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IDINA MENZEL, star of the original Broadway production of WICKED, will recreate her award-winning role in London in September for a limited season.

Rude Mechanical's production of 'Little Willy' forces the audience to take a new perspective on last names.

Harvey Fierstein and Dick Latessa will depart the Las Vegas production of Hairspary on April 30th, while Paul Vogt and Eddie Mekkla will take over on May 1st

The Tony Awards Administration Committee met today to decide eligibility of seven 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

Hudson Stage will present a staged reading of After All, a new play by Gina Barnett starring Walter Charles, at the Woodward Hall Theatre at Pace University from April 28th through May 13th

Lonny Price will direct Mary Pat Gleason's one-woman show Stopping Traffic, which will open Off-Broadway on June 7th

Michael Cerveris, Victoria Clark, Kelli O'Hara, Michael McKean, Felicia P. Fields, Rob Bartlett and the Jersey Boys have been announced as the hosts of the '20th Annual Easter Bonnet Competition,' which will be presented on Monday, April 24th and Tuesday, April 25th

The musical version of The Lord of the Rings has extended its run at Toronto's Princess of Wales Theatre to September 24th

A May 6th opening night has been set for A Spalding Gray matter, which will begin previews at the New Group on May 3rd and run through May 27th

Marjorie Gunner, the former president of the Outer Critics Circle, has taken on the title of President Emerita; she was honored with a Sardi's caricature

Dan Fogler, who won a Tony Award for his performance in The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, will be featured in a backers reading of Dan O'Brien's Voyage of the Carcass on Monday, April 24th

Love and Revenge, an evening created especially for LAByrinth by Tony Award and Pulitzer-Winning playwright John Patrick Shanley, will take place Monday, April 24

In July, Back Stage Books will publish Moss Hart: A Prince of the Theatre by Jared Brown

Dame Judi Dench has returned to the London stage in a revival of Noel Coward's Hay Fever, which opened at the Haymarket Theatre on April 19th

Shout! The Mod Musical will make its New York debut this summer at the Julia Miles Theatre with previews beginning July 11; opening night is July 27

The Barrington Theatre Company's first Musical Theatre Lab will feature workshops of three new shows, including one by the creators of Grey Gardens

The Storefront has announced the song list of its Tales of Joni tribute concert to Joni Mitchell, performed on April 23rd and 30th and featuring performers such as Liz McCartney and Jeff Blumenkrantz

Jesse Tyler Ferguson will headline a free play reading of Barry Levey's All the Way from China on April 24th

A performance of Encores!' Of Thee I Sing will follow City Center's benefit gala on May 15th