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She escaped from her convent and, assuming masculine attire, made her way to the New World

BroadwayWorld was there for the opening night party of Defiance, the new John Patrick Shanley drama that opened on February 28th

Nick Cearley, in his cabaret debut, will perform alongside Sweeney Todd's Lauren Molina in The Most Overdone Songs Ever at the Duplex Cabaret Theatre (61 Christopher Street) on the first Sunday of every month from now through June 4th

Audience Plays Significant Role in Actor's Performance of I Am My Own Wife

Charles Grodin's play The Right Kind of People will end its limited run on March 5th

Michael Riedel reports in today's New York Post, that rumors regarding Hugh Jackman's return to Broadway in 'Stop the World, I Want to Get Off' is false, and that Jackman instead is 'dead set' on Pal Joey.

Mirvish Subscription Season 2006-07 7 GREAT SHOWS Highlights include: The World Premiere of MARTIN SHORT: FAME BECOMES ME; The Canadian Premiere of MONTY PYTHON'S SPAMALOT; legendary stars Joan Collins and Linda Evans in LEGENDS!; and the return of THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA

Stephen Sondheim's Sweeney Todd is a dark tale which is supposed to thrill and entertain in the blackest of ways. It highlights the story of a murderous demon barber who starts to dispense with locals after forming a business partnership with the owner of the local pie shop.

Danny Gurwin and Sally Wilfert will be among the performers celebrating the songs of the musically versatile Arthur Schwartz in the New-York Historical Society's March 6th benefit concert

Broadway actor Tituss Burgess, currently performing in Jersey Boys, will perform a night of all original R & B music on Monday, March 13th

Geoffrey Nauffts has joined the cast of the upcoming revival of Herman Wouk's The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial in the role of Lt. Thomas Keefer

Some of the biggest names in film and theatre will turn out to pay tribute to Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Horton Foote at Signature Theatre Company's annual gala, which will be held on Monday, March 13th

The New York Innovative Theatre Awards (the IT Awards), the organization dedicated to celebrating Off-Off-Broadway, will devote March 18th and 19th to two evenings celebrating performance art

On February 28th, the League of American Theatres and Producers launched the Brooklyn phase of 'Family First Nights,' a national program designed for at-risk families to attend theatre together on a regular basis

British playwright Sir Alan Ackybourn is recovering in the hospital after suffering a stroke

Alec Baldwin, currently starring in Roundabout Theatre Company's revival of Entertaining Mr. Sloane, will appear on NBC's 'Late Night with Conan O'Brien' on Friday, March 3rd

Presented as a benefit for Partial Comfort Productions, BATTLE OF THE BARDS is a one-night-only theater competition pitting seven of New York City's hottest emerging theater companies against each other in a stage-fight to the finish.

Martin Short: Fame Becomes Me will play Toronto's Canon Theatre from May 27 - July 2, 2006.

Wicked, Avenue Q, Caroline or Change, Evita and Spamalot join a long list of musical productions opening in 2006..

Alan Menken's Sister Act musical will play Atlanta's Alliance Theatre from January 17th through February 25th, 2007, after playing the Pasadena Playhouse in fall of 2006

On March 1st, Rabbit Hole star Cynthia Nixon will appear on 'The Tony Danza Show'

Tickets for the upcoming revival of Herman Wouk's The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial--starring David Schwimmer, will go on sale to Visa card holders on March 11th and to the general public on March 23rd