The Corsair Photos Page 44 - Broadway

Westport Country Playhouse presents the comedy Relatively Speaking, written by Alan Ayckbourn and directed by John Tillinger, July 12 - 28.

The world premiere of David Epstein's Surface to Air, directed by Tony Award-winner James Naughton (City of Angels, Chicago, 'Ally McBeal'), runs July 11 - August 5, 2007 at Symphony Space

New York City Center's highly anticipated production of Gypsy, starring Patti LuPone, Boyd Gaines and Laura Benanti and directed by Arthur Laurents, recently opened as the first offering of the Encores! Summer Stars series!

New York City Center's highly anticipated production of Gypsy, starring Patti LuPone, Boyd Gaines and Laura Benanti and directed by Arthur Laurents, recently opened as the first offering of the Encores! Summer Stars series!

The York Theatre Company will present Bajour, with book by Ernest Kinoy and music and lyrics by Walter Marks

Curtis Holbrook was chosen as the Gypsy Robe Winner for Xanadu, which opened on Tuesday, July 10th at Broadway's Helen Hayes Theatre (240 West 44th Street) after beginning previews on May 23rd

Hairspray, New Line Cinema's film version of the Broadway smash, premiered in the L.A. on July 10th, and dozens of stars strolled down the red carpet to catch the eagerly anticipated movie musical!

Anna Mackmin's production of David Storey's 1969 drama In Celebration, featuring Orlando Bloom (Pirates of the Carribean) in his West End debut, runs at the Duke of York's Theatre from July 5, with press night on July 12.

The Drowsy Chaperone's JoAnne Worley took time out from her busy schedule to catch a performance of Forbidden Broadway: The Roast of Utopia, which spoofs The Drowsy Chaperone.

The first musical of the new Broadway season, Xanadu opened on Tuesday, July 10th at Broadway's Helen Hayes Theatre!

The first musical of the new Broadway season, Xanadu opened on Tuesday, July 10th at Broadway's Helen Hayes Theatre, and BroadwayWorld was there to capture the star-studded opening night party!

On July 10th, The League of Gentlemen's Steve Pemberton joined the cast of the London production of the five-time Tony Award winning The Drowsy Chaperone to play Man in Chair

New York City Center's production of Gypsy, starring Patti LuPone, Boyd Gaines and Laura Benanti and directed by Arthur Laurents, with musical direction by Patrick Vaccariello, is the first offering of the Encores! Summer Stars series, beginning July 9.

Back by popular demand, The Broadway Boys performed at the famed Birdland nightclub on July 9th at 7PM.

The Public Theater offered New Yorkers a free staged reading of Winter Miller's In Darfur in Central Park for one night only, on Monday, July 9th.

Rodgers and Hammerstein's South Pacific, the winner of nine Tony awards, including Best Musical, and the Pulitzer Prize, is revived in a brand new production for an extensive UK tour, starring West End musical theatre stalwart Dave Willetts and Helena Blackman, runner-up in BBC One's 'How Do You Solve a Problem Like Maria?.'

On July 6th, Raven Symone visited her 'That's So Raven' co-star Anneliese van der Pol backstage at Disney's Beauty and the Beast, in which van der Pol stars as Belle.

Performances for Idol: The Musical, described as 'a satirical new Off-Broadway musical described as 'a show based on the worship of Clay Aiken,' began Off-Broadway at the 45th Street Theatre on Thursday, July 5th.

Coincidence and a few days off from the Streisand European Tour, found actor Michael Arden and director Richard Jay-Alexander in London and invited by producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron to the splashy London premiere of the musical film version of HAIRSPRAY. The primary color carpet opening of the film was at the famed Odeon West End Cinema in Leicester Square. Richard, luckily for BWW, had his camera and snapped some pictures at the party at Studio Valbonne.