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Following five sold out performances at Second Stage Theatre last year, Annabelle Gurwitch and an all-new collection of 'recently let go' professionals will return to Second Stage Theatre for another one-night-only performance of FIRED!

The Duplex Cabaret Theatre continues its popular CINEMA DUPLEX series on Sunday, April 17th with a special screening of Charles Busch's hilarious film parody, Die, Mommie, Die!

The National Corporate Theatre Fund (NCTF) celebrated with its Annual Chairman's Awards Gala on Monday, April 4th at New York's Essex House.

On Thursday 12 May 2005 the Delfont Room will throw its doors open in style once again for an evening of post-show entertainment.

The first in a series of parties celebrating BC/EFA and the theatre community.

The League Of Off-Broadway Theatres And Producers is proud to announce the nominations for THE 20TH ANNUAL LUCILLE LORTEL AWARDS FOR OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT OFF-BROADWAY, which will be presented on Monday, May 2nd at Dodger Stages (340 West 50th Street) at 7 PM. A late night supper will follow at Ruth's Chris Steak House (148 West 51st Street). A cocktail reception to congratulate all of the nominees will be held on April 18th at Ruby Foo's Uptown (2182 Broadway at 77th Street).

Tony award winners Karen Ziemba and Donna McKechnie, Urinetown's Jeff McCarthy, City of Angels's Leslie Denniston, and Tony-nominated Lara Teeter will star in Barrington Stage Company's production of James Goldman's and Stephen Sondheim's masterpiece Follies. Broadway veteran Marni Nixon will also be featured. Artistic Director Julianne Boyd will direct and Lara Teeter will choreograph. Follies, presented in celebration of Sondheim's 75th birthday, will run from June 23 through July 16 at the Consolati Performing Arts Center, Sheffield, MA.

NEIL BERG presents his ALL NEW tribute to the Great White Way, 100 YEARS OF BROADWAY, at the newly renovated 800-seat Tarrytown Music Hall on Saturday, May 21, 2005, at 8PM.

The Jeanne Rimsky Theater at Landmark on Main Street proudly presents multi-talented singer, dancer and actress Donna McKechnie in her new cabaret act, “Gypsy in My Soul” on Saturday, May 7th at 8:00 PM. Its theme is the musical journey she made to Broadway, the shows she’s toured in, her voyages to international stages and the progress she’s made in her craft.

The Shakespeare Society will present Shakespeare's Fathers and Daughters, moderated by Harvard Professor Marjorie Garber, author of the acclaimed Shakespeare After All, on Monday, April 18th at The Kaye Playhouse at Hunter College (68th Street between Park & Lexington Avenues) from 6:30 to 8:00 PM. Directed by Michael Sexton, Tony Award-winners Richard Easton (The Invention of Love) and Maryann Plunkett (Me and My Girl) along with Elizabeth Marvel (NYTW/Hedda Gabler) and Cherise Booth will perform scenes from several of Shakespeare's plays, including King Lear, Pericles, Much Ado About Nothing, and Romeo and Juliet.

Broadway and TV actress Audra McDonald will star in a special two performance concert of the Transport Group's Drama Desk nominated production of the OBIE award-winning musical First Lady Suite by Michael John LaChiusa, Tony Award nominated composer-lyricist ('Marie Christine' and 'The Wild Party') on Monday, May 2nd & Tuesday, May 3rd, 7:00 p.m. at the New-York Historical Society, 170 Central Park West at 77th Street.

Manhattan Theatre Club (Lynne Meadow, Artistic Director; Barry Grove, Executive Producer) is pleased to announce full casting for their upcoming world premiere production of AFTER THE NIGHT AND THE MUSIC by Elaine May, directed by Daniel Sullivan.

Contest Closed! Winners of the 'A Evening of Romance with Jim Brickman'

Stephen Sondheim's 'Passion' was presented from March 30th through April 1st as part of the American Songbook season and BroadwayWorld was there.

National Corporate Theatre Fund (NCTF) is pleased to announce its Annual Chairman's Awards Gala set to take place on Monday, April 4th at New York's Essex House. This year, NCTF Chairman James E. Buckley (KPMG) will honor Chris Campbell (Palace Production Center), Gordon Davidson (Founder & Artistic Director of Los Angeles' Center Theatre Group - Ahmanson, Mark Taper Forum & Kirk Douglas Theatres) and John Lithgow, currently starring in Dirty Rotten Scoundrels on Broadway.

Celebrating the release of As I Am, the Tony-winner tells us all about it, and talks about why she's one of the busiest performers in show biz.

The standards get new life in newcomer Nick Cearley's witty cabaret, which just ended its run at the Duplex.

Jason Robert Brown's 'Songs For A New World' will be performed as part of a benefit on May 1st at Symphony Space

Donna McKechnie and Karen Ziemba will headline Folles at the Barrington Stage Company from June 23rd-July 16th