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The New York Musical Theatre Festival (NYMF) celebrates its fifth year with 24 full productions, a dance series, a developmental series, concerts and special events.

Producers Emily Miller and New York Theatre Barn have announced that Tony Award-Winner Cady Huffman (The Producers, The Will Rogers Follies) will star in WOOD, which is an official selection of the upcoming 2008 New York Musical Theatre Festival.

On Saturday, August 16 at 9:30pm New York Theatre Barn will be hosting a concert at the Laurie Beechman Theater to benefit the 2008 New York Musical Theatre Festival production of the new musical Wood, music by Julianne Wick Davis and book and lyrics by Dan Collins.

On Saturday, August 16 at 9:30pm New York Theatre Barn will be hosting a concert at the Laurie Beechman Theater to benefit the 2008 New York Musical Theatre Festival production of the new musical Wood, music by Julianne Wick Davis and book and lyrics by Dan Collins.

The York Theatre Company's (James Morgan, Producing Artistic Director) presents a concert revival of GRIND.

The York Theatre Company presents a concert revival of 'Grind.'

The upcoming musical A Tale Of Two Cities has completed and released their official website, www.talemusical.com

New York Theatre Barn will be presenting its second annual New Play Reading Series on Sunday, June 8 and Monday, June 9 at the Manhattan Theatre Club Studios

Musicals Tonight!continues its ongoing salute to Broadway and Off-Broadway Standbys and Understudies with its next edition of At This Performance…™ to be held on Sunday, April 6th and Monday, April 7th at the McGinn/Cazale Theatre, 2162 Broadway, (above the Promenade Theatre- Broadway at 76th Street), 3rd Floor at 8 PM.

BroadwayWorld.com has learned the the Jill Santoriello penned A Tale of Two Cities, which played the Asolo Repertory Theatre in Sarasota, Florida in the Fall of 2007 will open on Broadway at the Al Hirschfeld Theatre on September 18, 2008.

On Monday, January 14 New York Theatre Barn will kick off 2008 with its monthly series dedicated to promoting new writers, composers and performers, 'NYTB at the Duplex' with a collection of cut-songs from hit musicals.

Producers of the new big-budget musical A Tale of Two Cities, which had its world premiere in Sarasota, Florida in October 2007, reportedly do not have plans on dropping James Barbour from his lead role - despite his recent guilty-plea for sexually-abusing a minor.

Currently making its world premiere pre-Broadway debut at Sarasota's Asolo Repertory Theatre, Jill Santoriello's musical epic A Tale of Two Cities, is playing to sold-out audiences through November 18, after opening October 26 & 27. BroadwayWorld.com brings you special sneak preview of this sweeping production!

Jill Santoriello's sweeping musical epic A Tale of Two Cities, is 100% sold-out at Sarasota's Asolo Repertory Theatre. The world premiere pre-Broadway try-out of A Tale of Two Cities opened October 26 and October 27 with performances through November 18. For information on how to obtain these hard-to-get tickets ($18-$56) call 941-351-8000 or 800-361-8388 or visit www.asolo.org

Jill Santoriello's sweeping new musical epic world premiere pre-Broadway try-out of A Tale of Two Cities opens October 26 and October 27 at the Asolo Repertory Theatre's mainstage, The Harold E. and Esther M. Mertz Theatre in Sarasota, Florida (5555 North Tamiami Trail), with performances through November 18.

Jill Santoriello's new musical A Tale of Two Cities makes its world-premiere October 13 through November 18 at Asolo Repertory Theatre's mainstage in Sarasota, Florida.

Executive Producers Barbra Russell and Ron Sharpe and Producers Sharon A. Fordham, Theatre Associates/David Sonnenberg, The Monagle Group, Fanok Entertainment and Vincent Russell have announced the final casting for Jill Santoriello's sweeping musical epic, A Tale of Two Cities, which will celebrate its World-Premiere-Pre-Broadway-Tryout at Sarasota's acclaimed Asolo Repertory Theatre with two Premiere Galas - Friday, October 26th and Saturday, October 27th

...there are pink panthers in the house seats right next to you!

Musicals Tonight! will continue its ongoing salute to Broadway and Off-Broadway Standbys and Understudies with its current edition of At This Performance…, this Monday, April 23rd at the McGinn/Cazale Theatre, 2162 Broadway, (above the Promenade Theatre- Broadway at 76th Street), 3rd Floor at 8 PM.

Junkyard Dog Productions and Larry Hirschhorn announced today that the New York premiere of Make Me a Song: The Music of William Finn will be postponed until the 2007-2008 theatre season, due to scheduling conflicts