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Lucie Arnaz and Jonathan Pryce will be among the presenters at the Theatre World Awards on June 6th

A hell of a time for baseball and/or theater fans.

Nominations for the 51 st Annual Drama Desk Awards were announced today at The New York Friars Club by theater notables Marvin Hamlisch and Donna McKechnie, who revealed the nominees for the 2005/2006 theater season in front of a crowd of theater professionals at the press conference this morning.

Acorn Media has announced the May 2nd DVD release of the 'Broadway's Lost Treasures Collection,' a 4-volume boxed set of performances from the annual Tony Award broadcasts

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Nominations for the 51st Annual Drama Desk Awards will be announced on Thursday, April 27 at the New York Friars Club

Third in a series of articles about the theatre scene from the point of view of ushers, who responded to a multi-question survey. This week’s focus: theatre etiquette, again.

Second in a series of articles about the theatre scene from the point of view of area ushers, who responded to a multi-question survey. This week's focus: theatre etiquette.

Rufus Norris' visually stunning production nearly makes up for David Eldridge's underwritten text

April 5 - 15, 2006 the latest touring version of Jonathan Larson's ground breaking musical RENT plays Chicago's Cadillac Palace Theatre.

WHO: RepStage WHAT: William Shakespeare's Hamlet WHEN & HOW MUCH:: Now through April 9. Fridays at 8PM($21), Saturdays at 2:30PM($15) and 8PM($24), Sundays at 2:30PM($20) and 7:30PM($17). Students pay $12 at all performances.

The first release on Playbill Records will be a self-titled debut recording from critically acclaimed Broadway star Brian Stokes Mitchell, which will be released in June of 2006.

WHAT: Movin' Out WHEN: now through March 19 WHERE: Hippodrome Theatre, Baltimore, MD HOW MUCH: $29 - $74

The nominations for the 51st annual Drama Desk Awards will be announced on April 27th, while the ceremony itself will be held on May 21st

Kathleen Marshall's mostly bland production only comes alive when the supporting players are allowed to inject their own personal sparkle and musical comedy expertise

Broadway: The Golden Age Week starts officially on Monday featuring daily, NEVER-BEFORE-SEEN footage from Rick McKay's Broadway: The Golden Age Vaults. To kick things off, we checked in with the filmmaker about the success of the film, its upcoming airing on PBS, the sequels and lots more...

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Ed Dixon's musical version of the infamous erotic novel plays like a promising work in progress

A descendant from old White Russian nobility whose grandfather served as a general in the Imperial Guards of Czar Nicholas II, Milla Ilieva seems on her way to joining the ranks of cabaret royalty