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Due to strong public response, the Chicago company of Wicked will soon add yet another opportunity to take a rare glimpse 'into the wings' of the blockbuster Broadway musical. '

The Los Angeles company of Wicked will soon offer a rare insiders' glimpse into the world of the blockbuster Broadway musical...

Nathan Lane will take on the role of President Charles Smith in Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright David Mamet's previously announced November, a new play about a presidential election.

After two years of sold-out shows and performing to an audience of over 2,000,000 (representing all 50 states and countries as far away as Japan and Australia), the record-breaking Chicago company of Wicked will celebrate its second anniversary in the Windy City

A remix version of 'Defying Gravity' from Idina Menzel's forthcoming studio album is now available to download from iTunes' UK store.

Manhattan Theatre Club's critically acclaimed production of David Harrower's Olivier Award-winning Blackbird will begin its final week of performances Tuesday, June 5 at New York City Center - Stage I

Rosie Perez and Kevin Chamberlin will star in a revival of Terrence McNally's The Ritz this fall as part of the Roundabout Theatre Company's 2007-2008 season

Big Tent: The Tammy Faye Bakker Musical will have its first public viewing in a fully staged concert at Off-Broadway's New World Stages at 8pm on Wednesday, May 23, 2007.

Big Tent: The Tammy Faye Bakker Musical will receive its first public viewing in a fully staged concert at Off-Broadway's New World Stages at 8pm on Wednesday, May 23, 2007

Melbourne, Australia will be home to a new production of the smash musical Wicked, which will open at Melbourne's Regent Theatre in July 2008.

According to NYTimes.com, the lineup for New York Stage and Film and Vassar College's 23rd Powerhouse summer theater season will include productions of John Patrick Shanley's Romantic Poetry: A Musical Play, featuring a score by Henry Krieger (Dreamgirls) and starring Mark Linn-Baker and Idina Menzel, Stephen Belber's (Match) new play, Geometry of Fire, and concert readings of Pete Towshend's new rock opera, The Boy Who Heard Music, and R-E-S-P-E-C-T, a musical featuring hit songs originally by Aretha Franklin, Otis Redding, the Staple Singers, Wilson Pickett and more.

Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright David Mamet will soon be represented on Broadway with a new play about a presidential election

American Conservatory Theater is proud to present the West Coast premiere Blackbird, written by David Harrower, and directed by Loretta Greco April 27 through May 27. An intimate and unflinching portrait of two individuals destroyed by an illicit love, 'Blackbird' officially opens Wednesday, May 2 at 8PM.

Manhattan Theatre Club has announced four upcoming productions for its 2007-2008 season

Broadway/L.A. today announced the lineup for its three-show 2007-2008 Season, which features three Los Angeles premiere productions, with options to add on tickets for other hit Broadway titles.

Wicked has added on several engagements for 2008

Manhattan Theatre Club's critically acclaimed production of David Harrower's Olivier Award -winning Blackbird has been extended through Sunday, June 10 at New York City Center - Stage I

Manhattan Theatre Club's production of David Harrower's Olivier Award-winning Blackbird opens today, Tuesday, April 10 at New York City Center - Stage I

Contest Closed!! Enter to win 'Lost', the debut CD from Wicked's Kristoffer Cusick.

Open calls will be held in Chicago for the Broadway, Chicago, Los Angeles and First National Companies of the smash hit musical Wicked.