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A six percent increase was marked in the attendance of children and teenagers at Broadway show this summer

The League of American Theatres and Producers, Inc. today announced the new fall season, highlighted by big names, up-and-coming talent, classic shows, and new works.

Christina Applegate and John Lithgow co-hosted the 14th annual BROADWAY ON BROADWAY, a free outdoor concert in Times Square on Sunday, September 18 and BroadwayWorld was there!

The 2006 Tony Awards, which will mark the awards' 60th year, will be held at Radio City Music Hall and broadcast on CBS on June 11th of next year

Star-Studded Charity Performance, Featuring Idina Menzel, Brian Stokes Mitchell, Bernadette Peters, Patrick Wilson, Trace Adkins, Raul Malo, Lee Ann Womack and Trisha Yearwood, Is A Fundraiser For The Actors' Fund of America and the American Red Cross Disaster Relief Fund

The pair will co-host the 14th annual BROADWAY ON BROADWAY, a free outdoor concert in Times Square on Sunday, September 18 at 11:30am. Performances are expected from All Shook Up, Avenue Q, Beauty and the Beast, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Hairspray, Lennon, The Light in the Piazza, The Lion King, Mamma Mia!, The Producers, Rent, Sweet Charity, Sweeney Todd, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee and Wicked. New shows The Color Purple, Souvenir and In My Life will perform as well.

Broadway is having its best season-to-date, according to The League of American Theatres and Producers, Inc., with ticket sales and paid attendance the highest ever for the first 13 weeks of any season.

The past 22 weeks of the Broadway theatre season have been healthier with grosses and attendance than the corresponding weeks of last season

Non-musical plays have more than doubled in attendance since March 21st, and musicals aren't doing too badly either

According to the League of American Theatres and Producers, Broadway ticket sales and attendance have been on a tremendous upswing over the past 20 weeks, marked by a particularly sizzling summer.

The official news is out on what each show is performing on Sunday night.

Producers of the 59th Annual American Theatre Wing's Tony Awards announced today that their official website, www.TonyAwards.com, will offer exclusive access via live (streamed) video to the first 9 awards from the stage of Radio City Music Hall.

Stars in the Alley, the annual outdoor concert that features the stars of some of Broadway's most popular musicals took place on June 1 in Shubert Alley

Aretha Franklin, Jesse L. Martin and Bernadette Peters will perform on the 2005 Tony Awards, while numbers from Sweeet Charity, Spamalot, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels and other nominated shows will also be presented

Tim Curry is the latest addition to Broadway's Stars in the Alley, the outdoor concert that will feature the stars of some of Broadway's most popular musicals performing musical numbers in Shubert Alley on June 1st.

Christina Applegate, Denis O'Hare and Lynn Redgrave will Appear in Broadway's Stars in the Alley in Shubert Alley on June 1st

Carolee Carmello, Mary Testa, Raul Esparza and others have signed on to perform in Broadway's Stars in the Alley on June 1

Presenters for the 59th Annual Antoinette Perry 'Tony' Awards were announced today.

Broadway's Stars in the Alley will feature the stars of this season's hit musicals performing on June 1st in Shubert Alley

This year's Tony nominees gathered in Times Square on Wednesday, May 18 for this year's photo.