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Director/Actress Judith Ivey Talks about her latest project.

The Independent Reviewers of New England (IRNE) Awards for 2006 took place on Monday March 19, 2007, at the Boston Center for the Arts (BCA).

The theme for the 2007 edition of Broadway Cares / Equity Fights AIDS' annual event Broadway Bares was announced and ticket sales for the hotly anticipated event were officially launched tonight at the monthly 'NextWorks' event hosted by Next Magazine at the popular Chelsea nightspot SBNY (Splash).

Gay Marshall, who recently starred in the recent long running hit revival of Jacques Brel Is Alive and Well and Living in Paris returns to the Zipper Factory on Thursday, March 22, 2007.

Manhattan Theatre Club (Lynne Meadow, artistic director; Barry Grove, executive producer) is pleased to announce full casting for the world premiere of LoveMusik, a new musical featuring the songs of Kurt Weill, starring Tony Awardâ winners Michael Cerveris and Donna Murphy.

Westport Country Playhouse has announced that Grammy, Emmy and three-time Tony Award nominee Eartha Kitt, and Tony Award winners Shuler Hensley and Cady Huffman will appear in the new Kander and Ebb musical, All About Us, which opens the Playhouse 2007 season, April 10 through April 28.

The New York Musical Theatre Festival (NYMF) has announced the Grand Jury panelists - 5 Tony Award winners and a 2-time Tony nominee, as it happens - will select 18 musicals to be featured in the 4th annual Festival, scheduled this year from September 17 through October 7 in New York City.

A new Broadway revival of the Sondheim/Goldman masterpiece Follies may be in the works

Celebrating its unparalleled catalogue of classic musical theater recordings, Masterworks Broadway recently released Legends of Broadway - a new series of CDs highlighting the careers of four of Broadway's greatest stars in their signature roles. Beginning January 31, you can hear these legendary ladies - Barbara Cook, Angela Lansbury, Bernadette Peters and Chita Rivera - talk about their most beloved performances in four free podcasts, available through iTunes.com and MasterworksBroadway.com.

According to Whatsonstage.com, Kim Criswell will replace Elaine Stritch as Carlotta Campion in London's upcoming 'Follies in Concert,' which will be presented at the London Palladium on February 4th, 2007 at 7:15 PM.

New York City Center's Encores! 2007 Season pays tribute to the 100th Anniversary of the first Ziegfeld Follies, kicking off the celebration with Stephen Sondheim and James Goldman's legendary 1971 multiple Tony Award-winner, Follies, directed and choreographed by Casey Nicholaw, with music direction by Eric Stern. Follies will play for six performances, from February 8 - 12 at New York City Center, 55th Street between 6th and 7th Avenues.

With the casting of Colin Donnell as Young Ben and Natalie King Smith as Young Dee Dee, casting for the eagerly anticipated Encores! production of Follies is now complete.

Olivier Award winner Eve Best, Academy Award and Tony Award winner Kevin Spacey and Golden Globe nominee Colm Meaney will reprise their acclaimed performances in The Old Vic Theatre Company production of Eugene O'Neill's A MOON FOR THE MISBEGOTTEN at Broadway's Brooks Atkinson Theatre (256 W 47th St) for 84 performances only.

The New York Philharmonic presents Lerner and Loewe's My Fair Lady in four semi-staged performances, March 7-10, 2007. The musical - a New York Philharmonic premiere - will star Kelli O'Hara, Kelsey Grammer, Charles Kimbrough, Brian Dennehy, Marni Nixon and Tim Jerome.

Another year draws to a close and a new year beckons. Almost as the clock turns between the years we say adieu to Idina and say hello to Kerry, wave a fond goodbye to Caroline or Change and The Producers and welcome the brief return of The Rocky Horror Show and The History Boys. As we sing Auld Lang's Syne, it gives cause to look back on and look forward to the respective years in London theatre.

Due to popular demand, the upcoming Encores! staged concert presentation of Stephen Sondheim and James Goldman's 1971 classic Follies will play an extra performance on February 12th at 8 PM

Theatre legend Elaine Stritch has joined the star-studded cast of 'Follies in Concert,' which will be presented at the London Palladium on February 4th, 2007 at 7:15 PM

Victor Garber and Mimi Hines are the latest stars to sign onto the upcoming Encores! staged concert production of Stephen Sondheim and James Goldman's Follies, presented from February 8th through 11th, 2007 at City Center

Roundabout Theatre Company (Todd Haimes, Artistic Director) is thrilled to announce a one-week extension of the Off-Broadway revival of Suddenly Last Summer now through Saturday, January 20th, 2007 at 7:30PM!

Kelli O'Hara will guest star on ABC's 'All My Children' for three episodes beginning Wednesday, January 3rd, 2007.

More stars have signed on to the eagerly awaited Encores! staged concert of the Stephen Sondheim-James Goldman classic Follies, presented from February 8th through 11th, 2007 at City Center

Los Angeles' Reprise! Broadway's Best will present Stephen Sondheim's Tony and Pulitzer Prize-winning Sunday in the Park With George as its second show of the 2006-2007 season, starring Tony and Outer Critics Circle Award-nominee Kelli O'Hara...

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

Maria Friedman, Imelda Staunton, Philip Quast, Liliane Montevecchi, Liz Robertson and Laura Michelle Kelly are among the stars who have so far been enlisted to star in Follies in Concert, which will be presented as a benefit performance at the London Palladium on February 4th, 2007

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