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Friends in Theater Company and State of Play Productions' The Secret Garden, a Broadway benefit for the Make-a-Wish Foundation, presented the first of two sold-out performances last night, January 11, at 730 p.m. at theLucille Lortel Theater. The fully staged production, directedchoreographed by Curtis Holbrook, was led by Rebecca Luker as Lily, Gabriella Pizzolo as Mary, and Bradley Dean as Archie with Tom Deckman, Ali Ewoldt, Frances Mercanti-Anthony, Bill Nolte, Eli Tokash, Max von Essen, and Cortney Wolfson. Additionally, composer Lucy Simonand original cast member Daisy Egan co-hosted the night. BroadwayWorld was there for the special event and you can check out interviews with the cast below...

Friends in Theater Company and State of Play Productions' The Secret Garden, a Broadway benefit for the Make-a-Wish Foundation, presented the first of two sold-out performances last night, January 11, at 730 p.m. at the Lucille Lortel Theater. The fully staged production was led by Rebecca Luker as Lily, Gabriella Pizzolo as Mary, and Bradley Dean as Archie with Tom Deckman, Ali Ewoldt, Frances Mercanti-Anthony, Bill Nolte, Eli Tokash, Max von Essen, and Cortney Wolfson. Additionally, composer Lucy Simon and original cast member Daisy Egan co-hosted the night. BroadwayWorld was there for the special event and you can check out photos from the curtain call and after partybelow...

Friends in Theater Company and State of Play Productions' The Secret Garden, a Broadway benefit for the Make-a-Wish Foundation, presentedthe first of two sold-out performances lastnight, January 11, at 730 p.m. at theLucille LortelTheater.The fully staged production wasled byRebecca Lukeras Lily,Gabriella Pizzoloas Mary, andBradley Deanas Archie withTom Deckman,Ali Ewoldt,Frances Mercanti-Anthony,Bill Nolte,Eli Tokash,Max von Essen, andCortney Wolfson.Additionally, composerLucy Simonand original cast memberDaisy Eganco-hosted the night. BroadwayWorld was there for the special event and you can check out photos from Simon and Eagan's pre-show introduction below...

Rex Ingram in 'The Thief of Bagdad' 1940 with tiny Sabu. Actor Rex Ingram movies on TCM: Early black film performer in 'Cabin in the Sky,' 'Anna Lucasta' It's somewhat unusual for two well-known film celebrities, whether past or present, to share the same name.* One such rarity is – or rather, are – the two movie people known as Rex Ingram;† one an Irish-born white director, the other an Illinois-born black actor. Turner Classic Movies' “Summer Under the Stars” continues today, Aug. 11, '15, with a day dedicated to the latter. Right now, TCM is showing Cabin in the Sky (1943), an all-black musical adaptation of the Faust tale that is notable as the first full-fledged feature film directed by another Illinois-born movie person, Vincente Minnelli. Also worth mentioning, the movie marked Lena Horne's first important appearance in a mainstream motion picture.§ A financial disappointment on the...

The Broadway at Birdland Concert Series presented a reading of Stephen Cole and David Evans' musical fable, 'Merman's Apprentice' on Monday, June 15. Directed by Igor Goldin Yank, the cast featured Pj Benjamin, Austin Colby, Eddie Korbich, Brian Charles Rooney, Klea Blackhurst, Bill Nolte, Desi Oakley, Sarah Sesler, Anita Gillette, Elizabeth Teeter and F. Michael Haynie, supported by a six piece band with orchestrations by Lynn Shankel. Scroll down for photos...

Westchester Broadway Theatre presents Fiddler On The Roof, with Music by Jerry Bock, Lyrics Sheldon Harnick and Book by Joseph Stein. This production is directed and choreographed by Richard Stafford with musical direction by Leo P. Carusone. The show runs now through November 25, 2012, and returns January 3 February 3, 2013, starring Bill Nolte as Tevye. Get a first look at the cast onstage in the photos below...