| PHOTO CALL: 2007 Stars in the Alley
2007 marked the 21st anniversary of the annual event. The morning concert featured performances and/or appearances from most every production currently playing on Broadway. Among this year's participating shows were Beauty and the Beast, Chicago, Company, Coram Boy, Curtains, The Drowsy Chaperone, Frost/Nixon, Grey Gardens, Hairspray, Heartbreak House, Inherit the Wind, Jersey Boys, Journey's End, Legally Blonde The Musical, Les Misrables, The Lion King, The Little Dog Laughed, Mamma Mia!, A Moon for the Misbegotten, Monty Python's Spamalot, The Phantom of the Opera, The Pirate Queen, Radio Golf, Rent, Spring Awakening, Talk Radio, Tarzan, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, Wicked, Xanadu and The Year of Magical Thinking. *** At Left (from top): Carolee Carmello; Julie White, James Carpinello and Kerry Butler; Matt Cavenaugh and Erin Davie; Josh Strickland; Tamyra Gray and Tim Howar; Lea Salonga; Michael Shawn Lewis and Jennifer Hope Wills; Hadley Fraser; John Glover and Beth Leavel; Ashley Parker Angel; Martha Plimpton and Jennifer Ehle; Roz Ryan; Charlotte St.
Kalidas Narrates Joseph, Hairspray’s Debut Tracy
While speculation and competition still continues around the casting of their leading men, the female co-stars for two of the West Ends big upcoming musicals - Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat and Hairspray - are now lined up. Bombay Dreams star Preeya Kalidas (pictured) will return to the West End to take the role of the Narrator in Joseph, Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rices Biblical musical, which opens on 17 July 2007 (previews from 6 July) at the Adelphi Theatre (See News, 5 Apr 2007). Kalidas made her West End debut in June 2002 originating the starring role of Priya in the Andrew Lloyd Webber-produced Bollywood-set musical Bombay Dreams, for which she was nominated for a Whatsonstage.com Theatregoers' Choice Award for Best Actress in a Musical. On film, she's appeared in Bend It Like Beckham and Bollywood Queen.
New Study Shows that Arts Bring Billions to NY Annually
The results of a new study by the Alliance for the Arts show the arts industry in New York City and State is a vital and integral part of the economy with an economic impact of $21.2 billion and generating more than 160,000 jobs. The results, from which the complete study can be found online at this link, illustrate the significant growth in the industry that the Alliance for the Arts has been able to quantify. The study, supported by the New York City Economic Development Corporation and New York State Development Corporation, estimates the economic contribution of the arts industry in New York City has grown 86% since the study was first done in 1983 and 61% since the last study in 1993. In addition to the benefits of spending by all the components of the industries, arts, as an industry, generated $904 million in local taxes to the city.
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