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Lots of crossover news with a Brit hit coming to new york, an American musical heading across the Atlantic, and a TV star headed for Broadway. Critics raved across the board...

Tony-winners In the Heights and August: Osage County are headed from Broadway to Hollywood, according to Variety. The Weinstein Company has optioned August: Osage County and plans a 2011 release date...

Loretta Greco has chosen Evie's Waltz to make her directorial debut as Artistic Director of the Magic Theatre. Evie's Waltz, written by Carter W. Lewis, marks the second play of Magic Theatre's 2008/09.

On Friday, November 14, 2008, Broadway's six-time Tony Award-winning smash hit musical CHICAGO celebrated two major milestones: its 12th Anniversary and its 5,000th performance on The Great White Way. Special guest, the original Velma Kelly, Tony-winner Bebe Neuwirth stopped by to cheer the cast on as they celebrated 'CHICAGO' style!

Rattlestick Playwrights theater (David Van Asselt, Artistic Director and Sandra Coudert, Managing Director) presents the World Premiere production of Geometry of Fire, by Stephen Belber.

"The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus," a new musical based on the book by L. Frank Baum ("The Wizard of Oz") opens at the Downtown Cabaret Theatre in Bridgeport, Connecticut on Saturday, November 15, 2008 and will play through December 28th.