A revival of Ragtime is heading back to Broadway!

Hopefully, this time, whomever they cast as Sarah won't pull as many sick-outs as Audra McDonald!

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After over two years, Disney's Little Mermaid musical is closing on Broadway later this summer.

The Mouse House then plans to take the show on the road with a national touring company.

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After a wildly successful and sold out run of the Donmar Warehouse production of William Shakespeare's Hamlet in London's West End, the production is coming to the Great White Way. And, no worries, the aging British playboy extraordinary Jude Law will travel across the Atlantic as well.

Performances will begin open on Tuesday, October 6 at the Broadhurst Theatre and run for a 12 week limited engagement.

The production and Jude have gotten rave reviews and we are rather intrigued to see if it's really as good as everyone says.

Will U see the production?

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He's giving up television - for good it seems like!

After his sudden departure from Grey's Anatomy, T.R. Knight will take the stage! And then taking to the stage again!

As we previously mentioned, Knight will star in a Los Angeles production of the musical Parade this fall.

Now, it has just been announced that the actor will also star in the upcoming Broadway revival of the Tony Award-winning musical Lend Me a Tenor.

The show is set to open February 2010 and Stanley Tucci is set to direct!

Tenor centers around a Cleveland Opera Company's production of Othello. Knight will play Max, a production assistant forced to understudy for the lead, who has passed out from a double dose of tranquilizers.

Lots of luck on the stage, but we bet TV is paying the bills!

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Is Marissa Jaret Winokur showing us how many fans she has???

The former Miss Tracy Turnblad of Broadway's Hairspray received a slab of wet cement to put on display at the Planet Hollywood in Times Square on Monday.

Is she famous enough for this kinda shiz????

Winokur is the host of the new plus-sized dance competition, Dance Your Ass Off, on the estrogen-friendly Oxygen network, so guess so!

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The legendary Jerry Lewis will be making his Broadway directorial debut with a musical adaptation of his 1963 film The Nutty Professor.

Produced by Loud Watch Productions, LLC., the production will feature music by Marvin Hamlisch and a book and lyrics by multiple Tony Award winner and Grammy Nominee Rupert Holmes.

Lewis co-wrote the original film and says that he "could not be happier" with the "hilarious and glorious adaptation."

The show is looming at a 2010/2011 Broadway run.

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After 9 years on Broadway, Avenue Q is closing, PerezHilton.com has learned.

The Tony Award-winning musical will play its last performance on September 13th.

It was a very good run!

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But it was for a good cause!

Members of the Broadway community came together for a very high-profiled and very naked event at the Roseland Ballroom in New York City yesterday called Broadway Bares Strip-A-Thon. The event was to benefit Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS and many big stars were in attendance for the festivities.

Including Allison Janney!

Looks like she wrangled up some hot stripping man candy for herself.

You go, girl! Work it!

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The rumors were true!

Now that T.R. Knight has more than enough extra time on his hands, he'll be hitting the center stage come September.

Too bad the former Grey's Anatomy star won't be taking Broadway by storm!

Knight, a Broadway vet himself, has signed on to to star in Jason Robert Brown's Los Angeles production of Parade.

Says Knight on his return to the theatre: "I am very fortunate to return to the theater playing Leo Frank in this incredible, acclaimed production of Parade. After a five-year break, it feels great to be on stage again."

The Tony-award winning musical is the story of "Leo Frank, convicted for the murder of 13-year-old Mary Phagan in Atlanta, Georgia, in 1913… [and] the press frenzy and public outrage about Frank's trial, and his wife's crusade for justice."

Parade will run from September 24th to November 15th at the Mark Taper Forum in Los Angeles.

We might have to check it out!

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