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Island Shakespeare will present an immersive celebration of Shakespeare's MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING June 15 to July 1 on Roosevelt Island, NY.

It's a brand new season of love this summer when The 5th Avenue Theatre brings a bold and innovative production of RENT to the stage. Fresh from his smash success with First Date, Bill Berry directs this electrifying new staging of Jonathan Larson's modern rock-opera classic. A cast of Seattle's young rising theater stars, featuring Daniel Berryman, Aaron C. Finley, Naomi Morgan, Jerick Hoffer, Ryah Nixon, and Andi Alhadeff will take center stage, belting hits including "La Vie Boheme," "Take Me or Leave Me," "One Song Glory," and "Rent." Based on the Puccini opera La boheme, the hit musical premiered in 1996 to instant acclaim, and swept a host of theater awards - the Tony, the Obie, and the Pulitzer.

Bobby Cronin, who's shows Daybreak and Concrete Jungle are currently being premiered in London, performed songs from both shows with current cast members, James Darch, Tash Holloway and Kayleigh Lousie Smith, as well as performing a song himself, at WAITING FOR MORE, an evening of new American Musical Theatre writing presented by #1 Entertainment Sunday May 20th at Freedom Bar, Soho. Check out the photos of West End Performers, Stevie Tate-Bauer ('Wicked', 'Lord of the Rings'), Andy Bryant ('Wicked', 'Fresher'), Andrew Waldron ('A Chorus Line', 'The Sound of Music'), Chantal Amber-Rose ('La Bohème', 'Cinderella'), David Malcolm ('Kiss Me Kate', 'An Ideal Husband'), Sian Walker ('Cinderella', 'The Little Big Club'), Phoebe Fildes ('A Little Bit of Rogers and Hammerstein', 'An Evening with Max Reinhardt'), Michelle LaFortune ('Joseph', 'Oklahoma!'), Gareth Andrews ('Patience', 'Dick Whittington'), James Darch ('Fresher'), Colin Burnicle, Tash Holloway and Angharad Sanders below.

Cellar Door Theatre and Planet Connections will present the world premiere of HOT STEAMS by Zach Wegner from June 7 to 21, 2012 at 45 Bleecker, 45 Bleecker Street.

The Hawaiian sovereignty movement, with its complexities and controversies, takes the stage in Alani Apio's powerful drama Kamau A'e, opening May 31 until July 1 at Kuma Kahua.

Cape Town Opera will bring their acclaimed production of The Gershwins' PORGY AND BESS to Birmingham Hippodrome for the first time, opening during Jubilee Bank Holiday week from Wednesday 6 - Saturday 9 June. The dates mark the first performances of their forthcoming UK tour prior to a two week run in London.

The 2012 FREDDY Awards recipients were announced tonight, May 24th, during the 10th Annual live ceremony from the State Theatre, broadcast on WFMZ Channel 69 and wfmz.com.

West End star Mark Evans, who's currently starring as Sam in the musical GHOST releases his English debut album The Journey Home on June 18th with Sain Records.

BroadwayWorld can exclusively report that Kevin Navayne, known for his role as Detective Ray Jackson in CSI: NY, is slated to make his Broadway debut as Miles Davis in a Broadway play in about the jazz legend. Directed and produced by Don Cheadle, the show is aiming for a short run on Broadway in 2013.

On May 24, 2012, YPT was honored as one of five finalists for the Washington Post Award for Excellence in Nonprofit Management. During the Best Practices Celebration at the Washington Post offices, YPT was recognized for the organization's innovative and successful management policies and leadership, and invited to share management best practices with the local nonprofit community. During the award celebration, YPT was specifically recognized for the organization's collaborative staffing model.

All-male a capella vocal group Out of the Blue is formed entirely from students at Oxford and Oxford Brookes Universities. Known for their yearly visits to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, in 2011 they made the live semi-finals of Britain's Got Talent. BWW:UK spoke to Selali Fiamanya, second tenor for the group, ahead of Out of the Blue's theatrical concert on the 1-12th of June in Oxford, which will be the largest student-run a cappella event in the UK. Selali is a medical student who joined OOTB in 2010.

Stage Left Theatre has announced the programming for its 31st season, which will include IMPENETRABLE, PYGMALION, and RABBIT by Nina Raine. The company will offer three mainstage productions for the first time since moving to their current producing venue at Theater Wit.

Roland Auctions of New York City will be selling the estate of legendary playwright, director, and screenwriter, Arthur Laurents on Saturday, June 2, 2012.

The NYC public school students and their teaching artists from the ENACT Dropout Prevention Programs will present SHOW UP! 2012, the culmination of a year of work by students in the ENACT Dropout Prevention Programs, at The High School of Hospitality Management, 525 West 50th Street, between 10th & 11th Avenues in Manhattan on Thursday, May 24th at 6:30 PM.

CBC launches nationwide search for Dorothy on June 1, to appear on CBC Television's OVER THE RAINBOW and star in Andrew Lloyd Webber's Canadian production of The Wizard of Oz, as reported in BWW yesterday. Further details about the show have been announced.

Full casting has been announced for the UK and Ireland tour of hit comedy stage adaptation The Ladykillers. The principal cast will include Paul Bown (Professor Marcus), Clive Mantle (Major Courtney), Chris McCalphy (One-Round), William Troughton (Harry), Shaun Williamson (Louis) and Michele Dotrice as Mrs Wilberforce.

Royal Court Theatre Productions and Ambassador Theatre Group's rewritten production of POSH opened last night at the Duke of York's Theatre on the West End. Read the BroadwayWorld roundup of all the reviews below - updated live as they come in.

Jennifer Holliday sang her signature song 'And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going' with 16 year-old Jessica Sanchez on the American Idol Season 11 Finale. Check out the video below.

After record breaking audiences for previous shows in the season, the final show of the 2011-12 season at Theatre Memphis will be No, No, Nanette from June 8 to July 1, 2012. No, No, Nanette stars Bennett Wood, Julie Jacobson Hight, Jude Knight, Robert Hanford, Emily Pettet and Chris Hawk with other principal roles cast with Donna Lappin, Annie Strong, Emily Chateau and Miriam Rodriguez.

Royal Court Theatre Productions and Ambassador Theatre Group's rewritten production of POSH opened last night at the Duke of York's Theatre. Check out the photos below of the cast and creative team arriving at the show and its after-show party at The Gladstone Library. Audience members for the opening included Twiggy, John Barrowman, and Tamsin Grieg. The show, which is the first in The Royal Court's West End season this year, is scheduled to run until August 4, 2012.