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On February 25th, The Color Purple reaches its 100th performance at the Broadway Theatre

On February 16th, The Color Purple's Brandon Dixon, Felicia P. Fields, Elizabeth Withers-Mendes and more will perform at Macy's Herald Square

The cast recording of the Sweeney Todd revival is now available on iTunes--a week before it is officially released on January 31st

New Haunting Musical about Edgar Allen Poe gets World Premiere at Signature Theatre in Arlington, Virginia...and don't miss it!

On January 17th, Darlesia Cearcy will begin performances as Nettie in The Color Purple

An arranger, musical director, conductor and orchestrator on Broadway since the age of 22, Larry Blank now has more than 15 Broadway credits along with a slew of stage, screen, and album work. He gave BroadwayWorld the scoop on his career, the theatre world, his latest projects - and lots more.

LaChanze and other The Color Purple stars turned out to Angus McIndoe on January 10th to listen to a preview of the show's cast recording

Variety reports that Harold Prince has lined up two new tuners to work on, LoveMusik, followed by Paradise Lost.

Patti LuPone's latest solo CD, The Lady with the Torch, will be released by Ghostlight Records in April

Elaine Stritch will welcome 2006 by performing an extra New Year's Eve show of At Home at the Carlyle before the show returns for a one-month stint on Jan. 3

The Color Purple, began previews at the Broadway Theatre (1681 Broadway at 53rd St.) on November 1st and opens tonight, December 1st, 2005.

Understudy Kenita R. Miller will go on for star LaChanze in tonight's final press performance of The Color Purple

Patti LaBelle and Jill Scott have been drafted to record a song, 'What About Love?' from The Color Purple.

The Color Purple, begins previews at the Broadway Theatre (1681 Broadway at 53rd St.) on November 1st and will feature LaChanze as Celie, the central character in the musical's story of incest, pain, love and redemption.

The Color Purple star, Renee Elise Goldsberry, who is pregnant, will exit the show soon after its December 1st opening

Elaine Stritch's hit cabaret show At Home at the Carlyle has added on an extra week of performances to its reprise run in January 2006, with the show now set to re-open on January 3rd

The cast of The Color Purple will be seen on The Oprah Winfrey Show in the second week of November

Elaine Stritch has added on a second engagement of her sold-out show At Home at the Carlyle from January 10th through February 4th, 2006

When the curtain rises this season on The Color Purple, theatergoers will see Oprah Winfrey's name above the title as producer.

Elaine Stritch will sing songs by Porter, Coward, Sondheim and others in At Home at the Carlyle, which opens tonight, September 13th