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Featured in this week's event was the cast of Storyville (Ernestine Jackson, DC Anderson, Cory Bretsch, Karen Burthwright, Kyle Robert Carter, Demeka Hayes, Michael Leonard James, Leajato Robinson, Clifton Samuels, Christopher Spaulding, Carl Wallnau, Debra Walton, NaTasha Yvette Williams, and Zakiya Young) performing 'Welcome to New Orleans,' 'The Best Is Yet to Come,' and 'Animal Stomp.' Check out highlights below!

Featured in this week's event was the cast of Rock of Ages (Cody Scott Lancaster, Cassie Silva, Joey Calveri, Josephine Rose Roberts, Eric Coles, Jenn Rias) performing 'Here We Go Again,' 'Heaven Medley,' and 'Don't Stop Believin.' Check out highlights below!

Featured in this week's event was the cast of Avenue (Darren Bluestone, Veronica Kuehn, Jason Jacoby, Lisa Helmi Johanson, Nicholas Kohn, Sala Iwamatsu, Danielle K. Thomas) performing 'Purpose/It Sucks to Be Me,' 'Everyone's A Little Bit Racist,' and 'For Now.' Check out highlights below!

LET IT BE began previews Tuesday, July 16, 2013 at Broadway's St. James Theatre and opened on Wednesday night, July 24th. The show will play a limited engagement through December 29, 2013. BroadwayWorld was there for the big opening and you can check out interviews with the cast and creative team below!

This fall, four great actors return to Broadway in two great plays, performed in repertory. Ian McKellen, Patricku Stewart, Billy Crudup and Shuler Hensley star in Harold Pinter's comedy NO MAN'S LAND and Samuel Beckett's classic WAITING FOR GODOT. Sean Mathias' productions present a startling new look at these two theatrical masterpieces.

Featured in this week's event was the cast of SOUL DOCTOR (Eric Anderson, Dianna Barger, Maria Conti, Alex Frohliger, Amber Iman, Abdur-Rahim Jackson, Dillion Kondor, Afra Hines, Ron Orbach, Ian Paget, Heather Parcells, JC Schuster, ERic Stockton, and Ruchard Cerato) performing 'Sing Shalom,' 'Always With You,' and 'Ki Va Moed.' Check out highlights below!

Today in 2008, A Catered Affair closed at the Walter Kerr Theatre, where it ran for 116 performances. A Catered Affair is a musical with a book by Harvey Fierstein and music and lyrics by John Bucchino. It is based on both the 1956 film The Catered Affair written by Gore Vidal and the original 1955 teleplay by Paddy Chayefsky, set in 1953 in the Bronx. John Doyle directed the production, which starred Fierstein, Faith Prince and Tom Wopat.

Today in 1975, A Chrous Line opened at the Shubert THeatre, where it ran for 6137 performances. A Chorus Line is a musical about Broadway dancers auditioning for spots on a chorus line. The book was authored by James Kirkwood, Jr. and Nicholas Dante, lyrics were written by Edward Kleban, and music was composed by Marvin Hamlisch. With nineteen main characters, it is set on the bare stage of a Broadway theatre during an audition for a musical. The show provides a glimpse into the personalities of the performers and the choreographer as they describe the events that have shaped their lives and their decisions to become dancers. The original Broadway production received 12 Tony Award nominations and winning nine of them, in addition to the 1976 Pulitzer Prize for Drama.

Let's see what the critics had to say...

Jason Rabinowitz, Christina Sajous, Jennifer Sanchez, Frederick Weller and Renee Elise Goldsberry star in I'm Getting My Act Together and Taking It on the Road, the final Encores! Off-Center presentation of the 2013 season, playing for five performances beginning tonight through July 27. BroadwayWorld brings you highlights from the show below!

Happy Birthday Kristin Chenoweth! On Broadway, Chenoweth has appeared in Steel Pier, You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown, Epic Proportions, Funny Girl, Wicked, The Apple Tree, Promises, Promises, and On the Twentieth Century. Her Off-Broadway credits include The Fantasticks, Box Office of the Damned, Scapin, Strike Up the Band, A New Brain, On a Clear Day You Can See Forever, Candide, The Apple Tree, Stairway to Paradise, Love, Loss and What I Wore and many more.

Presented by Studio 7 Arts, the evening will be Directed by Bryan Campione (Twitter's: Broadway_Buzz), Executive Director of Studio 7Arts Angel Reed with Producer Harold Lewter (Blue Monkey Media). Hosted by the outrageously funny Lili Whiteass (42nd St, La Cage - Broadway, named 'Queen of the week' by Ru Paul). Musical Director for the evening is Ronnie Negro (Rock of Ages) and Award Winning choreographer Sheena DiMatteo provides Choreography.

The award winning My Fair Lady team is back-Johnny Moreno and Monique Hafen* as Arthur and Guenevere and Charles Dean* as Merlyn/Pelinore. As if that weren't exciting enough, Sa Francisco Playhouse has added Tony Award winner (Rent), Wilson Jermaine Heredia* as Lancelot. Check out highlights below!

What happens when old school goes head to head with new school in a battle of speed and wits? Leonard Nimoy takes on newbie Zachary Quinto and his all-new Audi S7. Check out what happens below!

DeSare - the Billboard chart topping singer, songwriter and pianist - released his online video of the Irving Berlin classic "I Love A Piano" last week and it quickly rose to almost 34,000 hits in just a few days (in part because it was posted by "Star Trek" legend George Takei).

The Fab Four are taking Broadway by storm with Let It Be, a spectacular concert experience at Broadway's St. James Theatre. Previews are now underway, with an official opening night set for tomorrow, Wednesday, July 24th. The show will play a strictly limited engagement through Sunday, December 29th. BroadwayWorld brings you just-released highlights below!

Last night, July 23, Idina Menzel & Taye Diggs were joined by Jenn Colella, Megan Hilty, Tom Kitt, Lachanze, Matthew Morrison, Adam Pascal, Anthony Rapp, Daphne Rubin-Vega, and Adrienne Warren for a karaoke night benefitting A Broader Way. Hosted by Whoopi Goldberg, the audience chose the songs and a few bold guests got a chance at center stage. BroadwayWorld brings you highlights from the special event below!

Happy Birthday Daniel Radcliffe! Radcliffe is best known for playing the title role in all eight of the blockbuster Harry Potter films. In 2008, he made his Broadway debut to much acclaim in EQUUS. Radcliffe won BroadwayWorld.com 's 2009 Theatre Fans' Choice Award for Best Leading Actor in a Play for his role in EQUUS. He returned to Broadway in March 2011 with HOW TO SUCCEED IN BUSINESS WITHOUT REALLY TRYING, and was succeeded by Darren Criss, and later Nick Jonas.

Licia Albanese is an Italian-born American operatic soprano. Noted especially for her portrayals of the lyric heroines of Verdi and Puccini, Albanese was a leading artist with the Metropolitan Opera of New York from 1940 to 1966. She also made many recordings and is chairman of The Licia Albanese-Puccini Foundation which is dedicated to assisting young artists and singers. She celebrates her 100th birthday today and you can join in the celebration with the video below!

According to Deadline, 2013 Tony nominee Billy Magnussen is in talks to play Rapunzel's Prince in Rob Marshall's film adaptation of Stephen Sondheim's musical INTO THE WOODS. Magnussen would replace Jake Gyllenhaal, who recently dropped out to focus on his upcoming indie flick NIGHTCRAWLER.