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Maria Tucci, Richard Easton, Tammy Grimes, and Judd Hirsch have signed on to appear in plays presented as part of the Food for Thought series of play readings at the Players Club (16 Gramercy Park South) this March.

On March 13th, the Liza Minnelli concert 'Liza with a 'Z' will receive a benefit screening for BC/EFA at the Ziegfeld Theatre

On March 1st, Marin Mazzie will guest star on the CBS sitcom 'Still Standing'

Harry Connick Jr, currently starring in Roundabout Theatre Company's revival of The Pajama Game will be a featured guest on CBS' 'Late Show with David Letterman' on Thursday, March 2nd at 11:30PM - 12:30 AM.

Rent choreographer Marlies Yearby will take part in an arts and health symposium at New Jersey's Montclair State University on March 3rd

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On March 6th, Cady Huffman, Alan Cumming and Liz Callaway will perfom at the American Legacy Foundation's anti-smoking event

John Patrick Shanley's play Defiance will open tonight, February 28th

Fresh from her sold out solo debut at Joe's Pub, Natalie Joy Johnson, star of the cult hit BARE, comes to the Cutting Room (19 West 24th Street) with Our Lady J and the Pink Champagne Orchestra on Wednesday, March 15th 2006.

The New York Musical Theatre Festival (NYMF) presented a one-night-only benefit concert, The Best of Fest Bash, on Monday, February 27 at Dodger Stages and BroadwayWorld was there!

Streep will take on the title role of Brecht's masterpiece in a summer 2006 production at Central Park's Delacorte Theatre

The New York Times reports that Liev Schreiber is headed to Central Park in the Public Theater's new production of Macbeth. Kicking off the Public Theater's new summer season, the show will be directed by Moises Kaufman, with performances to begin on June 13. More casting news is expected shortly.

Molly Ringwald will headline the national tour of Sweet Charity, which will launch in September of 2006

On March 13th, stars such as Euan Morton, David Burnham and Jackie Hoffman will take part in the 2nd Annual Broadway Purim Shpiel

On March 2nd, Entertaining Mr. Sloane's Alec Baldwin will appear on 'The View'

Joe Sikora has joined the cast of The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial, which begins Broadway previews on April 14th and opens on May 7th

Grosses for all the Broadway shows for the week ending 2/26/2006

Ewan McGregor, Neve Campbell and Kathleen Turner were among the performers who showed up for the starry 2006 Laurence Olivier Awards

Altar Boyz is holding an open casting call at Dodgers Stages on February 28th; the show will also reach its one-year anniversary on March 1st