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The Broadway production of WICKED will perform an additional performance on Sunday, June 28th at 8pm to benefit The Actors Fund. All of the actors' salaries and all of ticket sales will be donated to The Actors Fund benefiting people in film, theater, television, music, opera, and dance.

The Broadway production of WICKED will perform an additional performance on Sunday, June 28th at 8pm to benefit The Actors Fund. All of the actors' salaries and all of ticket sales will be donated to The Actors Fund benefiting people in film, theater, television, music, opera, and dance.

A day-of-performance lottery for 20 orchestra seats will be held daily for Wicked, which will be performing July 1-26 at ASU Gammage. Each day, two and half hours prior to show time ? please visit asugammage.com for complete list of show times ?people who present themselves at the ASU Gammage Box Office will have their names placed in a lottery drum and then 30 minutes later, names will be drawn for a limited number of orchestra seats at $25 each, cash only. This lottery is available only in-person at the box office, with a limit of two tickets per person.

A day-of-performance lottery for a limited number of orchestra seats will be held daily for WICKED, which will be performing from June 3 - June 21 at the Murat Theatre.

Tickets to WICKED, a new musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz (Godspell, Pippin, Academy Award winner for Pocahontas and The Prince of Egypt) and book by Winnie Holzman ('My So Called Life,' 'Once And Again' and 'thirtysomething') based on the best-selling 1995 novel by Gregory Maguire, will go on sale Saturday, June 20, 2009. WICKED will play in Des Moines Wednesday, Sept. 23 to Sunday, Oct. 18, 2009

Ghostlight Record's Original Broadway Cast Recording Double CD of the acclaimed Broadway musical NEXT TO NORMAL hit #1 on the Billboard cast Album chart this week. The album was also ranked #21 of all albums on the Digital Chart and #103 of all albums in the Top 200 Chart. The musical received 3 Tony Awards on June 7, including Best Score, Best Orchestrations, and Best Actress in a Musical.

Tickets to WICKED, a new musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz (Godspell, Pippin, Academy Award winner for Pocahontas and The Prince of Egypt) and book by Winnie Holzman ('My So Called Life,' 'Once And Again' and 'thirtysomething') based on the best-selling 1995 novel by Gregory Maguire, will go on sale Saturday, June 20, 2009. WICKED will play in Des Moines Wednesday, Sept. 23 to Sunday, Oct. 18, 2009

A day-of-performance lottery for a limited number of orchestra seats will be held daily for WICKED, which will be performing from June 3 - June 21 at the Murat Theatre.

BroadwayWorld Congratulates Billy Elliot, 2009 Tony Award Winner, 'Best Musical'

Over 300 current and past New York City high school students and the 22 mentors and 5 guest mentors who have participated in TDF's Open Doors, the theatre arts mentoring program that TDF founded in 1998 with playwright Wendy Wasserstein, will attend this year's graduation ceremony tomorrow, Wednesday, May 27 at 6:00pm at Professional Performing Arts School (328 West 48 Street).

I usually do CD reviews in 'roundups' but wanted to feature this one in particular because of the care that clearly went into 'putting it together' - no pun intended. Here is my review:

Over 300 current and past New York City high school students and the 22 mentors and 5 guest mentors who have participated in TDF's Open Doors, the theatre arts mentoring program that TDF founded in 1998 with playwright Wendy Wasserstein, will attend this year's graduation ceremony on Wednesday, May 27 at 6:00pm at Professional Performing Arts School (328 West 48 Street). This year has been Open Doors biggest year ever with a total of 27 mentors and guest mentors working with 20 groups of students from New York City high schools, representing all five boroughs.

Fresh off her Tony Nomination for Best Featured Actress in a Musical, Jennifer Damiano sat down with BroadwayWorld to discuss bringing her role of Natalie to life.

The Commercial Theater Institute's (CTI) annual three-day intensive training program, 'Producing for the Commercial Theatre' boasts an A-List faculty line-up. This unique program is designed to help foster the next generation of commercial theatre producers and is open to anyone interested in producing or co-producing on or Off-Broadway, on the road, or investing in commercial productions.

The new musical Next to Normal officially opened on Broadway on April 15th. Now you can catch the production at a special BWW price for a limited time!

WICKED, the most anticipated musical production of the 2009-2010 HCA/TriStar Broadway at TPAC season, will go on sale to the public on Saturday, June 6, at 8:00 a.m.

The winners of the 2009 Touring Broadway Awards were revealed in a special Awards Ceremony during The Broadway League's annual Spring Road Conference at the Hilton New York in Manhattan. Playbill and Sirius XM Radio's Seth Rudetsky announced the awards. Three officers from the League's Kids Advisory Board presented The Audience Choice Award.

Ghostlight Records confirms yesterday's digital release of the Original Broadway Cast Recording of the critically acclaimed new musical NEXT TO NORMAL. The 4/7 digital release, which has already reached #20 on iTunes, will be followed by a Double-CD brick-and-mortar retail release on May 12th.

BroadwayWorld Presents The 2009 Tony Award Nominees: 'Best Musical'

The winners of the 2009 Touring Broadway Awards® were revealed today at a special Awards Ceremony during The Broadway League's annual Spring Road Conference at the Hilton New York in Manhattan. Playbill and Sirius XM Radio's Seth Rudetsky announced the awards. Three officers from the League's Kids Advisory Board presented the Audience Choice Award.