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Gregory Maguire's new novel, Son of a Witch, will take up 10 years after Wicked to tell the story of Elphaba's son, Liir; the book will officially be released on September 27th

Take part in the Gay Pride March on June 26th under the banner of the Matthew Shepard Foundation

Playwright/actor Charles Busch will emcee True Colors: A Celebration of Music and Dance at Lincoln Center at the Rose Theatre on June 23rd

Variety reports that the production has been pushed, and that co-directors Jerry Mitchell and Jack O'Brien have left the production.

Due to the absence of James Earl Jones due to pneunomia, the show will close on June 26 if the star doesn't return.

Robert Osborne is the latest to lend his insights to the Afterwords discussions that follow the off-Broadway hit Orson's Shadow at the Barrow Street Theatre; Osborne will appear on June 22nd

Sponsored by furniture designers Mitchell Gold, Cyndi Lauper and a number of unnamed Broadway performs will entertain passengers on the R Family Vacation's 2nd annual cruise on the Norwegian Dawn, which departs on July 10th

Lisa Ebersole's new play Brothers will make its debut at the Paradise Factory, where it will run from July 21st to August 14th

Jason Robert Brown's Parade will make its UK debut at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival from August 9th to 28th

Film and stage star Al Pacino will star in a Los Angeles workshop of Lyle Kessler's tense play Orphans in July and August; neither specific dates nor a theatre have been announced

The fourth annual Downtown Urban Theatre Festival (DUFT) will feature a number of plays performed at the Cherry Lane Theatre from June 22nd to July 2nd

Cabaret star Alice Frazier will headline the June 23rd show of Scott Barbarino & The Cosmopolitans Variety Hour at Iridium Jazz Club on June 23rd

A benefit reading of John Epperson's Medea-based comedy My Deah will be presented at the Manhattan Ensemble Theatre on June 27th with Joanna Gleason, Chris Sarandon and John Glover as stars

Trevor Nunn's Olivier Award-winning production of My Fair Lady will come to Broadway in 2006 for its 50th anniversary after touring in the UK

Los Angeles' Reprise! will offer its outdoor Best of Broadway at the Ford Amphitheatre on July 30th at 8:30 PM

James Barbour, Stephanie D'Abruzzo, Josh Groban, Anne Hathaway, Eric McCormack and more have been enlisted to perform in the all-star Stephen Sondheim's 75th: the Concert at the Hollywood Bowl on July 8th

The sixth annual Midtown International Theatre Festival will play from July 18th to August 7th in a number of theatre spaces

BROADWAY BARES 15: 'Take Two and Call Me In the Morning' was a fever-inducing success with a record breaking $654,000 raised to benefit Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS.

Missing Paper Mill's intimate production would be the crime of the century... and it's only 2005

Suzanne Somers will star as The Girl in the Thunderbird in a one-woman musical show that begins previews at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre on July 8th for a July 17th opening

Mandy Patinkin starred in a gala concert at Carnegie Hall on June 16th in which theatre legends Anne Jackson and Elli Wallach were also honored

Broadway Bares 15 took place on June 19th, raising a record-breaking amount of money for Broadway Cares and BroadwayWorld was backstage - camera in hand!

Kerry Butler, along with Cheryl Freeman, Tyler Maynard, Anika Larsen and Karen Olivo, will star in Tina Landau's staging of Kirsten Childs' new work, Miracle Brothers, which opens on August 25th at the Vineyard Theatre