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This year will be of particular interest due to the economic situation, which makes the phrase 'more for your hard earned dollar' even harder...

Pace University's Pace New Musicals Program, now in it's third year, is a workshop initiative that offers students the invaluable opportunity take part in the developmental process of new material with up-and coming writers. In the past few months, the program received 42 submissions for consideration, out of which one new work was selected to be developed by Pace. This year, Pace New Musicals proudly presents the world premiere reading of Darling, a new musical with music and lyrics by Ryan Scott Oliver and a book by B.T. Ryback.

Europe's leading secondary ticketing company, Viagogo has signed a deal with Andrew Lloyd Webber's Really Useful Group to become the company's official premium ticketing partner. The company is now the official and exclusive place for fans to get the best seats at all Really Useful Group hit productions, such as The Sound of Music and Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat.

Disney's HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL 2: On Stage plays the Fabulous Fox Theatre in Atlanta from November 6-16, 2008. Tickets are on sale NOW at all Ticketmaster outlets, at 404-817-8700 and online at www.ticketmaster.com Ticket prices range from $20-$68. Special group rates are available through the Fox Group Sales Dept. at 404-881-2000. The musical begins performances tonight, November 6th.

BroadwayWorld gave the cast of Disney's High School Musical 2: On Stage a FLIP video camera and then set them loose backstage during rehearsals as they prepare for opening night.

The 2009 season at the Almeida Theatre will include five premieres, two major revivals and a Shakespeare.

Rock-It Science Records presents Broadway's Greatest Gifts: Carols for a Cure, Volume 10. Featuring highlights from the Volumes 1-9, as well as the incredible talents of stars from the 2008 Broadway season, the annual holiday CD benefits Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS (BC/EFA). This two-disc set offers 36 original and traditional holiday songs recorded especially for this benefit CD, and features the cast of Billy Elliot with the premiere of an original song by Elton John, 'Cold Christmas.' Included are the voices of Antonio Banderas, Harvey Fierstein, Idina Menzel, Bernadette Peters, and Andréa Burns, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Nick Jonas and American Idol's Constantine Maroulis and Ace Young, plus new recordings with performances by stars from In the Heights, South Pacific, Wicked plus many more! Also performing on this year's CD are Rosie's Broadway Kids, young students in the performing arts program founded by Rosie O'Donnell.

Following a successful try-out engagement in Seattle, SHREK THE MUSICAL will begin preview performances in New York at the Broadway Theatre on Saturday, November 8, with the official opening on Sunday, December 14.

We go green in honor of WICKED's 5th anniversary on Broadway with a profile of a modern-dance-to-musical-theater transplant.

For the first time under the leadership of Artistic Director Bonnie J. Monte, The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey will present the American classic A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams.

Bartlett Sher, who has received great acclaim as well as a Tony nomination and Drama Desk Award as Best Director of A Musical for the current Lincoln Center Theater production of South Pacific, will direct the new musical BRUCE LEE: JOURNEY TO THE WEST, to be produced on Broadway by Elephant Eye Theatrical. Joining Sher are Tony nominees David Yazbek (The Full Monty, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels) composing the music and writing the lyrics and David Henry Hwang (M Butterfly, Yellow Face) penning the book.

In what seems to have happened effortlessly and somehow 'under the radar' (highly unusual in the world of theatre) Disney HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL seems to have snuck in and is about to change the landscape.

The cast and creators of the Broadway musical High Fidelity, recently released on CD by Ghostlight Records, will perform selections from the show at a free in-store performance and CD signing at 6:00 PM on Wednesday, August 1 at Barnes & Noble Lincoln Center

The New Mel Brooks Musical Young Frankenstein, a new musical comedy from the creative team of the 12-time Tony Award winning smash The Producers, will open on Broadway November 8th 2007 at the Hilton Theatre (213 W 42nd St). Previews begin October 11th 2007. The production stars Roger Bart (Dr. Frederick Frankenstein), Megan Mullally (Elizabeth), Sutton Foster (Inga), Shuler Hensley (The Monster), Fred Applegate (Kemp) and Christopher Fitzgerald (Igor).

The Tony Award-nominated epic Coram Boy has posted a provisional closing notice

Coram Boy's Ivy Vahanian and Tony Award-nominated stars Xanthe Elbrick and Jan Maxwell will give Fox-5 'Good Day New York' reporter Anne Craig an exclusive back stage tour at Broadway's Imperial Theatre, airing this Saturday, May 19th on FOX 5 News in the 10:30p half hour and again on Monday, May 21st between 8:30a - 9:00a on 'Good Day New York.'

BroadwayWorld soars to 18th century London in these highlights from Coram Boy!

Coram Boy stars Uzo Aduba, Bill Camp, Charlotte Parry and Wayne Wilcox recently sat down with WWOR-TV's Pat Collins for a special segment airing tonight, Monday, May 14th in the 10:30 p.m. half hour on WWOR-TV

Tamyra Gray, the popular first season finalist of 'American Idol,' joins the cast of Rent on Tuesday, May 29

Ghostlight Records will release the original cast album of the Broadway musical High Fidelity on May 15, 2007

The American premiere production of Coram Boy opened at Broadway's Imperial Theatre, and a star-studded after-party followed at Tavern on the Green!

The American premiere production of Coram Boy opened at Broadway's Imperial Theatre on May 2nd, and BroadwayWorld was there for the star-studded event!

Performances of the National Theatre of Great Britain's American premiere production of Coram Boy begin tonight, Monday, April 16th at Broadway's Imperial Theatre (249 West 45th Street).

The box office for CORAM BOY, the National Theatre of Great Britain's American premiere production of the play adapted by Helen Edmundson from the award-winning novel by Jamila Gavin, with direction by Melly Still, will open at the Imperial Theatre on Monday, March 26 at 10:00 a.m.

Full casting has been announced for the Broadway company of CORAM BOY, the National Theatre of Great Britain's American premiere production of the play adapted by Helen Edmundson from the award-winning novel by Jamila Gavin, with direction by Melly Still. CORAM BOY will begin preview performances on Monday, April 16 and will open on Wednesday, May 2 at Broadway's Imperial Theatre (249 West 45 Street).