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Alexa Ray Joel, the 28-year-old singer/songwriter and daughter of Billy Joel and Christie Brinkley, is recovering after fainting onstage during a show at Cafe Carlyle, according to The New York Times.

Due to the overwhelming success of Amy Herzog's Pulitzer Prize for Drama finalist 4000 Miles, Centaur Theatre proudly announces that 3 new performances have been added to its run.

Phyllis Frelich, the Tony-award winning actress, has passed away at the age of 70, according to The Silent Grapevine.

The National Theatre has terminated the contracts of five musicians who, until recently, provided live accompaniment for the West End production of War Horse, according to The Stage.

Cast members of the national tour of Sister Act: The Musical have started a new tradition: #SIC, or Sunday Intermission Covers. Every Sunday during the show's 15-minute intermission, cast members rush backstage to perform a quick cover of one of their favorite songs. This week, it's Avicii's 'Wake Me Up.' Check it out here!

An ensemble play, 'Heritage' tells the story of Abraham Lincoln in a very different light. Spanning three generations, we discover the strength of character of the women and men who shaped the life of our sixteenth President, and the unmistakable impression that they each left upon his life and legacy.

The John W. Engeman Theater's production of The Music Man, running March 27 - May 18, tells the story of fast-talking traveling salesman Harold Hill and his plans to con the people of River City, Iowa. He sells them instruments and promises to train the townspeople to be a professional band. Hill, who doesn't know a trombone from a treble clef, plans to skip town with the money without giving any music lessions at all - until he falls in love with Marian the librarian. Check out a look at the cast in action here!

The cast and crew of Kinky Boots celebrated the show's one year anniversary on Broadway by filming their own music video for the hit song #Selfie by The Chainsmokers. Check it out here!

Officials at Timberlane Regional High School have cancelled a scheduled production of Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, saying the script and content matter are too controversial.

The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz, with music by Alan Menken and lyrics by David Spencer, is getting a second chance at a fully mounted production in Montreal this summer after its first attempt at a Broadway run in 1987.

Composer Andrew Lloyd Webber's theatre company, The Really Useful Group, has split into two separate companies, the Telegraph reports. In a recent article, the Telegraph has revealed that a look at the company's accounts reveals a demerger in Webber's company. The Really Useful Group is now joined by a separate company, Really Useful Theatres, which is set to bring in millions through its programming at all its West End theatres - including Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and Matilda.

In an evening of side-splitting laughter and thoughtful political conversation, The Culture Project presents The Real Americans and The Junket - two one-man shows performed by Dan Hoyle and Mike Albo, respectively. BroadwayWorld sat down with the actors to discuss the relationship between journalism, politics, and theatre - and the phenomenon referred to as 'cotton mouth'.

Sir Ian McKellen, Sir Patrick Stewart, Megan Hilty, Jonathan Groff, Mary-Louise Parker, and Paula Cole are set to present Broadway Battles Bullying, a benefit concert for the Michael Morones Foundation.

Idina Menzel, star of stage and screen, posed for this week's cover of Billboard Magazine - which declared her to be 'The (Not So) New 'It' Girl'. 'It' girl is spot on - Menzel's performance of Let it Go from the hit movie Frozen just recently cracked the Top 10 on Billboard's own Hot 100 chart, and Menzel recently returned to Broadway for the first time since her Tony Award-winning performance as Elphaba in Wicked.

An ensemble play, 'Heritage' tells the story of Abraham Lincoln in a very different light. Spanning three generations, we discover the strength of character of the women and men who shaped the life of our sixteenth President, and the unmistakable impression that they each left upon his life and legacy.

Five voice students were named winners of the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music's (CCM) 2014 Opera Scholarship Competition, which was held Saturday, March 15, in UC's Corbett Auditorium. The annual competition welcomes current and incoming CCM voice students to compete for scholarships and cash prizes, and a panel of judges composed of opera industry professionals selects each year's class of prizewinners.

Hot on the heels of Les Miserables' box office success, Broadway producer Cameron Mackintosh has set his sights on a film version of Miss Saigon, according to the Associated Press. He also told the AP in an interview that he wants to revisit My Fair Lady ('One day', Mackintosh said) and Oliver!, but conceded that the role of Fagin, which is extremely difficult to cast, may prove daunting.

A video of two daughters surprising their mother with a ticket to Motown The Musical went viral this past Christmas, especially within the New York theatre circles - but no one was quite sure how the family, who had struggled to pay for the ticket, was going to actually get to Broadway. Pamela Bob, a swing in A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder, decided to do something about it.

Side Show, based on the true life story of conjoined twins Daisy and Violet Hilton, is set to be revived at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. in performances running from June 14 - July 13, 2014. Side Show originally opened on Broadway in 1997, starring Alice Ripley and Emily Skinner as the Hilton twins. Telling the story of their rise from circus attractions to famous vaudeville performers during the Great Depression, Side Show brings us the sisters' lifelong search for fortune, romance, and a spot on the stage.

You can drag a Holmes to water, but you can't make him drink. The beleaguered Holmes parents brought their highly functioning sociopath of a son - and presumably Mycroft, though the whole venture was likely his idea - to see several Broadway musicals, and Sherlock didn't disappoint. While his family was enjoying popular showstoppers like 'Brotherhood of Man', 'At the Ballet', and 'One Day More', Sherlock was quietly deducting away and was gracious enough to share his observations with The Toast. We've included some highlights for your enjoyment below.