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Grab the umbrellas! Audiences will be delighted by Pittsburgh CLO's production of Singin' in the Rain, May 30-June 8 at the Benedum Center. A talented cast of Broadway's best and Pittsburgh CLO veterans will take this feel-good movie-musical off the silver screen and on to the Benedum Center stage.

Grab the umbrellas! Audiences will be delighted by Pittsburgh CLO's production of Singin' in the Rain, May 30-June 8 at the Benedum Center. A talented cast of Broadway's best and Pittsburgh CLO veterans will take this feel-good movie-musical off the silver screen and on to the Benedum Center stage.

New York-based duo Home Video announced today the release of their third studio album Here In Weightless Fall, out June 24th on Dash Go. The follow-up to 2010's The Automatic Process, the new album finds the band exploring new sounds and demonstrating a well-honed maturity in their songwriting.

Pittsburgh CLO's 2014 Summer Season will be highlighted by incredible performances courtesy of Broadway stars, veterans of the stage and screen and Pittsburgh's finest local performers!

The Phantom of the Opera, now in its 26th year on Broadway, will welcome former 'LITTLE MERMAID' co-stars Norm Lewis and Sierra Boggess to the cast on Monday, May 12, at the Majestic Theater. BroadwayWorld has learned that while Lewis will perform in eight shows a week, Boggess will assume the usual 'Christine' schedule of six per week. Boggess will appear in all performances Tuesdays through Saturdays. Alternate Sara Jean Fordwill perform the role on Saturdays and Mondays.

William R. Furr, author of 'Tomorrow Achieved,' returns to the world of literature with 'To Begin Again.' Featuring Furr's unique storytelling style and a host of indelibly characterized men and women, this new novel explores the complexities of human relationships and love in light of some of life's biggest questions.

A trio of Broadway's biggest hit musicals, Cinderella, Mamma Mia! and The Phantom of the Opera are leading the charge and meeting the needs of an audience demand for more choice and schedule flexibility with the creation of Thursday matinees at 2:00pm beginning today, Thursday, April 3, 2014. The casts of all three shows gathered today the celebrate this special day and you can check out photo coverage below!

This just in! Producers Cameron Mackintosh and The Really Useful Group just announced that THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA will welcome a starry leading combination beginning Monday, May 12.

This season features a slew of stars originating roles, and plenty more making an existing one their own -- but regardless of the breadth of their repertoire, these divas prove they're the top when it comes to getting away with murder in 1920s Chicago, or running a derelict orphanage -- all while hitting their marks night after night.

In this week's edition, we caught up with Mary Michael Patterson, who is starring as 'Christine' in The Phantom of the Opera- currently playing at the Majestic Theatre.

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On Stage at Kingsborough has announced its presentation of Sing For Your Supper, featuring leading Broadway performers, in association with Merkin Concert Hall's Broadway Close-Up Series. Sing For Your Supper will perform in an exclusive Brooklyn engagement tonight, December 7 at 8:00 p.m. at On Stage At Kingsborough.

It's Broadway's long-running shows that keep Times Square bustling year-round with theatre-goers from around the world who are making it to the Great White Way for their first time. The Phantom of the Opera, is Broadway's longest-running show, playing over 10750 performances at the Majestic Theatre.

On Stage at Kingsborough is pleased to announce its presentation of Sing For Your Supper, featuring leading Broadway performers, in association with Merkin Concert Hall's Broadway Close-Up Series. Sing For Your Supper will perform in an exclusive Brooklyn engagement on Saturday, December 7 at 8:00 p.m. at On Stage At Kingsborough.

Broadway has a lot to be thankful for this year, with 41 productions having opened in 2013 and two more to go before the end of the season. Below, we bring you a classic Thanksgiving table tradition--Broadway style. In the special feature below, BroadwayWorld brings you entries from over 60 of Broadway's brightest stars, who have shared what they are most thankful for this year. Find out why Broadway's elite will be counting their blessings this holiday season below! Find out why Broadway's elite will be counting their blessings this holiday season below!

ROCKERS ANONYMOUS took over The Bowery Electric for its ninth engagement entitled Rockers Anonymous: Let's '69!!! on Nov. 3. Hosted by Mike Kelton, the line up included Mary Michael Patterson (THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA, ANYTHING GOES), Carlos Valdez (ONCE, JERSEY BOYS tour), Mykal Kilgore (MOTOWN, BOOK OF MORMON tour), Kate Loprest (FIRST DATE, WONDERLAND), Jason Gotay (SPIDER-MAN), Kent Overshown (MEMPHIS tour, PORGY AND BESS tour), Emma Hunton (SPRING AWAKENING, NEXT TO NORMAL and Off B'way RENT), Caitlin Lester-Sams, Darren Bluestone (AVENUE Q), Julius Thomas III (MOTOWN, PORGY AND BESS), Sheila Coyle (RENT National Tour), Vishal Vaidya, Hernando Umana, and Camille Trzcinski, Aashley Morgan. Check out a look back at the performances below!

ROCKERS ANONYMOUS will take over The Bowery Electric for its NINTH engagement entitled Rockers Anonymous: Let's '69!!! The Rockers Anonymous band, Stirfry Massacre, and a host of up and coming NYC vocalists will blow you away while they rock out to the music of the 1969!

ROCKERS ANONYMOUS will take over The Bowery Electric for its NINTH engagement entitled Rockers Anonymous: Let's '69!!! The Rockers Anonymous band, Stirfry Massacre, and a host of up and coming NYC vocalists will blow you away while they rock out to the music of the 1969!

Current stars of THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA on Broadway Mary Michael Patterson (Christine) and Jeremy Hays (Raoul) recently checked out Tasti D-Lite's limited-time, PHANTOM-inspired flavor 'Marshmallow Masquerade' at the Times Store location. Scroll down for photos!

Stars and casts from the current Broadway line-up have been busy in the studio, recording for the 2013 Broadway's Carols for a Cure, Volume 15. Singing traditional and original holiday songs, this annual holiday music CD benefits Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS (BC/EFA), one of the nation's leading industry-based, nonprofit AIDS fundraising and grant-making organizations. Below, BroadwayWorld brings you exclusive photos from THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA's recording session for 'Gloria in Excelsis Deo' with castmembers Bill Kazdan, Joy L. Matthews-Jacobs, Cindy Hoxie, Wade Walfon, Kenneth Kantor, Angie Finn, Rose Mary Taylor, Laird Mackintosh, David Michael Garry, Victoria Toelker, Marni Raab, Mary Michael Patterson, Lynne Abeles, Elizabeth Welch, Nathan Patrick Morgan, Kelly Jeanne Grant, Jeremy Hays, Duane McDevitt, Michele McConnell, Santomi Hofman, Katherine McNamee, Tim Jerome, Heather Hill, Grace P. Jones, Arlo Hill, Elena Pellicciaro, Richard Poole and Sarah Bakker.