With the 12-year run of Jonathan Larson's "RENT" coming to a close this September, the course of Broadway's history will be forever altered

Thousands of people audition in hopes of becoming the next American Idol, but only one person can be crowned the new king or queen of the stage.

NEW YORK (AP) - Those American Idol finalists keep coming to Broadway. Tamyra Gray, from the television show's first season, is getting ready for her second gig there. She made her Broadway debut in ''Bombay Dreams,'' the big Bollywood musical, several years back.

Former Color Me Badd singer Sam Watters married former American Idol contestant Tamyra Gray in Italy last weekend. Watters, 36, and Gray - a finalist from the first season of the TV talent show - wed on the island of Capri in the Gulf of Naples.