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Broadway's WAITRESS began performances on Friday, March 25 with a bang, setting a house record for a single performance the Brooks Atkinson Theatre and announcing a new block of tickets on sale through January 1, 2017. WAITRESS opens today, April 24, 2016. Let's see what the critics had to say...

Broadway's 40 theatres aren't the only places to catch performances from your favorite stars! Well after Broadway orchestras begin their overtures, ensemble members take their dance breaks, and performers belt out their eleven o'clock numbers, the party continues at various cabaret venues throughout New York City. Below, BroadwayWorld brings you some cabaret highlights for this week as picked by our theatre editors, including: Something Really Rotten: Cut Songs From the Show with the Original Cast; Jay Armstrong Johnson at 54 Below; The Skivvies; The Tyler Mount Vlog Live! with Matt Doyle, Lesli Margherita & Kara Lindsay; and Broadway Acts for Women, with Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Lena Hall, and more. 

Legendary musician Bruce Springsteen paid tribute to Prince by opening his show in Brooklyn with 'Purple Rain.' Watch the video here!

Hundreds of Los Angeles high schoolers joined together at the Walt Disney Concert Hall to perform 'Purple Rain' in tribute to Prince. Watch the video here!

MATILDA's Tim Minchin stopped by Ruth Jones' Easter Treat, her seasonal chat show. Minchin was asked to perform a song, but because most of his songs are 5 minutes long and BBC prefers 3 minute songs, he came up with a little something new. Check out the video below!

David Tennant, who just hosted the two-hour TV special Shakespeare Live! At The RSC, was joined by a 'line of Hamlets,' including Paapa Essiedu, Tim Minchin, Benedict Cumberbatch, Harriet Walter, Rory Kinnear, Ian McKellen, and Judi Dench to debate how to perfectly deliver one of the most iconic lines in Shakespeare: 'To be, or not to be.' Watch the full skit below!

Alison Cook Beatty Dance will be performing May 1st at New York Live Arts at 5pm and 7:30pm in part of PMT Spring Dance Series - 15th Anniversary Showcase. Company member Chie Mukai and Artistic Director Alison Cook-Beatty will be performing TINTINNABULI choreographed in 2012 and first premiered at The Joyce Theater.

The Edward Thorp Gallery has announced an upcoming June Leaf exhibition, featuring a selection of works coinciding with her exhibition at the Whitney Museum of American Art.

President Barack Obama reportedly visited London's Globe Theatre on Saturday, April 23rd, in honor of the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare's death. 

Director, Choreographer, and Founder of revolutionary StageWrite App, Jeff Whiting, was invited to give a TEDTalk at Queens University in Kingston, Ontario on February 7, 2016 for their TEDx Conference, "Uncharted".

According to The Hollywood Reporter, Saturday Night Live will pay tribute to Prince, who served as the show's musical guest a total of three times. The tribute will be a clip show that looks back on his most memorable moments on the show. It will air tonight, April 23rd, at 11:30pm. 

Ahead of FROZEN's highly-anticipated Broadway debut, a new musical based on Disney's animated blockbuster film will open at the Hyperion Theater at Disney California Adventure Park on May 27, 2016. You can catch a sneak peek of the recording session with the show's musicians now by watching the video below!

Awards for Shakespeare's most popular moments and staged readings of the works of Shakespeare and Mark Twain are just some of the festivities. Capital Classics Theatre Company, in partnership with The Mark Twain House & Museum, presents 'The Shakespeare Olden Globes Award Show' tonight, April 23, 2016 - the 400th anniversary of the date William Shakespeare 'shuffled off [t]his mortal coil.'

To close their 49th season, Reston Community Players presents the classic drama, OUR TOWN, recipient of the Pulitzer Prize for Drama, by Thornton Wilder. Performances begin today, April 22, and continue through May 7, 2016.

Jose Llana, who took over as The King for Ken Watanabe last summer in the Tony Award winning production of THE KING AND I, took to Instagram to commemorate a special moment - all four kings (Ken Watanabe, Hoon Lee, Daniel Dae Kim, and himself) together!

The Texas Repertory Theatre Co., Houston's Uptown Classic Theatre, continues its 11th Anniversary "Emerging Visions" Season with a Noel Coward's sparkling romantic comedy Hay Fever, running through May 29th.

Arte Scenica in tour sara alla Dreaming Academy di Padova il prossimo 8 Maggio, proponendo un percorso incentrato sulla consapevolezza del movimento scenico e sull'uso della voce. Graziano Galatone, cantante e attore teatrale italiano, guidera gli allievi nella scelta e nello studio di brani musicali che favoriscono l'esplicazione delle proprie emozioni e una migliore collaborazione scenica con i propri partner. Il lavoro fondamentale sara quello sul personaggio, che si basera sul training e sull'immaginazione universale, passaggio importantissimo per la fantasia e lo sviluppo di un attore.

HAMILTON star Leslie Odom, Jr. took TODAY's Willie Geist around backstage at the Richard Rodgers Theatre. The two discussed Odom Jr.'s 17-year-long Broadway career, what it's like being in HAMILTON, and more. Watch the video here!

Broadway's 40 theatres aren't the only places to catch performances from your favorite stars! Well after Broadway orchestras begin their overtures, ensemble members take their dance breaks, and performers belt out their eleven o'clock numbers, the party continues at various cabaret venues throughout New York City. Below, BroadwayWorld brings you some cabaret highlights for this week as picked by our theatre editors, including: Bright Star Sings Jeff Blumenkrantz; The Legend of New York By Salzman & Cunningham Featuring Santino Fontana & Laura Osnes; Donna McKechnie: A Visit with Kander & Ebb; 54 Celebrates The Colonial Theatre; and The Girls in White: Songs from the Show.

Last night, Emmy winner Julia Louis-Dreyfus returned to Saturday Night Live as the host. In the episode's cold open, she reprised the role that made her famous, Elaine from Seinfeld, to question candidates Hillary Clinton (portrayed by Kate McKinnon) and Bernie Sanders (portrayed by Larry David). Check out the video here!