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Tuesday, May 7, 2013

Tony and Emmy Winner Cherry Jones Set to Star in When We Were Young and Unafraid at MTC by Ryan Gilbert

Tony and Emmy Award winner Cherry Jones will return to Manhattan Theatre Club next summer in the world premiere of Sarah Treem's When We Were Young and Unafraid. The play will have a lim…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:39PM

Bertie Carvel, Valisia LaKae, Rob McClure & More Earn Theatre World Award Honors by Ryan Gilbert

Winners of the 69th annual Theatre World Awards for outstanding Broadway or off-Broadway debut performances during the 2012-2013 theatrical season have been announced. The Theatre World Awar…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:27PM

Bertie Carvel, Valisia LeKae, Rob McClure & More Earn Theatre World Award Honors by Ryan Gilbert

Winners of the 69th annual Theatre World Awards for outstanding Broadway or off-Broadway debut performances during the 2012-2013 theatrical season have been announced. The Theatre World Awar…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:27PM
Monday, May 6, 2013

Annie Stars Lilla Crawford & Katie Finneran Celebrate All of Their Fan Love After Audience Choice Award Win by Ryan Gilbert

Betcha they're young! Betcha they're smart! Annie fans raised their voices to name the show Favorite Musical Revival at this year’s Broadway.com Audience Choice Awards, an…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:53PM

Mary-Louise Parker, David Morse, Linda Emond & More Set for Vineyard Theatre's One-Night-Only Reunion Readings by Ryan Gilbert

The Vineyard Theatre announced that it will welcome back original cast members from How I Learned to Drive and The Dying Gaul, including Tony winner Mary-Louise Parker, Tony nominee Linda Em…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:02PM

Kinky Boots' Cyndi Lauper & Harvey Fierstein on Their BACA-Winning New Musical: 'You Gotta Listen to the Voice of the People' by Ryan Gilbert

"You know what? Fans are awesome! I’m gonna call Kinky Boots fans 'Kinks' from now on!" Cyndi Lauper joyously exclaimed as she headed backstage at the Broadway.c…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:48PM

Matilda BACA Winner Tim Minchin Is 'Proud' His Work Appeals to Everyone from 'Six to 96' by Ryan Gilbert

Matilda composer Tim Minchin is the proud recipient of a 2013 Broadway.com Audience Award for Favorite New Song! Three tunes from the hit musical made the top five on this year’s ballo…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:13PM

Matilda Star Bertie Carvel Is 'Very Moved' by His Broadway.com Audience Choice Award Win by Ryan Gilbert

Matilda star Bertie Carvel is making audiences laugh and gasp at the Shubert Theatre as the monstrous Miss Trunchbull. Theatergoers took note of his larger-than-life turn, and on May 5 Carve…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:04PM

Kinky Boots' Billy Porter on His 'Amaaaazing' Audience Choice Award Win for Favorite Actor in a Musical by Ryan Gilbert

Everybody did say yeah when Kinky Boots star Billy Porter picked up the Broadway.com Audience Choice Award for Favorite Actor in a Musical for his role as Lola in the rocking new tuner. Broa…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:59AM
Sunday, May 5, 2013

Caissie Levy and Will Swenson Sing a Murder Ballad & Steve Kazee is a Southern Gent in This Week's Datebook by Ryan Gilbert

May has arrived, which means that there's a whole month of fun and exciting theatrical events ahead of us! Read on to see what we've picked as the cream of the crop from the week ahe…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:14PM
Friday, May 3, 2013

Christina Crawford Recalls Tears and Triumph in Surviving Mommie Dearest by Ryan Gilbert

We've all heard "No... wire... hangers. No wire hangers, ever!" Now we can hear all the gory details. Christina Crawford—actress and author of the autobiographical book M…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:25PM

Watch the 'Revolting Children' of Broadway's Matilda Get a Little Bit 'Naughty' on Good Morning America by Ryan Gilbert

They were anything but R-E-V-O-L-T-I-N-G! The magically-talented cast of the Tony-nominated musical Matilda kicked off the morning of May 2 with a one heck of a musical performance on Good M…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:40AM
Thursday, May 2, 2013

Rattlestick's Buyer & Cellar, Starring Michael Urie, Will Transfer to Barrow Street Theatre by Ryan Gilbert

Rattlestick Playwrights Theater announced that the world premiere of Buyer & Cellar, starring Broadway fave Michael Urie, will transfer to the Barrow Street Theatre this summer, accordin…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:32PM

A Family For All Occasions, Directed by Philip Seymour Hoffman, Extends One Week Before Opening by Ryan Gilbert

A Family For All Occasions is sticking around a little bit longer! The Labyrinth Theater Company has extended its premiere of Bob Glaudini's family drama before opening off-Broadway. The…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:16PM

Squigs Captures the Rough and Tumble World of Orphans, Starring Alec Baldwin, Tom Sturridge & Ben Foster by Ryan Gilbert

Alec Baldwin, Tony nominee Tom Sturridge and Ben Foster are bringing the turbulent world of Lyle Kessler Orphans to thunderous life on Broadway. Set in a ramshackle row house in North Philly…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:39AM
Wednesday, May 1, 2013

Tickets Now On Sale for Vineyard Theatre's Somewhere Fun, Starring Kathleen Chalfant & Kate Mulgrew by Ryan Gilbert

Tickets are now on sale for the off-Broadway play Somewhere Fun. The drama, written by Jenny Schwartz and directed by Anne Kauffman, is set to begin performances at the Vineyard Theatre on M…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:36PM

Dianne Pilkington & More Join the Cast of Mamma Mia! in London by Ryan Gilbert

West End favorite Dianne Pilkington will take over the role of Donna Sheridan in the hit musical Mamma Mia! later this year as part of the largest cast change the London show has ever seen. …

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:02AM

Elaine Stritch Documentary Shoot Me Will Hit Theaters Nationwide by Ryan Gilbert

Elaine Stritch: Shoot Me, the new documentary about the Tony and Emmy Award-winning legend that premiered April 19 at the Tribeca Film Festival, has been acquired by Sundance Selects, accord…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:35AM
Tuesday, April 30, 2013

Matilda Nominee Gabriel Ebert Will Serenade Bertie Carvel with His Ukelele & Shop for Nice Clothes by Ryan Gilbert

The morning the Tony nominations are announced, phones start buzzing with texts and calls for the happy few who get nods. As usual, Broadway.com is thrilled to be among the callers offering …

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:44PM

Matilda Scribe Dennis Kelly Will Celebrate His Tony Nom After Cleaning Up for His Italian Mother-in-Law by Ryan Gilbert

The morning the Tony nominations are announced, phones start buzzing with texts and calls for the happy few who get nods. As usual, Broadway.com is thrilled to be among the callers offering …

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:43PM

Composer Tim Minchin on Why Matilda's Tony Nods are a 'Massive Bonus' for the Show's Future by Ryan Gilbert

The morning the Tony nominations are announced, phones start buzzing with texts and calls for the happy few who get nods. As usual, Broadway.com is thrilled to be among the callers offering …

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:36PM

It's 'Full Steam Ahead' for Matilda's Lauren Ward, Who Didn't Expect Her First Tony Nomination by Ryan Gilbert

The morning the Tony nominations are announced, phones start buzzing with texts and calls for the happy few who get nods. As usual, Broadway.com is thrilled to be among the callers offering …

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:00PM

Matilda Star Bertie Carvel Comes Down From a Mountain to Get News of His Tony Nod by Ryan Gilbert

Bertie Carvel
 Nominated for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical, Matilda "I dragged myself out of bed 10 minutes before 8AM, which is an ungodly time to expect anybo…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:59AM

The Assembled Parties Scribe Richard Greenberg on the 'Fulfillment of Some Dreamy Teenage Fantasy' by Ryan Gilbert

The morning the Tony nominations are announced, phones start buzzing with texts and calls for the happy few who get nods. As usual, Broadway.com is thrilled to be among the callers offering …

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:45AM
Monday, April 29, 2013

Sarah Jessica Parker & Blythe Danner Set to Headline Amanda Peet's The Commons of Pensacola at MTC by Ryan Gilbert

Emmy winner Sarah Jessica Parker and Tony winner Blythe Danner are set to star in Manhattan Theatre Club’s world premiere off-Broadway production of Amanda Peet's The Commons of Pe…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:25PM

Sarah Jessica Parker & Blythe Danner Confirmed for Amanda Peet's The Commons of Pensacola at MTC by Ryan Gilbert

Emmy winner Sarah Jessica Parker and Tony winner Blythe Danner are officially set to star in Manhattan Theatre Club’s off-Broadway production of Amanda Peet's The Commons of Pensac…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:25PM
Thursday, April 25, 2013

Tom Sturridge on Loving New York and Wowing Broadway Audiences in Orphans by Ryan Gilbert

Age and Hometown: 27; London Current Role: A Broadway debut as Phillip, the housebound brother who forms a bond with a mysterious father figure (Alec Baldwin) in Orphans. In the Blood: …

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 09:49AM
Monday, April 22, 2013

Colm Toibin's The Testament of Mary, Starring Fiona Shaw, Opens on Broadway by Ryan Gilbert

Colm Toibin's The Testament of Mary, starring Tony nominee Fiona Shaw, officially opens April 22 at Broadway's Walter Kerr Theatre. Directed by Tony nominee Deborah Warner, the Scott…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:06AM
Friday, April 19, 2013

Christina DeCicco to Take Over as Arachne in Spider-Man, Turn Off the Dark by Ryan Gilbert

Christina DeCicco will join the cast of the hit musical Spider-Man, Turn Off the Dark as Arachne beginning April 23 at the Foxwoods Theatre. DeCicco takes over the role from Katrina Lenk, wh…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:07PM

Emmy Winner Bryan Cranston to Star as President Lyndon Johnson in All the Way at A.R.T. by Ryan Gilbert

Three-time Emmy winner Bryan Cranston (Breaking Bad) will play President Lyndon B. Johnson in the American Repertory Theater's production of Pulitzer Prize winner Robert Schenkkan’…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:13PM

It's an Electrifying Opening Night for Orphans, Starring Alec Baldwin, Ben Foster & Tom Sturridge by Ryan Gilbert

Audiences are in for a night of brotherly love and gangster hurly-burly when they treat themselves to the intense drama of Orphans. In the Broadway premiere of Lyle Kessler's play, …

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:29PM

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