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The February 2012 issue of TheaterMania Magazine, released today, toasts the 10,000th performance of Broadway’s “Phantom of the Opera” with Hugh Panaro, Trista Moldovan and Kyle Barisich and other stars sharing personal anecdotes about their time with the show. TheaterMania Magazine also shares never-before-released details …

Showtime is about to have a whole new meaning for Magic Johnson.

Two more autism-friendly performances of Broadway musicals will be offered this spring and fall following the success last year of the first showing of a Broadway show specially altered for those diagnosed with the disorder.

This week, the popular actor talks about taking over the role of Delray in the Tony Award-winning Broadway musical in an interview on TheaterMania.com.(PRWEB) February 07, 2012 Christopher Jackson made his Broadway debut as Simba in The Lion King and played Benny in the Tony Award-winning musical In the Heights. He is currently …

A nonprofit group is planning two autism-friendly performances of Broadway's "The Lion King" and "Mary Poppins" for families with children diagnosed with the disorder.

The New York Giants are celebrating their Super Bowl win with a ticker-tape parade in the Canyon of Heroes on Broadway, where the city has honored stars for almost a century.

The New York Giants are returning from their Super Bowl win to a celebration the likes that only New York can throw: a ticker-tape parade in the Canyon of Heroes on Broadway, where the city has honored stars for almost a century.

The New York Giants are returning from their Super Bowl win to a celebration the likes that only New York can throw: a ticker-tape parade in the Canyon of Heroes on Broadway, where the city has honored stars for almost a century.

Tony Danza is Broadway-bound, starring in a musical based on the movie "Honeymoon in Vegas."

Fans of "Soul Train" boogied down Broadway wearing afro wigs and bell bottoms on Saturday while others recounted their favorite episodes at a Harlem meeting hall in tribute to the TV show's late creator, Don Cornelius.

Mariusz Kwiecien makes his Met role debut as the infamous serial seducer with Barbara Frittoli, Ramon Vargas, Luca Pisaroni, and debuting sopranos Marina Rebeka and Mojca Erdmann

With the successful return of silent films to cinema with the recent award-winning The Artist, a stage play about actor Charlie Chaplin from the silent screen era will head to New York's Broadway theater distict.

Captured live-in-performance at Broadway's Shubert Theatre, Tony(R) nominees Chad Kimball and Montego Glover lead the original cast in a story of forbidden love and the early days of rock and roll

LOS ANGELES, Jan 30 (TheWrap.com) - Silent-film star Charlie Chaplin might seem like an unlikely candidate as the subject of a Broadway musical, but it will soon be a reality. "Becoming Chaplin," based on the life of the mustachioed Hollywood star who became an icon with his Little Tramp persona, will open on Broadway during …

A former "American Idol" contestant is heading to Broadway with a character who, it's safe to say, is truly two-faced.

Coast 2 Coast Mixtape Promotions Presented Da Foundation’s Latest Mixtape Project, Entitled “Alleyway To Broadway .1Moneyball,” Available for Free Download From Coast 2 Coast Mixtapes.Miami, FL (PRWEB) January 30, 2012 Rap group Da Foundation recently released their mixtape “Alleyway To Broadway .1Moneyball.” Coast 2 Coast …

Blockbuster exhibit gives visitors the chance to see inside the human body.Myrtle Beach, SC (PRWEB) January 28, 2012 Premier Exhibitions, Inc. announced today that Bodies Revealed will return for the second summer in a row to Myrtle Beach’s Broadway at the Beach on May 28, 2012. More than one million people saw this exhibition …

Leaders in entertainment, academics and marketing gathered Monday to peer into their crystal balls and try to predict what Broadway will look like in 2032. Many agreed on at least one thing: Change is coming.

The cat’s out of the bag. After months of secrecy, the location of the most eagerly anticipated adult nightclub ever to open in San Francisco is revealed. The opulent new San Francisco gentlemen’s club will set a new standard for the City’s adult nightlife and entertainment establishments.San Francisco, CA (PRWEB) January …

In the January 2012 issue of TheaterMania Magazine, Jesus Christ Superstar, Evita, Ghost The Musical, Newsies, Death of a Salesman and End of the Rainbow are featured as some of the many Broadway shows opening in early 2012. TheaterMania Magazine revisits some of Broadway’s biggest shows which opened in 2011, such as, Spider-Man …

TheaterMania News Minute reports this week that the 2012 Tony Awards will be presented at the Beacon Theater on June 10. Pulitzer Prize winning play Clybourne Park, will open on Broadway on April 12 and Cirque Du Soleil’s new touring production Amaluna, directed by Diane Paulus currently representing Porgy and Bess on Broadway, …

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This week TheaterMania Announces Broadway's The Phantom of the Opera to Celebrate 10,000th Performance with Actors Fund Benefit.New York, NY (PRWEB) January 19, 2012 TheaterMania.com's news desk reports the Broadway production of The Phantom of the Opera will celebrate its 10,000th performance as a benefit for Actors Fund …