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BroadwayWorld.com has an exclusive look into the making of the movie musical HAIRSPRAY with this special Director's Diary written by Adam Shankman. Check back daily for new entries!

BroadwayWorld.com has an exclusive look into the making of the movie musical HAIRSPRAY with this special Director's Diary written by Adam Shankman. Check back daily for new entries!

BroadwayWorld.com has an exclusive look into the making of the movie musical HAIRSPRAY with this special Director's Diary written by Adam Shankman. Check back daily for new entries!

The York Theatre Company will present Bajour, with book by Ernest Kinoy and music and lyrics by Walter Marks

Best known for her portrayal of the innocent good girl roles, Andrea sinks her teeth into her dream role.

During the last twenty years or so the 'epic' musical has become a major element in mainstream musical theatre. Now the stage of the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane witnesses what could almost be described as the epic to dwarf all epics. Following in the wake of the award winning box office smash film adaptations of J.R.R. Tolkien's novels that have engrossed generations of readers, Matthew Warchus's staging of 'The Lord Of The Rings - the musical' seems set to pack in the crowds.

Broadway's Tony Award-winning hit musical The Drowsy Chaperone celebrated 500 performances at the Marquis Theatre on Thursday, July 12th, and BroadwayWorld was there!

Westport Country Playhouse presents the comedy Relatively Speaking, written by Alan Ayckbourn and directed by John Tillinger, July 12 - 28.

The world premiere of David Epstein's Surface to Air, directed by Tony Award-winner James Naughton (City of Angels, Chicago, 'Ally McBeal'), runs July 11 - August 5, 2007 at Symphony Space

Broadway theatres will dim their marquee lights tonight, July 13th at 8 PM, for one minute in the memory of Ed Mirvish, the entrepreneur, theatrical impresario and Broadway Producer who was known as 'Honest Ed.'

WHO: Towson University Theatre Department Summer Series WHAT: Mr. Marmalade WHEN: Through July 21. Thurs - Sat at 8PM WHERE: TU's Center for the Arts Studio Theatre HOW MUCH: $12.00 Students and seniors/ $15.00 Adults. For the benefit of the Towson University Department of Theatre Arts Scholarship Fund INFORMATION: 410-704-2787.

New Repertory Theatre sashays onto the summer scene with a delectable side dish

On July 29th, legendary director Lloyd Richards will be honored at this year's Eugene O'Neill Theater Center National Playwrights Conference in Waterford, CT,

Having moved gracefully through the moral shadowlands of John Patrick Shanley's Pulitzer Prize-winning play Doubt, acclaimed actress Adriane Lenox now finds herself in a lighter realm - that of Noel Coward's hilarious classic Blithe Spirit, which plays the Williamstown Theatre Festival from July 18th through 29th.

The New York International Fringe Festival is presenting The Program, written by Michèle Aldin

Amy and Freddy's Big Time Show! Amy Armstrong has her eyes set on Carnegie...

New York City Center's highly anticipated production of Gypsy, starring Patti LuPone, Boyd Gaines and Laura Benanti and directed by Arthur Laurents, recently opened as the first offering of the Encores! Summer Stars series!

Raul Esparza, Becky Ann Baker and more will appear in productions at Williamstown Theatre Festival

'Insignifiant Others,' the original romantic musical comedy by composer, San Francisco playwright and lyricist L. Jay Kuo, opens July 14 at the Zeum Theatre.

In November, Kristin Huffman made her Broadway debut as Sarah (flute, piccolo and sax) in John Doyle's production of Company. The actress, with a new series of tales that go inside the making of Company from an actor's perspective, starting at the Cincinnati Playhouse and on to New York, continues her stories about a 15-year career that has led her to the door of the Ethel Barrymore Theatre.

On July 23rd, the acclaimed series, 'Monday Nights, New Voices,' will help celebrate and honor five new talented performers in New York City.

The York Theatre Company will present Bajour, with book by Ernest Kinoy and music and lyrics by Walter Marks

Andrew Lloyd Webber's West End revival of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat features a new song written by Webber and Rice, with whom we collaborated on Joseph..., Evita and Jesus Christ Superstar.