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Based off a Weekly World News story, the hilariously thrilling BAT BOY THE MUSICAL will be playing at the Abbey October 15 - 31.

In 1959 Ethel Merman, the prominent musical theatre actress of her time, and David Merrick were searching for their next project. After reading an excerpt from the memoir by Gypsy Rose Lee, Merrick felt they had said project and GYPSY was born.

Joss Whedon's Once More, With Feeling, the Season Six musical episode of Buffy The Vampire Slayer, will be presented as a staged concert reading one night only on July 20th, 2015 8pm at Mary's Attic in Andersonville.

The latest in unauthorized gossip and buzz from the heart of Chicago's showtune video bars, and musical theater news from Chicago to Broadway. 'On Your Feet!' and 'City Of Angels' rake in the reviews, while Bette plays the UC. Kristin and Idina plan concerts here, outdoor movies light up the summer, and the 'Beautiful' tour and 'Charlie Brown' are slated for Christmas. By summer's end: 'The Boy From Oz,' 'Glory Days' and 'Triassic Parq!'

The Flick, playing at the Alexis and Jim Pugh Theater at the Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts through July 12, is offering student and industry rush tickets for $15 per ticket (plus fees).

Men under the age of 25 are hardly the demographic for attending Broadway musicals, let alone writing one, but Nick Blaemire and James Gardiner did just that when their musical Glory Days ran on Broadway in May 2008.

James Rado, Gerome Ragni, and Galt MacDermot's Tony Award-winning musical, HAIR, will be presented by Big Noise Theatre at Prairie Lakes Community Center Theater, Des Plaines, tonight, April 24 through May 9.

Gen Y Productions presents the Florida premiere of the Pulitzer Prize-winning play The Flick, written by Annie Baker. The Flick will play at the Alexis and Jim Pugh Theater at the Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts June 19 through July 12.

James Rado, Gerome Ragni, and Galt MacDermot's Tony Award-winning musical, HAIR, will be presented by Big Noise Theatre at Prairie Lakes Community Center Theater, Des Plaines, April 24 through May 9.

Married Alive!, poduced by Williams Street Rep, features book & lyrics by Sean Grennan and music by Leah Okimoto. Directed by Regina Belt-Daniels, the production opens tonight, February 6, 2015.

Artful Events and Gen Y Productions partner to bring Orlando audiences Cabaret at The Abbey. Sitting comfortably in the venue of this space, Cabaret feels so intimate that it makes me wonder why it took so long for Cabaret to be mounted in this venue.

Married Alive!, poduced by Williams Street Rep, features book & lyrics by Sean Grennan and music by Leah Okimoto. Directed by Regina Belt-Daniels, the production opens February 6, 2015.

Artful Events and Gen Y Productions has announced the full cast of the upcoming production of CABARET at The Abbey. Joining the previously announced Blue Star as Sally Bowles, will be Griffith Whitehurst (Freefall's Into The Woods) as the Emcee, Robert Stack (Spank! The Fifty Shades Parody at The Abbey) as Cliff, Rebecca Fisher (Lizzie) as Fraulein Schneider, and Doug Ba'aser as Herr Schultz. Alexander Mrazek (Garden Theatre's Sweeney Todd) will play Ernst Ludwig, with Natalie Doliner (Theatre Downtown's Sylvia) as Fraulein Kost, and Megan Boetto, Lauren Culver, Tymisha Harris, Adam Galarza, Eddie Zitka, and Daniel Longacre rounding out the ensemble. CABARET plays at The Abbey January 29 through February 8.

The latest in unauthorized gossip and buzz from the heart of Chicago's showtune video bars, and musical theater news from Chicago to Broadway. Five different musicalized adaptations of 'A Christmas Carol' will put holiday cheer into your playgoing! Also 'Plaid Tidings,' a new 'Hansel And Gretel,' our first touch of 'Hands On A Hardbody,' the cast of the upcoming 'La Cage Aux Folles' at the Marriott, and Idina Menzel schedules an appearance in the Loop!

Ten ordinary people. Four sleepless days. One truck. The Williams Street Rep is proud to present the Chicago premiere of the Tony-nominated Broadway musical 'Hands on a Hardbody.'

Ten ordinary people. Four sleepless days. One truck. The Williams Street Rep is proud to present the Chicago premiere of the Tony-nominated Broadway musical 'Hands on a Hardbody.'

Liberty Town Productions, Libertyville's not-for-profit entertainment company, hosts its sixth annual Musical Summer Showcase featuring the Best of Broadway on Saturday, Aug. 2, in The Fuel Room of Austin's Saloon & Eatery. Show times are 6:00 and 8:15 pm.

Big Noise Theatre Company will present the Tony Award-winning epic musical RAGTIME, opening April 25 and playing weekends through May 11, 2014. Performances will be held at Prairie Lakes Theatre in Des Plaines, IL. The cast, featuring 37 actors from the Chicagoland area, is directed by Stacey Flaster, with musical direction by Robert Deason of Chicago.

Audiences who have loved or are just discovering such vocalists as Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons, Tommy James and the Shondells, Carly Simon, Cat Stevens, Elton John and Jim Croce among others are in for a real musical treat when The Hit Men return to the stage at Bridgeport's Downtown Cabaret Theatre.

Deadline reports exclusively that Matthew Johnson is set pen the script for Warner Bros' upcoming ENCYCLOPEDIA BROWN. The scribe wrote and directed the Slamdance festival winner The Dirties.