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Some of the best designers from Broadway, Project Runway and fashion come out to design one of a kind backpacks for Help Is On The Way Today's Project Backpack drive designer auction. Help Is On The Way Today is a non-for-profit organization that helps and assists children living with HIV and AIDS in New York City. The mission of the organization is to step in when government agencies fall short. Founded by Joseph Macchia in 2006, Help Is On The Way Today works with clinics, hospitals, and group homes in the Tri State Area.

Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company is excited to announce a one week extension for the run of Barack Stars by Chicago's legendary comedy theatre troupe The Second City. Barack Stars, which includes some material from previous Second City political shows, as well as 60% new material written especially for this production, started performances on July 14 and will now run thru August 9, 2009.

MCC Theater (Robert LuPone, Bernard Telsey, Artistic Directors; William Cantler, Associate Artistic Director; Blake West, Executive Director) has announced casting for two productions of its 2009-10 season.

Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company is excited to announce to partnerships during the run of Barack Stars by Chicago's legendary comedy theatre troupe The Second City. Barack Stars, will include material from previous Second City political shows, as well as new material written especially for this production, runs July 14 to August 2, 2009.

Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company is excited to announce to partnerships during the run of Barack Stars by Chicago's legendary comedy theatre troupe The Second City. Barack Stars, will include material from previous Second City political shows, as well as new material written especially for this production, runs July 14 to August 2, 2009.

Due to overwhelming demand, Producer Jo Schuman Silver announced today that Steve Silver's Beach Blanket Babylon, the world's longest running musical revue, will extend its special 35th Anniversary performances.

As part of their private visit to London, First Lady Michelle Obama and First Daughters Sasha and Malia Obama joined an audience of over 2000 theatre-goers at the Tuesday, June 9th West End performance of Disney's THE LION KING at the Lyceum Theatre. The visit to the award-winning musical was in celebration of Sasha's 8th birthday.

Steve Silver's Beach Blanket Babylon, the longest running musical revue in theatre history, is a zany musical spoof of pop culture with extravagant costumes and outrageously huge hats. Now in its 34th year of sold-out performances, Beach Blanket Babylon is an internationally acclaimed San Francisco institution. With more than 12,000 performances in San Francisco, the show has performed for standing room only during its London and Las Vegas engagements. Beach Blanket Babylon continually evolves in its hilarious parodies of current events and popular icons as todays headlines unfold.

'We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration,' the star-studded concert kicked off the official inaugural festivities on Sunday, Jan. 18. The event was free and open to the public at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. The starry concert brought out a huge audience to cheer on the then President-Elect. BroadwayWorld is proud to bring you Photo Essay of the event. The lineup of performers mixed some of today's biggest pop stars with iconic musical luminaries. Beyonce, Bruce Springsteen, Herbie Hancock, Sheryl Crow, Stevie Wonder and many more artists all appear on the same stage. In addition, an assembly of leading actors read historical passages throughout the special.

King's Legacy and Obama's Inauguration Unite this historic MLK Day. Celebrate with the Prince of Kosher Gospel Joshua Nelson & 2 time Grammy Award winning R & B singer Cissy Houston. Also featuring an exclusive interview with 'Obama's Rabbi' Capers Funnye Jr. and Haim Handwerker, Haaretz correspondent and SWFS congregant. Generously funded by The Shirley and William R. Fleischer Family Foundation

King's Legacy and Obama's Inauguration Unite this historic MLK Day. Celebrate with the Prince of Kosher Gospel Joshua Nelson & 2 time Grammy Award winning R & B singer Cissy Houston. Also featuring an exclusive interview with 'Obama's Rabbi' Capers Funnye Jr. and Haim Handwerker, Haaretz correspondent and SWFS congregant. Generously funded by The Shirley and William R. Fleischer Family Foundation

Hot off sold-out runs in Washington D.C., Chicago and New York, Political Idol, a hilarious spoof of the presidential elections, returns to Off-Broadway's Triad Theatre opening on Tuesday, October 14 (9PM) for a three week run and will play preview performances on Tuesday, Sept. 30th at 9pm and Thursday, October 2nd at 9pm.

Hot off sold-out runs in Washington D.C., Chicago and New York, Political Idol, a hilarious spoof of the presidential elections, returns to Off-Broadway's Triad Theatre opening on Tuesday, October 14 (9PM) for a three week run and will play preview performances on Tuesday, Sept. 30th at 9pm and Thursday, October 2nd at 9pm.

Hot off sold-out runs in Washington D.C., Chicago and New York, Political Idol, a hilarious spoof of the presidential elections, returns to Off-Broadway's Triad Theatre opening on Tuesday, October 14 (9PM) for a three week run and will play preview performances on Tuesday, Sept. 30th at 9pm and Thursday, October 2nd at 9pm.

Hot off sold-out runs in Washington D.C., Chicago and New York, Political Idol, a hilarious spoof of the presidential elections, returns to Off-Broadway's Triad Theatre opening on Tuesday, October 14 (9PM) for a three week run and will play preview performances on Tuesday, Sept. 30th at 9pm and Thursday, October 2nd at 9pm.

In what seems to have happened effortlessly and somehow 'under the radar' (highly unusual in the world of theatre) Disney HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL seems to have snuck in and is about to change the landscape.

The premiere engagement of the national tour of Disney's High School Musical opened at Chicago's LaSalle Bank Theatre on Wednesday, August 1.