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'Another beautiful exercise - though rather violent and exciting - is to pretend you're nymphs in a forest, being pursued by satyrs! Open your windows wide - scatter your chairs and tables - and race around the furniture in a frenzy! It's like a wonderful game, and stimulates the imagination at the same time!" This is just one of several exercises suggested by an enthusiastic instructor to her motley students in this deliciously funny scene that was created and first performed by the incredible Ruth Draper.

Another contribution has been made to the 'Sh*t ____ Say' phenomenon that has been blowing up Youtube recently- this time tributing the many performers on nationals tours. The below video, 'Sh*t Tour People Say,' covers all the stress that goes along with city-hopping in the theatre industry.

On June 4, 2012 Julia Jordan, Theresa Rebeck, Marsha Norman, Tim Sanford, Gary Garrison and The Committee for Recognizing Women in Theatre will present the 3rd Annual Lilly Awards at Playwrights Horizons. Named for playwright Lillian Hellman, The Lilly Awards were created to recognize the extraordinary contributions made by women to the American Theater. Producers, playwrights, actors, designers, and directors will be honored for their continued excellence in the theater community.

Today in 1951, the first Broadway revival of Oklahoma! opened at the Broadway Theatre, where it ran for 100 performances. Oklahoma! is the first musical written by the team of composer Richard Rodgers and librettist Oscar Hammerstein II. The musical is based on Lynn Riggs' 1931 play, Green Grow the Lilacs. Set in Oklahoma Territory outside the town of Claremore in 1906, it tells the story of cowboy Curly McLain and his romance with farm girl Laurey Williams. The original Broadway production opened on March 31, 1943.

Check out performances from the casts of MEMPHIS, GODSPELL, and ROCK OF AGES below!

Producer John Forslund presented OFF THE BOOKS: A Cole Porter UNPUBLISHED CABARET evening at The Duplex Piano Bar & Cabaret, New York on May 16, with additional performance coming up on May 26. Check out photos from the concert below!

The Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum, along with the City of New York and the United States Navy, this week celebrated the 25th annual Fleet Week, to be held through May 28, 2012. Fleet Week is America's premier tribute and "thank you" to the men and women who serve in the armed forces, and BroadwayWorld was there this afternoon for a special tribute to the troops from Broadway. Check out performances from the casts of ANYTHING GOES, PRISCILLA QUEEN OF THE DESERT, and PORGY AND BESS below!

The Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum, along with the City of New York and the United States Navy, this week celebrates the 25th annual Fleet Week, to be held through May 28, 2012. Fleet Week is America's premier tribute and "thank you" to the men and women who serve in the armed forces, and BroadwayWorld was there this afternoon for a special tribute to the troops from Broadway. Check out performances from the casts of GHOST, CHICAGO, and SISTER ACT below!

Producer John Forslund presented OFF THE BOOKS: A Cole Porter UNPUBLISHED CABARET evening at The Duplex Piano Bar & Cabaret, New York on May 16, with additional performance coming up on May 26.Check out highlights from the concert below!

CBS has released a trailer for its new upcoming drama series MADE IN JERSEY starring Janet Montgomery and Kyle MacLauchlan. Get a sneak peek at the new series, which features Broadway favorite Donna Murphy, below!

Last night, May 24, Roundabout Theatre Company opened Simon Gray's The Common Pursuit, directed by Moises Kaufman at the Harold and Miriam Steinberg Center for Theatre / Laura Pels Theatre. The Common Pursuit features Kristen Bush as 'Marigold,' Kieran Campion as 'Peter,' Josh Cooke as 'Stuart,' Jacob Fishel as 'Martin,' Tim McGeever as 'Humphry,' Lucas Near-Verbrugghe as 'Nick.' The production will play a limited engagement through July 29, 2012. BroadwayWorld was on hand for the opening and brings you interviews with the cast and creative team below!

According to an Equity casting notice, A Christmas Story, The Musical!, which toured the US last year, will land on Broadway this holiday season, playing November 6- Decmber 30. The production, which begins rehearsals in October, will be directed by John Rando, music direction by Ian Eisendrath and choreography by Warren Carlyle. A Christmas Story features a score by Benj Pasek and Justin Paul and a book by Joseph Robinette.

Outer Critics Circle, the organization of writers and commentators for media covering New York theatre announced just yesterday its award winners for the 2011-12 season in 24 categories, and BroadwayWorld's own Richard Ridge was there for the festivities. Check out interviews with the 2012 honorees below!

Last night, Broadway veteran Taye Diggs brought his mom to MEMPHIS to see friend Adam Pascal play 'Huey Calhoun'. Check out photos of Diggs with the cast below!

Broadway Cleans House, a yard sale featuring items from Broadway performers, will take place this Sunday from 10 am to 6 pm at Pearl Studios in New York City. Organized by Kate Shindle (Wonderland, Legally Blonde, Cabaret, Jekyll & Hyde), the sale will feature donations and sale items from cast members of Godspell, The Addams Family, Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, A Chorus Line, and many others. Expect to find one-of-a-kind opening night presents and show relics, along with clothes, books and furniture.

Gary Barlow and Andrew Lloyd Webber's song for the Queen's Diamond Jubilee-'Sing' will be officially released on May 28 and performed live at the Diamond Jubilee Concert outside Buckingham Palace June 4, and Lloyd Webber is hoping for audience participation at the festivities.

HIGHLIGHTS OF THE WEEK: GODSPELL sings Schwartz, Paper Mill preps ONCE ON THIS ISLAND, New Dramtists honor Bernadette, and so much more!

Happy Birthday Al Jolson! Between 1911 and 1928, Jolson had nine sell-out Winter Garden shows in a row, more than 80 hit records, and 16 national and international tours. Although he's best remembered today as the star in the first (full length) talking movie, The Jazz Singer in 1927, he later starred in a series of successful musical films throughout the 1930s. After a period of inactivity, his stardom returned with the 1946 Oscar-winning biographical film, The Jolson Story. His Broadway credits include: Hold on to Your Hats, The Wonder Bar, Big Boy, Artists and Models, Bombo, and many more.

Happy Birthday Leslie Uggams! Uggams starred in Hallelujah, Baby!, which premiered on Broadway in 1967, and won the Tony Award for Best Actress in a musical. She appeared on Broadway in the revue Blues in the Night in 1982 and in the musical revue of the works of Jerry Herman, Jerry's Girls in 1985. Later Broadway roles include Muzzy in Thoroughly Modern Millie (2003 - 2004) and Ethel Thayer in On Golden Pond at the Kennedy Center in 2004 and on Broadway at the Cort Theatre in 2005. In 2001 she appeared in the August Wilson play King Hedley II, receiving a nomination for a Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play.

James Goldman and Stephen Sondheim's Follies, which was just nominated for eight Tony Awards, opened on May 9 at the Center Theatre Group/Ahmanson Theatre. Performances of the exclusive Los Angeles engagement of the Kennedy Center's critically acclaimed Broadway production of Follies continue through June 9, 2012. Today be bring you Victoria Clark's rendition of 'In Buddy's Eyes' below!