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The sold-out audience at Broadway's Al Hirschfeld Theatre was dazzled Monday, March 21, 2016, by this year's stirring edition of BROADWAY BACKWARDS. The annual celebration, where men sing songs originally written for women and vice versa offering this audience the chance to see LGBT stories told through the great songs of musical theatre, set a new fundraising record. The evening raised an incredible $480,287 to benefit Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS and The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center in New York City. BroadwayWorld has highlights, featuring performers Tony Yazbeck, Chita Rivera, Danielle Brooks and more, below!

This winter, An American in Paris was lucky enough to be part of a Tennessee couple's love story. On December 12, 2015, community theater vet Justin McIntosh proposed to fellow thesp, his partner Nathan Smith, onstage at the Palace Theatre following the show. Smith (after saying yes, of course!) was serenaded, took photos with the cast and drank champagne in honor of the occasion. The Broadway show posted footage of the moment today, writing, 'From our love story to yours, congratulations!' Check it out below!

Good news - Hamilton's digital lottery is officially back for the winter, meaning that fans can enter online daily for a chance to see one of Broadway's biggest hits. Better news - this means that digital #Ham4Ham is back, featuring surprise performances from the cast. After the company's appearance earlier this week on Capitol Hill, today's #Ham4Ham features the Schuyler Sisters and the women of HAMILTON singing in the Vermeil Room, which celebrates the women of the White House. Watch the video below!

Earlier today, First Lady Michelle Obama welcomed the Broadway cast of HAMILTON to the White House to host a student workshop, Q&A, and a performance. And as if that weren't enough excitement for Capitol Hill, the musical's creator and star Lin-Manuel Miranda also took part in a freestyling challenge outside the White House, with help from President Barack Obama.

Madonna brought her signature theatricality to Stephen Sondheim's iconic 'Send in the Clowns' from A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC in Melbourne, Australia today, March 11. She performed the song as part of an invite-only show on her Rebel Heart Tour, which runs through March 20 in Sydney.

As previously announced, Broadway Records will release a New Broadway Cast Album of FIDDLER ON THE ROOF -- out worldwide on March 18th and now available to purchase at The Broadway Theatre. The album is being produced by David Lai,Ted Sperling and Louise Gund. Below, go inside the studio for a peek behind the scenes at FIDDLER ON THE ROOF's recording session!

HuntingtonThe Huntington Theatre Company presents the powerful memoir August Wilson's HOW I LEARNED WHAT I LEARNED, co-conceived and directed by Todd Kreidler (Guess Who's Coming to Dinner adapter at the Huntington) and featuring Eugene Lee (Radio Golf, Gem of the Ocean, and The Piano Lesson at the Huntington), both longtime Wilson collaborators. Performances continue now through April 3, 2016 in the BU Theatre / Avenue of the Arts. Click below to go behind the scenes with the company and watch a trailer for the show!

Signature Theatre presents THE FLICK, directed by Joe Calarco (Signature's Cake Off, Shakespeare's R&J). THE FLICK follows the story of three employees at a crumbling Massachusetts movie theatre. Annie Baker's Pulitzer Prize-winning play is receiving its DC area premiere in Signature Theatre's intimate ARK Theatre, now through April 17, 2016. Click below to watch highlights from the show!

Kevin Sessums, the Curran's Editor-at-Large sat down with award-winning opera star Leah Crocetto for a special evening titled 'Leah Crocetto Talks Opera and Sings Jazz' on Thursday, February 4. Sessums discussed Crocetto's early years in the New York cabaret scene, her rise to fame in the opera world, and her deep connection to the San Francisco Opera. Crocetto, who recently opened the SFO's 2015 season with her electrifying performance in the title role of Luisa Miller and made her Metropolitan Opera debut as Liu in TURANDOT, performed three numbers throughout the evening. Click below to watch her sing Kander & Ebb's 'A Quiet Thing'!

The Marriott Theatre for Young Audiences will enchant audiences all over Chicago with the World Premiere musical tale, CINDERELLA... AFTER THE BALL, running now through May 8, with a press opening on March 12 at 10 Marriott Drive, Lincolnshire, IL. With book and lyrics by Eddie Sugarman and a sparkling score by Jihwan Kim, Jeff Award Nominee Scott Weinstein directs the Marriott Theatre for Young Audience's first show of the season, sure to delight audiences of all ages with its quick witted humor and toe tapping music. Click below to watch highlights from the show!

Broadway's HAMILTON got a quick mention in a deleted scene from an episode of LAW & ORDER: SPECIAL VICTIMS UNIT earlier this week. Check it out below!

LIVE WITH DR. ADRIAN is a new musical about chronic pain. The Duplex hosts the performance on Wednesday, April 6th at 7:00pm. Click below to watch a promo for the show!

Before every show, Straight star Jenna Gavigan warms up with Disney songs. Last week, she had her fellow cast members Jake Epstein and Thomas E. Sullivan participate in 'The Disney Challenge,' where they were played a clip from a Disney song and had to correctly name the movie it came from. It was a close call - watch the video below to see who won!

SCHOOL OF ROCK star Alex Brightman and the Broadway cast sent an encouraging video to welcome the OSA students to the band and call upon the 'Gods of Rock' to guide them with their West Coast production. In turn, OSA recorded their own fun response. Check out the videos below!

Good news - Hamilton's digital lottery is officially back for the winter, meaning that fans can enter online daily for a chance to see one of Broadway's biggest hits. Better news - this means that digital #Ham4Ham is back, featuring surprise performances from the cast. Today's #Ham4Ham video features HAMILTON creator and star Lin-Manuel Miranda heading up to the catwalk at the Richard Rodgers Theatre for a tech-themed, behind-the-scenes look at the show's 'turntables.' Check it out below!

Before tonight's performance of Hamilton, Leslie Odom Jr. (aka Aaron Burr) took fans into his dressing room for a fan Q&A on Facebook Live. Click below to watch him give a behind-the-scenes look at his prep routine and introduce some key players from the show, including star Lin-Manuel Miranda, who pops in (around minutes 8 and 11)!

Artists Repertory Theatre presents Mothers and Sons, an important play by one of American theatre's most acclaimed contemporary playwrights, Terrence McNally. As the fifth production in its 2015/16 season, Artists Rep brings the regional premiere of this play to Portland following its 2014 Tony-nominated Broadway debut. Click below to watch a new trailer with highlights from the show!

Good news - HAMILTON's digital lottery is officially back for the winter, meaning that fans can enter online daily for a chance to see one of Broadway's biggest hits. Better news - this means that Digital #Ham4Ham is back, featuring surprise performances from the cast. Today's #Ham4Ham video features Lin-Manuel Miranda in his first time onstage at Hunter College Elementary School's Talent Show. Below, watch 1st-grade Lin lip-sync to 'Land of Confusion' by Genesis (featuring lead singer Phil Collins, of course). Commenting on his hip shades, Miranda wrote, 'The sunglasses were a whole thing, I had to get rid of them.' But we think they were a pretty good look!

The American Theatre Wing continues its legendary, long-running, and completely revamped web series, 'Working in the Theatre,' with an all new episode on 'Joel Perez -- Before The Show.' Check it out below!

Lincoln Center's free concert series The History of the World in 100 Performances with Adam Gopnik kicked off on February 17 with Leonard Bernstein's 1943 takeover of the New York Philharmonic. Below, watch Jake Gyllenhaal and Jeanine Tesori perform 'Maria' from WEST SIDE STORY at the event!