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A spokesman for the NYPD's Office of the Deputy Commissioner for Public Information has confirmed that they evacuated an area in Times Square while a bomb squad investigated a suspicious package.

Hartford police are investigating a break-in at Hartford Stage offices that resulted in anti-gay graffiti. Police responded to the call just after 8 a.m. to investigate a possible burglary. The general manager said the doors were tampered with and there was graffiti on the walls. 

John Legend has signed on to produce a new Off Broadway play about Dick Gregory, the American civil rights activist, social critic, writer, entrepreneur, and comedian.The play is called TURN ME LOOSE, and will even feature an original song by John Legend.

Andrew Rannells just announced he will be the host and honorary co-chair of the Jeffrey Fashion Cares event, an annual fundraiser for HIV/AIDS and LGBT organizations.

The highly anticipated Broadway revival of Eugene O'Neill's HUGHIE starring Academy Award winner, Golden Globe Award winner & BAFTA winner Forest Whitaker (The Last King of Scotland, The Butler, Southpaw) and Tony Award winner Frank Wood (Side Man, Angels In America, Clybourne Park), officially closes today, Sunday, March 27th, 2017, at Broadway's Booth Theatre (222 West 45 Street). Directed by Tony Award winner and Olivier Award winner Michael Grandage (Photograph 51, Red, Frost/Nixon), HUGHIE was a limited engagement.

When it debuted, THE EFFECT took London by storm, winning Best New Play from the UK Critics' Circle. Now, award-winning director David Cromer (Our Town, Tribes) helms a new American production of this exhilarating play in the first collaboration between The National Theatre, Jean Doumanian Productions, and Barrow Street Theatre. This production marks the off-Broadway producing debut for The National Theatre when it premiered on Sunday, March 20th 2016. 

The Asian American Arts Alliance is launching the 2016 Van Lier Fellowships in Acting and Directing for theater artists of Asian descent who are 30 and under and based in New York City. There is an open application process. Each fellow will receive a $12,000 cash stipend-an unprecedented amount dedicated to young Asian American artists-as well as a package of professional development opportunities that includes artistic mentorship with an established mid-career theater professional, leadership coaching, and technical assistance resources. The fellowships are supported by a grant from the New York Community Trust.

The Marriott Theatre has completed casting for Andrew Lloyd Webber's smash hit EVITA. The show tells the story of the charismatic and glamorous first lady of Argentina, Eva Peron.

 Gary Sinyor's first play in which he also directs opens tonight (15 March) at the Arts Theatre.  Designs are by Carla Goodman with lighting by Humphrey McDermott, sound by Luke Swaffield and music by Erran Baron Cohen. NOTMOSES is booking to 14 May 2016.

Atlantic Theater Company is the award-winning Off-Broadway theater that produces great plays simply and truthfully by utilizing an artistic ensemble.  Atlantic believes that the story of a play and the intent of its playwright are at the core of the creative process. The plays in the Atlantic repertory, from both new and established playwrights, are boldly interpreted by today's finest theater artists and resonate with contemporary audiences.

In celebration of Roundabout Theatre Company's 50th anniversary, SHE LOVES ME returns to Broadway for the first time since it triumphantly launched Roundabout's musical theatre initiative over 20 years ago. Based on the same story that inspired the hit movie You've Got Mail, SHE LOVES ME stars Tony winner Laura Benanti as Amalia. BroadwayWorld invites you to fill your afternoon coffee break with some of Benanti's most memorable performances. Take five below!

TACT (Scott Alan Evans, Artistic Executive Director; Nora Chester, Associate Artistic Director; Greg McFadden, Associate Artistic Director) and GINGOLD THEATRICAL GROUP (David Staller, Founding Artistic Director) are proud to present WIDOWERS' HOUSES, the first play ever written by George Bernard Shaw. Directed by David Staller, WIDOWERS' HOUSES began performances on Tuesday, March 1 at The Beckett Theatre @ Theatre Row for a limited run through Saturday, April 2.

Feinstein's 54 Below, Broadway's Supper Club, presents Joshua Morgan in The No Rules Show on March 18 2016. The No Rules Show is an evening that's 50% talk show, 25% cabaret, 20% sketch comedy, and 5% WTF. With guests ranging from Broadway's biggest stars to journalists, city council members, comedians, and soul cycle instructors, there's something for everyone at The No Rules Show. So bring a date, buy a drink, and get ready for whatever comes your way because no one night is ever the same at The No Rules Show!

Tony Award-winner Lena Hall (Hedwig and the Angry Inch) will lead an industry reading of Citizen Ruth: An American Musical Comedy in New York City on Thursday, March 10, 2016. Based on the Miramax film, screenplay by Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor, Citizen Ruth features a book and lyrics by Mark Leydorf and music by Michael Brennan. The invite-only reading will precede an anticipated Off-Broadway run this summer.

TV personality Marc Summmers will star in a biographical play written by SCHOOL OF ROCK star Alex Brightman as part of the Bloomington Playwrights Project in Indiana.  Debuting this April, EVERYTHING IN ITS PLACE: THE LIFE AND SLIMES OF MARC SUMMERS, will be part of the company's celebrity guest star series. 

Last seen on stage together as the lovable couple of Hedwig and Yitzhak, Michael C. Hall and Lena Hall are reuniting again, but this time they're keeping the wigs on the shelf. 

Manhattan Theatre Club's critically-acclaimed production of OUR MOTHER'S BRIEF AFFAIR ends its acclaimed run today, March 6th. Below, BroadwayWorld takes you back through OUR MOTHER'S BRIEF AFFAIR's time on the Great White Way!

Belvoir presents THE GREAT FIRE as a kind of companion to THE BLIND GIANT IS DANCING - a pair of plays a generation apart about family, about holding your course, about what will survive of the fading triumph of Australian social democracy. Where The Blind Giant is a political thriller about the corrupting force of power,The Great Fire is a meditation on the tragedy of a generation that, despite its best ambitions, is leaving the world in a worse state than they inherited it.

This past Monday, the BROADWAY SINGS concert series presented its 10th show withBroadway Sings Billy Joel. A cast of 20 Broadway stars sang completely new arrangements of the Piano Man's greatest hits. The performers were accompanied by a jazz orchestra playing original orchestrations. Previous artists honored in the series include Adele, Michael Jackson, Beyonce, and Sara Bareilles.

Broadway comes to New England in a big way when Tony Award-winning singer and actress Betty Buckley takes the stage in both Boston on February 26th and Old Saybrook on February 27th.