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Goodspeed Musicals, the only two time Tony Award winning theatre in the country, is proud to announce that Lucky Guy, a new musical comedy, will be the spring production at The Norma Terris Theatre in Chester, Connecticut. This heartfelt musical comedy will play May 14 through June 14. Lucky Guy is sponsored by Essex Savings Bank.

Broadway In Chicago is thrilled to present Michael Bennett's masterpiece, A CHORUS LINE, for a limited 3-week engagement April 14 to May 3, 2009. The award-winning show will play Chicago's Ford Center for the Performing Arts, Oriental Theatre (24 W. Randolph St.).

The original production of A CHORUS LINE opened at the Public Theater's Newman Theatre on May 21, 1975 and transferred to Broadway's Shubert Theatre on July 25th, where it officially opened on Broadway on October 19th of that year. It won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama, nine Tony Awards, including Best Musical, Direction, Choreography, Actress, Supporting Actress, Supporting Actor, Score and Book, and the New York Drama Critics Circle Award. It ran for nearly 15 years, closing on April 28, 1990 after 6,137 performances.

The new production of the Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning musical A Chorus Line comes to the Providence Performing Arts Center for a limited engagement, March 31 - April 5.

The new production of the Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning musical A CHORUS LINE comes to the Providence Performing Arts Center for a limited engagement, March 31 - April 5. Performance times for A CHORUS LINE are as follows: Tuesday, March 31 at 7P; Wednesday, April 1 and Thursday, April 2 at 7:30P; Friday, April 3 at 8P; Saturday, April 4 at 2P & 8P; and Sunday, April 5 at 1P & 6:30P. Ticket prices are $68, $63, $61, $56, $51, $46, and $41; all ticket prices include a $3 per ticket restoration charge. Tickets may be purchased at the PPAC Box Office at 220 Weybosset St. in downtown Providence, or by phone at (401) 421-ARTS, Monday - Friday 10A - 5P, and Saturday 10A - 2P; patrons may also purchase tickets online at www.ppacri.org anytime. Discounted admission is available for groups of 20 or more; for more information, email Paul Hiatt at phiatt@ppacri.org or call (401) 574-3162.

The original production of A CHORUS LINE opened at the Public Theater's Newman Theatre on May 21, 1975 and transferred to Broadway's Shubert Theatre on July 25th, where it officially opened on Broadway on October 19th of that year. It won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama, nine Tony Awards, including Best Musical, Direction, Choreography, Actress, Supporting Actress, Score and Book, and the New York Drama Critics Circle Award. It ran for nearly 15 years, closing on April 28, 1990 after 6,137 performances.

Film star Anne Hathaway will be a guest on ABC's Jimmy Kimmel Live! Tonight Thursday January 8th. The show airs at 12:05am (EST) on ABC stations.

Tonight Wednesday January 7th, 2009 film star Anne Hathaway will be a guest on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno tonight, the program airs 11:30pm (EST) on NBC.

On Monday January 5th, 2009 film star Anne Hathaway will be dropping by 'Live With Regis and Kelly' to talk about her new movie 'Bride Wars'. The show begins at 9AM EST on ABC stations.

Touring Production is Simply Sensational at Baltimore's Hippodrome Theatre

David Mirvish is pleased to present the new production of the Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning musical A CHORUS LINE at the Canon Theatre for a strictly limited 5 week engagement. Performances begin October 28 running through November 30, 2008.

BWW just got an exclusive account of a top secret, closed reading that happened over the weekend at Playwright's Horizons Rehearsal Studio (although Playwrights is not involved in this).

The national tour currently at the Boston Opera House is a by-the-numbers recreation with all the moves but none of the essence to make it sing for a new generation

Vocal powerhouses, Ritter Hanz and Kevin Smith Kirkwood are proud to be back in NYC for two nights only to delight audiences with their new cabaret, 'Comme Tu Veux,' performing Monday and Tuesday, September 22nd and 23rd at the 42nd Street's acclaimed Laurie Beechman Theatre.

Variety is reporting that the North American rights for Every Little Step have been sold to Sony Pictures Classics. William Morris Independent represented the documentary in the sale. Future plans for the film have not yet been announced.

Vocal powerhouses, Ritter Hanz and Kevin Smith Kirkwood are proud to be back in NYC for two nights only to delight audiences with their new cabaret, 'Comme Tu Veux,' performing Monday and Tuesday, September 22nd and 23rd at the 42nd Street's acclaimed Laurie Beechman Theatre.

Debuting this weekend at the prestigious Toronto Film Festival was a new documentary called Every Little Step, a film tracing the history of Michael Bennett's A Chorus Line. The 'buzz' on the film is FANTASTIC.

The documentary film 'Every Little Step' will be premiering at the Toronto Film Festival on September 6th at 4:30PM, September 8th at 12:30 PM and September 13th at 9AM.

The documentary film 'Every Little Step' will be premiering at the Toronto Film Festival on September 6th at 4:30PM, September 8th at 12:30 PM and September 13th at 9AM.

The current Broadway production of The Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award winning musical A Chorus Line plays its final performance on Broadway Sunday, August 17, 2008, at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre (236 W 45th St).