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Nominees for the 2006 Tony Awards got together to meet the press on Thursday, May 18th and BroadwayWorld.com was there to capture them all!

Announced this morning and reported on live at BroadwayWorld.com, we've got all the nominees for the 2006 Tony Awards, which will be broadcast on CBS on Sunday, June 11th.

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.

The Tony Awards Administration Committee met today to decide eligibility of thirteen Broadway productions for the 2006 American Theatre Wing's Tony Awards®, presented by the League of American Theatres and Producers and the American Theatre Wing.

T. Oliver Reid, of The Wedding Singer was chosen as the latest winner of the Gypsy Robe. A ceremony was held before the show's opening night on April 27, 2006 and BroadwayWorld was there!

Nominations for the 51 st Annual Drama Desk Awards were announced today at The New York Friars Club by theater notables Marvin Hamlisch and Donna McKechnie, who revealed the nominees for the 2005/2006 theater season in front of a crowd of theater professionals at the press conference this morning.

'The Pajama Game' Heads the List with 8 Nominations followed by 'Grey Gardens' with 7 Nominations and 'The Drowsy Chaperone' and 'Jersey Boys' with 6 Nominations

The Drama League (Jano Herbosch, President; Roger T. Danforth and Gabriel Shanks, Co-Managing Directors) proudly announces nominations for the 2005-06 Drama League Awards, to be awarded at the 72nd Annual Drama League Awards Ceremony and Luncheon on Friday, May 5, 2006 (Noon) at the Marriott Marquis Hotel in Times Square.

Lestat, which is in previews at the Palace Theatre, will open on April 25th

Lestat, the new Elton John-Bernie Taupin musical, will open at the Palace Theatre on April 25th

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On May 8th, Jenna Leigh Green will host Monday Nights, New Voices at the Duplex; the evening will feature Sara Schmidt, Nikki Renee Daniels, Kathy Deitch and more

In celebration of the opening of Warner Bros. Theatre Ventures' inaugural production Lestat, a multitude of events will be held all around Manhattan throughout the month of April

The Douglas J. Cohen musical The Opposite of Sex--previously seen in San Francisco--will be one of the shows presented as part of this summer's Williamstown Theatre Festival

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Elton John and Bernie Taupin's big-budget vampire musical Lestat, based on books by Anne Rice, is now set to begin Broadway previews on March 25th

Friday on PBS/Thirteen, THEATER TALK present's its 2006 Spring Preview. MICHAEL MUSTO of The Village Voice; PATRICK PACHECO of Show People; as well as ROBERT SIMONSON, editor of Playbill On-Line, join MICHAEL RIEDEL and SUSAN HASKINS to discuss new productions opening on Broadway, this season.

In preparation for the Broadway run, Jonathan Butterell has joined the production as creative consultant to provide an objective overview as it undergoes revisions. To accommodate these revisions, LESTAT will now begin previews at the Palace Theatre (1564 Broadway at 47th Street) on Saturday, March 25, 2006, and open on Tuesday, April 25, 2006.

A week into performances of Lestat in San Francisco Warner Brother's Theatre Ventures has announced that they will be recasing the role of Armand, which was being played by Jack Noseworthy.

Casting and plot have been announced for the Twyla Tharp-Bob Dylan collaboration The Times They Are A-Changin,' which will feature Michael Arden, Jenn Colella and Paul Kandel

Amazon.com has put up 'Make Me As You Are,' a song from Lestat, as part of its Amazon.com A-List for Hurricane Relief project

Tickets for the upcoming Elton John musical Lestat are currently on sale through November 12th for holders of an American Express card

Beginning Monday, October 3, Howard McGillin, Broadway's longest-running Phantom, will return to the title role in THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA at The Majestic Theatre.

LESTAT stars Hugh Panaro in the title role, Carolee Carmello as Gabrielle, Jack Noseworthy as Armand, Jim Stanek as Louis, Roderick Hill as Nicolas, Michael Genet as Marius and Allison Fischer as Claudia.