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OyamO's Killa Dilla, directed by Andre De Shields, will be presented off-Broadway from January 5th through 13th

Actors' Equity Association has filed an Unfair Labor Practice (ULP) charge with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) against the Supper Club and its owner over the show The Rat Pack is Back

The off-Broadway spectacular Slava's Snowshow has earned the best weekly box-office gross of its 16-month run

Matthew Modine, Jane Adams and Maximilian Schell are among the actors who will join Neve Campbell in the London premiere of Arthur Miller's Resurrection Blues, directed by Robert Altman

Geraldine Hughes, who played over 20 characters in her off-Broadway hit Belfast Blues, has been cast opposite Sylvester Stallone in Rocky Balboa, the sixth and final installment in the Rocky series

The Irish Repertory Theatre's production of Shaw's Mrs. Warren's Profession will now run through February 19th

George E. Harris, a pioneer in the 1960s Off-Off-Broadway movement and a theatre, film and TV veteran, passed away on December 29th

For the week ending January 1, 2006, WICKED, the musical that tells the untold story of the Witches of Oz, had the highest weekly box office gross of any show in Broadway history: $1,610,934 (the record was previously held by The Producers, which grossed $1,600,243 for the week ending January 4, 2004, during Nathan Lane and Matthew Broderick's return engagement).

DOUBT has broken the house record at the Walter Kerr Theatre for the eighth time, grossing $603,566 for nine performances for the week of December 26-January 1. DOUBT had previously set a record of $550,109 for the week of July 11-17, 2005.

On Monday, January 9th, the Ring of Fire box office will open at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre (243 West 47th Street). Ring of Fire will begin previews on Broadway on Wednesday, February 8th, 2006 and opens officially on Sunday, March 12th, 2006.

MANHATTAN THEATRE CLUB will present its annual Winter Benefit, 'An Intimate Night,' an evening of cocktails and dinner followed by a special one-night-only cabaret-style show featuring Tony Award winning Broadway stars, Donna McKechnie and Brian Stokes Mitchell.

Before the glitz and before the glamour, there was just a street called Broadway reaching for the stars.....

On January 16th, stars such as Kate Baldwin, Celia Keenan-Bolger, Stephen Pasquale and Max Von Essen will perform in the song cycle Forward

BroadwayWorld was there as stars ushered in 2006 at the New Year's Eve bash at Tony's DiNapoli Restaurant in Times Square

David Javerbaum, the five-time Emmy Award-winning writer of The Daily Show, is co-writing a musical about former Secretary of the Interior James Watt entitled Watt?!?

A full cast and creative team--including choreographer Christopher Gattelli--have been announced for the romantic musical comedy I Love You Because, which stars Stephanie D'Abruzzo and opens February 14th

Monty Python's Spamalot has once again broken the Shubert Theatre house record

After an extended sold-out run at Tribeca Performing Arts Centre, Gelfman International, the producers of MOSCOW CATS THEATRE, announced today that the international family smash hit from Russia will transfer to the Lamb's Theatre (130 W 44th St) for an open-ended run beginning February 3.

Acting Up Stage Theatre Company presents the Toronto premiere of the international hit, john & jen opening January 26 to February 11, 2006 at the Walmer Centre Theatre in Toronto.