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Produced by Whoopi Goldberg and Stage Entertainment, SISTER ACT began preview performances March 24 and will open on Wednesday, April 20, 2011. SISTER ACT features an original score with music by multi-Academy, Grammy and Golden Globe Award-winning composer Alan Menken (Little Shop of Horrors, Beauty and the Beast, The Little Mermaid and Enchanted), lyrics by Tony Award-nominee Glenn Slater (The Little Mermaid), a book by multi-Emmy Award winners Cheri and Bill Steinkellner ('Cheers'), and additional book material by Douglas Carter Beane (Xanadu, The Little Dog Laughed). Directed on Broadway by four-time Tony Award winner Jerry Zaks (Guys and Dolls, A Funny Thing...Forum, Smokey Joe's Café), the production features choreography by Tony and Olivier Award nominee Anthony Van Laast (Mamma Mia, Bombay Dreams) and is based on the Touchstone Pictures motion picture Sister Act written by Joseph Howard. Become acquainted with the all-star cast with the video below!

HOW TO SUCCEED IN BUSINESS WITHOUT REALLY TRYING had its opening night last night, and with 'Harry Potter' star Daniel Radcliffe receiving mostly positive reviews for his turn as J. Pierrepont Finch, if the stars align it won't be the last opening night he has in the role: Radcliffe tells Entertainment Weekly that he won't 'rule out the possibility' of starring in a film adaptation of the production.

The New Mel Brooks Musical Young Frankenstein, a musical comedy from the creative team of the 12-time Tony®-Award winning smash The Producers, is coming to Omaha, Tuesday, March 29 through Sunday, April 3, 2011. The New Mel Brooks Musical Young Frankenstein will be presented at the Orpheum Theater by Omaha Performing Arts and Broadway Across America.

HOW TO SUCCEED IN BUSINESS WITHOUT REALLY TRYING opened Sunday, March 27, 2011, at Broadway's Al Hirschfeld Theatre (302 West 45th Street). Check out producer Candy Spelling talking about the revival on the Today Show.

HOW TO SUCCEED IN BUSINESS WITHOUT REALLY TRYING opened on Sunday, March 27, 2011, at Broadway's Al Hirschfeld Theatre. So did the critics fall in love with the 50th Anniversary production of HOW TO SUCCEED IN BUSINESS WITHOUT REALLY TRYING? Let's find out...

HOW TO SUCCEED IN BUSINESS WITHOUT REALLY TRYING opens Sunday, March 27, 2011, at Broadway's Al Hirschfeld Theatre (302 West 45th Street). The performance preview footage has been released and appears below!

HOW TO SUCCEED IN BUSINESS WITHOUT REALLY TRYING opens Sunday, March 27, 2011, at Broadway's Al Hirschfeld Theatre (302 West 45th Street). Two new production shots have been released and BWW brings you a first look below!

HOW TO SUCCEED IN BUSINESS WITHOUT REALLY TRYING opens Sunday, March 27, 2011, at Broadway's Al Hirschfeld Theatre (302 West 45th Street). Here's a first look at a video montage of scenes from the show! Stay tuned for a complete video preview shortly!

In a recent interview with the Associated Press, HOW TO SUCCEED star Daniel Radcliffe reflected on how his Harry Potter fame made it possible for him to star in a Broadway show. Click below to check out the interview!

In a recent interview with the Associated Press, HOW TO SUCCEED star Daniel Radcliffe reflected on how his Harry Potter fame made it possible for him to star in a Broadway show. Radcliffe commented: 'All the opportunities that it's opened for me are something that would not have happened had it not been for Harry Potter. When I was doing 'Equus,' I couldn't sing the Milky Bar tune correctly without making up a few of the notes, which is a long way from that to doing a Broadway musical.'

In celebration of the opening weekend of the 50th Anniversary production of the Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize-winning musical comedy HOW TO SUCCEED IN BUSINESS WITHOUT REALLY TRYING, we're offering a free Chock Full o'Nuts coffee break to all of our fans at Broadway's Al Hirschfeld Theatre (302 West 45th Street). Stop by between 12pm-2pm on Friday, March 25th and let us help you get through the rest of your work day.

HOW TO SUCCEED IN BUSINESS WITHOUT REALLY TRYING opens Sunday, March 27, 2011, at Broadway's Al Hirschfeld Theatre (302 West 45th Street). New production shots have been released and BWW brings you a first look below!

Produced by Whoopi Goldberg and Stage Entertainment, SISTER ACT begins preview performances tonight, March 24 and will open on Wednesday, April 20, 2011. SISTER ACT features an original score with music by multi-Academy, Grammy and Golden Globe Award-winning composer Alan Menken (Little Shop of Horrors, Beauty and the Beast, The Little Mermaid and Enchanted), lyrics by Tony Award-nominee Glenn Slater (The Little Mermaid), a book by multi-Emmy Award winners Cheri and Bill Steinkellner ('Cheers'), and additional book material by Douglas Carter Beane (Xanadu, The Little Dog Laughed). Directed on Broadway by four-time Tony Award winner Jerry Zaks (Guys and Dolls, A Funny Thing...Forum, Smokey Joe's Café), the production features choreography by Tony and Olivier Award nominee Anthony Van Laast (Mamma Mia, Bombay Dreams) and is based on the Touchstone Pictures motion picture Sister Act written by Joseph Howard.

The new Broadway musical SISTER ACT will offer a limited number of $26.50 rush tickets (price includes $1.50 facility fee) in the front row of the orchestra for each performance. These rush tickets, which are available to all patrons, can be purchased at the box office only, beginning at 10:00am the day of the performance (12:00pm on Sundays). There is a limit of 2 tickets per person.

In celebration of the opening weekend of the 50th Anniversary production of the Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize-winning musical comedy HOW TO SUCCEED IN BUSINESS WITHOUT REALLY TRYING, we're offering a free Chock Full o'Nuts coffee break to all of our fans at Broadway's Al Hirschfeld Theatre (302 West 45th Street). Stop by between 12pm-2pm on Friday, March 25th and let us help you get through the rest of your work day.

SISTER ACT will begin preview performances at the Broadway Theatre (1681 Broadway) on March 24, 2011 and will open on Wednesday, April 20, 2011.In the following video, the cast chats exclusivly about Alan Menken's music in the new show!

Ghostlight Records will release the Original London Cast Recording of SISTER ACT in the U.S., on March 22nd (digital) and on March 29th (brick-and-mortar). The acclaimed musical comes to Broadway beginning March 24th, and CDs will be available for purchase at the Broadway Theater as well. Fans who order the album now via Ghostlight's site will have hard copies shipped upon check-out: http://sh-k-boom.com/sisteract.shtml. Oliver Award nominee Patina Miller, star of the London production, reprises her role as Deloris on Broadway, and appears on the new CD. The album was produced by Doug Besterman, Michael Kosarin and Alan Menken.

HOW TO SUCCEED star Daniel Radcliffe has one more Harry Potter film left before he is officially done with the francise. In the following clip, he talks about what toexpect from 'Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2!

In an interview on Live with Regis & Kelly this morning, HOW TO SUCCEED IN BUSINESS WITHOUT REALLY TRYING star Daniel Radcliffe revealed that the cast will be recording an album for the production in April. A release date has not yet been announced.

Daniel Radcliffe, star of the 50th Anniversary production of the Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize-winning musical comedy HOW TO SUCCEED IN BUSINESS WITHOUT REALLY TRYING, appeared on 'Live! With Regis & Kelly' this morning. Check out his appearance below!