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She Loves Me Returns The Jerry Bock and Sheldon Harnick musical, She Loves Me , will return to Broadway next season, in spring 2016. The revival will be part of Roundabout's 50th anniversary season. (The theatre company held a benefit, one-night-only concert of the show in 2011.) But that's not all: Tony winner Laura Benanti ( Gypsy , Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown ) and Josh Radnor ( Disgraced , How I Met Your Mother ) will star in the production, to be directed by Scott Ellis ( The Mystery of Edwin Drood , You Can't Take it With You ). In addition to the Bock and Harnick score, She Loves Me features a book by Joe Masteroff ( Cabaret ); the musical is based on the novel, The Shop Around the Corner , which is also the source material for the Tom Hanks–Meg Ryan flick, You've Got Mail . Specific dates for the production have not been announced, and it is not confirmed whether She Loves Me will play at the American Airlines Theatre or Studio 54. The ...

An American in Paris —First Photos! 'Swonderful! The first promotional photos for the stage adaptation of An American in Paris have been released , and they look incredible! (The photo on the right is one of them. Gorgeous, isn't it?) The photos feature stars Robbie Fairchild (NYCB principal dancer, A Place for Us ) and Leanne Cope dancing around Paris. An American in Paris is inspired by the Gene Kelly film and boasts a score of Gershwin favorites. The stage adaptation is directed and choreographed by Christopher Wheeldon ( Cinderella , A Place for Us ), making his stage directorial debut, and features a book by Craig Lucas . An American in Paris will debut in Paris at the Theatre du Chatelet , running November 11, 2014, through January 4, 2015, and a spring 2015 Broadway bow is expected. Visit the Theatre du Chatelet blog to view more photos. "Cookie-tin Banjo" Music Video Last week , Benjamin Scheuer sang "Cookie-tin Banjo" for a New York ...