Broadway Across America News

August: Osage County, the 2008 Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning play that tells the bitingly funny and sensationally entertaining tale of the Weston family of Pawhuska, Oklahoma, is coming to Boston's Colonial Theatre May 4 - 16 for two weeks only.

Producers Cameron Mackintosh and Thomas Schumacher are pleased to present the Atlanta engagement of MARY POPPINS. Atlanta's most eagerly anticipated stage production began performances at the Fox Theatre on Thursday, April 29 for a limited engagement of 3 weeks through Sunday, May 16. The opening night was Friday, April 30.

Nickelodeon and Broadway Across America bring Storytime Live! to Raleigh from May 15-16. Storytime Live! is the first-ever live family theatrical tour featuring characters from four of the current top-rated preschool shows on television today : Dora the Explorer, The Backyardigans, The Wonder Pets! and Ni Hao, Kai-lan;.

LEGALLY BLONDE THE MUSICAL is holding court now through May 23rd at the Aronoff Center in Cincinnati and it's a bubbly good time.

On Saturday, May 15, MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET will be featured on CBS' National 'Evening News' between 6:30PM-7:00PM on WCBS Channel 2 in New York - check local listings.

Tickets to WICKED, 'Broadway's biggest blockbuster' (The New York Times), go on sale Saturday, May 15 for a limited 4 week run at the Marcus Center for the Performing Arts.

CATS, one of the longest running and most successful musicals in Broadway history, returns to Hennepin Theatre Trust's Orpheum Theatre in downtown Minneapolis for five performances only, May 14-16, 2010.

Nickelodeon and Broadway Across America bring Storytime Live! to Raleigh from May 15-16. Storytime Live! is the first-ever live family theatrical tour featuring characters from four of the current top-rated preschool shows on television today : Dora the Explorer, The Backyardigans, The Wonder Pets! and Ni Hao, Kai-lan;.

Storytime Live! is the first-ever live family theatrical tour featuring characters from four of the current top-rated preschool shows on television today-'Dora the Explorer,' 'The Backyardigans,' 'The Wonder Pets!,' and 'Ni Hao, Kai-lan.' Hosted by Nick Jr.'s Moose A. Moose and Zee, children and their parents can see their favorite Nick Jr. characters come to life in an action-packed stage adventure.

LA CAGE AUX FOLLES' Tony Award-nominated stars Kelsey Grammer and Douglas Hodge and the notorious and dangerous Cagelles will perform tomorrow, Friday, May 14 on 'Good Morning America' between 8:30 and 9:00 AM. In the New York area, 'Good Morning America' airs on WABC-TV, Channel 7. Check local listings.

Nickelodeon and Broadway Across America bring Storytime Live! to Raleigh from May 15-16. Storytime Live! is the first-ever live family theatrical tour featuring characters from four of the current top-rated preschool shows on television today : Dora the Explorer, The Backyardigans, The Wonder Pets! and Ni Hao, Kai-lan;. Preschoolers and their parents can see their favorite Nick Jr. characters come to life in one action-packed on-stage adventure hosted by Nick Jr.'s Moose A. Moose and Zee.

CATS, one of the longest running and most successful musicals in Broadway history, returns to Hennepin Theatre Trust's Orpheum Theatre in downtown Minneapolis for five performances only, May 14-16, 2010.

Broadway classic A Chorus Line kicked off five-day stand at Austin's Bass Concert Hall this week. The Marvin Hamlisch musical tells the story of seventeen 'wannabe' Broadway dancers, auditioning for eight limited spots on a chorus line. The one-act production is stacked with stellar dance numbers, poignant monologues, and insightful songs about the characters' motives to dance.

The Tony Award-winning revival of HAIR: The American Tribal Love-Rock Musical will kick off its National Tour in our nation's capital this Fall, following a special sneak-peek engagement in New Haven, CT.

Last week the New York Post reported that Justin Timberlake was interested in making a movie of MEMPHIS and this week ... it's Oliver Stone. The paper states that Stone is a big fan of the show which he's seen twice already and that he's been taking meetings with David Bryan. A representative for Stone confirms the director is interested in the project, telling the publication, 'He's thinking about it.'

Pittsburgh International Children's Theater, a division of The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, presents the 24th annual Pittsburgh International Children's Festival from May 12-16, 2010, in the green spaces surrounding Schenley Plaza and the University of Pittsburgh, and at various indoor theaters in the Oakland area of Pittsburgh. Giant Eagle is the lead sponsor of the 2010 Pittsburgh International Children's Festival.

Hennepin Theatre Trust will host a special Wicked 'Happy Hour' On Sale Event starting at 5 p.m., Monday, May 24 to launch sales of individual tickets to Broadway's biggest blockbuster about the witches of Oz, which opens August 11 for a six week Minneapolis run.

Last night at 11:35 PM (Eastern Time), the cast of MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET performed on CBS' 'Late Show with David Letterman.'

Broadway's most talked about new musical and the biggest Tony Award®-winner in years is coming to the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami-Dade County. Spring Awakening, the 8-time Tony Award® winning Broadway musical, will open on May 11, 2010 at the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami-Dade County and play for eight performances through May 16th. Spring Awakening is presented by the Adrienne Arsht Center and Broadway Across America-Miami.

Get ready to wind your Swatch watch, fill your mouth with Pop Rocks and Coke, and dust off your Rubik's Cube as the talented cast of the Fifth Third Bank Broadway Across America presentation of Legally Blonde The Musical presents a like totally ‘80s-themed cabaret on the night of May 21 at Below Zero Lounge.