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Following a season that saw its Broadway transfers Into the Woods and Parade score a slew of Tony Award nominations, the New York City Center has announced what’s coming next for its celebrated Encores! series: Once Upon a Mattress, Jelly’s Last Jam and Titanic.

The 30th annual Encores! season of concert stagings will kick off in January with Sutton Foster playing Princess Winnifred the Woebegone in Once Upon a Mattress (January 24-28) – the role made famous in 1959 by then-up-and-comer Carol Burnett. Directed by Encores! Artistic Director Lear deBessonet with a new concert adaptation by The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel creator Amy Sherman-Palladino, the comical update of Hans Christian Andersen’s The Princess and the Pea features such musical numbers as “Shy” and “In a Little While” with music by Mary Rodgers, lyrics by Marshall Barer, and book by Jay Thompson, Dean Fuller, and Marshall Barer.

Next up is Jelly’s Last Jam,...

BroadwayWorld has teamed up with renowned caricature artist Ken Fallin, a life-long theater enthusiast, who has drawn many Broadway and Off-Broadway productions. Below, check out his illustration of the cast of Mornings at Seven Alma Cuervo, Jonathan Spivey, John Rubinstein, Keri Safran, Patty McCormack, Dan Lauria, Tony Roberts, Alley Mills and Lindsay Crouse, currently playing off-Broadway at the Theatre at Saint Clements.

Alley Mills will be reunited with her The Wonder Years husband Dan Lauria in the new Off Broadway production of Paul Osborn’s classic stage comedy Morning’s At Seven, a reteaming that comes as Mills replaces the recently injured Judith Ivey.

Mills, who stars on CBS’ The Bold and the Beautiful, joins Lauria and other Morning’s At Seven cast members Lindsay Crouse, Alma Cuervo, Tony Roberts, John Rubinstein, Keri Safran, Jonathan Spivey and Patty McCormack (the latter most famously remembered as evil little Rhoda Penmark from 1956’s The Bad Seed).

The original Wonder Years mom was cast in the role of Arry after Ivey left the production due a torn tendon. (Nancy Ringham was a temporary replacement until Mills could join.)

“We are thrilled to have Alley Mills join our Morning’s At Seven family,” said producer Julian Schlossberg in a statement. “In the theatre, anything can happen,...

Jane Powell, who made her screen debut with W.C. Fields, danced with Fred Astaire in Royal Wedding, was one of seven brides for seven brothers in the classic 1954 film musical, sang “Buttons and Bows” at President Harry S. Truman’s Inaugural Ball and was a bridesmaid at the first of Elizabeth Taylor’s weddings, died of natural causes today at her home in Wilton, Connecticut. She was 92.

Susan Granger, a friend of the actress and spokesperson for her family, told Deadline that Powell died peacefully at the house she shared for many years with her husband, the actor and publicist Dick Moore, who died in 2015.

Powell, one of the last surviving stars of Hollywood’s Golden Age, continued to appear on stage well into the 21st Century, making her career among her generation’s sturdiest.

Born Suzanne Lorraine Burce in Portland, Oregon, Powell was already a locally successful singer – she...

Today in 1997, Titanic opened at the Lunt-Fonatnne Theatre, where it ran for 804 performances. Titanic is a musical with music and lyrics by Maury Yeston and a book by Peter Stone that won five Tony Awards including the award for Best Musical. Titanic is set on the ocean liner Rms Titanic which sank on its maiden voyage on April 15, 1912. Directed by Richard Jones with choreography by Lynne Taylor-Corbett, the cast included John Cunningham, David Garrison, Larry Keith, Alma Cuervo, Michael Cerveris, Victoria Clark, and Brian d'Arcy James.

Today in 1997, Titanic opened at the Lunt-Fonatnne Theatre, where it ran for 804 performances. Titanic is a musical with music and lyrics by Maury Yeston and a book by Peter Stone that won five Tony Awards including the award for Best Musical. Titanic is set on the ocean liner Rms Titanic which sank on its maiden voyage on April 15, 1912. Directed by Richard Jones with choreography by Lynne Taylor-Corbett, the cast included John Cunningham, David Garrison, Larry Keith, Alma Cuervo, Michael Cerveris, Victoria Clark, and Brian d'Arcy James.

It was announced today that Ken Robinson Memphis, Baby It's You, Ali Ewoldt Les Miserables, and Mark Campbell Mama Mia will lead in Easter Mysteries. Joining them are J. B. Adams Far From Heaven, Parade, Michael Andrako Fiddler on the Roof, Eileen Aurelia, Stella Boonshoft, A. J. Cedeno, Sarah Charles, Alma Cuervo Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown, Caberet, Michael Deleget Goodspeed's The Most Happy Fella, Jazmin Gorsline My Fair Lady, Jessica Kahkoska, Laura Kaldis, Paul Louis Lessard, Michael Pesce, Spencer Plachy Romeo and Juliet, The Mystery of Edwin Drood, A. J. Shively La Cage aux Folles, Tony-nominee Walter Willison Two by Two, Pippin. The performances are set for church of St. Paul and St. Andrew on April 11-12 at 800pm, and April 13 at 700pm.

Today in 1997, Titanic opened at the Lunt-Fonatnne Theatre, where it ran for 804 performances. Titanic is a musical with music and lyrics by Maury Yeston and a book by Peter Stone that won five Tony Awards including the award for Best Musical. Titanic is set on the ocean liner Rms Titanic which sank on its maiden voyage on April 15, 1912. Directed by Richard Jones with choreography by Lynne Taylor-Corbett, the cast included John Cunningham, David Garrison, Larry Keith, Alma Cuervo, Michael Cerveris, Victoria Clark, and Brian d'Arcy James.

Playwrights Horizons Tim Sanford, Artistic Director Leslie Marcus, Managing Director announced today complete details for Far From Heaven, a new musical with book by Tony Award winner and two-time Pulitzer Prize finalist Richard Greenberg Take Me Out, Three Days of Rain, the current Breakfast at Tiffany's and The Assembled Parties both now on Broadway, music by Tony Award nominee Scott Frankel Grey Gardens at Ph and on Broadway, Finding Neverland and lyrics by Tony Award nominee Michael Korie Grey Gardens at Ph and on Broadway, The Grapes of Wrath, Finding Neverland. The musical is choreographed by Alex Sanchez Giant, Fiorello and directed by three-time Tony Award nominee Michael Greif Grey Gardens at Ph and on Broadway Rent, Next to Normal, Giant. The musical is based on the Focus FeaturesVulcan Productions motion picture Far From Heaven, written and directed by Todd Haynes. Far From Heaven will now begin previews Wednesday evening,...

The Hangar Theatre has announced casting for its The 38th season, which will include a thrilling line-up of plays and musicals. The season takes off with Ken Ludwigs knock-down, drag it out farce, Lend Me A Tenor June 21-July 7, starring Emily Skinner, Michael McCormick, Janet Dacal, Daniel Berlingeri, Lindsay Clemmons, Eddie Vona and Judy Levitt. That will be followed by the premiere of a strikingly innovative concept of the Tony winning best musical Titanic July 12-July 28, starring Alma Cuervo, William Youmans, Drew McVety, Christianne Tisdale, Phillip Hoffman, Joneil Joplin, and Robert Cuccioli. The sophisticated comedy Full Gallop August 2-August 11 is next, starring Dee Hoty, followed by the area premiere of the Pulitzer Prize winning musical Next to Normal August 16-September 1, with Andra Burns and Chris Hoch. The final offering is a true American classic, Horton Footes The Trip to Bountiful September 13-September 22, featuring Susannah Berryman.

Today in 1997, Titanic opened at the Lunt-Fonatnne Theatre, where it ran for 804 performances. Titanic is a musical with music and lyrics by Maury Yeston and a book by Peter Stone that won five Tony Awards including the award for Best Musical. Titanic is set on the ocean liner Rms Titanic which sank on its maiden voyage on April 15, 1912. Directed by Richard Jones with choreography by Lynne Taylor-Corbett, the cast included John Cunningham, David Garrison, Larry Keith, Alma Cuervo, Michael Cerveris, Victoria Clark, and Brian d'Arcy James.

Danny Aiello's raspy voice is even raspier than usual. He is suffering from vocal strain. Nevertheless, he is excited to talk about his current project, Susan Charlotte's "The Shoemaker," in which he plays the title role, a character who reaches high emotional levels. It's not surprising his voice is tired. Now running Off-Broadway at Theatre Row's Acorn Theatre, the play is set on Sept. 11, 2001, and recounts the tormented experiences of a shoemaker, an Italian Jewish Holocaust survivor (Aiello), encountering two disparate women (Alma Cuervo, Lucy DeVito), who unwittingly force him to confront the ghosts of his past along with his horror in the immediate wake of the terrorist attacks."The Shoemaker" has journeyed from one-act play reading to a film short ("A Broken Sole") to its current two-act staged incarnation, and Aiello has been with it every step of the way, delighted to be reprising the fleshed-out role on.