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The London Daily Mail reports that Tony-winner Jack O'Brien will direct The Phantom of Manhattan, the sequel to Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Phantom of the Opera. Bob Crowley is set to design.

Roger Bart, Broadway's manic doctor in Mel Brook's new musical Young Frankenstein, has been out of performances at the Hilton Theatre since October 13 matinee due to a lower back problem, states a show spokesperson.

Feline aficionado Andrew Lloyd Webber's kitten destroyed a little - but by no means all - of the composer's in-progress score to his The Phantom of the Opera follow-up.

Andrew Lloyd Webber will once again collaborate with David Zippel on his follow-up to The Phantom of the Opera

Andrew Lloyd Webber is interested in Sarah Brightman's possibly reprising her role as Christine in his previously announced follow-up to The Phantom of the Opera

After a jam-packed Autumn season last year, with 8 musicals in 8 weeks, the West End goes one better and gives us 10 musicals to look forward to over the summer months. With Broadway imports, popular reality TV cast musicals, new musicals and short-run revivals, there's certainly something for everyone, so read on for the full lowdown..

After last year's successful collaboration on How Do You Solve a Problem Like Maria, the BBC and Andrew Lloyd Webber have once again forces in launching Any Dream Will Do, a nationwide talent search to find a male lead for the West End's Joseph And The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. Exclusive footage of the twelve finalists for the role of Joseph is now available at www.andrewlloydwebber.com.

Andrew Lloyd Webber, the Tony Award-winning composer and impresario, has confirmed that he will indeed be going ahead with a previously announced sequel to his blockbuster hit The Phantom of the Opera.

Tony Award-winning composer and producer Andrew Lloyd Webber writes in his latest blog that he is considering a return to the Paris Opera House with a sequel to The Phantom of the Opera.

Linzi Hateley will join the cast of London's Mamma Mia! as Donna Sheridan on March 5th

Bernard, who took up dancing at age 25, is having an eventful season with 'Chicago': first filling in for Usher, and soon celebrating the revival's 10th anniversary.

Donny Osmond joined the cast of Beauty and the Beast as burly braggart Gaston on September 19th--the same day as returning Belle Sarah Uriarte Berry

Donny Osmond is currently in rehearsals for Disney's Beauty and the Beast; he will open in the show on September 19th

Donny Osmond begins rehearsals today for his role as Gaston in Disney's Beauty and the Beast

Donny Osmond will be making his return to Broadway as Gaston in Disney's BEAUTY AND THE BEAST.

Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schoenberg's THE PIRATE QUEEN, the spectacular new musical from the authors of Les Miserables and Miss Saigon, will play a pre-Broadway, World Premiere engagement in Chicago from October 3rd through November 26th, 2006.

David Cassidy's The Rat Pack is Back! Has Closed at The Supper Club

David Cassidy's The Rat Pack is Back will open on December 19th

David Cassidy's tribute to the show biz legends, The Rat Pack is Back, will hit New York beginning on November 17th; the show opens on December 12th

Aruba Productions and Buddy & Sally Productions will present the New York premiere of BINGO, a winning new musical opening Monday, November 7, 2005 at Off-Broadway's St. Luke's Theatre (308 West 46th Street).

Maria Friedman, the leading lady of the British musical theatre, makes her Broadway debut in London's smash hit musical, THE WOMAN IN WHITE, opening on Broadway Thursday, November 17th at the Marquis Theatre (211 W 45th St).

Awaken to a sinister and surreal fairytale world with the acclaimed Young Vic Theatre Company's reinterpretation of SLEEPING BEAUTY.