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The producers of Spring Awakening, Broadway's groundbreaking musical hit, are pleased to announce that Kyle Riabko will step into the role of Melchior on May 20th. At the same performance, Alexandra Socha will take over the role of Wendla. They are taking over the roles created by Jonathan Groff and Lea Michele who will be playing their final performance on May 18th.

Track over 100 tours and festivals all season long with USA TODAY's summer music guide.

Matt Mays had an ambitious plan: write and produce a full-length, feature film and score the music for it. The movie, When the Angels Make Contact, would be a story of heartbreak and the universal search for meaning in an often lonely and dark world. The music would tell the story in song. Though he couldn't afford to finish the film, he did finish the album. Sharing the movie's title, it's a cinematic collection of beautifully dark, experimental rock pieces.

Previews for the Playwrights Horizons (Tim Sanford, Artistic Director; Leslie Marcus, Managing Director) World Premiere production of the new musical SAVED, which were scheduled to begin tonight, Friday, May 9, have been postponed due to a longer than expected tech process. Tonight's 8PM performance has been cancelled and the musical will now begin previews tomorrow evening, Saturday, May 10 at 8PM. (Please note: a matinee performance had not been scheduled for Saturday afternoon.)

DMX apparently isn't one for facing the music of the night.Three days after getting busted for a months-old traffic violation, the actor-rapper was arrested early Friday at his...

Sunday in the Park with George's stars Daniel Evans and Jenna Russell will appear on WABC's 'Eyewitness News this Morning' on Sunday, May 11th at 9:00AM on channel 7. Tune in to hear Daniel and Jenna discuss their Olivier Award winning roles in this beautiful musical revival.

The hottest avatar of young Cuban music lives in a small, icy town 14 hours north of Vancouver. Alex Puentes grew up in Cuba, where he played every type of music. 'But,' he says, 'I had to come to Canada to find myself creatively.'

Pianist Larry Vuckovich hails from Yugoslavia, where he studied classically until Armed Forces Radio turned him into an ardent jazz fan. He launched his jazz career in San Francisco in 1960 and has since carried his evocative and elegant music around the world.

Rilling's Mendelssohn shows wonderful flow, with constant pulse, instrumental crispness and musical vitality

Though still only 20, English singer-songwriter Kate Nash has already topped numerous European pop charts and attracted massive buzz in the U.S. Her debut album, Made of Bricks, is full of sweetly infectious pop music, propelled by Nash's thick accent and effervescent personality.