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Below, check out two new songs from the show: 'Fight the Dragons' as sung by Norbert Leo Butz and 'Time Stops' as sung by Butz and Kate Baldwin. Catch a first listen below!

Today in 2011, Priscilla Queen of the Desert opened at the Palace Theatre, wehre it is still running (currently 415 performances). Priscilla, Queen of the Desert is a musical with a book by Australian film director-writer Stephan Elliott and Allan Scott, using well-known pop songs as its score. Adapted from Elliott's 1994 film The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, the musical tells the story of two drag queens and a transsexual, who contract to perform a drag show at a resort in Alice Springs, a resort town in the remote Australian desert. The original Broadway cast includes Will Swenson as Tick (Mitzi), Tony Sheldon, again, reprising his role of Bernadette, and Nick Adams as Adam (Felicia).

Live From Lincoln Center will present 'Kristin Chenoweth: The Dames of Broadway...All of 'Em!!!', a specially conceived concert for Lincoln Center's 2013 American Songbook series, which salutes the great roles for leading ladies and the sidekick scene stealers from an array of Broadway composers and lyricists, creating a performance that promises to be at once intimate and filled with her trademark 'razzle dazzle.' 'Kristin Chenoweth: The Dames of Broadway...All of 'Em!!!' will be hosted by Live From Lincoln Center series host Audra McDonald and will air on PBS stations on Sunday, March 24, at 8 p.m. (ET) (check local listings).

In the video below, director Susan Stroman chats with 'Windy City Live' about the new musical and stars Kate Baldwin & Norbert Leo Butz perform 'Time Stops.' Check it out below!

Schools across America with theaters in need of repairs were recently called to apply for the 'NBC's 'Smash': Make a Musical constructed by Lowe's' program at makeamusical.org. The top five grand prize winners will receive a Lowe's gift card to help renovate their theater. Check out an extended promo for the program, featuring SMASH star Jeremy Jordan, below!

Just yesterday, 2012 Tony honoree and MTI Chairman and CEO Freddie Gershon; Rodgers & Hammerstein President and past American Theater Wing Chairman Ted Chapin, SMASH's Krysta Rodriguez and more joined forces in Times Square to celebrate Musicals in our Schools Week. During Musicals in our Schools Week, Monday, March 18 through Monday, March 25, students, educators, industry leaders and community members advocate for the importance of quality arts programs in schools through grassroots efforts like organizing a flash mob, giving a free public performance from a Spring musical or sending a thank you note to an educator via letter, internet, video or kind deed.

Yeshiva University's Maccabeats recently put together a Pesach video with a musical theatre twist for the Festival of Freedom. The group writes: 'Les Mis, which has always been a Maccabeats favorite, tells the story of one man's search for freedom, salvation, and himself. As such, we found its now-famous melodies and lyrics to be a wholly appropriate avenue for creatively retelling the story of the children of Israel's journey from slavery in Egypt to nationhood under God.'

Happy Birthday, Glenn Close! Close made her professional theater and Broadway debut in Love for Love. Other early stage credits include The Crucifer of Blood and The Singular Life of Albert Nobbs, for which she won an Obie Award. Close's first Tony Award nomination came for her role in the musical Barnum, and she subsequently won Tony Awards for her performances in The Real Thing and Death and the Maiden. For her portrayal of Norma Desmond in Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical Sunset Boulevard, Close won a Tony Award, a Drama Desk Award, a Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award and a Dramalogue Award. She would later reteam with the show's director, Trevor Nunn, in London for his Royal National Theatre revival of A Streetcar Named Desire.

Today in 1998, the second Broadway revival of Caberat opened at the Stephen Sondheim Theatre (then called the KIt Kat Klub), where it ran for 2377 performances. Cabaret is a musical based on a book written by Christopher Isherwood, music by John Kander and lyrics by Fred Ebb. The 1966 Broadway production became a hit and spawned a 1972 film as well as numerous subsequent productions. Set in 1931 Berlin as the Nazis are rising to power, it focuses on nightlife at the seedy Kit Kat Klub and revolves around the 19-year-old English cabaret performer Sally Bowles and her relationship with the young American writer Cliff Bradshaw. Overseeing the action is the Master of Ceremonies at the Kit Kat Klub which serves as a constant metaphor for the tenuous and threatening state of late Weimar Germany throughout the show.

In celebration of the special concert, BroadwayWorld is counting down to the event with clips of our favorite Kristin performances. Below, check out the full list!

In celebration of the special concert, BroadwayWorld is counting down to the event with clips of our favorite Kristin performances. Below, Chenoweth sings a special version of 'Popular' from Wicked. Check back tomorrow to view the full list!

In celebration of the special concert, BroadwayWorld is counting down to the event with clips of our favorite Kristin performances. Below, Chenoweth sings 'The Girl in 14G' at the Boston Pops. Check back tomorrow to find out what else made the list!

In celebration of the special concert, BroadwayWorld is counting down to the event with clips of our favorite Kristin performances. Below, Chenoweth sings 'Taylor the Latte Boy' on The Late Late Show. Check back tomorrow to find out what else made the list!

In celebration of the special concert, BroadwayWorld is counting down to the event with clips of our favorite Kristin performances. Below, Chenoweth sings 'What Would Dolly Do?' at the Grand Ole Opry. Check back tomorrow to find out what else made the list!

In celebration of the special concert, BroadwayWorld is counting down to the event with clips of our favorite Kristin performances. Below, Chenoweth sings 'One Less Bell To Answer / A House Is Not a Home' with Matthew Morrison. Check back tomorrow to find out what else made the list!

Earlier today, producers Steven Van Zandt and Maureen Van Zandt, Marc Brickman, Larry Magid and Base Entertainment have announced that within the first three weeks of public on-sale, The Rascals: Once Upon a Dream has sold over $1 million in tickets. Below, check out a video preview and photos of the Broadway-bound show!

In celebration of the special concert, BroadwayWorld is counting down to the event with clips of our favorite Kristin performances. Below, Chenoweth sings 'Glitter and Be Gay' from Candide. Check back tomorrow to find out what else made the list!

Happy Birthday, Sutton Foster! Foster's portrayal of Reno Sweeney in Roundabout Theatre Company's production of Anythng Goes earned her the 2011 Tony Award Best Leading Actress in a Musical. Sutton also starred on Broadway as Princess Fiona in Shrek: The Musical, for which she was honored with Tony and Drama Desk nominations, and the Outer Critics Circle Award. Prior to that, Sutton was Inga in the Mel Brooks musical, Young Frankenstein, Janet Van De Graaff in The Drowsy Chaperone (2006 Tony and Drama Desk Award nominations, LA Ovation Award) and Jo March in Little Women: The Musical (2005 Tony, Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle Award nominations). She is the recipient of the 2002 Tony, Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle, and Astaire Awards for her performance as Millie Dillmount in Thoroughly Modern Millie, a role she created in the 2000 La Jolla Playhouse premiere.

Team StarKid, the musical theater troupe and YouTube phenomenon, debuted their highly anticipated sequel to the parody musicals A Very Potter Musical and A Very Potter Sequel at LeakyCon in August 2012. Now you can watch the whole musical, featuring Broadway veteran Darren Criss, who plays Harry Potter himself, below!

The new American musical Hands on a Hardbody began preview performances on February 23, 2013 at 8pm at Broadway's Brooks Atkinson Theatre (256 West 47th Street), with an official opening night of Thursday, March 21, 2013. In the video below, Keith Carradine talks about the show, its characters and what they're all standing for.