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Coming up this week, 54 BELOW, Broadway's Supper Club, presents some of the brightest stars from Broadway, cabaret, jazz and beyond. To purchase tickets or for more information, visit www.54Below.com or call (646) 476-3551.

This June, July and August, 54 BELOW presents an exciting lineup of the brightest talent from Broadway and beyond. Located just below the legendary Studio 54 at 254 West 54th Street.

Having dazzled critics and audiences in the West Coast and Midwest, 'Four Clowns' (www.fourclowns.org), conceived and directed by Jeremy Aluma, makes its too-brief East Coast debut May 23 to June 1 in The Club at La MaMa. In a madcap evening, four foul-mouthed, wonderfully dressed and finely face-painted clowns--a sad one, an angry one, a nervous one and a mischevous one--re-enact iconic life experiences to show how human pain is both unique and universal. The Huffington Post called it 'a drama that focuses on the epic though squalid journey of our four heroes through childhood, adolescence and adulthood. The result is as sobering as the voyage is outlandish….daring and energetic, weird and wonderful.'

This week there will be two lab presentations in New York City of the new musical, BEHIND THE PAINTING, with book and lyrics by Tony Award-winner Richard Maltby, Jr., music by two-time Tony nominee David Shire, adapted from the Thai musical of the same title, based on the novel by Sriburapha.

Paper Mill Playhouse has launched its 75th Anniversary Season with the world-premiere, Broadway-bound musical Honeymoon in Vegas, based on the Castle Rock Entertainment motion picture of the same title. Honeymoon in Vegas features music and lyrics by Tony Award winner Jason Robert Brown(The Last Five Years, Parade, 13) and book by Andrew Bergman (director and screenwriter of the film). Gary Griffin (The Color Purple) will direct with original choreography by Denis Jones. BroadwayWorld brings you photos from inside the opening night after party below!

Paper Mill Playhouse will launch its 75th Anniversary Season with the world-premiere, Broadway-bound musical Honeymoon in Vegas, based on the Castle Rock Entertainment motion picture of the same title. Honeymoon in Vegas features music and lyrics by Tony Award winner Jason Robert Brown (The Last Five Years, Parade, 13) and book by Andrew Bergman (director and screenwriter of the film). Gary Griffin (The Color Purple) will direct with original choreography by Denis Jones. The cast and creative team gave a special performance preview yesterday and you can check out complete photo coverage below!

Honeymoon in Vegas will star television, screen and stage icon Tony Danza (Who's the Boss?, Taxi, The Producers, A View From The Bridge, The Iceman Cometh) as Tommy Korman, a widowed and unscrupulous gambler looking for another shot at love. Leading the company are Tony nominee Rob McClure (Chaplin) as Jack Singer, Brynn O'Malley (Annie) as Betsy Nolan, Tony nomineeNancy Opel (Memphis, Urinetown) as Bea Singer, Matthew Saldivar (Peter and the Starcatcher) as Johnny Sandwich and David Josefsberg(Wedding Singer) as Tony Rocky/Roy Bacon

They tell the story (based on a true one) of Guang (Julius Ahn), an illegal immigrant who gets stuck in a Bronx elevator for 81 hours while making deliveries for the Happy Dragon Chinese Restaurant.

The final two performances of FOUR CLOWNS will be performed at Actor's Circle Theater in West Hollywood tonight, August 9 and August 16. The show is conceived and directed by Jeremy Aluma.

The final two performances of FOUR CLOWNS will be performed at Actor's Circle Theater in West Hollywood. The show is conceived and directed by Jeremy Aluma.

Four Clowns brings back their award-winning 2010 Hollywood Fringe show to the 2012 Hollywood Fringe for one night only tonight, Thursday, June 14 @ 10pm at Open Fist Theater (Fringe Theater), 6209 Santa Monica Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90038.

2011 Hollywood Fringe Top of the Fringe-Winners Four Clowns will present That Beautiful Laugh, conceived by Orlando Pabotoy and directed by Turner Munch at the 2012 Hollywood Fringe Festival at Fringe Central - Open Fist Theater, 6209 Santa Monica Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90038 tonight, June 8 at 8pm; Saturday, June 16 at 10pm; Thursday, June 21 at 8pm; and Saturday, June 23 at 9pm.

Four Clowns will bring back their award-winning 2010 Hollywood Fringe show to the 2012 Hollywood Fringe for one night only on Thursday, June 14 @ 10pm at Open Fist Theater (Fringe Theater), 6209 Santa Monica Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90038.

2011 Hollywood Fringe Top of the Fringe-Winners Four Clowns will present That Beautiful Laugh, conceived by Orlando Pabotoy and directed by Turner Munch at the 2012 Hollywood Fringe Festival at Fringe Central - Open Fist Theater, 6209 Santa Monica Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90038 on Friday, June 8 at 8pm; Saturday, June 16 at 10pm; Thursday, June 21 at 8pm; and Saturday, June 23 at 9pm.

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Fresh off their Top of the Fringe win at the 2011 Hollywood Fringe, Four Clowns toured the nation with their original show in the Summer of 2011 And now that it's all said and done they are back home preparing for a run at South Coast Rep.

Four Clowns is a physical, musical and emotional journey into what it means to be human. Follow four clowns - sad, mischievous, angry and nervous - as they lament and reminisce about their past. As the old adage goes, 'laughter is the best medicine,' but laughter comes most earnestly when reflecting on past sorrows. As the clowns tell their tales of woe and elation from childhood to adulthood we discover that they are all the same...and so are we.

From Nick Jonas and Michael Urie to the Ladies of THE VIEW to Adam Pascal, Raul Esparza, Barbra Streisand to Alan Menken, Bernadette Peters to Susan Boyle, Colin Quinn to GLEE and Everything in Between - It's the BroadwayWorld.com 2012 Valentine's Day Special - It's the Biggest Ever!

Four Clowns is a physical, musical and emotional journey into what it means to be human. Follow four clowns - sad, mischievous, angry and nervous - as they lament and reminisce about their past. As the old adage goes, 'laughter is the best medicine,' but laughter comes most earnestly when reflecting on past sorrows. As the clowns tell their tales of woe and elation from childhood to adulthood we discover that they are all the same...and so are we.

As the clock ticks towards 2012, BroadwayWorld caught up with 100 of your Broadway favorites and industry supporters about their hopes for themselves and those they love in the new year.