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PRETTY WOMAN: THE MUSICAL, with original music and lyrics by Grammy Award winner Bryan Adams and his longtime songwriting partner Jim Vallance, a book by Garry Marshall and the film's screenwriter J.F. Lawton, and direction and choreography by two-time Tony Award winner Jerry Mitchell, opens tonight, Thursday, August 16, 2018, at Broadway's Nederlander Theatre (208 West 41st Street).

PRETTY WOMAN: THE MUSICAL, with original music and lyrics by Grammy Award winner Bryan Adams and his longtime songwriting partner Jim Vallance, a book by Garry Marshall and the film's screenwriter J.F. Lawton, and direction and choreography by two-time Tony Award winner Jerry Mitchell, opened just last night, Thursday, August 16, 2018, at Broadway's Nederlander Theatre.

Go behind the scenes of opening night on BroadwayWorld's Instagram as company member Tommy Bracco takes us behind the scenes of the show's Broadway opening night from curtain to after party!

PRETTY WOMAN: THE MUSICAL, with original music and lyrics by Grammy Award winner Bryan Adams and his longtime songwriting partner Jim Vallance, a book by Garry Marshall and the film's screenwriter J.F. Lawton, and direction and choreography by two-time Tony Award winner Jerry Mitchell, opens tonight, Thursday, August 16, 2018, at Broadway's Nederlander Theatre (208 West 41st Street).

Get set to be swept away on a magic carpet ride as Disney's Aladdin officially opens in Queensland Performing Arts Centre's, (QPAC's) Lyric Theatre today Friday 23 February, running until Sunday 3 June 2018.

Skylight Music Theatre Artistic Director Ray Jivoff announced today that he will leave his position as of June 29, 2019. This marks 20 years on the staff of the company, 30 years since he first performed with Skylight and will follow soon after his 65th birthday.

Atlantic Records has announced the release of 'PRETTY WOMAN: THE MUSICAL (ORIGINAL BROADWAY CAST RECORDING),' the official companion to the eagerly awaited new musical based on Garry Marshall's beloved romantic comedy. The album is available for digital pre- save and pre-order, accompanied by an instant grat download of the show-stopping 'I Can't Go Back'; 'PRETTY WOMAN: THE MUSICAL (ORIGINAL BROADWAY CAST RECORDING)' arrives Friday, September 21st at all DSPs. Physical CD editions of 'PRETTY WOMAN: THE MUSICAL (ORIGINAL BROADWAY CAST RECORDING)' arrive in stores nationwide on Friday, October 26th.

Casting is now complete for the Lyceum premiere of the charming and hilarious comedy Souvenir, playing from August 18 - August 26. Souvenir will be directed by BRUCE LONGWORTH (At the Lyceum: The Immigrant, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, The Miracle Worker, Arsenic and Old Lace and The Importance of Being Earnest). The production features APRIL WOODALL as Florence Foster Jenkins, and PAUL HELM as her hapless accompanist, Cosme McMoon.

How fetch! Mean Girls will celebrate "Mean Girls Day" on October 3, which this year falls on a "pink" Wednesday, with a free fan performance! The show will take place at 7:00pm at the August Wilson Theatre (245 West 52nd Street), featuring special appearances by members of the Mean Girls creative team. Tickets to the fan performance can be won by entering a special digital lottery, which is now open at www.MeanGirlsonBroadway.com/Oct3.

Disney Theatrical Productions and the Fabulous Fox Theatre announced today that tickets for the long-awaited engagement of Disney's Aladdin will go on sale to the public on Friday, August 17 at 10 a.m. The hit Broadway musical will begin performances in St. Louis at the Fabulous Fox on Wednesday, November 7 for a limited engagement of three weeks through Sunday, November 25. The opening night is Friday, November 9 at 7:30 p.m.

Marquette Theatre's 2018-19 season will be the 44th in the Evan P. and Marion Helfaer Theatre. Six selected plays around the theme "Reflections" will explore this phenomenon and draw connections and comparisons.

The score to "The Lord of the Rings," an award-winning symphony bearing the name of the J.R.R. Tolkien novel that inspired it, has been added to Marquette University's extensive archival collections on the famed English author.

Disney Theatrical Productions, Broadway in Columbus, and CAPA today announced that tickets for the long-awaited Columbus premiere of Disney's Aladdin will go on sale to the public on Thursday, August 16, at 10 am. The hit Broadway musical will begin performances at the Ohio Theatre on Wednesday, October 24, for a limited engagement of two weeks through Sunday, November 4.

Could DREAMGIRLS be steppin' to the bad side on Broadway this season? An Equity Principal Audition for the production will be held on Monday, July 30th at Pearl Studios. An audition listing notes the production will be directed by Casey Nicholaw, produced by Sonia Friedman Production and land on Broadway in 2018/19.

Disney Theatrical Productions and Fifth Third Bank Broadway in Atlanta announced today that tickets for the long-awaited engagement of Disney's Aladdin will go on sale to the public on Friday, July 13. The hit Broadway musical will begin performances at the Fox Theatre on Wednesday, September 12 for a limited two week engagement through Sunday, September 23 as the premier of the Fifth Third Bank Broadway in Atlanta 2018/2019 season.

The completely original new musical Something Rotten!, directed and choreographed by Tony Award winner Casey Nicholaw (The Book of Mormon, Aladdin), with music and lyrics by Grammy Award winner and Tony Award nominee Wayne Kirkpatrick and Golden Globe Award and Tony Award nominee Karey Kirkpatrick and a book by Tony Award nominees Karey Kirkpatrick and best-selling author John O'Farrell, will play Detroit's Fisher Theatre, September 25 - October 7, 2018.

Broadway's upcoming musical comedy The Prom will dance on...just in a new theatre!

Disney's hit West End musicals Aladdin and The Lion King have today announced that a summer Pop-Up will open its doors to Disney fans old and new in Covent Garden throughout August. Located at 25 Long Acre in the heart of Theatreland, the Pop-Up will be open every day from Tuesday 31st July until Sunday 26th August with a host of free interactive experiences and special events to enjoy.

Peninsula Players Theatre, in conjunction with its production of Christopher M. Walsh's "Miss Holmes," will host Agatha Christie scholar Dr. Christopher Chan Saturday, July 21 at 6:30 p.m. who will speak about the Holmesian characters. Tickets to performances are available; admission to the pre-show seminar is free.

Pretty Woman is about to strut its stuff on across the Broadway stage as it begins previews on July 20th at the Nederlander Theatre. Ezra Knight joins the cast as 'James Morse', replacing Kingsley Leggs who departed the production for personal reasons. Leggs is expected to return in September.