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American Stage Theatre Company announced Equity Performer and non-Equity auditions for its 2011-12 season on Monday, March 14 and Tuesday, March 15 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the theatre.

Broadway Sessions and TheBestArts.com are thrilled to present a CMU Alumni/Graduating Class concert event on March 10th. Alumni and students will celebrate and introduce the talents of the CMU musical theatre class of 2011.

American Stage Theatre Company announced Equity Performer and non-Equity auditions for its 2011-12 season on Monday, March 21 and Tuesday, March 22 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the theatre.

American Stage Theatre Company announced Equity Performer and non-Equity auditions for its 2011-12 season on Monday, March 14 and Tuesday, March 15 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the theatre.

Broadway Sessions and TheBestArts.com are thrilled to present a CMU Alumni/Graduating Class concert event on March 10th. Alumni and students will celebrate and introduce the talents of the CMU musical theatre class of 2011.

Starting this month on the Hubbard stage is the Alley Theatre's powerful new production of Tracy's Lett's August: Osage County. This grand, gripping new play won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama and the Tony Award for Best Play as well as the Drama Desk Award for Best New Play, the New York Drama Critics' Circle Award for Best Play and the Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding New Broadway Play. Tracy Letts' August: Osage County tells the story of the Westons, a large extended clan that comes together at their Oklahoma home when the patriarch disappears. Forced to confront unspoken truths and secrets, the family must also contend with Violet, a pill-popping, deeply unsettled woman at the center of this storm. This powerful production exposes relationships between unforgettable characters who present themselves with unflinching honesty. Recommended for mature audience, ages 16+. Contains profanity, mature themes, sexuality and drug use.

Starting this month on the Hubbard stage is the Alley Theatre's powerful new production of Tracy's Lett's August: Osage County.

Musicals Tonight! continues its ongoing salute to Broadway and Off-Broadway Standbys and Understudies with its next editions of At This Performance…™ to be held on Sunday, February 13th and Monday, February 14th at the McGinn/Cazale Theatre, 2162 Broadway, (above the Promenade Theatre- Broadway at 76th Street), 3rd Floor at 8 PM.

Musicals Tonight! continues its ongoing salute to Broadway and Off-Broadway Standbys and Understudies with its next editions of At This Performance…™ to be held on Sunday, February 13th and Monday, February 14th at the McGinn/Cazale Theatre, 2162 Broadway, (above the Promenade Theatre- Broadway at 76th Street), 3rd Floor at 8 PM.

Starting this month on the Hubbard stage is the Alley Theatre's powerful new production of Tracy's Lett's August: Osage County.

Country music star and American Idol alum Carrie Underwood paid a visit to Broadway's THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA on January 28 with her husband, Mike Fisher. Check out the photo of Carrie with the cast below!

The longest-running show in Broadway history, the Cameron Mackintosh/Really Useful Group, Inc. production of Andrew Lloyd Webber's THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA, directed by Harold Prince, reached an unprecedented milestone on January 26, 2011, when it celebrated its Twenty-Third Anniversary on Broadway. Playing its 9,566th & 9,567th performances at The Majestic Theatre (247 West 44th Street), it becomes the first Broadway production ever to have run 23 years. Broadway Beat was there for the occasion and brings you coverage below.

The longest-running show in Broadway history, the Cameron Mackintosh/Really Useful Group, Inc. production of Andrew Lloyd Webber's THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA, directed by Harold Prince, reaches an unprecedented milestone today, Wednesday, January 26, 2011, when it celebrated its Twenty-Third Anniversary on Broadway. Playing its 9,566th & 9,567th performances at The Majestic Theatre (247 West 44th Street), it becomes the first Broadway production ever to have run 23 years.

The longest-running show in Broadway history, the Cameron Mackintosh/Really Useful Group, Inc. production of Andrew Lloyd Webber's THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA, directed by Harold Prince, reaches an unprecedented milestone today, Wednesday, January 26, 2011, when it celebrates its Twenty-Third Anniversary on Broadway. Playing its 9,566th & 9,567th performances at The Majestic Theatre (247 West 44th Street), it becomes the first Broadway production ever to have run 23 years.

NOT JEWISH OR GAY: The Songs of Paul Fujimoto, will feature the talents of Kristy Cates (WICKED), Sara Jean Ford (PHANTOM OF THE OPERA), Sean Palmer (THE LITTLE MERMAID) and Alexandra Socha (SPRING AWAKENING) at The Duplex, January 24th at 9:30 pm.

NOT JEWISH OR GAY: The Songs of Paul Fujimoto, will feature the talents of Kristy Cates (WICKED), Sara Jean Ford (PHANTOM OF THE OPERA), Sean Palmer (THE LITTLE MERMAID) and Alexandra Socha (SPRING AWAKENING) at The Duplex, January 24th at 9:30 pm.

The longest-running show in Broadway history, Andrew Lloyd Webber's THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA, directed by Harold Prince, last week shattered the house record at The Majestic Theatre (247 West 44th Street) to have its best weekly gross in the production's nearly 23 year history. For the week ending January 2, 2011, the production grossed $1,390,530.53 for 8 performances. This surpasses the show's previous record of $1,374,874.96 for the week ending January 3, 2010. Set to celebrate an unprecedented 23 Years on Wednesday, January 26, the Cameron Mackintosh/Really Useful Group, Inc. production continues to play at The Majestic with no end in sight.

On Monday December 6, Sean MacLaughlin and Liz McCartney took over the roles of Raoul and Carlotta, respectively, in the longest-running show in Broadway history - The Phantom of the Opera.

OPEN STAGE OF HARRISBURG will hold two different CASTING CALLS for Tracy Letts' AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY and THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK. Please see audition dates and character breakdown information below. Both auditions will be held at Open Stage of Harrisburg, 223 Walnut Street, on the street level of the Walnut Street Garage in downtown Harrisburg. A stipend will be paid. Both auditions are by appointment only.

This Chicagoan goes to New York over a winter's weekend to check out 'The Radio City Christmas Spectacular,' 'American Idiot,' 'The Phantom of the Opera,' and first preview of 'Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark.'