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The Castillo Theatre (Dan Friedman, artistic director, Diane Stiles, managing director) is opening Fred Newman and David Truskinoff's musical LICENSE TO DREAM, Friday, April 29 and running through Sunday, June 5 with an official press preview on Thursday, April 28, directed by David Nackman and choreographed by Javier Dzul

Edward Staudenmayer, who plays the white rabbit in the new Broadway musical WONDERLAND, recently sat down to talk to CBS 2's Emily Smith about the play. Click below to watch the video.

The Page To Stage reading series at Dixon Place (NYC) will present an excerpt of ALL ABOUT MARRIAGE, the latest play by RYAN TRACY on May 23, 2011 at 7:30pm. Featuring Mikéah Ernest Jennings (The Shipment; Bellona, Destroyer of Cities), William Dixon Popp (Monodramas at New York City Opera; OTHER WORLDS), and Michelle Mola (Rumble Ghost). The reading is $10 and also features 'I'm Miserable But Change Scares Me' by Maxwell and Milo Cramer. For more information, please visit www.dixonplace.org.

The 29th Annual Fred & Adele Astaire Award Nominees will be announced at a special reception hosted by Carolyn Kendall Buchter, Ronald Buchter, Cassandra Seidenfeld Lyster and Patricia Watt, Producer of the Astaire Awards at Theater Row's Firebird Russian Restaurant, 365 West 46th Street, New York 10036 on Tuesday April 26 from 5:30 to 7:30 pm. The 'Astaires' are the only awards to honor excellence in dance and choreography on Broadway and in film. Actor, Choreographer , director and dancer Lee Roy Reams will announce the nominees.

To celebrate a Year of Premieres - including the North American premiere of PAUL and the Rhode Island Premiere of WHY TORTURE IS WRONG AND THE PEOPLE WHO LOVE THEM, The Gamm Theatre is throwing a red carpet party, and we want you to be there!

The Mad Batter, 19 Jackson Street, is hosting an after-show opening night party for KT Sullivan on Friday, April 29. Hors d'oeuvres are provided, with a cash bar, but no other costs, to come and meet this lovely Broadway and cabaret performer and her musical arranger and accompanist, Jon Weber. KT is only performing for two nights in Cape May: April 29 and 30 at 8:00 p.m., at The First Presbyterian Church, 500 Hughes St. in Cape May.

Last night, more than 360 people gathered to celebrate the neighborhood playhouse with the national reputation: theatre lovers, gourmands, and philanthropists stepped into the spotlight at ONSTAGE, a theatrically delicious feast held on the 43rd birthday of the Tony Award-winning Berkeley Repertory Theatre.

The 'You Are Not Alone' concert on November 22, 2010 included performers like Betty Buckley, Marc Kudisch, Aaron Lazar, Seth Rudetsky, John Tartaglia and Tony Yazbeck and helped raise money for the Trevor Project.

Law & Order: Criminal Intent will tackle the troubled Broadway musical SPIDER-MAN: TURN OFF THE DARK in an upcoming episode, according to reports from TVGuide.com.

Taye Diggs, who began his rise to fame after starring in the original cast of RENT, is preparing for a solo show at Prelude by Barton G at Miami's Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts. According to an article from the Miami Herald, Diggs is both excited and terrified about the show. 'I was 175 percent petrified out of my gourd. But then I thought, ‘If I can do this, then f**k the world!' Part of it was that this is Idina's thing. But she was 100 percent supportive,' said Diggs.

The Prisoner of Second Avenue revolves around the escalating problems of a middle-aged couple living on Second Avenue on the Upper East Side of New York City. Mel Edison (portrayed by Alexander), has just lost his job after many years and now has to cope with being unemployed at middle age. The action occurs during an intense summer heat wave and a prolonged garbage strike, which just exacerbates Edison's plight to no end as he and his wife Edna (Hecht) deal with noisy neighbors, loud sounds emanating from Manhattan streets, and even a robbery of their apartment in broad daylight.

SIGNS OF THE TIMES The Popular Literature of Tahrir: Reading literature on the streets of Cairo Accompanying the online launch of the spring issue of ArteEast's Shahadat, this discussion is ArteEast's first look at the cultural production related to recent political developments in the Middle East and North Africa

Broadway Comedy Club

The song list has been discovered for the upcoming GLEE episode 'Rumours,' after they became available for download on Amazon.com. 'Rumours,' which will air on May 3, will feature:

Mad Horse Theatre presents, as part of its 25th Anniversary season, the world premiere of Shameless! The Musical, opening May 9th and running through May 18th. Performances are May 9-11 and 16-18 at 7:30 pm at Lucid Stage, 29 Baxter Boulevard in Portland. All shows will be pay-what-you-can.

IMPROV 4 KIDS, the outreach and educational arm of Improv troupe EIGHT IS NEVER ENOUGH, is offering a Improv Class for Teens to NYC area students (ages 8-17), this Saturday (April 30, 2011) 12-2pm at the Times Square Comedy Club (669 8th Ave, NY Y 10036). Students and family will be invited to stay and see the professional Improv show at 3pm (complimentary with class participation, reg. $20-35).

The premiere production, 'grand re-opening' extravaganza of the newly-revamped cbp:LLC organization is ALMOST here... 'Gotta` Love Those Reruns: Even MORE TV Themes' opens May 20th in Nutley, NJ!!

GLEE star Darren Criss led the Warblers in a live performance on ‘The Ellen DeGeneres Show,' singing Katy Perry's 'Teenage Dream.'

HANSON perform their new song, 'Give a Little,' during the one-hour special, 'Dancing with the Stars: The Road to the Finals,' TUESDAY, APRIL 26 (8:00-9:00 p.m., ET). Within the live hour, the remaining couples will look ahead, through live interviews and video, to what it will take for each of them to reach the finals. Past 'DWTS' celebrities and the judges will also provide their commentary on each couple.

On Friday April 22nd GLEE's own Darren Criss appeared at the Grove LA to sign copies of his new album GLEE: The Music Presents The Warblers. The appearance drew a crowd of over 500+ screaming fans who waited over 10hours to meet the star. Click below for photos from the event.