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The acclaimed comedy team of Steve Hayes and Tom Cayler return to the New York this fall to reprise their newest comedy 'STORIES WE TELL OURSELVES' after a sold-out run this summer.

The 2009 Regional Theatre Tony Award winning-Signature Theatre presents the world premiere theater event First You Dream': The Music of Kander & Ebb, September 10 through 27, 2009. A tribute to Broadway's most celebrated songwriting partnership - from Cabaret to Chicago to Curtains - Signature pulls out the stops with Broadway's Heidi Blickenstaff, James Clow, Norm Lewis, Julia Murney, Matthew Scott, and Eleasha Gamble and a 19-piece orchestra, plus staging and set design by Artistic Director Eric Schaeffer and choreography by Karma Camp.

David Elzer, Peter Schneider and Crooning Crabcakes, LLC are thrilled to announce that the critically-acclaimed (LA Times CRITICS' CHOICE, Backstage CRITIC'S PICK, LA WEEKLY GO!) smash-hit world premiere production of LIFE COULD BE A DREAM, written and directed by Roger Bean (The Marvelous Wonderettes) with choreography by Lee Martino (Reprise On Your Toes, On The Town) and musical direction by Michael Paternostro (Kiss of the Spider Woman, Thrill Me) is EXTENDING through Sunday, October 25 at the Hudson Mainstage Theatre, 6539 Santa Monica Blvd. in Hollywood.

Up and coming young actor Michael Mahany, star of the current Theatre of the Stars touring production of Disney's HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL talks about his journey with the show to The Grand Rapids Press.

The 2009 Regional Theatre Tony Award winning-Signature Theatre presents the world premiere theater event First You Dream': The Music of Kander & Ebb, September 10 through 27, 2009. A tribute to Broadway's most celebrated songwriting partnership - from Cabaret to Chicago to Curtains - Signature pulls out the stops with Broadway's Heidi Blickenstaff, James Clow, Norm Lewis, Julia Murney, Matthew Scott, and Eleasha Gamble and a 19-piece orchestra, plus staging and set design by Artistic Director Eric Schaeffer and choreography by Karma Camp.

Signature Theatre, winner of the 2009 Regional Theatre Tony Award®, celebrates its 20th anniversary this season from August 11, 2009 through June 20, 2010. The season begins with the Broadway hit Dirty Blonde, a comedy with music about the notorious film legend Mae West starring Tony Award®-nominee Emily Skinner.

David Elzer, Peter Schneider and Crooning Crabcakes, LLC are thrilled to present a brand new show from the writer/director of the smash-hit musical sensation, The Marvelous Wonderettes, LIFE COULD BE A DREAM, written and directed by Roger Bean with choreography by Lee Martino (Reprise On Your Toes, On The Town) and musical direction by Michael Paternostro (Kiss of the Spider Woman, Thrill Me).

Lyric Stage and Imagination Celebration Fort Worth are proud to present Tony Award winning Broadway star Betty Buckley in her hometown debut of BETTY BUCKLEY: BROADWAY BY REQUEST featuring Seth Rudetsky, pianist/comedian and Sirius Satellite Radio Talk Show Host.

Lyric Stage and Imagination Celebration Fort Worth are proud to present Tony Award winning Broadway star Betty Buckley in her hometown debut of BETTY BUCKLEY: BROADWAY BY REQUEST featuring Seth Rudetsky, pianist/comedian and Sirius Satellite Radio Talk Show Host.

David Elzer, Peter Schneider and Crooning Crabcakes, LLC are thrilled to present a brand new show from the writer/director of the smash-hit musical sensation, The Marvelous Wonderettes, LIFE COULD BE A DREAM, written and directed by Roger Bean with choreography by Lee Martino (Reprise On Your Toes, On The Town) and musical direction by Michael Paternostro (Kiss of the Spider Woman, Thrill Me).

Signature Theatre, winner of the 2009 Regional Theatre Tony Award®, celebrates its 20th anniversary this season from August 11, 2009 through June 20, 2010. The season begins with the Broadway hit Dirty Blonde, a comedy with music about the notorious film legend Mae West starring Tony Award®-nominee Emily Skinner.

BroadwayWorld Congratulates Alice Ripley, 2009 Tony Award Winner, 'Best Leading Actress in a Musical'

BroadwayWorld Congratulates Gregory Clarke, 2009 Tony Award Winner, 'Best Sound Design of a Play'

The Canadian Stage Company is pleased to announce the second Festival of Ideas and Creation at the Berkeley Street Theatre, 26 Berkeley Street, Toronto, June 8 to 27, 2009. The three-week festival offers public, youth, artist and industry programming and features more than 350 theatre luminaries, emerging artists and youth in over 75 live events, most of them free.

Two-time Tony Award winners NATHAN LANE (The Producers, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum) and BEBE NEUWIRTH (Chicago, Sweet Charity) will star as Gomez and Morticia in THE ADDAMS FAMILY, a new musical based on the bizarre and beloved family of characters created by legendary cartoonist Charles Addams. Produced by Stuart Oken, Roy Furman, Michael Leavitt and Five Cent Productions, by special arrangement with Elephant Eye Theatrical, THE ADDAMS FAMILY will open on Broadway Thursday, April 8, 2010 at a Nederlander theatre to be announced. Previews will begin Thursday, March 4, 2010 following a pre-Broadway engagement at the Ford Center for the Performing Arts, Oriental Theatre in Chicago that begins November 13.

The West Coast Premiere of Make Me A Song: The Music of William Finn, will grace the stage of The Covina Center for the Performing Arts as part of the Festival of New American Musicals.

BroadwayWorld Presents The 2009 Tony Award Nominees: 'Best Sound Design Of A Play'

BroadwayWorld Presents The 2009 Tony Award Nominees: 'Best Performance By A Leading Actress In A Musical'

At a black-tie Gala Benefit on Monday night at the Embassy of Italy, Signature Theatre feted Stephen Sondheim, the greatest living composer/lyricist of American musical theatre, with both music and a new award established in the composer's name. The theatre company, nationally known for its Sondheim productions, inaugurated the ?Sondheim Award' which will be presented annually to individuals for their career contributions in interpreting, supporting, and collaborating on Mr. Sondheim's musical works.

The West Coast Premiere of Make Me A Song: The Music of William Finn, will grace the stage of The Covina Center for the Performing Arts as part of the Festival of New American Musicals.

On April 5, 2009. Broadway in Concert! at the Canyon ushers in Spring with Southland musical theatre stars Peter Welkin and Shannon Watson in From Broadway to Film and Back Again, a thrilling journey featuring music from Broadway that made its way into films; and music from films that became Broadway shows.

On April 5, 2009. Broadway in Concert! at the Canyon ushers in Spring with Southland musical theatre stars Peter Welkin and Shannon Watson in From Broadway to Film and Back Again, a thrilling journey featuring music from Broadway that made its way into films; and music from films that became Broadway shows.

Passion, piety, and the enticement of power sparks a once in a lifetime historic event. Based on the enduring account of a young scholar's rise to the papacy, and brought to life by the original producer of HAIR on Broadway, this musical extravaganza unleashes one of the most controversial stories in the history of mankind. A cast of 26 professionals, an award winning team, and live music create this stunning premiere, for a limited run at the Stella Adler Theatre in Hollywood.

Signature Theatre's Artistic Director Eric Schaeffer today announced Signature's 20th anniversary season, saluting the two decades that have led the company to its position as one of the nation's leading forces in musical theater. The company will present a world premiere musical through its innovative American Musical Voices Project; a masterpiece by the composer for which the company is renowned, Stephen Sondheim; the Washington premiere of a recent Broadway hit; and the reinvention of a classic musical, supporting Signature's 'much-deserved reputation for excellence in revisionist musical theater' (Chicago Tribune).

Michael Rubinoff and Lindsey Steinberg announced today that DOG SEES GOD: Confessions of a Teenage Blockhead, the hit off-Broadway play by Bert V. Royal, will have its Canadian premiere at Toronto's Six Degrees, 2335 Yonge Street, beginning March 13 for a limited four week engagement.