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TV: Creating WEST STORY STORY's Audemars Piguet TONY Clock

Audemars Piguet was the presenting sponsor of the 63rd Annual Tony Awards Telecast Red Carpet on June 7th at Radio City Music Hall. Audemars Piguet, considered one of the world's finest watch manufacturers, displayed eight solid aluminum clocks along this year's red carpet.

TONYS 2009 Q and A: Best Performance By A Leading Actress In A Musical Nominee - Josefina Scaglione

Josefina Scaglione is starring as 'Maria' in the 2009 revival of West Side Story. The 21 year old Scaglione is a trained opera singer and has been in a production of Hairspray. She was set to portray Christine Daae in a production of The Phantom of the Opera in Argentina but had to give that lead up for her coveted casting in West Side Story. The story of how her YouTube video won her an audition and then the lead in Arthur Laurents's revival of West Side Story is already on its way to becoming Broadway legend.

WEST SIDE STORY Cast Recording Released 6/2

Sony Masterworks proudly announces the upcoming release of the New Broadway Cast Recording of WEST SIDE STORY. The recording will be available nationwide on June 2, 2009. The official opening of WEST SIDE STORY, which took place at the Palace Theatre in New York City on Thursday, March 19, 2009, has been greeted with great critical acclaim and sold-out performances. The opening followed a pre-Broadway engagement at the National Theatre in Washington, D.C., where the musical made its original world premiere in 1957.

LEGALLY BLONDE Plays At The Schuster Center 6/16-21

LEGALLY BLONDE THE MUSICAL will 'bend and snap' June 16 - 21, 2009 at the Schuster Center (One West Second Street - corner of 2nd and Main Streets). Sorority star Elle Woods doesn't take 'no' for an answer. So when her boyfriend dumps her for someone more 'serious,' Elle puts down the credit card, hits the books, and sets out to go where no Delta Nu has gone before: Harvard Law. Along the way, Elle proves that being true to yourself never goes out of style.

WEST SIDE STORY Cast Recording Released 6/2; Track list Announced

Sony Masterworks proudly announces the upcoming release of the New Broadway Cast Recording of WEST SIDE STORY. The recording will be available nationwide on June 2, 2009. The official opening of WEST SIDE STORY, which took place at the Palace Theatre in New York City on Thursday, March 19, 2009, has been greeted with great critical acclaim and sold-out performances. The opening followed a pre-Broadway engagement at the National Theatre in Washington, D.C., where the musical made its original world premiere in 1957.

LEGALLY BLONDE THE MUSICAL Plays Ford Center, Oriental Theatre 5/12-6/7

LEGALLY BLONDE THE MUSICAL was named the winner of three 2009 Touring Broadway Awards in New York City on May 4. The show won awards for Best New Musical, Best Production Design and Best Choreography of a Touring Production. The Awards, presented by The Broadway League, honor excellence in Touring Broadway.

Laurents Talks WEST SIDE STORY to the Advocate

West Side Story has returned to Broadway in a new production directed by its two-time Tony Award winning librettist Arthur Laurents. Laurents dicusses the musical with the Advocate, in the feature he reveals the evolution of the classic musical as it makes its return to Broadway.

LEGALLY BLONDE THE MUSICAL Plays Ford Center, Oriental Theatre 5/12-6/7

LEGALLY BLONDE THE MUSICAL was named the winner of three 2009 Touring Broadway Awards in New York City on May 4. The show won awards for Best New Musical, Best Production Design and Best Choreography of a Touring Production. The Awards, presented by The Broadway League, honor excellence in Touring Broadway.

WICKED, Legally Blonde, Spring Awakening & Frost/Nixon Win at 2009 Touring Broadway Awards

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.

STAGE TUBE: LIVE with Regis and Kelly Visits WEST SIDE STORY

During the week of April 27- May 1, 2009, top-rated morning program 'Live with Regis and Kelly' gave the show's nationwide TV audience a vicarious thrill when America's favorite co-hosts jumped into the roles of some of the best Broadway characters during 'On Broadway Week.'

Bdwy's Powers and Cavenaugh Featured in NY Times

Matt Cavenaugh, Tony in Broadway's West Side Story, and Jenny Powers, the co-star of LCT's Happiness, are getting married in Boston this August. They invited The New York Times into their East Village apartment and spoke about love, life and NYC real estate.

LEGALLY BLONDE THE MUSICAL Begins 4/21 At Ovens Auditorium

The first national tour of LEGALLY BLONDE THE MUSICAL will begin performances Tuesday, April 21 at 7:30PM and run through Sunday, April 26 at Ovens Auditorium. Tickets are still available online at BlumenthalCenter.org, by phone at 704-372-1000 and at the box office.

WEST SIDE STORY Performs on ABC's Dancing With The Stars 4/14

Karen Olivo and the talented ladies of the Broadway revival of 'West Side Story' will perform the classic number 'America' on the Tuesday night results show of 'Dancing With the Stars' on April 14th. ABC's top-rated Dancing with the Stars airs on Tuesdays at 9 p.m. (EST), check local listings.

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