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Lilla Crawford, star of Annie on Broadway, sang The Star Spangled Banner at MetLife Stadium, New York before the Giants game on November 25, 2012. Check out the performance below!

America's favorite holiday tradition, the 86th Annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, returned to dazzle and enchant millions nationwide today, Thursday, November 22. The festivities were featured both on NBC and CBS, each providing performances from different Broadway companies. Check out ANNIE's Anthony Warlow, Lilla Crawford, Brynn O'Malley, Katie Finneran and the rest of the cast as they perform a 'New Deal for Christmas'!

America's favorite holiday tradition, the 86th Annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, returned to dazzle and enchant millions nationwide today, Thursday, November 22. The festivities were featured both on NBC and CBS, each providing performances from different Broadway companies. Check out a performance from the cast of ELF THE MUSICAL singing 'The Story of Buddy The Elf'!

ELF returns to Broadway this holiday season at the Al Hirschfeld Theatre (302 West 45th Street). Performances began on Friday, November 9, 2012. The production plays a limited engagement of 9 weeks for the holiday season through Sunday, January 6, 2013. BroadwayWorld's Randy Rainbow was there for opening night anad we bring you footage from the first curtain call below!

Buddy the Elf drops by the Lite FM 106.7 radio studio to help launch the start the holiday season - check out what happens during his visit!

ELF returns to Broadway this holiday season at the Al Hirschfeld Theatre (302 West 45th Street). Performances began on Friday, November 9, 2012. The production plays a limited engagement of 9 weeks for the holiday season through Sunday, January 6, 2013. BroadwayWorld brings you a first look at the show's new video montage below!

Annie, the new production of the Tony Award-winning musical, began previews October 3, 2012 and opened last night at the Palace Theatre (Broadway at 47th Street). BroadwayWorld's Richard Ridge was there for all of the festivities and you can check out interviews with the cast below!

Today in 2007, Young Frankenstein opened at the Hilton Theatre (now the Foxwoods Theatre), where it ran for 485 performances. Young Frankenstein is a musical with a book by Mel Brooks and Thomas Meehan and music and lyrics by Brooks. It is based on the 1974 comedy film of the same name written by Brooks and Gene Wilder and directed by Brooks, who has described it as his best film. It is a parody of the horror film genre, especially the 1931 Universal Pictures adaptation of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein and its 1939 sequel, Son of Frankenstein.

'CBS This Morning: Saturday' recently caught up with Andrea McArdle, who originated the role of Annie on Broadway. Watch the interview below!

Annie, the new production of the Tony Award-winning musical, opens tomorrow at the Palace Theatre (Broadway at 47th Street). The production has been featured on television and radio lately. ABC's 'Katie' devoted a full hour to the new production of Annie on the show on November 2. Click below to watch Katie Couric's interviews with Lilla Crawford, Katie Finneran, Anthony Warlow, Bill Berloni, Andrea McArdle and Aileen Quinn, plus Lilla Crawford's performance of 'Tomorrow', the orphans singing 'You're Never Fully Dressed Without a Smile' and more!

Annie, the new production of the Tony Award-winning musical opens November 8, 2012 at the Palace Theatre (Broadway at 47th Street). Annie features a book by Thomas Meehan, music by Charles Strouse and lyrics by Martin Charnin, with all three authors receiving 1977 Tony Awards for their work. Annie is directed by Pulitzer Prize and three-time Tony Award-winner James Lapine and choreographed by Tony Award-winner Andy Blankenbuehler. BroadwayWorld brings you just-released highlights below!

The cast of the 2012 revival of Broadway's ANNIE appeared on Katie Couric's new talk show, 'Katie' yesterday. BWW brings you special backstage video from the show's green room in which Lilla Crawford, the current Broadway Annie and former Broadway and movie Annies Andrea McArdle and Aileen Quinn share their favorite 'Annie' moments in the spotlight. Check it out below!

ROCKY - The Musical has released its German trailer, featuring leading actors Drew Sarich and Wietske van Tongeren as Rocky and Adrian, as well as Uwe Dreves as Rocky's coach Mickey. Watch it below!

Several weeks ago, ROCKY's leading actor Drew Sarich and fellow star Wietske van Tongeren, who plays Adrian, met with filmmakers to bring new life to the 1976 film, shooting some of its most well-known scenes for the musical's trailer. Go behind the scenes at the shoot below!

Four weeks before the premiere of ROCKY - THE MUSICAL, its ensemble and a live German orchestra present songs from the show. Broadway's Terence Archie sings for the first time as an actor in German and talks about getting into character in the video below!

ANNIE's SEARCH FOR SANDY, a 30-minute television special about the nationwide search to find the canine star of Broadway's new production of the Tony Award-winning classic musical, ANNIE, will air today, October 27 and Sunday, October 28 on NBC stations around the country. Get a sneak peek below!

ANNIE's SEARCH FOR SANDY, a 30-minute television special about the nationwide search to find the canine star of Broadway's new production of the Tony Award-winning classic musical, ANNIE, will air on Saturday, October 27 and Sunday, October 28 on NBC stations around the country. Get a sneak peek below!

Cast members from CHAPLIN recently performed a selection of songs from the show at Terminal 8 at John F. Kennedy International Airport as part of American Airlines' JFK concert series on October 12. Check out highlights from the concert below, which included 'I Left London,' 'Look at All the People,' and 'All Falls Down.'

Watch an Inside Look at Broadway's CHAPLIN presented by the Jerome L. Greene Space at WNYC and WQXR. WQXR's Elliott Forrest welcomes Rob McClure in his Broadway triumph as Charlie Chaplin, Jenn Colella as Hedda Hopper and the Tony Award-winning co-book writer Tom Meehan as they discuss the making of the new musical depicting the life of film icon Charlie Chaplin and Jenn Colella performs a song from the show. Click below to watch the video!

ANNIE, the new production of the Tony Award-winning musical, met the press today in New York City with its full company. The production begins previews October 3, 2012 and opens November 8, 2012 at the Palace Theatre (Broadway at 47th Street). The cast and creative team met the press today, September 12, and Broadway's own Richard Ridge was there to chat with the whoole gang. Hear what they had to say below!