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Everything you love about Broadway -- unique showbiz treasures, the opportunity to meet your favorite performers and the chance to bid on exclusive backstage experiences -- will come together as Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS presents the 29th Annual BROADWAY FLEA MARKET & GRAND AUCTION on Sunday, September 27, 2015. And BroadwayWorld can report that pre-bidding is now open!

Cast members of the Jumamosi Tour of THE BOOK OF MORMON don't know how they can ever let MAMMA MIA go.

Die 2003 in New York uraufgefuhrte lebensfrohe Show verzichtet auf „political correctness' und lief mit rasanten Songs wie dem weltbekannten „The internet is for porn' erfolgreich am Broadway, wo sie unter anderem den Tony Award fur das beste Musical gewann. Am Theater Hagen erlebte dieses Kult-Stuck am vergangenen Samstag den 5. September seine NRW-Premiere.

THE BOOK OF MORMON, winner of nine Tony Awards including Best Musical, is pleased to announce a lottery ticket policy for the National Tour, which begins September 1 at the Citi Emerson Colonial Theatre and plays a limited 6 week engagement through October 11.  In Boston, the production will conduct a pre-show lottery at the box office, making a limited number of tickets available at $25 apiece.

Back by popular demand, THE BOOK OF MORMON, which played two record breaking engagements in Boston (2013 and 2014), returns for a limited engagement tonight, September 1, through October 11, 2015 at the Citi Emerson Colonial Theatre.

The producers of the national tour of THE BOOK OF MORMON, winner of nine Tony Awards including Best Musical, and the Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall announced today that single tickets will go on sale August 31, 2015 at 10AM. Tickets will be available at the Van Wezel box office (777 N. Tamiami Trail, Sarasota, FL 34236), by visiting vanwezel.org, or by calling 941.953.3368 or toll-free 1.800.826.9303. Group orders of 10 or more may be placed by calling 941.955.7676 x 2225. 

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Happy Birthday, Andrew Rannells! Rannells played Bob Gaudio in the First National Tour of Jersey Boys. In January 2009, he reprised the role of Gaudio in the musical's Broadway production. Rannells originated the role of Elder Price in The Book of Mormon, a musical written by South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone and Avenue Q composer Robert Lopez. For his performance, he was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Leading Actor in a Musical. His last performance was June 10, 2012. He will soon play Bryan Buckley in Ryan Murphy's new television series The New Normal on NBC.

Back by popular demand, THE BOOK OF MORMON returns for a seven-week limited engagement, June 28 - August 14, 2016, at the Bank of America Theatre (18 West Monroe). 

Back by popular demand, THE BOOK OF MORMON, which played a record breaking two-week run in 2014 returns to Providence for a limited engagement November 17 - 22, 2015 at the Providence Performing Arts Center (PPAC).

Good morning, BroadwayWorld! Because we know all our readers eat, sleep and breathe Broadway, what could be better than waking up to it? Today's big news: Matthew Broderick & Sarah Jessica Parker perform together in Provincetown tonight!

Songwriters Robert Lopez and Kristen Anderson-Lopez perform the song 'Love is an Open Door' from the smash hit movie FROZEN at the Frozen FANdemonium event at this weekend's D23 Expo 2015.

Songwriter Robert Lopez revealed an unused demo for an Olaf song entitled 'Hot Hot Ice' at the FROZEN FANdemonium event at this weekend's D23 Expo 2015.

Things are looking up at Walt Disney Animation Studios - way up. Scroll down for a first look at Disney's upcoming film GIGANTIC, a unique take on 'Jack and the Beanstalk' with music from Oscar-winning FROZEN songwriters Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez!

La Jolla Playhouse opened its world premiere of UP HERE, a new musical comedy featuring book, music and lyrics by the husband-and-wife composing team of Robert Lopez (The Book of Mormon, Avenue Q) and Kristen Anderson-Lopez (In Transit), recipients of the 2014 Academy Award for Best Original Song for their hit song, 'Let It Go,' from the Disney animated film Frozen. UP HERE is directed by Tony Award nominee Alex Timbers (Broadway's Rocky, Off-Broadway's Here Lies Love, Playhouse's Peter and the Starcatcher) and runs now through September 6 in the Playhouse's Mandell Weiss Theatre. 

THE BOOK OF MORMON, winner of nine Tony Awards including Best Musical, is pleased to announce a lottery ticket policy for the National Tour, which begins Aug. 18 at the Benjamin & Marian Schuster Performing Arts Center in Dayton and plays a limited one week engagement through Aug. 23.

Still reeling from Something Rotten's Bryant Park performance? Still trying to win the 'Ham4Ham' lottery? Didn't have time check in on all of the latest Broadway news? Well don't worry BroadwayWorld has rounded up some of the biggest stories from this week from Broadway and beyond with BroadwayWorld's 'This Week in Pictures.'

Good morning, BroadwayWorld! Because we know all our readers eat, sleep and breathe Broadway, what could be better than waking up to it? This weekend's big news: CHESS gets a brand-new staging in White Plains, RENT goes to Scotland, Broadway nerds battle it out with theatre trivia and more!

La Jolla Playhouse opens its world premiere of UP HERE, a new musical comedy featuring book, music and lyrics by the husband-and-wife composing team of Robert Lopez (The Book of Mormon, Avenue Q) and Kristen Anderson-Lopez (In Transit), recipients of the 2014 Academy Award for Best Original Song for their hit song, 'Let It Go,' from the Disney animated film Frozen. UP HERE is directed by Tony Award nominee Alex Timbers (Broadway's Rocky, Off-Broadway's Here Lies Love, Playhouse's Peter and the Starcatcher) and runs now through September 6 in the Playhouse's Mandell Weiss Theatre. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the cast in action below!

Back by popular demand, THE BOOK OF MORMON, which played a record breaking 2 week run in 2014 returns to Baltimore for a limited engagement November 3-November 15, 2015 at The Hippodrome Theatre. Single tickets will go on sale Sunday, August 9 at 10 am.