The winners of the Gershwin Awards and New York City’s Gershwin candidates for the Jimmy Awards, were determined on Saturday.
SOURCE: Backstage at 12:15PMThe series, a part of the New York Theatre Workshop’s Larson Lab, has featured the likes of Ellen Lauren, David Greenspan, Elizabeth Marvel, and Kate Valk.
SOURCE: Backstage at 11:01AMLaura Benanti will star alongside Matthew Perry (“Friends”) in “Go On,” a new sitcom NBC recently picked up for the Fall season.
SOURCE: Backstage at 10:15AMOpening Act is an organization dedicated to bringing free theater programs to underperforming New York City high schools.
SOURCE: Backstage at 06:39AMLilla Crawford has been cast to play the title role in the new Broadway production of “Annie,” announced NBC’s Today show on Friday.
SOURCE: Backstage at 10:35AMThe award will be presented at the Italian Embassy in Washington DC at a black-tie gala on Monday.
SOURCE: Backstage at 01:32AMLiza Minnelli will be honored with the Douglas Watt Lifetime Achievement Award at the 30th annual Fred & Adele Astaire Awards.
SOURCE: Backstage at 04:18AMA mounting debt forced the Caldwell Theatre Company in Boca Raton, Florida to pay the actors in their production of “Working” out of the Equity Bond.
SOURCE: Backstage at 11:24AM"Talking Heads" band founder David Byrne is teaming up with Fatboy Slim, the British electronic music DJ, for The Public Theater's 2012-2013 season.
SOURCE: Backstage at 03:49AMThe ten recipients of the second annual Kennedy Center/Stephen Sondheim Inspirational Teacher Awards were announced on Thursday.
SOURCE: Backstage at 02:54AM"Hunger Games" actor Stanley Tucci is scheduled to address the House Appropriations Subcommittee on the Interior on Thursday.
SOURCE: Backstage at 02:54AMThe importance of musical theatre education in schools was highlighted today at the kick-off for “Musicals in Our Schools” at noon in Duffy Square.
SOURCE: Backstage at 03:55AMPaul Giamatti is scheduled to take on the role of the pained Danish prince for the 2012-13 season at the Yale Repertory Theatre in New Haven, CT.
SOURCE: Backstage at 12:57PMThe Royal Shakespeare Company’s “Matilda The Musical” leads the 2012 Olivier Award nominees, which were announced on Thursday.
SOURCE: Backstage at 12:29PMBarbra Streisand’s “Gypsy” is now a go at Universal. Streisand will play Momma Rose and is also producing the film with Joel Silver.
SOURCE: Backstage at 08:40AMThe Broadway-bound musical adaptation of “Rebecca” is scheduled to open at the Broadhurst Theatre in Fall 2012.
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