Cyndi Lauper News

Kinky Boots, the highly anticipated new musical that brings together four-time Tony® Award-winner Harvey Fierstein (Book) and Grammy® Award-winning rock icon Cyndi Lauper (Music & Lyrics), will begin preview performances on Broadway at the Al Hirschfeld Theatre (302 West 45th Street) on Tuesday, March 5, 2013, with an official opening night set for Thursday, April 4, 2013. The cast and creative team just gathered for their first rehearsal, and you can check out photos from the big event below!

Gray Line New York, New York City's premiere double-decker bus and motorcoach tourism company, has announced that Television and Broadway icons Mary Tyler Moore and Bernadette Peters, as well as co-founders of Broadway Barks, an organization whose mission is to help shelter animals find permanent homes in NYC, produced by Broadway Cares/ Equity Fights AIDS, will be inducted into the Ride of Fame. A ribbon-cutting ceremony where a custom decal will be unveiled on the front of the vehicle displaying their likenesses, also incorporating a special edition poster designed by the legendary Bob Mackie, for this year's 14th annual Broadway Barks, a star-studded dog and cat adoption event, which the two actresses recently co-hosted. Ms. Peters will be on hand for the unveiling today, August 21st, 12 noon on PIer 78 at 455 12th Avenue at 38th Street.

Gray Line New York, New York City's premiere double-decker bus and motorcoach tourism company, has announced today that Television and Broadway icons Mary Tyler Moore and Bernadette Peters, as well as co-founders of Broadway Barks, an organization whose mission is to help shelter animals find permanent homes in NYC, produced by Broadway Cares/ Equity Fights AIDS, will be inducted into the Ride of Fame. A ribbon-cutting ceremony where a custom decal will be unveiled on the front of the vehicle displaying their likenesses, also incorporating a special edition poster designed by the legendary Bob Mackie, for this year's 14th annual Broadway Barks, a star-studded dog and cat adoption event, which the two actresses recently co-hosted. Ms. Peters will be on hand for the unveiling on Tuesday, August 21st, 12 noon on PIer 78 at 455 12th Avenue at 38th Street.

Producers Daryl Roth and Hal Luftig announced today that Kinky Boots, the highly anticipated new musical that brings together four-time Tony® Award-winner Harvey Fierstein (Book) and Grammy® Award-winning rock icon Cyndi Lauper (Music & Lyrics), will begin preview performances on Broadway at the Al Hirschfeld Theatre (302 West 45th Street) on Tuesday, March 5, 2013, with an official opening night set for Thursday, April 4, 2013. Group tickets for Kinky Boots, directed and choreographed by Tony® Award-winner Jerry Mitchell, will go on sale Tuesday, August 21 to groups of 10 or more.

The VH1 Save The Music Foundation is proud to announce multi-platinum, Grammy® Award winning singer, author and actress LeAnn Rimes as the headlining performer for their Songwriters Music Series Napa presented by William Hill Estate Wines and RAYMOND WEIL.

At BroadwayWorld we pride ourselves in showcasing theater content from all corners of the globe. Our regional contributors do an amazing job each day of bringing you the latest theater news in their cities and countries and to acknowledge this, we are launching a new weekly column called 'Around BWW: Regional Highlights of the Week'. Read on for this week's edition of BWW's regional highlights!

Watch the video below for a look behind the scenes at Cyndi Lauper, Harvey Fierstein and the cast of KINKY BOOTS at the show's official photo shoot!

92Y and 92YTRIBECA have announced their fall 2012 theater lineup, featuring Cyndi Lauper, Judy Gold, Robin Williams with David Steinberg, Peter Bogdanovich, Ben Brantley, Playwrights Horizons, Old Jews Telling Jokes and more!

Emotions ran high as the final five contenders of Oxygen's THE GLEE PROJECT vied for a spot in the highly anticipated season two finale.

The finale night continues online at 11pm ET as season one winner, Damian McGinty, hosts 'The Glee Project Live Reunion.' The final five contenders will be with Damian live in New York while additional cast members from season two will join via live video on the Watchitoo platform to participate and answer fan questions.

The latest in unauthorized gossip and buzz from the heart of Chicago's showtune video bars, and musical theater news from Chicago to New York. The BIC preview concert in Millennium Park, concerts by Barbra Streisand, Olivia N-J and Levi Kreis, 'Man Of La Mancha,' 'Dreamgirls,' 'A Class Act' and so much more!

The World Premiere of Kinky Boots, the new musical brings together four-time Tony® Award-winner Harvey Fierstein (Book) and Grammy® Award-winning rock icon Cyndi Lauper (Music & Lyrics). Directed and choreographed by Tony® Award-winner Jerry Mitchell, Kinky Boots will play the Bank of America Theatre (18 West Monroe Street, Chicago, IL) beginning October 2 through November 4, 2012, in advance of a Broadway opening. In the video below, Lauper sings 'Sex is In the Heel' from the new show at the Broadway in Chicago concert. Check it out below!

Seattle Theatre Group (STG) announces the following concerts going on sale this week.

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Broadway In Chicago's Concert moves to Millennium Park this summer. The FREE BROADWAY IN CHICAGO CONCERT will take place tonight, August 6, 2012 at 6:15 p.m. at the Pritzker Pavilion at Millennium Park. Hosted by ABC-7's Janet Davies, star of 190 NORTH, the concert will feature performances by the iconic rock legend Cyndi Lauper with members of the cast from the pre-Broadway world premiere of her new musical KINKY BOOTS, Joey from War Horse and Cathy Rigby as PETER PAN.

Cyndi Lauper joins various actors to preview the coming Broadway in Chicago season-in song.

On Friday, August 3, the hottest new musical KINKY BOOTS is giving away ice cream, courtesy of Chicago's newest ice cream bike, Chi-Scream. The cyclist will make stops throughout the city beginning at 10 a.m. at the Bank of America Theatre, 18 W. Monroe. Follow @BroadwayChicago on Twitter to learn the bike whereabouts and stop by to get a free ice cream sandwich. Quantities are limited, so don't wait.

The latest in unauthorized gossip and buzz from the heart of Chicago's showtune video bars, and musical theater news from Chicago to Broadway. Cyndi Lauper and 'Kinky Boots' for free, Darren Criss and Team StarKid, 'Little Shop,' lots of 'Legally Blonde,' a 'Rocky Horror' book and much, much more!

Deadline.com reports that WEtv has picked up two new reality series from Cyndi Lauper and Kendra Wilkinson.