The 13th annual Connecticut Critics Circle Awards, honoring outstanding achievement in Connecticut theatre during the 2002-2003 season, have been announced.

The stage adaptation of Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty's animated feature "Anastasia" is set to have its world premiere at Hartford Stage next spring. The new musical will incorporate characters not seen in the film and will feature songs from the original and new numbers. Playbill.com took to social media to poll which actress should star in the title role.

In anticipation of the 40th anniversary of the opening of A Chorus Line Off-Broadway at the Public Theater April 16, Playbill.com reached out to the cast of the original Broadway production, who shared their memories from rehearsals to performance, including a special tribute to composer Marvin Hamlisch, who died Aug. 6, 2012.

Members of the Broadway community will gather May 13 at the Majestic Theatre to remember late Phantom of the Opera star Kevin Gray, who died earlier this year at the age of 55. Harold Prince, Rebecca Luker, Hugh Panaro, Carolee Carmello and Robert Cuccioli are among those who will be in attendance.

After almost a decade of conspicuous and industrious busywork, director Harold Prince finally returned to his Broadway backyard May 3 (specifically, the Biltmore) with LoveMusik — what, in its fashion, is a love-offering to a lady who imbued and inhabited his classic 1966 production of Cabaret: Lotte Lenya, a.k.a. The Widow Weill, in this context.

After almost a decade of conspicuous and industrious busywork, director Harold Prince finally returned to his Broadway backyard May 3 (specifically, the Biltmore) with LoveMusik — what, in its fashion, is a love-offering to a lady who imbued and inhabited his classic 1966 production of Cabaret: Lotte Lenya, a.k.a. The Widow Weill, in this context.

BETTY BUCKLEY
Next week, on July 3, the one-and-only Betty Buckley will celebrate her 50th birthday. This multi-talented performer has been dazzling Broadway audiences since her debut on The Great White Way in the 1969 production of 1776, and she will soon be returning to the stage in the new musical Triumph of Love. In honor of BB's 50th birthday, I thought I would comprise a list of my 50 favorite tunes that I've heard Buckley sing over the years. I've also listed where you can hear them; some, unfortunately, Ms. B has yet to record (for those numbers I've included where I heard her sing the tune), but hopefully she will record these plus many more during the next 50 years. Here they are, in no particular order:

BETTY BUCKLEY
Next week, on July 3, the one-and-only Betty Buckley will celebrate her 50th birthday. This multi-talented performer has been dazzling Broadway audiences since her debut on The Great White Way in the 1969 production of 1776, and she will soon be returning to the stage in the new musical Triumph of Love. In honor of BB's 50th birthday, I thought I would comprise a list of my 50 favorite tunes that I've heard Buckley sing over the years. I've also listed where you can hear them; some, unfortunately, Ms. B has yet to record (for those numbers I've included where I heard her sing the tune), but hopefully she will record these plus many more during the next 50 years. Here they are, in no particular order: