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It's curtains up for CURTAINS! The new, original musical comedy featuring one of the last scores by the legendary songwriting team of Kander & Ebb will begin previews tomorrow, February 27th.

The new production of WICKED is being mounted specifically for Southern California and stars Eden Espinosa and Megan Hilty as Elphaba and Glinda.

More information has been announced on the New York City Opera's upcoming production of the Tony Award-winning musical Ragtime, which will be presented during the company's 2007/2008 season.

The website for CURTAINS, a new, original musical comedy featuring one of the last scores by the legendary songwriting team of Kander & Ebb, has been launched at www.CurtainsTheMusical.com.

According to the New York City Opera's website, the Tony Award-winning musical Ragtime will be presented during the company's 2007/2008 season.

Rehearsals begin tomorrow for CURTAINS, a new, original musical comedy featuring one of the last scores by the legendary songwriting team of Kander & Ebb. CURTAINS will open Thursday, March 22 on Broadway at the Al Hirschfeld Theatre (302 West 45th Street, west of Eighth Avenue). Previews begin Tuesday, February 27.

'The Joan Hamburg Show' will offer listeners a behind-the-scenes look at the making of this new musical comedy by broadcasting an entire show about the making of Curtains from 9:00-11:00 AM on WOR Radio 710

Complete casting is being announced for CURTAINS, a new, original musical comedy featuring one of the last scores by the legendary songwriting team of Kander & Ebb.

Victoria Matlock and Christina DeCicco join the National Tour of Wicked.

From Monday, January 1st, Kerry Ellis will play the role of Elphaba in Wicked, London's smash-hit musical at the Apollo Victoria Theatre

Musical theatre lovers who like their leading characters emotionally aloof and commitment-phobic can now enjoy a worthy companion piece to the upcoming revival of Company. Mary Poppins has flown into town in a ravishing production that kicks all that sentimental nonsense about familial closeness into the wings and pushes the heartwarming thrills of good ol' fashioned music hall song and dance fun downstage center.

Catch a sneak peek of Disney's newest musical on Broadway, 'Mary Poppins' - right here on BroadwayWorld.com. Mary Poppins opens on Thursday, November 16, 2006 and stars Ashley Brown and Gavin Lee. Click now to watch!

WICKED will take part in this year's prestigious Royal Variety Performance on Monday 4th December at the London Coliseum in the presence of Their Royal Highnesses, The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall.

The Broadway-bound Kander and Ebb musical Curtains will rise at the Al Hirschfeld Theatre, with previews to begin on February 27th and an opening on March 22nd

The Broadway production of Mary Poppins will begin previews on Saturday, October 14, 2006 at the New Amsterdam Theatre in preparation for a Thursday, November 16 opening night

The eagerly anticipated Broadway production of Mary Poppins began rehearsals today

The London company of Wicked, including its original Broadway star Idina Menzel, assembled for the first day of a seven-week rehearsal process on Monday, July 24th