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BroadwayWorld was there for The Broadway Musicals of 1956, the latest edition of the popular Broadway by the Year series, featuring Christine Andreas, Brent Barrett, Marc Kudisch and director Emily Skinner, among others

Sandra Bernhard returned to New York with her new show Sandra Bernhard: EVERYTHING BAD AND BEAUTIFUL, which began previews on Wednesday, March 29th at the Daryl Roth Theatre, 101 East 15th Street on Union Square. Opening night is set for April 5th.

Dozens of stars--among them Harry Connick Jr., Kelli O'Hara, Denis O'Hare and Natasha Richardson--turned out for the Roundabout Theatre Company's 2006 spring gala on April 3rd

As with the Shaw Project's previous staged readings, You Never Can Tell--set for April 17th--will feature a star-studded cast led by Tovah Feldshuh, Malcolm Gets, George S. Irving, Elena Shaddow and Paxton Whitehead

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'Conched!'- a children's musical promoting tolerance and environmental awareness

On April 3rd, the Cherry Lane Theatre's gala celebrated the reopened, renovated theatre and also honored playwrights Edward Albee and David Henry Hwang

Private Lives is this writer's favorite Noel Coward play

Martha Plimpton, Chris Sarandon, Jackie Hoffman and others appeared in Addictions, three new one-act plays by Tricia Walsh-Smith, at a one-night-only benefit performance on April 3rd

On April 19th, Scott Bakula, currenty starring in Ford's Theatre's Shenandoah in D.C., will be the luncheon speaker at the National Press Club

Stephen Schwartz will perform some of his songs and discuss the relevance of Pippin at the 5th Avenue Theatre in Seattle on April 9th

Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Sweet Charity, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, Altar Boyz and more make their L.A. premieres in 2006-07!

Nominees for the 2006 Lucille Lortel Awards have been announced

She launched her career back in 1988, blowing away her competition week after week on 'Star Search' and that was just the beginning for Linda Eder.

On May 18th, New Dramatists will present Chita Rivera with a Career Achievement Awrd

Though recently extended through June 18th, Sherry Glaser's one-woman, five-character play is now set to close early at 37 Arts on April 9th

In May, Back Stage Books will publish Just Outside the Spotlight: Growing Up With Eileen Heckart by her son Luke Yankee, with a foreword by Mary Tyler Moore