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BroadwayWorld brings you a brand new official trailer ofBerkeley Repertory Theatre's Amelie, A New Musical, starringaward-winning British actressSamantha Barks,directed by Tony Award winnerPam MacKinnonWho's Afraid of Virginia Woolf. Barks, who is best known for her stand-out performance as Eponine in the film adaptation of Les Miserables, will portray the inquisitive and charmingly shy Amelie. Her most recent theatre credits include City of Angels, Cabaret, and Oliver in London's West End, and Chicago at The Hollywood Bowl. Samantha Barks Amelie is joined by in alphabetical order David Andino Blind BeggarGarden Gnome, Randy Blair Hipoloto, Adam Chanler-Berat Nino, Alison Cimmet AmandinePhilomene, Savvy Crawford Young Amelie, Carla Duren Gina, John Hickok RaphaelBretodeaux, Alyse Alan Louis Georgette, Shannon O'Boyle Swing, Maria-Christina Oliveras Suzanne, Tony Sheldon DufayelCollignon, Perry Sherman Lucien, Jacob Keith Watson Swing, and Paul Whitty Joseph.

BroadwayWorld has a treat for you this evening with fresh production shots of Samantha Barks and company in the new musical Amelie -- penned by Craig Lucas, featuring score by Daniel Messe, with lyrics by Messe and Nathan Tysen, directed by Pam MacKinnon -- opening tomorrow, September 11, at Berkeley Rep. Scroll down to see Barks as Amelie, Tony Sheldon as Dufayel, and the cast in action...

Just last night, Paper Mill Playhouse opened the world-premiere musical Ever After, directed and choreographed by three-time Tony Award winner Kathleen Marshall Anything Goes, Nice Work If You Can Get It, featuring a book and lyrics by Marcy Heislerand music by Zina Goldrich. Ever After stars two-time Tony Award-winner Christine Ebersole Grey Gardens, 42nd Street as Baroness Rodmilla de Ghent, Tony Award nominee Tony Sheldon Priscilla Queen of the Desert as Leonardo da Vinci, Emmy Award winner Charles Shaughnessy Urinetown, 'The Nanny' as King Francis, James Synder IfThen as Prince Henry and Drama Desk Award nominee Margo Seibert Rocky as Danielle de Barbarac.Below, BroadwayWorld brings you photos from the opening night curtain call...

Rehearsals for the world premiere of Ever After at The Paper Mill Playhouse are officially underway Ever After will star two-time Tony Award-winner Christine Ebersole Grey Gardens, 42nd Street as Baroness Rodmilla de Ghent, Tony Award nominee Tony Sheldon Priscilla Queen of the Desert as Leonardo da Vinci, Emmy Award winner Shaughnessy Urinetown, 'The Nanny' as King Francis, James Synder IfThen as Prince Henry and Drama Desk Award nominee Margo Seibert Rocky as Danielle de Barbarac.The company just met the press and you can go inside the big day below...

Rehearsals for the world premiere of Ever After at The Paper Mill Playhouse are officially underway Ever After will star two-time Tony Award-winner Christine Ebersole Grey Gardens, 42nd Street as Baroness Rodmilla de Ghent, Tony Award nominee Tony Sheldon Priscilla Queen of the Desert as Leonardo da Vinci, Emmy Award winnerShaughnessy Urinetown, 'The Nanny' as King Francis, James Synder IfThen as Prince Henry and Drama Desk Award nominee Margo Seibert Rocky as Danielle de Barbarac.The company just met the press and you can check out a sneak peek of the cast in action below...

Rehearsals for the world premiere of Ever After at The Paper Mill Playhouse are officially underway Ever After will star two-time Tony Award-winner Christine Ebersole Grey Gardens, 42nd Street as Baroness Rodmilla de Ghent, Tony Award nominee Tony Sheldon Priscilla Queen of the Desert as Leonardo da Vinci, Emmy Award winnerShaughnessy Urinetown, 'The Nanny' as King Francis, James Synder IfThen as Prince Henry and Drama Desk Award nominee Margo Seibert Rocky as Danielle de Barbarac.The company just met the press and you can check out a family portrait below...

Today in 2011, Priscilla Queen of the Desert opened at the Palace Theatre, wehre it is still running currently 415 performances. Priscilla, Queen of the Desert is a musical with a book by Australian film director-writer Stephan Elliott and Allan Scott, using well-known pop songs as its score. Adapted from Elliott's 1994 film The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, the musical tells the story of two drag queens and a transsexual, who contract to perform a drag show at a resort in Alice Springs, a resort town in the remote Australian desert. The original Broadway cast includes Will Swenson as Tick Mitzi, Tony Sheldon, again, reprising his role of Bernadette, and Nick Adams as Adam Felicia.

Mr. Magoo's Christmas Carol, benefitting the The Actors Fund, was held last night, December 15, 2014 at 730 pm at The Gerald W. Lynch Theatre at John Jay College. Klea Blackhurst Radio Gals, Janet Dacal Wonderland, In the Heights and Tony Award nominee Tony Sheldon Priscilla Queen of the Desert were a part of the star studded cast that featured Tony Award nominee Douglas Sills The Scarlet Pimpernel, Little Shop of Horrors in the title role.

The Encores Special Event The Band Wagon stars Tony Award winner Brian Stokes Mitchell, seven-time Emmy Award winner Tracey Ullman, Academy Award nominee Michael McKean, Tony Award nominee Laura Osnes, Tony Award nominee Tony Sheldon, Tony Award nominee Michael Berresse and Don Stephenson. The Band Wagon officially opened last night, November 9, and BroadwayWorld brings you photos from the curtain call below...

The Encores Special Event The Band Wagon is set to star Tony Award winner Brian Stokes Mitchell, seven-time Emmy Award winner Tracey Ullman, Academy Award nominee Michael McKean, Tony Award nominee Laura Osnes, Tony Award nominee Tony Sheldon, Tony Award nominee Michael Berresse and Don Stephenson. The Band Wagon will begin performances tonight, November 6. BroadwayWorld brings you highlights of the cast in action below...

The Encores Special Event The Band Wagon is set to star Tony Award winner Brian Stokes Mitchell, seven-time Emmy Award winner Tracey Ullman, Academy Award nominee Michael McKean, Tony Award nominee Laura Osnes, Tony Award nominee Tony Sheldon, Tony Award nominee Michael Berresse and Don Stephenson. The Band Wagon will open on Sunday, November 8. In the video below, the cast reveals their worst onstage disasters ranging from forgetting the words to forgetting to wear panties. Find out which belongs to who below...

The Encores Special Event The Band Wagon is set to star Tony Award winner Brian Stokes Mitchell, seven-time Emmy Award winner Tracey Ullman, Academy Award nominee Michael McKean, Tony Award nominee Laura Osnes, Tony Award nominee Tony Sheldon, Tony Award nominee Michael Berresse and Don Stephenson. The Band Wagon will open on Sunday, November 8. BroadwayWorld brings you a first look at the cast below...

The Encores Special Event The Band Wagon is set to star Tony Award winner Brian Stokes Mitchell, seven-time Emmy Award winner Tracey Ullman, Academy Award nominee Michael McKean, Tony Award nominee Laura Osnes, Tony Award nominee Tony Sheldon, Tony Award nominee Michael Berresse and Don Stephenson. The Band Wagon will open on Sunday, November 8. BroadwayWorld was in rehearsal with the company today and you can check out interviews with the cast and a performance sneak peek below...

Tony Award nominee Tony Sheldon Priscilla Queen of the Desert has joined the cast of the Encores Special Event The Band Wagon in the role of Jeffrey Cordova, an egotistical British director. Roger Rees, previously announced in the role, is no longer available. The Band Wagon cast stars Tony Award winner Brian Stokes Mitchell, seven-time Emmy Award winner Tracey Ullman, Academy Award nominee Michael McKean, Tony Award nominee Laura Osnes, Tony Award nominee Michael Berresse and Don Stephenson. The Band Wagon will open on Sunday, November 8.

Actors Equity is marking its 75th anniversary with a two-day summit on creativity and diversity.

Performers, producers, directors, writers, casting directors, agents, artistic directors, network and broadcast executives and digital strategists will assemble for a series of panels, workshops, in- conversations and key note speeches.

Equity 75: A Summit of Creativity and Diversity will be staged at the Sydney Theatre Co. from October 26-27. The topics will include brand-building, the art of the audition and the roles of producer and women in theatre.

Running parallel to the conference will be the chance to meet with casting directors for round table discussions.

Equity says, .Thanks to the strength and unity of our members we have won residuals, rehearsal pay, overtime, annual leave and so much more. Equity continues to improve wages and conditions for performers every single day. Equity campaigns and lobbies for an industry that treats performers with respect, values local content,...

The Guthrie Theater presents My Fair Lady, the hummable, quotable, utterly enjoyable musical for the whole family. Playing for the first time at the Guthrie, under the direction of Joe Dowling, My Fair Lady will feature Helen Anker as Eliza Doolittle, Tony Sheldon as Colonel Pickering, Donald Corren as Alfred P. Doolittle - all in their Guthrie debuts - and Jeff McCarthy as Professor Henry Higgins. BroadwayWorld has a first look below...

The Guthrie Theater presents My Fair Lady, the hummable, quotable, utterly enjoyable musical for the whole family. Playing for the first time at the Guthrie, under the direction of Joe Dowling, My Fair Lady will feature Helen Anker as Eliza Doolittle, Tony Sheldon as Colonel Pickering, Donald Corren as Alfred P. Doolittle - all in their Guthrie debuts - and Jeff McCarthy as Professor Henry Higgins. Performances began on the Wurtele Thrust Stage on Saturday, June 28, with an opening slated for tonight, July 4, 2014.

Recently, CBS revealed the new,official,synopsis/spoilers for their upcoming "Elementary" episode 23 of season 2. The episode is entitled, "Art In The Blood," and it sounds like it'll be quite interesting as Holmes and Watson take on a murder case, involving the British Intelligence community, and more. In the new,23rd episode press release: Holmes and Watson will investigate a murder on U.S. soil that's connected to the British Intelligence community. Press release number 2: Holmes and Watson are going to come into contact with Mi-6, the British intelligence agency, when a standard murder investigation turns out to have international and political implications. In the meantime, in the wake of a crisis, Watson is going to reevaluate her relationships with Sherlock and his brother, Mycroft. Guest stars will feature: Ralph Brown (Tim Sherrington), Emily Bergl (Marion West), Jim Norton (Sir James Walter), Jordan Gelber (M.E. Hawes), and Tony Sheldon...

Today in 2011, Priscilla Queen of the Desert opened at the Palace Theatre, wehre it is still running currently 415 performances. Priscilla, Queen of the Desert is a musical with a book by Australian film director-writer Stephan Elliott and Allan Scott, using well-known pop songs as its score. Adapted from Elliott's 1994 film The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, the musical tells the story of two drag queens and a transsexual, who contract to perform a drag show at a resort in Alice Springs, a resort town in the remote Australian desert. The original Broadway cast includes Will Swenson as Tick Mitzi, Tony Sheldon, again, reprising his role of Bernadette, and Nick Adams as Adam Felicia.

We all remember our big firsts—first kiss, first dance, first nailed audition. Now on Monday, Feb. 10, hear about similar famous milestones in the lives of Broadway stars like Nick Blaemire (“Godspell”), Max von Essen (“Evita”), Julia Murney (“Wicked”) and more, through their performances at the benefit concert “Feels Like the First Time,” presented at (le) Poisson Rouge by The Craptacular. All of the proceeds from the show will go to Children’s Hospital Colorado and to three-year-old Cameron Huffine, who’s recently been diagnosed with Inflammatory Myofibroblastic Cancer. In addition to the above mentioned stars, performances will also be presented by Tony Award winner Nikki M. James (“The Book of Mormon”), Tony nominees Tony Sheldon (“Priscilla Queen of the Desert”) and Barbara Walsh (“Falsettos”), Andrew Keenan-Bolger (“Newsies”), Kyle Dean Massey (“Next to Normal”), Ben Platt (“The Book of Mormon”), Elizabeth Stanley (“Million Dollar Quartet”), and Andrew Kober (“Hair”), who will host.

The New York Musical Theatre Festival Nymf has chosen Abrams Artists Agent Beth Blickers, Obie and Drama Desk Award-winning actress Donna Lynne Champlin, Tony Award and Drama Desk Award-nominated actor Hunter Foster, Tony Award and Drama Desk Award-nominated composer and lyricist Amanda Green, Tony Award-nominated director Thomas Kail, Associate Producer of the Old Globe Eric Louie, Outer Critics Circle-nominated director and choreographer Josh Prince, Tony Award and Drama Desk nominated actor and writer Tony Sheldon, Tony Award-nominated and Grammy-winning composer Lucy Simon, and two-time Tony Award-winning actor Michael Cerveris to serve as the Grand Jury of this year's Next Link project.

Theatre World Award Alumni Courtney B. Vance, Anika Noni Rose, Ben Vereen, Christine Lahti, Tony Sheldon, Lea Salonga, Isabel Keating, Phillip Boykin, Jessie Mueller, Jackie Hoffman, Wesley Taylor, Patricia Elliott, Meg Bussert, Crystal A. Dickinson, with special guestNathan Lane, all took part in the 69th Annual Theatre World Awards Ceremony last night, June 3, 2013 at the Music Box Theatre 239 West 45th Street, home of the current Broadway revival of Pippin. BroadwayWorld was there for the celebration and you can check out highlights and interviews with the honorees below...

Theatre World Award Alumni Courtney B. Vance, Anika Noni Rose, Ben Vereen, Christine Lahti, Tony Sheldon, Lea Salonga, Isabel Keating, Phillip Boykin, Jessie Mueller, Jackie Hoffman, Wesley Taylor, Patricia Elliott, Meg Bussert, Crystal A. Dickinson, with special guestNathan Lane, all took part in the 69th Annual Theatre World Awards Ceremony last night, June 3, 2013 at the Music Box Theatre 239 West 45th Street, home of the current Broadway revival of Pippin. BroadwayWorld was there for the celebration and you can check out photos from Part 2 of the ceremony below Don't forget to check out Part 1...

Theatre World Award Alumni Courtney B. Vance, Anika Noni Rose, Ben Vereen, Christine Lahti, Tony Sheldon, Lea Salonga, Isabel Keating, Phillip Boykin, Jessie Mueller, Jackie Hoffman, Wesley Taylor, Patricia Elliott, Meg Bussert, Crystal A. Dickinson, with special guestNathan Lane, all took part in the 69th Annual Theatre World Awards Ceremony last night, June 3, 2013 at the Music Box Theatre 239 West 45th Street, home of the current Broadway revival of Pippin. BroadwayWorld was there for the celebration and you can check out photos from Part 1 of the ceremony below Check back later for Part 2...

Theatre World Award Alumni Courtney B. Vance, Anika Noni Rose, Ben Vereen, Christine Lahti, Tony Sheldon, Lea Salonga, Isabel Keating, Phillip Boykin, Jessie Mueller, Jackie Hoffman, Wesley Taylor, Patricia Elliott, Meg Bussert, Crystal A. Dickinson, with special guest Nathan Lane, all took part in the 69th Annual Theatre World Awards Ceremony last night, June 3, 2013 at the Music Box Theatre 239 West 45th Street, home of the current Broadway revival of Pippin. BroadwayWorld was there for the celebration and you can check out photos from inside the ceremony below...

Theatre World Award Alumni Courtney B. Vance, Anika Noni Rose, Ben Vereen, Christine Lahti, Tony Sheldon, Lea Salonga, Isabel Keating, Phillip Boykin, Jessie Mueller, Jackie Hoffman, Wesley Taylor, Patricia Elliott, Meg Bussert, Crystal A. Dickinson, with special guest Nathan Lane, all took part in the 69th Annual Theatre World Awards Ceremony last night, June 3, 2013 at the Music Box Theatre 239 West 45th Street, home of the current Broadway revival of Pippin. BroadwayWorld was there for the celebration and you can check out a highlight from the ceremony below featuring presenter Jackie Hoffman and honoree Shalita Grant...

Theatre World Award Alumni Courtney B. Vance, Anika Noni Rose, Ben Vereen, Christine Lahti, Tony Sheldon, Lea Salonga, Isabel Keating, Phillip Boykin, Jessie Mueller, Jackie Hoffman, Wesley Taylor, Patricia Elliott, Meg Bussert, Crystal A. Dickinson, with special guest Nathan Lane, all took part in the 69th Annual Theatre World Awards Ceremony last night, June 3, 2013 at the Music Box Theatre 239 West 45th Street, home of the current Broadway revival of Pippin. BroadwayWorld was there for the celebration and you can check out photos from the arrivals below...

Theatre World Award Alumni Courtney B. Vance, Anika Noni Rose, Ben Vereen, Christine Lahti, Tony Sheldon, Lea Salonga, Isabel Keating, Phillip Boykin, Jessie Mueller, Jackie Hoffman, Wesley Taylor, Patricia Elliott, Meg Bussert, Crystal A. Dickinson, with special guest Nathan Lane, have been announced as presenters and performers at the 69th Annual Theatre World Awards Ceremony on Monday evening, June 3, 2013 beginning at 645 p.m. at the Music Box Theatre 239 West 45th Street, home of the current Broadway revival of Pippin. Mother and daughter, Rosemary Harris and Jennifer Ehle, both Theatre World Award Alumni, are 2013 Honorary Co-Chairs.

Theatre World Award Alumni Courtney B. Vance, Anika Noni Rose, Ben Vereen, Christine Lahti, Tony Sheldon, Lea Salonga, Isabel Keating, Phillip Boykin, Jessie Mueller, Jackie Hoffman, Wesley Taylor, Patricia Elliott, Meg Bussert, Crystal A. Dickinson, with special guest Nathan Lane, have been announced as presenters and performers at the 69th Annual Theatre World Awards Ceremony on Monday evening, June 3, 2013 beginning at 645 p.m. at the Music Box Theatre 239 West 45th Street, home of the current Broadway revival of Pippin. Mother and daughter, Rosemary Harris and Jennifer Ehle, both Theatre World Award Alumni, are 2013 Honorary Co-Chairs.

"Buffy" did it. "Fringe" did it. Hell, even "Grey's Anatomy" had a musical episode -- so why not "Downton Abbey"? Granted, the video below is a spoof, but it's a very good one directed by John Walton West ("Newsical the Musical") with music and lyrics by Jason Michael Snow (currently an actor in "The Book of Mormon") and featuring a host of other Broadway stars, including Jeremy Jordan ("Newsies" and, of late, NBC's "Smash"), Jane Blass ("Annie"), Tony Sheldon ("Priscilla Queen of the Desert"), Catherine Charlebois ("Wicked"), Matt Doyle ("War Horse") and others, with comedian Colin Mochrie playing "Downton" creator Julian Fellowes. Alongside finely crafted lyrics like "Edith, let me cleanse this palate / For you, I'll be more than just a valet!" the video pokes fun of the series' tics and tropes as well as former cast member Dan Stevens' departure (of his not participating in the project, "Fellowes...

Dancers Over 40 DO40 will present its third song and dance concert entitled DO40 Cares The Story of our Lives to benefit Broadway CaresEquity Fights AIDS and Dance for Pd Parkinson's Disease tonight April 22, 2013. Carol Lawrence hosts, with special guest performers Liliane Montevecchi Nine, Grand Hotel and Tony Sheldon Priscilla Queen Of The Desert. A reunion of the Ladies of Sweet Charity follows up last year's reunion of the Ladies of Chicago.

Winner of the 2012 Fred Ebb Award, musical theatre composerlyricist Sam Willmott will showcase his work with The Songs of Sam Willmott at the York Theatre tonight, April 8th at 630 Pm. Presented by the Fred Ebb Foundation in association with the York Theatre Company, the free concert event will feature Tony nominee Tony Sheldon Priscilla Queen of the Desert with Etai BenShlomo Wicked, Griffin Birney Fun Home, Alyse Alan Louis Mamma Mia, Grace McLean The Last Goodbye, Matthew Schechter Mary Poppins, and Sam Teldaldi Fantasy Football The Musical. The band includes Gregg Monteith and Peter Sachon. Sam Pinkleton directs with musical direction by Matt Aument. Rachel Sussman produces.

Dancers Over 40 DO40 will present its third song and dance concert entitled DO40 Cares The Story of our Lives to benefit Broadway CaresEquity Fights AIDS and Dance for Pd Parkinson's Disease on Monday April 22, 2013. Carol Lawrence hosts, with special guest performers Liliane Montevecchi Nine, Grand Hotel and Tony Sheldon Priscilla Queen Of The Desert. A reunion of the Ladies of Sweet Charity follows up last year's reunion of the Ladies of Chicago.

Winner of the 2012 Fred Ebb Award, musical theatre composerlyricist Sam Willmott will showcase his work with The Songs of Sam Willmott at the York Theatre on Monday, April 8th at 630 Pm. Presented by the Fred Ebb Foundation in association with the York Theatre Company, the free concert event will feature Tony nominee Tony Sheldon Priscilla Queen of the Desert with Etai BenShlomo Wicked, Griffin Birney Fun Home, Alyse Alan Louis Mamma Mia, Grace McLean The Last Goodbye, Matthew Schechter Mary Poppins, and Sam Teldaldi Fantasy Football The Musical. The band includes Gregg Monteith and Peter Sachon. Sam Pinkleton directs with musical direction by Matt Aument. Rachel Sussman produces.

Today in 2011, Priscilla Queen of the Desert opened at the Palace Theatre, wehre it is still running currently 415 performances. Priscilla, Queen of the Desert is a musical with a book by Australian film director-writer Stephan Elliott and Allan Scott, using well-known pop songs as its score. Adapted from Elliott's 1994 film The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, the musical tells the story of two drag queens and a transsexual, who contract to perform a drag show at a resort in Alice Springs, a resort town in the remote Australian desert. The original Broadway cast includes Will Swenson as Tick Mitzi, Tony Sheldon, again, reprising his role of Bernadette, and Nick Adams as Adam Felicia.