In recognition of his contribution to the London theater, legendary musical theater composer Stephen Sondheim will receive the 2011 Olivier Special Award. The Olivier Awards, the most presti…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:58PMReality TV's Dancing With the Stars winner Julianne Hough is the latest definite cast member of the upcoming Rock of Ages movie, joining Tom Cruise and Mary J. Blige on the film's official r…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:58PMAll eyes are on Two and Half Men star Charlie Sheen this week as the popular actor continues his media tirade, popping up on just about every talk show that will have him as a guest. Attacki…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:58PMIt's a busy time for Nick Adams over at the Palace Theatre. The flashy new musical Priscilla Queen of the Desert is now officially in previews, and Adams brought along his trusty camera to c…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:58PMBreak out the air guitars, London: Broadway's favorite 80s tuner Rock of Ages will begin wailing at the West End's Shaftesbury Theatre on August 31. No casting or official opening date has y…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:58PMThe buzzy new musical Prometheus Bound is currently running at Boston's American Repertory Theater in a production that reunites Tony nominee Gavin Creel (in the title role) and his Hair dir…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:58PMTwo-time Tony Award nominee Christopher Sieber will begin performances as Georges in the Broadway revival of La Cage aux Folles on March 15. As previously announced, Sieber was tapped to co-…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:58PMFor the past year, The Addams Family's Jackie Hoffman has clued Broadway.com readers into the kooky backstage antics of the hit musical's (very game!) company. From opening night to the holi…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:58PMIn the Broadway revival of Jason Miller's 1973 Pulitzer Prize-winning play That Championship Season, a group of former high school basketball stars, played by Keifer Sutherland, Chris Noth, …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:58PMIn a week that found Broadway grosses on the downswing, the previewing Book of Mormon jumped more than $150,000, earning a spot on the frontrunners' list for capacity and earning a healthy $…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:58PMBroadway favorites Lily Rabe and Jessica Hecht and director David Cromer are among the many big names who have signed on for Williamstown Theatre Festival's 2011 summer season. The 173-seat …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:58PMChristie Brinkley, the golden-tressed former supermodel, is about to star in the Tony-winning revival of Chicago. Before hopping a plane to start rehearsals for her role as Roxie Hart, Brink…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:58PMWhile Wonderland, the musical reimagining of the classic Alice in Wonderland, is readying to begin performances at the Marquis Theatre on March 21, the show's talented company headed from th…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:58PMRumer Willis, Anne Meara, Sonia Manzano and Fredi Walker-Browne will join upcoming casts of the hit off-Broadway production of Love, Loss and What I Wore. Nora and Delia Ephron's stage adapt…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:58PMKathleen Turner, star of the forthcoming Broadway drama High, has signed on to host the 2011 Drama League Awards ceremony and luncheon. The 77th annual event, which honors the season's best …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:58PMJason Miller's 1973 Pulitzer Prize-winning play, That Championship Season, returned to Broadway on March 6, when Gregory Mosher's revival bowed at the Jacobs Theatre with a houseful of A-lis…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:58PMJim Parsons, the Emmy Award-winning star of The Big Bang Theory, and Pushing Daisies alum Lee Pace are the latest additions to the cast of the forthcoming Broadway production of Larry Kramer…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:58PMA new Broadway production of The House of Blue Leaves, John Guare's classic 1971 comedy, is headed for the Walter Kerr Theatre, starring Ben Stiller, Edie Falco and Jennifer Jason Leigh. Tic…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:58PMScreen stars Katie Holmes and America Ferrera will headline an upcoming reading of William Mastrosimone's play Extremities, according to Variety. The drama, which will also star Pablo Schrei…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:58PMTony Award winner Scarlett Johansson sat down with Mad Men star Jon Hamm and The Office star John Krasinski for a recent reading of Philip Barry's The Philadelphia Story, according to Variet…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:58PMBroadway favorites Hugh Jackman and Kristin Chenoweth took part in a recent reading of the 1978 musical On the Twentieth Century, according to Variety. Actress Andrea Martin, who co-starred …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:58PMThe already top notch cast of the Rock of Ages film adaptation got a little starrier over the weekend, with 30 Rock star Alec Baldwin officially signed on to play Dennis Dupree, an aging roc…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:58PMNow that Jimmy Fallon and SNL's Bill Hader have given us their best Charlie Sheen impressions, theater fans have chosen the ideal star for a stage version of the talkative actor's colorful l…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:58PMIn 1992, crowds lined up to see Whoopi Goldberg play Deloris Van Cartier, a lounge singer hiding out from the mob in a quaint nunnery, in the surprise film hit of the summer, Sister Act. Now…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:58PMA new American play is always welcome on Broadway, and David Lindsay-Abaire has written a better-than-good one called Good People. With a cast led by Frances McDormand and Tate Donovan, the …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:58PMThe West End went back in time on March 7 when it welcomed the London production of Million Dollar Quartet to the Noel Coward Theatre. Starring real-life music talents Ben Goddard as Jerry L…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:58PMA love triangle is irresistible to audiences, as Abe Burrows realized when he wrote the 1965 Broadway hit Cactus Flower. This comic bonbon is being revived off-Broadway in a production starr…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:58PMThe lyrics of "MacArthur Park" have never made any sense, but that famous cake that someone left out in the rain has morphed into a brand new Magnolia Bakery cupcake honoring the Broadway mu…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:58PMGlee heartthrob Matthew Morrison recently shed Mr. Schue's Spanish teacher duds and headed into rehearsal for his upcoming "Summer Rain" solo tour, and he's giving his fans a peek behind the…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:58PMFilm favorite Rupert Everett will star as Professor Henry Higgins in the George Bernard Shaw classic Pygmalion on the London stage. He will be reprising the role, which he played in the Chic…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:58PMComedienne Sandra Bernhard returned to the New York stage on March 7, when she and downtown drag artist Justin Vivian Bond premiered their new musical, Arts & Crafts, at cabaret venue Jo…
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