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Manhattan Theatre Club's Broadway production of Donald Margulies' BROOKLYN BOY opens tomorrow, February 3rd, at the Biltmore Theatre (261 West 47th Street).

The intense and gripping thriller The Gentle Hook, written by one of the world's most popular and prolific thriller writers Francis Durbridge, takes to the stage at the Theatre Royal Plymouth from Tuesday 22 February to Saturday 26 February 2005.

Combining the best of three previous CDs and 6 new tracks, 'Word Of Mouth' (released on DRG Records) will be Toxic Audio's first widely released album.

Jai Rodriguez performed xPosed, an autobiographic pop/rock rendition of his life for the Actors' Fund on January 31st.

With his February 4 show sold out, another performance has been added for February 21.

In a rare New York solo cabaret appearance, Andrea McArdle will take to the stage at Joe's Pub on Sunday night, March 13th at 9:30pm.

Tonight begins Roundabout Theatre Company's Twelve Angry Men 'Law & Audience' series: A four-week series of post-show discussions with cast members, prominent legal experts and jurors from recent famous trials.

On February 17th at 7:00 pm, Michele Helberg and Jamie McGonnigal will present a special one-night-only concert to benefit The Matthew Shepard Foundation. The concert will take place at the Westside Theatre at 407 West 43rd Street, the current home of the long-running off-Broadway hit, I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change.

On Tuesday, January 25, The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey's acclaimed educational touring company, Shakespeare LIVE!, will launch a six-month tour to schools and other venues with two of Shakespeare's most popular plays: A Midsummer Night's Dream and Macbeth.

Beginning Sunday, February 6th, tickets for Roundabout's A Streetcar Named Desire will be available by calling Roundabout Ticket Services at (212) 719-1300 or online at www.roundabouttheatre.org.

Annalee Jefferies gives a delightful performance in this one-woman tour de force.

Classic and new songs from rock composer Jim Steinman were presented in 'Over the Top.'

The stars came out to celebrate Comden & Green on Monday, January 31st at the Pierre Hotel for the Drama League's black tie affair.

Currently in Anyone Can Whistle at the Prince Theater, Chuck sounds off on his career, Dracula and more.

MUSIC AND LYRICS BY, an evening of new and emerging composers and lyricists took place on January 30th.

Ken takes you behind the scenes and more!

The original Off-Broadway cast sings a David Evans/Douglas J. Cohen score full of bright melody and clever words.

Including: Michael Ball replaces Crawford, Darren Day and fiance Suzanne Shaw go to Nazareth and David Blunkett lines up his musical debut!

Wicked was the #1 theatrical production of 2004 in terms of dollar value of secondary ticket sales, according to data released today by StubHub.com, a leading online ticket marketplace. The Lion King and The Producers rounded out StubHub.com's top 3.

Franc D'Ambrosio, who starred in the title role of Andrew Lloyd Webber's Tony Award winning musical The Phantom of the Opera for over six years, has just completed a special musical guest star appearance on the NBC Network special Brian Boitano's Skating Spectacular which first aired January 1, 2005 and has been scheduled for rebroadcast on January 29, 2005, 2:00 - 4:00 pm EST. In promotion of the special (preceding its first airing), Brian Boitano chose to perform to D'Ambrosio's extraordinary vocal rendition of 'What Kind of Fool Am I?' on The Today Show in late December, 2004.

On February 13, New York's historic Town Hall will be the setting for an extraordinary star-studded salute to the endurance and influence of Woodie King, Jr.'s New Federal Theatre (NFT), for 35 years a seminal force in the Black Arts Movement (BAM).

Learn more about LENNON by logging on to www.LennonTheMusical.com. After 9am EST on Saturday, January 29th, you can read Part 1 of an exclusive 3-part interview with director Don Scardino. Scardino will discuss the evolution of this new musical and the legend that is John Lennon.

2005 Nightlife Award-winner Leslie Anderson will be appearing on Weekend Today in New York on Sunday, January 30. Anderson won in the cabaret category ' Outstanding Cabaret Piano Bar Performer.'