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Reprise Theatre Company presents Brian Stokes Mitchell Sings Broadway, a program especially created for Reprise. It will have one performance only on Monday, May 11 at 8 pm, at UCLA's Freud Playhouse.

Wayman Wong talks about creating and producing the Leading Men series of concerts.

Praised by Backstage Magazine for 'one of those rare voices with a soothing, almost hypnotic quality' award winning vocalist and actress Jill O?Hara, the original female lead in the Burt Bacharach-Hal David-Neil Simon Broadway musical Promises, Promises, reunites with Burt Bacharach at the annual spring gala for 92nd Street Y. What The World Needs Now?The Music of Burt Bacharach will take place at Kaufmann Concert Hall, 1395 Lexington Avenue, New York, Monday, May 18. Jill introduced the Bacharach/David pop classics I?ll Never Fall In Love Again, Knowing When To Leave and Whoever You Are I Love You. O?Hara went on to win a Tony nomination, the Theater World Award and New Jersey Journal Award for Best Actress In A Musical, while the cast album earned a Grammy Award. The concert event will also feature performances by Dionne Warwick, Sarah Dash and Elvis Costello. Proceeds from the Spring Gala support the 92nd Street Y's myriad of programs. Tickets are available by calling 212-415-5488 or online at www.92Y.org.

The winners of the 2009 Touring Broadway Awards® were revealed today at a special Awards Ceremony during The Broadway League's annual Spring Road Conference at the Hilton New York in Manhattan. Playbill and Sirius XM Radio's Seth Rudetsky announced the awards. Three officers from the League's Kids Advisory Board presented the Audience Choice Award.

BWW's UK correspondent gets her first ever taste of Broadway...

Today's Broadway Blogs on BroadwayWorld.com from Saturday, April 25, 2009.

Ah, the music of the mid-to-late 1980s. Now that was my era. The Roches, The Dead Milkmen, Loudon Wainwright III. Lining up for hours to catch Michelle Shocked at The Bottom Line. Elegant evenings of Mel Torme at Michael's Pub and Jack Jones at The Supper Club. Man, I loved that 80s music.

On June 23rd, a remarkable album, eight years in the making, will be released. 'LISTEN' is a collection of 15 original songs, written by children who stutter, and recorded by iconic artists including Carly Simon, Daryl Hall & John Oates, Duncan Sheik, John Forte, Mandy Patinkin and many others. In addition, Jon Bon Jovi donated the use of his studio, so that his state-of-the-art facility could support the recording process. Superstars from the worlds of pop, rock, R&B, Broadway, hip-hop and more joined together to contribute their time and talents to a cause bigger than stuttering - a call for compassion and acceptance, and for respect of one-another's differences.

Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS will present the 23rd Annual Easter Bonnet Competition on Monday, April 27 (4:30 PM) and Tuesday, April 28 (2 PM) at the Minskoff Theatre (200 West 45th Street). The proceeds from the event will benefit BC/EFA.

The story begins with a boy finding a striped hat sitting on a box on a bare stage. The boy tries to touch the hat, and out of the box pops The Cat in the Hat, one of the most beloved literary figures from the collection of Dr. Seuss (Theodore Giesel).

Legendary Broadway star, actress/singer Betty Buckley will continue her successful Song Interpretation and Communication Workshop hosted by Imagination Celebration in May and June 2009. The Fort Worth native will share her singing and acting techniques in her master class designed for both dedicated students and advanced professional performers.

HAIR: The American Tribal Love-Rock Musical 37-member cast and band went into the studio on Monday, April 6th, to record the show's new Broadway cast album. Production is being rushed for the highly anticipated recording which will be released officially this Spring by Ghostlight Records. The CD is produced by Kurt Deutsch, Joel Moss & Galt McDermott with Bill Rosenfield acting as Executive Producer.

Will and Anthony Nunziata Set Sights on Fall 2009 Run at Feinstein's with Richard Jay-Alexander at the helm.

Broadway favorite Sherie Rene Scott is not the 'Sherie Rene Scott' diva character appearing in EVERYDAY RAPTURE, but that doesn't mean everyone knows that yet.

Ghostlight Records confirms yesterday's digital release of the Original Broadway Cast Recording of the critically acclaimed new musical NEXT TO NORMAL. The 4/7 digital release, which has already reached #20 on iTunes, will be followed by a Double-CD brick-and-mortar retail release on May 12th.

Ghostlight Records is proud to confirm its release of the Original Broadway Cast Recording of the critically acclaimed new musical NEXT TO NORMAL. Digital release has been set for April 7th, followed by a Double-CD brick-and-mortar retail release on May 12th.

Completing its 30th Anniversary Season, Second Stage Theatre (Carole Rothman, Artistic Director; Ellen Richard, Executive Director) will present EVERYDAY RAPTURE, written by Dick Scanlan (Tony nominee for Thoroughly Modern Millie) and Sherie Rene Scott (Tony nominee for Dirty Rotten Scoundrels), with musical supervision by Tom Kitt (Next to Normal, High Fidelity), directed by Michael Mayer (Tony Award winner for Spring Awakening).

The producers of HAIR: The American Tribal Love-Rock Musical have announced that the 37-member cast and band will go into the studio on Monday, April 6th, to record the show's new Broadway cast album. Production is being rushed for the highly anticipated recording which will be released officially this Spring by Ghostlight Records. The CD will be produced by Kurt Deutsch, Joel Moss & Galt McDermott with Bill Rosenfield acting as Executive Producer.

Join us for a tour of Minneapolis' new Guthrie Theater designed by Pritzker Prize-winning architect Jean Nouvel. Guthrie Artistic Director, Joe Dowling, and members of his production team, show co-hosts Michael Riedel and Susan Haskins around this impressive complex on the banks of the Mississippi River, giving Theater Talk a fascinating look at the Guthrie's multiple stages, as well as all the work that goes on behind-the-scenes to maintain it as one of the most thriving and significant theaters in the world.

One of Chicago's favorite duos, After Dark Award Winners Beckie Menzie and Tom Michael, celebrate the songs of the Great White Way in their new show Broadway, Our Way. Both Broadway enthusiasts, the show will feature music from classic musicals such as West Side Story, South Pacific and Carousel to the more recent Chicago and Wicked. But don't expect to hear the songs as they were in the original shows. Beckie and Tom will sing Broadway their way!