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Felicia Finley (The Wedding Singer, Aida, Catch Me If You Can) is set to make her first New York appearance with her band at Joe's Pub on Monday November 16th at 9:30pm.

The producers of 'HAIRSPRAY' have announced that Phill Jupitus, Belinda Carlisle and Sharon D Clarke have all signed to join the cast of the hit musical, currently running at London's Shaftesbury Theatre. The new cast open on Monday 26 October, with Sunday performances beginning on Sunday 8 November.

The Atlantic Lyric Theatre has announced their 2009-2010 season. The productions will include RODGERS AND HAMMERSTEIN'S CINDERELLA, THE ALL NIGHT STRUT!, LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS, A FUNNY THING...FORUM, and HAIRSPRAY.

The West End cast of HAIRSPRAY visited The Paul O Grady Show and you can watch the interview right here on STAGE TUBE!

The producers of 'HAIRSPRAY' have announced that Phill Jupitus, Belinda Carlisle and Sharon D Clarke have all signed to join the cast of the hit musical, currently running at London's Shaftesbury Theatre. The new cast open on Monday 26 October, with Sunday performances beginning on Sunday 8 November.

With Rob Fisher behind the podium conducting the Pacific Symphony, LuPone takes the audience for a ride through her musical theater past. As the show's title Coulda, Woulda, Shoulda suggests, the evening's selections are from musicals she either auditioned for, shows she thinks she could/should have starred in, or-as in the case of Evita-shows that made her the star she is today.

COSTA MESA, CA-There is a good reason the Broadway community has given this accomplished chanteuse two-yes TWO-Tony® Awards: she is just that good. In her four-night return engagement to the Orange County Performing Arts Center (Oct. 8-11), Christine Ebersole performs a beautifully-packaged cabaret act that is an excellent showcase for her musical talents. The intimate Samueli Theater provides a exquisite backdrop for her trip down the landscape of jazz standards and lesser known gems from the Great American Songbook. Within the span of 70+ minutes, she gives the audience a healthy sampling of her musical, comedic and dramatic gifts.

Whatsonstage.com is reporting that Michael Ball may be in talks to star in Sam Mendes' Neal Street Productions' stage adaptation of Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory.

Pittsburgh CLO's 2010 Summer Season will feature the CLO premieres of three Tony® Award-winning musicals - Curtains, The Producers and Hairspray.

Roundabout Theatre Company (Todd Haimes, Artistic Director) is proud to announce the full company for the new Broadway production of Noël Coward's comedy Present Laughter, starring Victor Garber as 'Garry Essendine', directed by Nicholas Martin.

BroadwayWorld.com presents its newest column, Twitter Watch, which will bring you only the best and most interesting reports straight from the mouths of Broadway stars, shows and more on the hot social networking service - Twitter!

Opening this week at the Marriott Theatre in Chicago's far north suburban collar community of Lincolnshire is one of the first post-Broadway productions of "Hairspray," one of this decade's biggest hits and longest running Broadway shows, based on a hit movie and the basis for yet another....

The Marriott Theatre continues its highly acclaimed 2009 season with Hairspray, the show the New York Post calls "A great big fat gorgeous hit!" This all-new production of the Tony Award-winning international phenomenon explodes onto the Marriott Theatre stage September 23rd. Direct from Broadway, where it played for over 2,500 performances, the production begins previews September 23rd, opens Wednesday, September 30th at 8 p.m., and runs through December 6th, 2009. Chicagoland favorite and multiple Jeff Award winner Marc Robin (Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, The Full Monty), has been tapped to direct and choreograph.

The Marriott Theatre continues its highly acclaimed 2009 season with HAIRSPRAY, the show the New York Post calls 'A great big fat gorgeous hit!' This all-new production of the Tony Award-winning international phenomenon explodes onto the Marriott Theatre stage September 23rd. Direct from Broadway, where it played for over 2,500 performances, the production begins previews September 23rd, opens Wednesday, September 30th at 8 p.m., and runs through December 6th, 2009.

The Marriott Theatre continues its highly acclaimed 2009 season with HAIRSPRAY, the show the New York Post calls 'A great big fat gorgeous hit!' This all-new production of the Tony Award-winning international phenomenon explodes onto the Marriott Theatre stage September 23rd. Direct from Broadway, where it played for over 2,500 performances, the production begins previews September 23rd, opens Wednesday, September 30th at 8 p.m., and runs through December 6th, 2009.

The mosh pit was rocking on Monday night, as Sidetrack played host to Stef Tovar and cast members of "High Fidelity!" The star of Piper's Alley Theater's current musical offering (in its first major post-Broadway engagement)....

The Marriott Theatre continues its highly acclaimed 2009 season with HAIRSPRAY, the show the New York Post calls 'A great big fat gorgeous hit!' This all-new production of the Tony Award-winning international phenomenon explodes onto the Marriott Theatre stage September 23rd. Direct from Broadway, where it played for over 2,500 performances, the production begins previews September 23rd, opens Wednesday, September 30th at 8 p.m., and runs through December 6th, 2009.

The Marriott Theatre continues its highly acclaimed 2009 season with HAIRSPRAY, the show the New York Post calls 'A great big fat gorgeous hit!' This all-new production of the Tony Award-winning international phenomenon explodes onto the Marriott Theatre stage September 23rd. Direct from Broadway, where it played for over 2,500 performances, the production begins previews September 23rd, opens Wednesday, September 30th at 8 p.m., and runs through December 6th, 2009.