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Evans, Josie Lawrence, Jenny Jules, Jonathan Pryce, Jenna Russell, Samantha Spiro and Meera Syal, as well as Young Friends of the Almeida and award-winning theatre company Inspector Sands, will perform as part of Almeida Up Close , the theatre's 2012 fundraising Gala.

Colin Donnell is taking a break from playing Billy Crocker in Broadway's Anything Goes to explore the complexities of Merrily We Roll Along in an Encores! concert.

Spotlight Theatre Productions just announced that their spring musical will be Stephen Sondheim's INTO THE WOODS.

The Landor has announced the first three months worth of artists for their second year of 'A Spotlight On... The Landor Theatre West End Cabaret Series', including Lu Cy Williams on , Nick Hayes and Roni Page .

Treat your Valentine to a special evening of beautiful Love Songs from favorite Broadway musicals, followed by an array of tasty Valentine's Day desserts.

NaTasha Yvette Williams and David Alan Grier in a scene from the Gershwins' "Porgy and Bess" in New York City.

Glitz, glamour and the most popular songs from a Broadway icon are all brought to The Court's new stage in SIDE BY SIDE BY SONDHEIM.

Below are BroadwayWorld.com's most popular articles from Friday, February 10, 2012.

According to Wikipedia, the word "cool" has "associations of composure and self-control... and often is used as an expression of admiration or approval." Just think of the many street expressions that promote cool, like "Keep your cool," or "I'm cool with that." Stephen Sondheim caught the ethos fairly well in the song "Cool" from "West Side ... (more)

Stephen Sondheim devotees aren't the only ones looking forward to the Classic Stage Company's 2013 revival of Passion , Sondheim and James Lapine's Tony-winning 1994 musical.

The winner of the 2012 Richard Rodgers Awards for Musical Theater was announced today by the American Academy of Arts and Letters, which administers the Rodgers Awards.

For the next two weeks, Hastings' Zachary Unger will fall asleep in the car on the way home from New York City after appearing in the revival of Stephen Sondheim's musical Merrily We Roll Along A at the New York City Center.A Performing the role of Frank Jr., Unger is on stage only during the first act, but his mom Dana said he wouldn't miss the ... (more)

Hosted by Jan Ravens, performers Daniel Evan s , Josie Lawrence , Jenny Jules , Jonathan Pryce , Jenna Russell , Samantha Spiro and Meera Syal are joined by Young Friends of the Almeida and and award-winning theatre company Inspector Sands to perform as part of Almeida Up Close, the theatre's 2012 fundraising Gala.

Three-time Tony nominee Judy Kuhn , who was most recently on Broadway as Fantine in the revival of Les Misrables , will offer a brand-new concert act at Feinstein's at Loews Regency March 6-10. Kuhn's new show will explore themes of love and happiness and will feature tunes by Joni Mitchell, Stephen Sondheim, Leonard Cohen, Cole Porter and more.

A young band seeking seclusion to work on new material finds girls, reasons to party and danger in "Don't Go in the Woods." If Stephen Sondheim and Brian De Palma had collaborated on a horror musical, they would never have made "Don't Go in the Woods," an undercooked, "Glee"-like hybrid of grating indie pop songs and forest slasher flick.

Derby native Danielle Ferland was only 16 when she landed the role of Little Red Riding Hood in the original 1987 production of Stephen Sondheim 's "Into the Woods." Ferland was finishing her studies at Bunnell High School in Stratford when she got the big break that earned her a Theatre World Award and a Drama Desk Award nomination.

The Alliance Theatre opened its current season with Into the Woods , Stephen Sondheim's ingenious riff on classic bedtime stories .

In this image released by Helene Davis Public Relations, Elizabeth Stanley and the cast are shown during a performance of "Merrily We Roll Along," in New York.

In the world of theatrical pluralism, just about every kind of cross-ethnic and gender-neutral casting has arguable validity.

"The energy is definitely extremely different with the revival bringing the sound of New York today," performer Harris Milgrim, 23, who is a principal dancer playing gang member Snowboy, said about the musical coming Tuesday to the Fox Theatre.