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Following in the footsteps of luminaries like Dorothy Loudon, Nell Carter and Carol Burnett, Jane Lynch—in her Broadway debut – will play the ultimate Depression-era, child-hating, moonshine-loving orphanage matron Miss Hannigan in the revival of Annie beginning in May,

Lesbian music powerhouse Melissa Etheridge is set to make her Broadway debut playing St. Jimmy in American Idiot from February 1 to 6. Her role is currently played by Green Day frontman, and visionary of the show, Billie Joe Armstrong. The week-long stint will not be the last of her Broadway career, as she and her girlfriend Linda Wallem, creator of Nurse Jackie, have a musical in the works.

Danielle Brooks makes her Broadway debut in the beautiful revival that opened last night. 

Win two tickets to see Melissa Etheridge’s Broadway debut as St. Jimmy in Green Day’s American Idiot Feb. 1, at the St. James Theater at 7 p.m. This is your chance to catch the iconic rocker Etheridge as she’s never been seen, and she’s only playing for one week only!

Two-time Tony award-winner Patti LuPone will star with American Idol season one runner-up Justin Guarini in his Broadway debut in the musical adaptation of Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown. Other cast members in Women include Brian Stokes Mitchell, Sherie Rene Scott, Danny Burstein, and LuPone’s Tony award-winning costar in Gypsy, Laura Benanti.

Last week it was announced that Keira Knightley will star in a West End production of Lillian Hellman's The Children's Hour, and if Ms. Knightley is not enough to entice fans to take a trip to London, now Mad Men's Elisabeth Moss is slated to star alongside Keira.Hellman’s 1934 lesbian-themed play was banned in Boston but opened in Paris to sensational reviews before debuting on Broadway in 1936. It instantly turned Hellman into one of the most famous writers of her day. Keira will step into the role of Karen Wright while Elisabeth will play the tortured Martha. And after watching Elisabeth go toe to toe with Jon Hamm's Don Draper on Mad Men this season here's predicting a nomination for an Olivier Award.

A brand new season is starting on Broadway, so get these ladies on your radar!

Jeanine Tesori and Lisa Kron's adaptation of lesbian cartoonist Alison Bechdel's acclaimed graphic memoir will transfer to Broadway a week earlier than expected.

We love her as "Taystee," and we'll love her on Broadway!

Get your tickets now because Broadway is getting even more beautiful this season.

Musical theater fans the world over will be able to revel in some seriously meta-musicality when Sue Sylvester brings Miss Hannigan's solo, "Little Girls" to the next episode of Glee.

Rumor has it that Keira Knightley will make her West End debut as a sexy suspected lesbian in Lillian Hellman's The Children's Hour. Acclaimed director William Wyler helmed the 1961 big screen version of Hellman’s play starring Shirley MacLaine as the tortured closeted lesbian Martha Dobie and Audrey Hepburn as her business partner and woman she loves Karen Wright.

The Emmy-winning Glee star will make her solo concert debut this summer in New York.

When they're not at Litchfield, they're probably on Broadway.