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i want to be evil, a new play by David Brind, gets a private industry reading on April 11th in Manhattan.

i want to be evil, a new play by David Brind, gets a private industry reading on April 11th in Manhattan.

In honor of the show's closing on January 2, BroadwayWorld.com brings you a look back at opening night! BLOODY BLOODY ANDREW JACKSON opened on Broadway at the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre (242 W. 45th Street) on Wednesday, October 13, 2010 and Broadway Beat and Broadway World was there to bring you interviews with the remarkable Benjamin Walker and creative team of this HOT new musical plus highlights too!

BroadwayWorld offers highlights of the several productions which will complete their Broadway runs in January.

2010 was quite a year for Broadway with some spectacular opening nights. We'll be sharing highlights from the year in photos, videos, interviews and more throughout this final week of the year. First off is a look at some of the star and excitement filled opening night curtain calls of 2010. Photos by Walter McBride / WM Photos / Corbis

Broadway's favorite patriots, the cast of BLOODY BLOODY ANDREW JACKSON recently invited BroadwayWorld backstage for an inside look at their pre-show rituals, warm-ups, and how to fight like a true American. Click below to visit with the BLOODY cast!

The cast of Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson performs live in the Imus studio.

Today, Rachel Ray gave members of her audience each a pair of tickets to Broadway's BLOODY BLOODY ANDREW JACKSON. As BroadwayWorld announced earlier this week, the production will conclude its run on Sunday, January 2nd, 2011. It will have played 120 performances.

BLOODY BLOODY ANDREW JACKSON, the most critically acclaimed new musical on Broadway this season, will conclude its run on Sunday, January 2nd, 2011. It will have played 120 performances.

Roger Friedman's SHOWBIZ411.com is reporting that the cast of BLOODY BLOODY ANDREW JACKSON was told last night that the show was to close on January 2, 2011.

Although Broadway has a history of great artistic success from adapting existing sources for the musical stage (My Fair Lady, Show Boat, Gypsy...) the past decade's ever-increasing trend of turning popular films, novels that inspired popular films and songwriter's catalogues into musicals has, in many minds, elevated the status of the completely original musical; particularly original musicals by American authors.

BLOODY BLOODY ANDREW JACKSON opened on Broadway at the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre (242 W. 45th Street) on Wednesday, October 13, 2010. A long-standing opening night tradition on the Great White Way, the fabled Gypsy Robe is bestowed upon a veteran Broadway chorus member for each opening production. In what has now become a theatrical ritual, originating on Broadway 60 years ago, BLOODY BLOODY ANDREW JACKSON cast member Heath Calvert received the Gypsy Robe and BroadwayWorld was there for the celebration.

BLOODY BLOODY ANDREW JACKSON opened on Broadway at the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre (242 W. 45th Street) on Wednesday, October 13, 2010 and Broadway Beat and Broadway World was there to bring you interviews with the remarkable Benjamin Walker and creative team of this HOT new musical plus highlights too!

BLOODY BLOODY ANDREW JACKSON opened on Broadway at the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre (242 W. 45th Street) on Wednesday, October 13, 2010 and BroadwayWorld was there! See below for a photo album of the starry performance red carpet!

BLOODY BLOODY ANDREW JACKSON opened on Broadway at the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre (242 W. 45th Street) on Wednesday, October 13, 2010 and BroadwayWorld was there!

BLOODY BLOODY ANDREW JACKSON opened on Broadway at the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre (242 W. 45th Street) on Wednesday, October 13, 2010 and BroadwayWorld was there!

BLOODY BLOODY ANDREW JACKSON began performances on Broadway at the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre (242 W. 45th Street) on Monday, September 20, 2010 and officially opens on Wednesday, October 13, 2010. The show is written and directed by Drama Desk and Obie Award winner Alex Timbers and Obie Award winner Michael Friedman. Click below for a preview of the show on Broadway!

The Public Theater, Jeffrey Richards and Jerry Frankel, producers of BLOODY BLOODY ANDREW JACKSON are pleased to announce that Tony Award winning producer Norton Herrick as well as Universal Pictures Stage Productions have joined the producing team of the show. BLOODY BLOODY ANDREW JACKSON is playing at the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre (242 W. 45th Street) and officially opens on Wednesday, October 13, 2010.

BLOODY BLOODY ANDREW JACKSON began performances on Broadway at the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre (242 W. 45th Street) on Monday, September 20, 2010 and officially opens on Wednesday, October 13, 2010. The show is written and directed by Drama Desk and Obie Award winner Alex Timbers and Obie Award winner Michael Friedman. The first production shots have been released and BroadwayWorld brings you a look at the Broadway production below!

BLOODY BLOODY ANDREW JACKSON stars Benjamin Walker and his leading lady, Maria Elena Ramirez, have teamed up to release a dramatic music video about the intoxicating effects of love. The video showcases a Spanish version of the show's 'Illness as a Metaphor,' and stars Ben Steinfeld and Justin Levine, donning guitars, sombreros and exaggerated moustaches -- all in the name of love.