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Miracle Theatre Group and Staged! Portland's Musical Theatre Series present a collaborative production of SONGS FOR A NEW WORLD

After a brief hiatus from any major productions, STAGED! Portland's Musical Theatre Series is back with an ambitious summer line-up. STAGED! is presenting an in-depth look at one of the most dynamic musical theatre composers working today, Tony Award-winning composer Jason Robert Brown.

Miracle Theatre Group and Staged! Portland's Musical Theatre Series present a collaborative production of SONGS FOR A NEW WORLD

After a brief hiatus from any major productions, STAGED! Portland's Musical Theatre Series is back with an ambitious summer line-up. STAGED! is presenting an in-depth look at one of the most dynamic musical theatre composers working today, Tony Award-winning composer Jason Robert Brown.

Miracle Theatre Group and Staged! Portland's Musical Theatre Series present a collaborative production of SONGS FOR A NEW WORLD. Music and lyrics by Jason Robert Brown

MICHAEL RISPOLI ('Kick Ass'), MARIO CANTONE ('Sex and the City'), ROBERT CUCCIOLI ('Jekyll & Hyde') lead a star studded cast in a special industry reading of VINCENT GOGLIORMELLA & CHARLES MESSINA'S screenplay ‘TWAS THE NIGHT BEFORE A BROOKLYN CHRISTMAS on May 1 at 45 BLEECKER STREET

MICHAEL RISPOLI ('Kick Ass'), MARIO CANTONE ('Sex and the City'), ROBERT CUCCIOLI ('Jekyll & Hyde') lead a star studded cast in a special industry reading of VINCENT GOGLIORMELLA & CHARLES MESSINA'S screenplay ‘TWAS THE NIGHT BEFORE A BROOKLYN CHRISTMAS on May 1 at 45 BLEECKER STREET

Erin Quill stars in THE MIKADO PROJECT, debuting May 1st at the Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival.

Baz Bamigboye is reporting in today's UK Daily Mail that 'Gavin Creel and Sally Ann Triplett are among the cast doing a workshop today in London for another Stiles and Drewe show, a musical based on the comedy film Soapdish.'

Miracle Theatre Group and Staged! Portland's Musical Theatre Series present a collaborative production of SONGS FOR A NEW WORLD

Jason Robert Brown, Tony Award-winning composer/lyricist (Parade), will present his show 'JRB: Solo at the Beechman' featuring brand new material as well as songs from his shows, including 'The Last Five Years,' 'Songs for a New World,' 'Parade,' and '13' and his 'Wearing Someone Else's Clothes,' on Monday, December 15 at 9:15 at the Laurie Beechman Theater.

Jason Robert Brown, Tony Award-winning composer/lyricist (Parade), will present his show 'JRB: Solo at the Beechman' featuring brand new material as well as songs from his shows, including 'The Last Five Years,' 'Songs for a New World,' 'Parade,' and '13' and his 'Wearing Someone Else's Clothes,' on Monday, December 15 at 9:15 at the Laurie Beechman Theater.

Cape May Stage continues to build its artistic momentum as it presents Social Security, starring a strong ensemble of some of the most accomplished actors ever to grace its stage. Real-life couple Lynn & Ronald Cohen's natural chemistry creates comedic fireworks in this smart, fast-paced contemporary play. Written by acclaimed screenwriter, Andrew Bergman, (Blazing Saddles, Soapdish, Fletch, The In-Laws) this comedy set in the pretentious world of the New York City art scene promises laughs from start to finish.

Jurors for The New York Musical Theatre Festival (NYMF) for the 2009 Next Link Project will include lyricist Susan Birkenhead, composer and lyricist Jason Robert Brown, producer Robyn Goodman, and director Francesca Zambello. The New York Musical Theater Festival is currently accepting open submissions for its Next Link Project for the sixth annual festival taking place September 28 ? October 18, 2009. Twelve of the Festival?s full production slots are reserved for participants in The Next Link Project, NYMF?s primary writer service program. The Next Link Project empowers emerging musical theatre writing teams as both artists and entrepreneurs by providing the training and relationships needed to help them move their musicals from mere readings to fully-realized productions and to advance their careers by maximizing the exposure they receive in the Festival. A meet and greet to answer any questions from those interested in applying will be held Wednesday, January 28, 6-8pm at the Irish Rogue (356 West 44th Street, between 8th and 9th Ave). NYMF staff members will be on hand to answer questions about the Next Link Project submissions process and chat about other ways to get involved with the Festival.

13, A New Musical, with music and lyrics by Tony Award winner Jason Robert Brown, officially opens at The Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre tonday, Sunday, October 5, 2008.

13, A New Musical, with music and lyrics by Tony Award winner Jason Robert Brown, will begin previews on Tuesday, September 16, 2008 and officially open at The Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre (242 W. 45th Street) on Sunday, October 5, 2008.

A recent New York reading of Jason Robert Brown's upcoming musical comedy Honeymoon in Vegas featured a starry cast,

13, written by Tony Award-winner Jason Robert Brown and Dan Elish, will be brought to a Broadway stage by producer Bob Boyett

Angie Dickinson, Dennis Hopper, Cloris Leachman, Quincy Jones, Edward Norton and John Turturro are among additions to the line-up of peers, family members and childhood friends featured in Brando, a new original two-part documentary premiering May 1-2, that sifts through the mystery behind one of Hollywood's most-respected and celebrated practitioners of the art and craft of acting.