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La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts and McCoy Rigby Entertainment presented the fifth and final production in its 2013-1014 season of shows with the Los Angeles regional theatre premiere of one of the most beloved musicals of all time, based on the novel by Victor Hugo, the Tony award-winning, LES MISERABLES. BroadwayWorld has photos from the opening night festivities below!

One-man musical mastermind and comedian Reggie Watts, British stand-up star Simon Amstell, Kroll Show's Andy Milonakis, and Macaulay Culkin's The Pizza Underground will headline NORTH BY NORTHEAST (NXNE) Comedy this June 18-22, 2014, sponsored by Fleshlight.

'Copenhagen,' is a fictional account of an actual event during World War II, two physicists exchange heated words and profound ideas. One man, Werner Heisenberg, seeks to harness the power of the atom for Germany's forces. The other scientist, Niels Bohr is devastated that his native Denmark has been occupied by the Third Reich. Their encounter is human: full of memories and memory lapses, as well as affection and denial.

BILL W. AND DR. BOB - the critically acclaimed play by Samuel Shem and Janet Surrey that Variety calls 'deeply human, audience embracing, [and] a remarkable story' will conclude its Off-Broadway run at Soho Playhouse (15 Vandam Street) on Sunday, May 4th, it has been announced by Dr. Shem and Dr. Surrey, and General Manager Darren Lee Cole. BILL W. AND DR. BOB is sponsored by Hazelden/Betty Ford Foundation.

On Thursday, March 27th New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio stopped by to see another famous Bill - in the Off-Broadway, hit play BILL W. AND DR. BOB at the Soho Playhouse (15 Vandam Street, Manhattan). Check out photos from his visit below!

BILL W. AND DR. BOB - the critically acclaimed play by Samuel Shem and Janet Surrey that Variety calls 'deeply human, audience embracing, [and] a remarkable story' has extended its Off-Broadway run at the Soho Playhouse (15 Vandam Street) for a staggering fourth time - now through June 1st, it has been announced by Dr. Shem and Dr. Surrey, and General Manager Darren Lee Cole.

According to published reports, author Manil Suri has earned the 2013 Bad Sex in Fiction Award by Britain's 'Literary Review' for his latest work- 'The City of Devi'.

Kam Cares Foundation, under the direction of Seattle Seahawks Safety Kam Chancellor, has launched an online Food and Fund Drive to support the Foodbank of Southeastern Virginia and the Eastern Shore. With Thanksgiving only weeks away, Chancellor and a few of his professional athlete friends from Hampton Roads will donate $10,000 to provide meals to children, seniors, and families in need.

Delta Air Lines (NYSE: DAL) and FOOD & WINE today announce that Chef Linton Hopkins is the winner of the "The Cabin Pressure Cook-Off," a culinary competition to find the next Delta chef. Chef Hopkins will join the Delta culinary team to consult on BusinessElite menus for flights between Atlanta and Europe beginning in February.

Friday October 18th through Sunday October 20th, Bill W. and Dr. Bob celebrates its 100th performance at the intimate, 187 seat Soho Playhouse. (15 Vandam Street). The whole weekend will be a celebration, with birthday cakes, talkbacks, and prizes.

Delta Air Lines' (NYSE: DAL) annual "Breast Cancer One" employee survivor charter flight launches today, kicking off the airline's October fundraising campaign for The Breast Cancer Research Foundation and celebrating the organization's two decades of dedication to preventing and finding a cure for breast cancer.

The Chicago Cabaret Professionals will be pulling out all the stops as it proudly celebrates its fifteenth year of bringing live musical enjoyment by Chicago's favorite cabaret performers and fans on October 20 at Park West Theatre. The annual Gold Coast Award will be presented to popular entertainer Daryl Nitz and a special recognition award will be presented to Davenport's Cabaret and Piano Bar.

More than 19,000 Delta Air Lines flight attendants today begin using new Windows Phone 8 handheld devices that will streamline on-board purchasing as Delta continues its investment in technological innovation to improve the customer experience.

Delta Air Lines, New York's largest airline, is launching a unique partnership with Union Square Hospitality Group (USHG) creators of some of New York City's most celebrated restaurants and helmed by James Beard Award winning restaurateur Danny Meyer aimed at elevating the dining and inflight experience. The partnership demonstrates Delta's continued efforts to offer regionally tailored, chef-driven menus onboard as well as Delta's continued investment in New York.

Performers include Kristen Behrendt DeGrazia as Reno Sweeey, John Muriello as Moonface Martin, Megan Keiser as Hope, Joe Mosher as Billy Crocker, Megan O'Brien as Erma, and Ken Van Egdon as Lord Evelyn Oakleigh. Brett Bordon, Trista Carlson, Jon Cryer, Jean Grewe, Emily Hill, Brian Lawler, Susan Manuel , Mike Nelson , Christine Pernetti, Glen Schmitz, Jerry Stamp, Raiden Takeuchi, Rex VanDorpeAudrey , Wagner, Teresa Wagner, Lisa Warren and Sheila Wayson round out the ensemble.

Delta Air Lines is partnering with FOOD & WINE to create an original culinary competition video series, called "The Cabin Pressure Cook Off," to find its newest chef. The winning chef will consult with Delta on menus for flights departing Atlanta.

The new NYC production of Bill W. and Dr. Bob, about the founding of AA, begins tonight, July 8 at the Soho Playhouse. Seth Gordon (Associate Artistic Director, Repertory Theatre of St. Louis; Producer/Director Primary Stages, NYC; director of the acclaimed production of Bill W. and Dr. Bob at the Cleveland Play House in 2010) will direct an ensemble of actors who have garnered acclaim on and off Broadway.

Author and storyteller Tom Pryor's next show CITY STORIES: STOOPS TO NUTS is scheduled for tonight, June 11th at 6:00 p.m. at the Cornelia Street Cafe in Manhattan.

Author and storyteller Tom Pryor's next show CITY STORIES: STOOPS TO NUTS is scheduled for Tuesday, June 11th at 6:00 p.m. at the Cornelia Street Cafe in Manhattan.

Playwrights Horizons presents Far From Heaven, a new musical with book by Tony Award winner and two-time Pulitzer Prize finalist Richard Greenberg (Take Me Out, Three Days of Rain, the current Breakfast at Tiffany's and The Assembled Parties both now on Broadway), music by Tony Award nominee Scott Frankel (Grey Gardens at PH and on Broadway, Finding Neverland) and lyrics by Tony Award nominee Michael Korie (Grey Gardens at PH and on Broadway, The Grapes of Wrath, Finding Neverland). The musical is choreographed by Alex Sanchez (Giant, Fiorello!) and directed by three-time Tony Award nominee Michael Greif (Grey Gardens at PH and on Broadway; Rent, Next to Normal, Giant). The musical is based on the Focus Features/Vulcan Productions motion picture Far From Heaven, written and directed by Todd Haynes. FAR FROM HEAVEN began previews on May 8, with an Opening Night set for tonight, June 2 at 7PM. The limited engagement subscription run will play through Sunday, June 30 at Playwrights Horizons' Mainstage Theater (416 West 42nd Street).