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Highlights of this new THEATRE WORLD, now in its 59th year, include the eight-time Tony award-winning Hairspray; the Tony Award-winning Best Play Take Me Out; David Leveaux's reimagining of Nine: The Musical; the revival of Eugene O'Neill's Long Day's Journey Into Night and the groundbreaking Russell Simmons' Def Poetry Jam. THEATRE WORLD, the statistical and pictorial record of the Broadway, Off-Broadway, and Off-Off-Broadway seasons, touring companies, and professional regional companies throughout the United States, is a classic in its field. The book is complete with cast listings, replacements, producers, directors, authors, composers, opening and closing dates, and song titles. There are special sections with biographical data, obituary information, a longest-runs listing, an expanded theatrical awards section, and much, much more.