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“Nice Work If You Can Get It” will play its final performance June 15. The production, whichwas produced in part to feature the music of George and Ira Gershwin, opened March 29, 2012 and at the time starred Matthew Broderick and Jessie Mueller. When it closes it will have played 478 regular performances and 27

Just over a month after the first casting change of the two starring roles of Broadway’s “Once,” the lead actors have changed again. British actors Arthur Darvill and Joanna Christie took over the leading roles of Guy and Girl, respectively, on April 23. Darvill is well-known on both sides of the Atlantic for his role

Following lengthy negotiations, the hit Fox musical dramedy “Glee” has been renewed for not one but two more seasons, ensuring the beloved show will air at least into 2015. “Glee debuted as the first and only successful musical comedy series on television, and more than four years later, it continues to defy genres, break new

“Breaking Bad” star Bryan Cranston will portray former U.S. President Lyndon Baines Johnson in a new play, “All the Way.” Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Robert Schenkkan wrote the play, which will begin performances on September 13 at the American Repertory Theater. The play recently was awarded the Edward M. Kennedy Prize for Drama, and was commissioned

“Mamma Mia!” is downsizing. The production will transfer from its current home at the Winter Garden Theater to the Broadhurst Theater this year. Both locations are owned by the Shubert Organization. “Mamma Mia!” has been running at the Winter Garden since it opened on Broadway in 2001. The production currently is the 10th longest-running Broadway

Appropriately, Nashville’s 2013-2014 Broadway season will lean heavily on musicals featuring popular music. There’s a reason the place is known as Music City, after all, and the Tennessee Performing Arts Center (better known as TPAC) will welcome “Jersey Boys,” “We Will Rock You” and “Million Dollar Quartet,” among others during the upcoming season. Perhaps it’s

The traveling version of Camp Broadway is back for its 13 year this summer, and will visit cities across the U.S. The long-running New York City version of the camp also will be held in three sessions this summer. The theater camp is designed to give kids aged 10-17 a true Broadway experience, offering classes