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According to the League of American Theatres and Producers, Broadway ticket sales and attendance have been on a tremendous upswing over the past 20 weeks, marked by a particularly sizzling summer.

106.7 Lite fm regrets to announce the CANCELLATION of this Thursday’s (AUGUST 11th) performance of: “106.7 LITE FM Presents: BROADWAY IN BRYANT PARK”.

According to Bruce Kimmel on HainesHisWay.com, The Last Starfighter will get a recording on the Kritzerland Label

The Mikado, H.M.S. Pinafore and Trial by Jury will be presented as part of the New York Gilbert & Sullivan Players' 32nd anniversary season

Tony Award-winner Shirley Knight will return to New York stages in Cycling Past the Matterhorn, which will open off-Broadway on September 9th

Aaron Lazar and Chris Sarandon will take over as Fabrizio and Signor Naccarelli on September 2nd and 13th respectively

Dr. Sex, a new musical based on the lives of Dr. Alfred Kinsey, his wife and their boyfriend, will run from September 15th through October 30th

Casting is now set for the upcoming Shakespeare in the Park production of the musical version of The Two Gentlemen of Verona, which will run from August 16th through September 11th

The Actors' Theatre of Washington's production of Les Liaisons Dangereuses is sexy, bold and at times brilliant...just don't get tickets if you're under 18

Jones and Schmidt's 'musical fable' The Fantasticks will run off-Broadway from August 19th through August 28th

The New Jersey Performing Arts Center will present productions of The King and I, Evita, Cats, Chicago and Thoroughly Modern Millie for its 2005-2006 season

BroadwayWorld.com's Standing Ovations Broadway Cares / Equity Fights AIDS Benefit Concert returns to Joe's Pub on October 16th, directed by Richard Jay-Alexander.

Ruthie Henshall, Michael Ball, Honor Blackman and others have signed on to the Clear Channel Stage Experience, a program to help young performers

Fresh from being interviewed on 'Breakfast with the Arts,' All Shook Up's Cheyenne Jackson will appear with Jenn Gambatese on Good Morning America on August 10th and on 'All My Children' on September 14th

Legendary Broadway soprano Barbara Cook will make her Metropolitan Opera debut when she gives a concert on January 20th, 2006

Michael John LaChiusa will provide both songs and piano accompaniment for the female stars of The Girly Show at the Blank Theatre Company's 15th Anniversary Gala on August 15th

Pulitzer Prize-winner Suzan-Lori Parks has been tapped to write the book for the upcoming musical based on the life of soul legend Ray Charles

Grosses for all the Broadway shows for the week ending 8/7/2005

John Patrick Shanley's new play Defiance has been added to Manhattan Theatre Club's 2005-2006 season roster; it will open on February 28th

Stephanie D'Abruzzo, Michael Arden and Lisa Howard are some of the stars who have joined the August 14th concert The Sounds of Silence! And Other Inappropriate Showtunes

For eight performances (week ending Sunday, July 31, 2005) the National Tour of MAMMA MIA! grossed C$1,404,449.

Tickets the new James Lapine play Fran's Bed will go on sale on August 9th; the show runs at Playwrights Horizon from September 25th through October 9th

The Aquila Theatre Company will end the hiatus of its production of Twelfth Night on August 11th