR LOVERS ONLY (Love Songs... Nothing But Love Songs), a new musical revue celebrating romance, began performances Friday April 24th at New World Stages, 340 West 50th Street (between Eighth & Ninth Avenues). Opening Night is set for this Monday May 11th (8 PM).

To mark the acquisition of the more than 500-piece collection of illustrations and sketches of alumnus Richard Amsel, The University of the Arts is presenting 'Richard Amsel: A Retrospective' at its Rosenwald-Wolf Gallery (333 S. Broad St., Philadelphia). The exhibit continues through May 14th.

Variety reports that Katie Holmes is set to star in Miramax Films' 'Don't Be Afraid of the Dark,' a thriller that is scripted by Guillermo del Toro and Matthew Robbins.

Shrek The Musical takes you behind-the-scenes with the launch of 'This Is Our Story: Swamp to Stage,' the 10 part online video series that follows the cast and creative team of Broadway's newest hit musical on their journey to bring this story to life on stage.

Gwyneth Paltrow is considering a return to the West End stage in Chekhov's The Three Sisters reports Baz Bamigboye in his Daily Mail column.

On Monday, May 4th, Legendary Canadian-born director, Norman Jewison, was awarded The National Arts Club's prestigious Medal of Honor for Film at a dinner held in his honor the historic Gramercy Park venue in New York City.

Sean Mathias directs Ian McKellen and Patrick Stewart in Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot which is his first production as Artistic Director of the 2009 Theatre Royal Haymarket Company officially opened on Wednesday, May 6th.