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Brian d'Arcy James, Marc Kudisch, Gregg Edelman, Julia Murney, Kendrick Jones, Shannon Lewis, Melinda Sullivan, Julie Reyburn, Brandon Cutrell, Lorin Latarro, and more star in 'The Broadway Musicals of 1965' at The Town Hall, Monday, May 12 at 8pm.

Casting announced for Broadway By The Year: The Broadway Musicals of 1965 on May 12th, and for The Broadway Musicals of 1979 on June 16th.

Lawrence Zucker, Artistic and Executive Director of The Town Hall is pleased to present the upcoming Broadway By The Year concerts. -- After the first two all-star, critically acclaimed, sold out concerts at The Town Hall, Broadway by the Year continues its year of unparalleled excellence by announcing just some of the stars that have committed to performing in the last two concerts of the season. Making their Broadway by the Year debuts in concerts on either May 12 or June 16 are Brian d'Arcy James, Mandy Gonzalez, Alice Ripley, Jeff McCarthy, Lorin Latarro, and Terri Klausner. Now in its eighth season, Broadway By The Year is created, written and hosted by Scott Siegel for The Town Hall.

The Town Hall, Times Square's landmark concert venue, is pleased to present Nuyorican Poets Café Third Millennium Celebration: Aloud and Alive at 35!

The Town Hall, Times Square's landmark concert venue, is presents Grammy Award-winning singer Judy Collins, Live in Concert, Friday, May 16 at 8:00PM.

The Town Hall, Times Square's landmark concert venue, continues it's 2008 season with the powerhouse rock band the East Village Opera Company on Thursday, March 20 at 8:00PM. The popular nine-piece group returns to The Town Hall. Tickets for the show, priced at $40 & $35, are now on sale.

Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, Inc. today announced the 2008-2009 season of its Great Performers series featuring 76 live performances - concerts, recitals, dance, theater, and multimedia events - plus an 11-part film series and 23 lectures and panel discussions, running from October 3, 2008 through June 6, 2009

The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation today named 24 new MacArthur Fellows for 2007. The new Fellows work across a broad spectrum of endeavors. They include a biomedical scientist, a blues musician, a forensic anthropologist, an inventor, a medieval historian, and a spider silk biologist. All were selected for their creativity, originality, and potential to make important contributions in the future. This past week, the recipients learned in a phone call from the Foundation that they will each receive $500,000 in 'no strings attached' support over the next five years.

Spring Awakening's Jonathan Groff, John Gallagher Jr. and director Michael Mayer chat with BroadwayWorld in our Tony Award nominee interview series!

Soprano Barbara Cook, who began 2006 by being the first female pop singer to be presented by the Metropolitan Opera when she made her solo concert debut at the MET in January, will end the year by being the first pop performer to be named Vocalist of the Year when Musical America, the international directory of the performing arts, presents its annual awards at Lincoln Center's Kaplan Penthouse on Wednesday, December 20

Staged reading stalwarts Musicals Tonight! revives a Kern/Wodehouse gem.

PS Classics, the nonprofit organization dedicated to the preservation of American musical theatre, will release the world premiere recording of Ricky Ian Gordon and Tina Landau's Dream True on May 23

Brian Stokes Mitchell, Audra McDonald, Larry David, and the women of 'The Sopranos' appeared at the New York Times' Arts & Leisure Weekend's 'Times Talks: Special Editions' on January 7th

Kristin Chenoweth, Vanessa Williams, Audra McDonald and Julie Andrews are just a few of the stars whose voices will be heard as part of the Evening at Pops series, airing on PBS throughout July and August

Lonely Sky Theatre Company (LSTC) will present 'An Evening with Ricky Ian Gordon' on Monday, May 30th at OPIA Lounge.

HERE LIES JENNY, starring Bebe Neuwirth will play San Francisco's Post Street Theatre with previews beginning May 1.