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The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts presents a week of musical theater cabaret on the Millennium Stage from February 8-13, 2010 at 6 p.m. 'Broadway Today and Tomorrow,' curated by Michael Kerker and ASCAP, highlights up-and-coming composers at the piano with rising stars singing their works that are becoming the 'new standards' of Broadway. Featured artists include: Peter Mills with Kate Baldwin and Matt Cavanaugh (Feb. 8); Ryan Scott Oliver with Jay Armstrong Johnson, Alex Brightman, and Lindsay Mendez (Feb. 9); Steven Lutvak (Feb. 10); Alan Schmuckler and Michael Mahler with Abby Mueller (Feb. 11); Jordan Beck and Jonathan May with Mazie Wilson and Baraka May Williams (Feb. 12); and Valerie Vigoda and Brendan Milburn (Feb. 13). The Grand Foyer will be transformed into a cabaret as tables and chairs are arranged in front of the stage and drinks from the Foyer bars are available.

The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts presents a week of musical theater cabaret on the Millennium Stage from February 8-13, 2010 at 6 p.m. 'Broadway Today and Tomorrow,' curated by Michael Kerker and ASCAP, highlights up-and-coming composers at the piano with rising stars singing their works that are becoming the 'new standards' of Broadway. Featured artists include: Peter Mills with Kate Baldwin and Matt Cavanaugh (Feb. 8); Ryan Scott Oliver with Jay Armstrong Johnson, Alex Brightman, and Lindsay Mendez (Feb. 9); Steven Lutvak (Feb. 10); Alan Schmuckler and Michael Mahler with Abby Mueller (Feb. 11); Jordan Beck and Jonathan May with Mazie Wilson and Baraka May Williams (Feb. 12); and Valerie Vigoda and Brendan Milburn (Feb. 13). The Grand Foyer will be transformed into a cabaret as tables and chairs are arranged in front of the stage and drinks from the Foyer bars are available.

The award-winning new musical Empire, by Caroline Sherman and Robert Hull, will hold an industry reading next week in New York City.

Mary Tyler Moore and Bernadette Peters recently welcomed new celebrities Michael Urie, Carol Kane, Dee Hoty who will be joined by such luminaries of stage and screen as Ashanti (The Wiz), Jayne Atkinson (Blithe Spirit), Stephanie J. Block (9 to 5), Tovah Feldshuh (Irena's Vow), Audra McDonald (Twelfth Night), Becki Newton (Ugly Betty), and Will Swenson (Hair)

Mary Tyler Moore and Bernadette Peters recently welcomed new celebrities Michael Urie, Carol Kane, Dee Hoty who will be joined by such luminaries of stage and screen as Ashanti (The Wiz), Jayne Atkinson (Blithe Spirit), Stephanie J. Block (9 to 5), Tovah Feldshuh (Irena's Vow), Audra McDonald (Twelfth Night), Becki Newton (Ugly Betty), and Will Swenson (Hair)

Mary Tyler Moore and Bernadette Peters will host the eleventh annual BROADWAY BARKS!, a star-studded dog and cat adopt-a-thon benefiting New York City animal shelters and adoption agencies. The event, produced by Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS and sponsored by the ASPCA and PEDIGREE® with additional sponsorship by the New York Times will take place on Saturday, July 11h in Shubert Alley (located between 44th and 45th Streets, between Broadway and Eighth Avenue). The festivities begin at 3:30 p.m.; celebrity presentations of pets from citywide animal shelters will take place between 5:30 - 6:30 p.m.

CBS The Early Show's Harry Smith hosts a line-up of performances from musicals of the 2008-2009 Broadway Season. The Visa Signature Tony Awards Preview Concert will air in New York on WCBS-TV (Channel 2) on May 30th at 7:00 p.m.and on CBS affiliates and O&O's nationwide from May 29th - June 6th.

BROADWAY BARKS announces celebrity participants for 11th Anniversary ADOPT-A-THON at Shubert Alley, Saturday, July 11 3:30 P.M - 6:30 P.M. With a special book signing by Bernadette Peters of hervNew York Times Bestseller,vBroadway Barks @v1 p.m.

CBS The Early Show's Harry Smith hosts a line-up of performances from musicals of the 2008-2009 Broadway Season. The Visa Signature Tony Awards Preview Concert will air in New York on WCBS-TV (Channel 2) on May 30th at 7:00 p.m.and on CBS affiliates and O&O's nationwide from May 29th - June 6th.

The award‐winning new musical Empire, by Caroline Sherman and Robert Hull, is headed to the Great White Way for the 2009‐2010 season.

Scott Siegel turned off the microphones for the fifth time this week to celebrate the raw power of the human voice at the annual Broadway by the Year concert.

Early Stages will honor 4 time Tony Award winner & pioneer Early Stages board chair, actress Zoe Caldwell with the creation of the 'Early Stages Zoe Caldwell Award.' This year, they honor Zoe Caldwell's impact, inspiration & commitment to Early Stages & her significant achievement in bringing the magic of live theater to NYC & its public school children.

It's finally here! The jam-packed end-of-season roundup of CDs from our very own Naomi Plume (so big, it had to be put into two parts)...The good, the bad, the ugly...or to quote from the ad for the upcoming musical A TALE OF A TWO CITIES... 'it was the best of times, it was the worst of times.' We're so glad that we got to use that line first! So enjoy this very special two-parter - happy reading, happy listening, happy buying (or not) and good luck to everyone at the TONY Awards on Sunday night from all of us at BroadwayWorld.com.

The American Musicals Project (AMP), a creative educational curriculum that promotes the study of history and English through musical theater to seventh and eighth grade students, presents a month-full of marvelous show tune and concerts, featuring the best of Broadway actors and veterans. Tributes to John Kander and Fred Ebb, Stephen Sondheim, Jerry Herman and Noel Coward.

The York Theatre Company presented 'NEO3,' a benefit concert celebrating emerging musical theatre writers tonight, on Monday, June 11th at its home in the Theatre at Saint Peter's

Gingold Theatrical Group has announced some of the stars who will take part in readings for Project Shaw, which is dedicated to presenting all 50 of Shaw's plays in a concert reading format.

Broadway Bullet returns for its second season on Thursday, Feb 8th with exclusive live performances and an interview with Grey Gardens composer Scott Frankel and performers Matt Cavanaugh and Erin Davie.

Celebrating both backstage and later at the afterparty of Fez, check out these fun pictures!

Currently scheduled to appear: Bryan Batt, Laura Benanti, Laura Bell Bundy, Matt Cavenaugh, Melissa Errico, Cheyenne Jackson, Michael McKean, Raymond McLeod, Larry O'Keefe, Michele Pawk, Erin Leigh Peck, Billy Porter, Alice Ripley, Jai Rodriguez, Marc Shaiman, Toxic Audio, Eddie Varley, and also featuring appearances and new music by Scott Alan, Neil Berg and Brian Lowdermilk, all hosted by Scott Nevins. Additional stars will be announced shortly.

BroadwayWorld.com's Sold Out 'Standing Ovations' benefit concert was a huge success on May 23rd at Joe's Pub, presenting tunes new and old to a packed audience from an incredible line-up of Broadway stars. Join us now as we take a complete look at the fun-filled day, starting from the sound check, to the fantastic performance, and finally to the after-party which lasted to the wee hours of the morning at Fez.