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Musician and Producer Matt Oestreicher recently found himself mired in a troubling paradox. While mentoring kids in his music program, he realized he was encouraging children to aspire high, but he wasn't pursuing his own dreams. Despite becoming an accomplished sideman musician, he had yet to fulfill his desire to record and release any of his work.

Before heading to Broadway this fall, School of Rock - THE MUSICAL rocked the Gramercy Theatre (127 E 23rd Street) for a brief residency, June 3rd through June 6th, starring Alex Brightman as 'Dewey Finn'. Click below to watch the full SCHOOL OF ROCK band nail their performance -- all live and worthy of straight A's!

Composer Steve Marzullo will premier his song cycle 'To Marz And Back' this Sunday, July 12th as part of The New York Musical Theatre Festival (NYMF) concert series this summer.

Before heading to Broadway this fall, School of Rock - THE MUSICAL rocked the Gramercy Theatre (127 E 23rd Street) for a brief residency, June 3rd through June 6th, with a public performance last week, starring Alex Brightman as 'Dewey Finn'. BroadwayWorld brings you a first look at the cast in action at the showcase, including an introduction by Andrew Lloyd Webber, below!

BroadwayWorld.com has learned that Sierra Boggess, who's worked with Andrew Lloyd Webber previously in THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA and LOVE NEVER DIES, will officially reunite with the composer this fall in SCHOOL OF ROCK on Broadway, playing the role of 'Rosalie Mullins' the school principal, recently portrayed by Sara Chase in the workshops at The Gramercy Theatre.

Before heading to Broadway this fall, School of Rock - THE MUSICAL rocked the Gramercy Theatre (127 E 23rd Street ) for a brief residency, June 3rd through June 6th, with a public performance earlier this week, starring Alex Brightman as 'Dewey Finn'. BroadwayWorld brings you a first look at the cast in action at the showcase, including an introduction by Andrew Lloyd Webber, below!

Before heading to Broadway this fall, School of Rock - THE MUSICAL rocked the Gramercy Theatre (127 E 23rd Street ) for a brief residency, June 3rd through June 6th, with a public performance earlier this week, starring  Alex Brightman as 'Dewey Finn'. BroadwayWorld brings you highlights from the showcase, including an introduction by Andrew Lloyd Webber, below!

Before heading to Broadway this fall, School of Rock - THE MUSICAL rocked the Gramercy Theatre (127 E 23rd Street ) for a brief residency, June 3rd through June 6th, with a public performance earlier this week. Below, check out a very first look at the cast of the workshops!

Before heading to Broadway this fall, School of Rock - THE MUSICAL rocked the Gramercy Theatre (127 E 23rd Street) for a brief residency, June 3rd through June 6th, with a public performance last night, June 9th. One of our editors caught the Saturday show, and BWW brings you inside details of the work-in-progress, plus photos of some SCHOOL OF ROCK groupies gathering for yesterday's show!

Stars and casts from the current Broadway line-up have been busy in the studio, recording for the 2013 Broadway's Carols for a Cure, Volume 15. Singing traditional and original holiday songs, this annual holiday music CD benefits Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS (BC/EFA), one of the nation's leading industry-based, nonprofit AIDS fundraising and grant-making organizations. Below, BroadwayWorld brings you exclusive photos from Mamma Mia!'s recording session for 'Rejoice' with castmembers Felicity Claire, Christopher Hudson Myers, Lauren Cohn, Albert Guerzon, Allyson Carr, Elena Ricardo, Laurie Veldheer, John Hemphill, Tony Gonzalez, Gerard Salvador, Corinne Melancon, Art Syok, Traci Victoria and Jennifer Noth.

Singer/performer Blake Whyte makes an auspicious debut with his invigorating album 'More Like Myself'. With a pop/soul sound that crackles with energy, Whyte evokes a range of artists, from George Michael to Jason Mraz to Maroon 5 to Elton John. The album will be feted with a CD release event at Alvin Ailey in New York City, on April 7th (details below).

YELLOW SOUND LABEL will release the debut CD of composer STEVE MARZULLO on iTunes, Amazon.com and other online outlets on June 7, 2011.

Michael Heitzman and Ilene Reid present an evening of their songs at Ars Nova (511 West 54th at 10th) on October 22 at 8PM

Ars Nova proudly presents another two weeks of exciting entertainment featuring some of New York's hottest talent, including Tastiskank, Happy Sunshine Kung-Fu Flower, Shockwave and Pattie Canova.