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Good morning, BroadwayWorld! Kick off another week by catching up on the top Broadway stories!

BroadwayWorld has learned today that Tea at Five, which marks Academy Award®-winning legend Faye Dunaway's anticipated return to the stage, has set a pre-Broadway engagement at Boston's Huntington Theatre this summer and then open on Broadway later this year at a theater to be announced.

If a contemporary Hollywood screenwriter pitched the plot of Sean O'Casey's classic 1923 drama, The Shadow of a Gunman to a movie producer ('A struggling poet gets in over his head when he allows his neighbors to believe he's an IRA gunman in order to impress an attractive young woman.

Tim Minchin has started a countdown to his upcoming tour on Twitter! For each day of the countdown, Minchin has shared a video of a past performance of his.

Idris Elba is gearing up for the upcoming Cats film, in which he will play the role of Macavity.

At a ceremony tonight at the Prince of Wales Theatre hosted by Vicky Vox and Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, the winners of the 19th Annual WhatsOnStage Awards were announced - the only major theatre awards decided entirely by the theatregoers themselves.

After a long week of treading the boards, what better way for performers to unwind than with the affection of a furry friend? In BroadwayWorld's Tails of Broadway, photographer Jessica Fallon Gordon is capturing priceless moments between Broadway's brightest stars and their pets.

What good is sitting alone in your room this week? If you don't already have plans to see a Broadway show, come out to see your favorite Broadway stars in a cabaret act instead.

For the past decade, Sesame Street music director Bill Sherman has written over 3000 original songs for the hit children's television series.

In just under a month, Rosie's Theater Kids will present  PASSING IT ON: An Evening of Mentorship taking place on Sunday, March 24 at 7:00 PM at The Kaye Playhouse at Hunter College (68th Street between Park and Lexington Avenues).

The buzz around La Jolla's new musical Diana, about the life of Princess Diana, has been growing.

On last night's Saturday Night Live, the cast and host John Mulaney performed another iconic musical sketch.

Bonnie Milligan has joined the cast of Wicked Sings Birds of Paradise at Feinstein's/54 Below! One of Off-Broadway's most beloved cult musicals, Birds of Paradise, returns to New York City, with a star-studded Broadway cast, many from the hit musical Wicked.

According to Vanity Fair, Ian McKellen recently made some offensive remarks regarding abuse allegations.

According to Deadline, Greatest Showman duo Hugh Jackman and Rebecca Ferguson are headed back to the big screen!

The world premiere of a new musical based on the film The Curious Case of Benjamin Button will play Southwark Playhouse this spring.

Jonathan Larson's Tony Award-winning groundbreaking musical, RENT, rocks stages across America in its 20th Anniversary touring production.

Actor and comedian Jack Whitehall recently appeared on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.

Earlier this week, MCC Theater celebrated the official opening of the New York premiere of the musical Alice By Heart with book by Steven Sater with Jessie Nelson, music by Duncan Sheik, lyrics by Steven Sater and directed by Jessie Nelson.

The cast of off-Broadway hit musical The Other Josh Cohen recently appeared at Google Talks.

Asolo Rep's Annual Gala: Vive les Folies Bergère will be held today, March 2 at The Ritz-Carlton Sarasota.

Tonight Broadway's Jason Danieley revealed a special tribute to his late wife, Marin Mazzie.

Make sure to head over to BroadwayWorld's Instagram Story tomorrow as Lorene Chesley takes over and shows us around a two-show day at Arena Stage's production of The Heiress!

Pretty Woman composer/singer Bryan Adams told the BBC the musical will be opening in the West End next year.

Forty years ago, the legendary Stephen Sondheim musical 'Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street' terrorized audiences for the first time on Broadway in Hal Prince's landmark production starring Len Cariou and Angela Lansbury.