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Saturday, May 9, 2015

Dresser Jack Scott on Playing 'Mother, Father, Doctor & Therapist' to Something Rotten! Star Brian d'Arcy James by Beth Stevens

Jack Scott has been dressing Tony nominee Brian d’Arcy James since the summer of 2006, when they did Dirty Rotten Scoundrels together. Since then they have teamed up on two o…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:17AM
Thursday, May 7, 2015

Airline Highway's Joe Tippett on Scraping Change Out of Ashtrays & Learning to Swim Without Floaties by Beth Stevens

Age: 33 Hometown: Damascus, MD Current Role: Making his Broadway debut as the charismatic Bait Boy, who returns to his former residence at the rundown Hummingbird Motel for a “living…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:21PM
Sunday, April 26, 2015

Who WIll Get a Nod? Broadway.com Predicts the 2015 Tony Nominees for Performances in Plays by Beth Stevens

Do you scream at the TV (in joy and/or anguish) when the Tony nominations are announced? Join the club. Yes, the nominators love to surprise anyone who thinks they have a clear crystal ball;…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:59PM
Saturday, April 25, 2015

What Will Nab a Nod?! Broadway.com Ranks the 2015 Tony Contenders for Best Play & Beyond by Beth Stevens

After the busiest April in recent memory (do we say that every year?), it’s awards season! Now we’re obsessing over our annual Tony forecast, including frontrunners, hopefuls and…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:00AM
Wednesday, April 22, 2015

Airline Highway Playwright Lisa D’Amour on Hustling for a Paycheck & Celebrating New Orleans by Beth Stevens

A fifth generation resident of New Orleans, Lisa D’Amour is now bringing the Crescent City to Broadway with Airline Highway. D’Amour’s plays include Anna Bella Eema, The Ca…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:14PM
Tuesday, April 21, 2015

Welcome to the Periscope Renaissance! Something Rotten!'s Kate Reinders to Broadcast Live on Opening Night by Beth Stevens

Are you ready for a Rotten opening night? So are we! The latest star to take over the Broadway.com Periscope account is Something Rotten!’s Kate Reinders. See the star broadcast live f…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:06PM
Thursday, April 16, 2015

Exclusive! Neil Patrick Harris Confirms He Will Not Host the 2015 Tony Awards by Beth Stevens

With the finish line on the horizon after a crazy April of back-to-back Broadway openings, everyone's buzzing about the Tony Awards. In addition to predicting the nominees, many are wond…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:24PM
Tuesday, April 14, 2015

Hand to God Playwright Robert Askins on Being a Title Fetishist, Losing the Texas Tragedy & What Opens Doors by Beth Stevens

Texas-born Robert Askins is making his Broadway debut with Obie-winning raunchy puppet comedy Hand to God, which previously played off-Broadway’s MCC Theater and had three sold-out run…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:51PM
Saturday, April 11, 2015

Dresser Maureen Leshley Reveals How On the Twentieth Century Star Kristin Chenoweth Is a Water Bottle Diva & More by Beth Stevens

Sometimes actors and dressers work together over and over again, and sometimes they meet and bond immediately. The latter is the case for On the Twentieth Century headliner Kristin Chenoweth…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 09:46AM
Tuesday, April 7, 2015

Living on Love Playwright Joe DiPietro on How His Dog Turned Him into a Diva & Saying No to L.A. by Beth Stevens

Tony winner Joe DiPietro is known for writing the book and lyrics for the Tony-winning musical Memphis as well as All Shook Up, The Toxic Avenger, The Thing About Men, Falling for …

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:48PM
Thursday, April 2, 2015

An American in Paris Star Leanne Cope on Auditioning in the Shower & Her Trashy TV Obsession by Beth Stevens

Age: 31 Hometown: Bath, England Current Role: Making her Broadway debut as Lise Dassin, a young Parisian shop girl who wins the attention of three young men, including handsome G…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:25PM
Monday, March 30, 2015

Finding Neverland Scribe James Graham on Whiskey Rewards, Avoiding Writer's Block & Not Working By Candlelight by Beth Stevens

James Graham is one of the busiest writers in showbiz whose name you (probably) don’t know. At the moment he’s in rehearsal for both the new musical Finding Neverland, for which …

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:42PM
Saturday, March 21, 2015

Meet Your New Fave Broadway Couple: Beautiful's Jarrod Spector & Doctor Zhivago's Kelli Barrett by Beth Stevens

A typical night in for Broadway couple Jarrod Spector and Kelli Barrett might include a game of Carcassonne, a marathon of House of Cards or a feast of celery and peanut butter. But nights i…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:00AM
Thursday, March 19, 2015

Hip-Hop Pioneer Russell Simmons Developing New Musical The Scenario by Beth Stevens

Holler if you want more hip hop on Broadway! Tony-winning producer and hip-hop pioneer Russell Simmons is developing a new musical called The Scenario, which will highlight hip-hop’s &…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:41PM
Saturday, March 14, 2015

From Egypt to Oz & Beyond, If/Then Star Idina Menzel’s Dresser Joby Horrigan Is Always By Her Side by Beth Stevens

Few people get to see the day-to-day triumphs and challenges of a Broadway performer as much as a dresser. Joby Horrigan has been Idina Menzel’s friend, confidante and dresser since 20…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 09:54AM
Thursday, March 5, 2015

Harry Connick Jr. on Coming Back to Broadway, Goofing Off on American Idol & Leaving Sia Covers Out of His NYC Concert by Beth Stevens

Get ready because Harry Connick Jr.’s coming back to town! The chart-topping musician is gearing up for his March 7 concert at Avery Fisher Hall. Although Connick is most familiar as a…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:25PM
Wednesday, March 4, 2015

Posterity Playwright Doug Wright on Procrastination, Martinis & an Inspiring Trip to Oslo by Beth Stevens

Doug Wright is a highly decorated playwright and librettist: He won a Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize for I Am My Own Wife and an Obie Award for Quills (for which he also wrote the Golden…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:13PM
Monday, March 2, 2015

Parks & Rec Star Nick Offerman to Headline World Premiere of A Confederacy of Dunces by Beth Stevens

Nick Offerman is set to lead the world premiere A Confederacy of Dunces. The Parks & Recreation star will begin performances in Jeffrey Hatcher’s adaptation on November 11 at the H…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:06PM
Friday, February 27, 2015

All in the Family! Tiler Peck Fills in for Sis-In-Law Megan Fairchild at On the Town by Beth Stevens

Love-struck sailor Gabey will have his eye on new Miss Turnstiles this March. New York City Ballet principal Tiler Peck is stepping into the role of Ivy Smith in On the Town for six per…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:27AM
Thursday, February 26, 2015

Bombshell News! Megan Hilty Signs on to Play a Broadway Diva in Judah Miller TV Pilot by Beth Stevens

Let her be your star indeed! Smash standout Megan Hilty will once again play a Broadway actress on the small screen. The new mom has signed on as the lead in the pilot of Judah Miller’…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:28PM
Sunday, February 15, 2015

Celia Keenan-Bolger on Naming Her Baby, Getting Outed on Instagram and Eating Like a 'Normal Person' by Beth Stevens

Celia Keenan-Bolger has a secret she can no longer hide: “I’m seven and a half months pregnant,” the Tony nominee told Broadway.com in a quickie phone chat. What?! Pregnant…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:00AM
Wednesday, February 11, 2015

Between Riverside and Crazy Playwright Stephen Adly Guirgis on How Cigarettes, Prayer & Sweatpants Help Him Write by Beth Stevens

Though Stephen Adly Guirgis is the ultimate multi-hyphenate—he’s a writer, director, actor, educator and former co-artistic director of LAByrinth Theater Company—he is best…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:20PM
Saturday, February 7, 2015

Kimberly Mark on the Perks, Quirks and Eye Rolls of Being Cabaret Star Alan Cumming's Dresser for 17 Years by Beth Stevens

The relationship between a dresser and an actor is an intimate one. When it clicks, many stars choose to work with their dressers repeatedly. Such is the case with Kimberly Mark and Alan Cum…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:00AM
Wednesday, January 28, 2015

No Fight Scenes or Dance Numbers! Rasheeda Speaking’s Cynthia Nixon on Making Her Directing Debut by Beth Stevens

Cynthia Nixon has never directed anything…until now. Best known for Sex and the City, Nixon's been working as an actor nonstop since she was a teenager. Now the Tony winner is fin…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:55PM
Sunday, January 18, 2015

Team Sunshine’s 24-year performance experiment — THE SINCERITY PROJECT by Elizabeth Stevens and Alex Torra

Elizabeth Stevens interviews Alex Torra about THE SINCERITY PROJECT.

SOURCE: Culture Bot at 01:30PM
Thursday, January 15, 2015

Catherine Ricafort on Her Olsen Twins History, Special Skills & Getting 'Friki-Friki' in Honeymoon in Vegas by Beth Stevens

Age: “In my 20s” Hometown: Thousand Oaks, CA Current Role: Mahi, a Hawaiian seductress with a trick up her sleeve and a hilarious song, memorably entitled "Friki-Friki…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:32PM
Thursday, January 8, 2015

Beautiful's Anika Larsen on Her Pregnancy, 'Turbo-Speed' Relationship & Baby Guru Kelli O'Hara by Beth Stevens

Beautiful Tony nominee Anika Larsen is expecting her first child with partner Freddie Maxwell in late June. Of course, balancing eight shows a week with pregnancy can be tricky, so Larsen tu…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:56PM
Wednesday, December 17, 2014

They're the Top! Broadway.com Names the Best Five Shows of 2014 by Beth Stevens

Broadway offered up 39 shows in 2014, but the Broadway.com staff only chooses five as the best of the year. After much consideration (not to mention hours at the theater taking it all in!), …

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:01PM
Tuesday, December 16, 2014

Who Will Be the 2014 Broadway.com Star of the Year? Vote Now! by Beth Stevens

It’s the most wonderful time of the year! Yep, it’s your turn to choose Broadway.com’s 2014 Star of the Year! We’ve expanded the list this year to a dirty dozen of ta…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:12PM
Friday, December 5, 2014

Watch Tony Winner Bernadette Peters and More in Amazon’s Jungle by Beth Stevens

Check out this trailer for the new Amazon series Mozart in the Jungle, which features Tony winner Bernadette Peters along with Gael Garcia Bernal, Malcolm McDowell, Lola Kirke, Saffron Burro…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:27PM
Thursday, December 4, 2014

The Last Ship's Collin Kelly-Sordelet on Fake Blood, Making Peace with Glee and Getting Close to Sting by Beth Stevens

Age: “I’m 19, but I’ll be 20 on New Year’s Eve.” Hometown: Montclair, NJ Current Role: Both a young version Gideon Fletcher, a man who leaves his sea…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:45PM

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