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MASTERWORKS BROADWAY proudly announces the upcoming release of the New Broadway Cast Recording of PROMISES, PROMISES. The recording is available nationwide physically and digitally on June 22, 2010 and is produced by Grammy Award winners David Caddick and David Lai. For the first time in over forty years PROMISES, PROMISES returns to the stage starring Emmy Award winner Sean Hayes and Tony and Emmy Award winner Kristin Chenoweth. Directed and choreographed by Tony and Emmy Award winner Rob Ashford, this new production of PROMISES, PROMISES, with Neil Simon's funny and touching book and Burt Bacharach and Hal David's hit-packed score, opened at the Broadway Theatre on Sunday, April 25, 2010.

WICKED, London's 'hugely popular musical' (The Times) that tells the untold story of the Witches of Oz, has reached a major new Box Office milestone with an incredible gross to date of £100 million at the Apollo Victoria Theatre. The production has played over 1500 performances since its West End premiere in September 2006.

The WICKED Young Writers' Award is proud to announce Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cornwall as its patron from April 2010. The Award is separated into five categories between the ages of 5-25 and allows young people from across the UK and Northern Ireland to enter a piece of writing on a theme or subject of their choice. The final date for entries is Saturday 31 July 2010. Schools and individuals can download entry forms and find tips on entering the WICKED Young Writers' Award at www.WickedYoungWriters.com.

Katie Finneran is this year's recipient of the 2010 Drama Desk Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical for PROMISES, PROMISES.

MASTERWORKS BROADWAY proudly announces the upcoming release of the New Broadway Cast Recording of PROMISES, PROMISES. The recording is available nationwide physically and digitally on June 22, 2010 and is produced by Grammy Award winners David Caddick and David Lai. For the first time in over forty years PROMISES, PROMISES returns to the stage starring Emmy Award winner Sean Hayes and Tony and Emmy Award winner Kristin Chenoweth. Directed and choreographed by Tony and Emmy Award winner Rob Ashford, this new production of PROMISES, PROMISES, with Neil Simon's funny and touching book and Burt Bacharach and Hal David's hit-packed score, opened at the Broadway Theatre on Sunday, April 25, 2010.

The UK newspaper looks at the theatrical phenomenon on cast-change day!

The producers of the musical comedy PROMISES, PROMISES are proud to announce that student rush tickets will be available for the first ever Broadway revival. A limited number of $30 student rush tickets will be available day of performance when the Broadway Theater (1681 Broadway) box office opens, subject to availability. Students can purchase up to two $30 tickets with a valid student ID.

The NY Post has featured an article titled 'How We Fixed Broken 'Promises'. It is written by Hal David and discusses the evolution of the Broadway show Promises, Promises.

West End star Hannah Waddingham will host a prestigious awards ceremony, now in its fourth year, on Sunday 6th June at The Queens Theatre, London. The Stephen Sondheim Society Student Performer Of The Year Competition & The Stiles and Drewe Best New Song of 2010 Awards are presented by The Stephen Sondheim Society and Mercury Musical Developments (MMD).

Kristin Chenoweth, soon to be starring as Fran Kubelik in the first ever revival of the musical comedy PROMISES, PROMISES, will be a guest on the nationally syndicated 'The Ellen DeGeneres Show,' scheduled to air on Tuesday, March 23. In the tri-state area 'The Ellen DeGeneres Show' airs at 4pm on NBC channel 4 and at 8pm on WLNY channel 55.

Kristin Chenoweth, soon to be starring as Fran Kubelik in the first ever revival of the musical comedy PROMISES, PROMISES, will be a guest on the nationally syndicated 'The Ellen DeGeneres Show,' scheduled to air on Tuesday, March 23. In the tri-state area 'The Ellen DeGeneres Show' airs at 4pm on NBC channel 4 and at 8pm on WLNY channel 55.

The classic song 'I Say A Little Prayer', originally sung by Dionne Warwick,' will be added to the upcoming revival of 'Promises, Promises' starring Kristin Chenoweth and Sean Hayes. The musical features a score by Burt Bacharach and Hal David, who also wrote 'Prayer'. Chenoweth will sing the song during the first act of the show.

The box office for the first Broadway revival of PROMISES, PROMISES opens Monday, February 22, 2010 at the Broadway Theater (1681 Broadway).

'The Full Monty' is set in Buffalo, New York, where the local steel mill has just folded. Buddies Jerry and Dave have been laid off and are struggling to survive. After seeing the wildly enthusiastic reactions of their wives and girlfriends to a Chippendale's style troupe, Jerry comes up with the idea of doing a one-night performance to make some quick money. He hires four other unemployed factory workers for the act and names their troupe, 'Hot Metal.' Unfortunately, the initial rehearsals are anything but hot. And who wants to see a bunch of 'regular' guys strip anyway? To boost ticket sales, Jerry announces they will outdo the Chippendale's and go 'the full monty.' But do they have the....nerve?

UK theatregoers have voted the hit musical WICKED London's 'Best West End Show' at the 2010 Whatsonstage.com Awards. This special award, which asked the public to decide the best overall show from all the plays and musicals currently running in the West End, was presented in celebration of the Awards' 10th Anniversary.

The producers of PROMISES, PROMISES are thrilled to announce that 'Saturday Night Live' alumnus and 'Superstar' Molly Shannon will make her Broadway debut in the smash hit musical comedy as Marge MacDougall for a limited 11 week run from Tuesday, October 12, 2010 through Sunday, December 26, 2010. This new production of PROMISES, PROMISES, directed and choreographed by Tony and Emmy Award winner Rob Ashford with Neil Simon's funny and touching book and Burt Bacharach and Hal David's hit-packed score, began previews at the Broadway Theatre (1681 Broadway) Saturday, March 27, 2010, and opened on Sunday, April 25, 2010.

Two Josephs to take the role as Lewis Bradley takes over at cast change before Mr Denise Van Outen assumes the role from May

Recently named 'Best Musical of the Decade' by Entertainment Weekly, the hit musical WICKED at London's Apollo Victoria Theatre enjoyed its highest grossing year to date in 2009, grossing an incredible £27,333,991 at the Box Office (up almost £100,000 from 2008).

The Waterfront Playhouse opens their 70th Platinum mainstage season with the crackling thriller 'Twelve Angry Men' by Reginald Rose. Considered by many to be the greatest courtroom drama ever written, 'Twelve Angry Men' is the gripping tale of the emotional fireworks that take place in the jury room of a murder trial. 'Stunning...we leave the theater a bit better than we entered it.' - New York Magazine. Directed by artistic director Danny Weathers, the production features a top notch ensemble of Key West actors. Opening on Thursday, December 17th, the play runs through January 9th. The production is sponsored by Rudy Molinet and Marquis Properties Realty. The opening night gala party is sponsored by Bunnie Smith and Jack Paul. The Platinum Season sponsors of the Waterfront are El Meson de Pepe and Comcast

The concert will feature numbers from the greatest hits of Broadway: 'A Chorus Line,' 'Gypsy,' 'Dreamgirls,' 'Hairspray,' 'Chicago,' 'Guys and Dolls,' 'Damn Yankees,' 'South Pacific,' 'Annie,' 'Man of La Mancha,' 'Les Miserables' and more.