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Rob Gibson, Executive & Artistic Director of Savannah Music Festival (SMF), has announced that Tony Award-winning actor John Rubinstein will join Daniel Hope & Friends on stage at Lucas Theatre of the Arts on April 5 for the world premiere performance of Marc Neikrug's newest work, Death Cell Memoirs of an Extraterrestrial.

Reprise Theatre Company's 2011-2012 season features two classic American musicals at UCLA's Freud Playhouse - "Cabaret" (September 13 to September 25, 2011), based on the play by John Van Druten and stories by Christopher Isherwood, music by John Kander, lyrics by Fred Ebb, Broadway production directed by Harold Prince; "The Baker's Wife" (February 14 to 26, 2012), with book by Joseph Stein and music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz, based on the film 'La Femme de Boulanger' by Marcel Pagnol and Jean Giono; and a third production to be announced, which will play April 17 to 29, 2012.

Reprise Theatre Company's 2011-2012 season features two classic American musicals at UCLA's Freud Playhouse - "Cabaret" (September 13 to September 25, 2011), based on the play by John Van Druten and stories by Christopher Isherwood, music by John Kander, lyrics by Fred Ebb, Broadway production directed by Harold Prince; "The Baker's Wife" (February 14 to 26, 2012), with book by Joseph Stein and music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz, based on the film 'La Femme de Boulanger' by Marcel Pagnol and Jean Giono; and a third production to be announced, which will play April 17 to 29, 2012. Jason Alexander is the artistic director of Reprise Theatre Company.

Broadway's Ben Vereen will release a new live album entitled, 'Steppin' Out With Ben Vereen' on February 15. To be released with Sh-K-Boom Records, the album features Vereen's July 2010 performance at Hartford Stage.

Reprise Theatre Company presents Barbara Cook in Concert. It will have one performance only on Monday, May 16 at 8:00 pm, at UCLA's Freud Playhouse. Barbara Cook in Concert is the latest in Reprise Theatre Company's tradition of presenting Broadway stars and legendary entertainers in concert, which have included Patti LuPone, Carol Burnett, Sutton Foster, Ben Vereen, Kristin Chenoweth, and Brian Stokes Mitchell.

Manhattan Theatre Club will present its annual Winter Benefit, an evening of cocktails and dinner followed by a special one-night-only cabaret-style show featuring some of the biggest stars of musical theatre on Monday, January 24, 2011 at The Plaza (58th Street & Fifth Avenue).

Once upon a time, a young prince named Pippin, son of King Charlemagne the Great, set out to discover the secret of happiness and fulfillment - in a show-stopping Broadway musical production that opened in 1972 and ran for 1,944 performances.

Broadway's Ben Vereen will release a new live album entitled, 'Steppin' Out With Ben Vereen' on February 15. To be released with Sh-K-Boom Records, the album features Vereen's July 2010 performance at Hartford Stage.

Once upon a time, a young prince named Pippin, son of King Charlemagne the Great, set out to discover the secret of happiness and fulfillment - in a show-stopping Broadway musical production that opened in 1972 and ran for 1,944 performances.

Manhattan Theatre Club will present its annual Winter Benefit, an evening of cocktails and dinner followed by a special one-night-only cabaret-style show featuring some of the biggest stars of musical theatre on Monday, January 24, 2011 at The Plaza (58th Street & Fifth Avenue).

With sales surpassing the two million mark, the Grammy® award-winning original cast recording of Wicked has officially been certified double platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America. Since its opening, the production has continued to captivate audiences and currently ranks in the top 20 of Broadway's longest running shows, having played over 2,910 performances to date.

With sales surpassing the two million mark, the Grammy® award-winning original cast recording of Wicked has officially been certified double platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America. Since its opening, the production has continued to captivate audiences and currently ranks in the top 20 of Broadway's longest running shows, having played over 2,910 performances to date. BroadwayWorld.com was on hand as composer Stephen Schwartz was presented with a commemorative plaque following the matinee performance at The Gershwin Theater on November 10, 2010.

The Broadway community mourns the loss of Jill Clayburgh, who passed away November 5th at age 66. The marquees of Broadway theatres in New York will be dimmed in her memory tonight, November 9, at exactly 7:00 p.m. for one minute.

With sales surpassing the two million mark, the Grammy® award-winning original cast recording of Wicked has officially been certified double platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America. Since its opening, the production has continued to captivate audiences and currently ranks in the top 20 of Broadway's longest running shows, having played over 2,910 performances to date.

During the 2010-2011 and 2011-2012 seasons, 33 U.S. opera companies both large and small and from coast to coast will perform works - including nine world premieres - by American composers, announced OPERA America, the national service organization for opera.

An audition notice has went out for the upcoming Broadway production of GODSPELL, noting that performances will begin in the Spring/Summer of 2011. Specific dates and a theatre are as of yet unnamed.

'I murdered Mozart!' rings out across Europe from Composer Antonio Salieri on his death-bed. Salieri had been the toast of Europe. He had been a devout Catholic all his life. He made a pact with God that he would be the vessel through which God's music would spring. All was good until Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart arrives in Vienna. In horror Salieri determines that it is Mozart instead who is his God's chosen voice.

'I murdered Mozart!' rings out across Europe from Composer Antonio Salieri on his death-bed. Salieri had been the toast of Europe. He had been a devout Catholic all his life. He made a pact with God that he would be the vessel through which God's music would spring. All was good until Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart arrives in Vienna. In horror Salieri determines that it is Mozart instead who is his God's chosen voice. Mozart's music proves it; God had broken their pact. Salieri now makes a terrible new vow: to block God on earth and teach Him a lesson, using Mozart as the means to that end.

'I murdered Mozart!' rings out across Europe from Composer Antonio Salieri on his death-bed. Salieri had been the toast of Europe. He had been a devout Catholic all his life. He made a pact with God that he would be the vessel through which God's music would spring. All was good until Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart arrives in Vienna. In horror Salieri determines that it is Mozart instead who is his God's chosen voice.

Six decades ago, GARSON KANIN, director and playwright of productions such as A Man to Remember and Funny Girl, premiered his classic Broadway play, The Rat Race, on the Great White Way. On the play's 60th anniversary, The Greene Space in collaboration with Yorinks Theater Group celebrates the master American storyteller with two days of dialogue, film and a world premiere performance.

Six decades ago, GARSON KANIN, director and playwright of productions such as A Man to Remember and Funny Girl, premiered his classic Broadway play, The Rat Race, on the Great White Way. On the play's 60th anniversary, The Greene Space in collaboration with Yorinks Theater Group celebrates the master American storyteller with two days of dialogue, film and a world premiere performance.

Six decades ago, GARSON KANIN, director and playwright of productions such as A Man to Remember and Funny Girl, premiered his classic Broadway play, The Rat Race, on the Great White Way. On the play's 60th anniversary, The Greene Space in collaboration with Yorinks Theater Group celebrates the master American storyteller with two days of dialogue, film and a world premiere performance.

Jazz at Lincoln Center will present 'The Music of Fats Waller' on April 16 and 17 at 8 PM in the Rose Theater. Tony winning Broadway entertainer, singer, and dancer Ben Vereen will serve as host for the event as well as perform.

Jazz at Lincoln Center will present 'The Music of Fats Waller' on April 16 and 17 at 8 PM in the Rose Theater. Tony winning Broadway entertainer, singer, and dancer Ben Vereen will serve as host for the event as well as perform.

The Irish Arts Center and 1407 Productions LLC announce a world premiere concert performance of TRANSPORT, a new musical by Thomas Keneally and Larry Kirwan, directed by Tony Walton, as part of the Irish Arts Center New Plays Partnership Series.