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Sunday, June 12, 2011

Sutton Foster wins best actress in a musical Tony by Mark Kennedy

NEW YORK (AP) -- Sutton Foster has won the Tony Award for best actress in a musical....

SOURCE: Associated Press at 10:39PM

Frances McDormand wins Tony as best play actress by Mark Kennedy

NEW YORK (AP) -- Frances McDormand has won the Tony Award for best leading actress in a play....

SOURCE: Associated Press at 10:36PM

'Anything Goes' wins Tony for best musical revival by Mark Kennedy

The Cole Porter romp "Anything Goes" has won the Tony Award for best musical revival.

SOURCE: Boston Globe at 10:30PM

'Anything Goes' wins Tony for best musical revival by Mark Kennedy

NEW YORK (AP) -- The Cole Porter romp "Anything Goes" has won the Tony Award for best musical revival....

SOURCE: Associated Press at 10:25PM

'War Horse' wins best play Tony Award by Mark Kennedy

NEW YORK (AP) -- "War Horse" has won the Tony Award for best play....

SOURCE: Associated Press at 10:05PM

'The Normal Heart' wins Tony for best play revival by Mark Kennedy

NEW YORK (AP) -- The AIDS drama "The Normal Heart" has won the Tony Award for best play revival....

SOURCE: Associated Press at 09:56PM

Tony Awards kick off with two ‘The Normal Heart' wins by Mark Kennedy

Host Neil Patrick Harris opens with dancing nuns, sailors, flight attendants and Mormons

SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 09:04PM

‘The Book of Mormon’ steals the show at Tony Awards by Mark Kennedy

Host Neil Patrick Harris opens with dancing nuns, sailors, flight attendants and Mormons

SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 09:04PM

Ellen Barkin wins featured actress Tony Award by Mark Kennedy

NEW YORK (AP) -- Ellen Barkin has won the Tony Award for best performance by an actress in a featured role....

SOURCE: Associated Press at 08:09PM
Friday, June 10, 2011

Mark Rylance Readies Mischief for the Tonys by Mark Kennedy

Three years ago Rylance baffled the Tony audience at Radio City Music Hall when he went on stage to collect the top acting prize for his work in "Boeing-Boeing" and began talking about wha…

SOURCE: Backstage at 11:16AM

Labor Dispute Outside Tony Awards Venue Solved by Mark Kennedy

The stagehands' union and producers of the Tony Awards reached an agreement Friday on how the show's red carpet area will be staffed, ending a labor dispute that threatened to derail Broad…

SOURCE: Backstage at 02:34AM
Thursday, June 9, 2011

Union sues 'Spider-Man' on behalf of Julie Taymor by Mark Kennedy

The union that represents theater directors is seeking any royalties owed Julie Taymor, the original director of "Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark."

SOURCE: Boston Globe at 03:21PM

Union sues 'Spider-Man' on behalf of Julie Taymor by Mark Kennedy

NEW YORK (AP) -- The union that represents theater directors is seeking any royalties owed Julie Taymor, the original director of "Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark."...

SOURCE: Associated Press at 03:19PM

Labor Dispute Threatens to Upstage Tony Awards by Mark Kennedy

A labor dispute is threatening to make a mess of the Tony Awards, forcing actors to cross picket lines to attend the red carpet for Broadway's biggest ceremony.

SOURCE: Backstage at 12:55PM
Wednesday, June 8, 2011

World's Smallest Theater Parks in Times Square by Mark Kennedy

"Theatre for One" returns for its second year, parking a 4-foot-by-8 foot portable theater near the TKTS booth and inviting one audience member at a time to see one short play performed by…

SOURCE: Backstage at 03:28AM
Monday, June 6, 2011

T.V. Carpio Opens Up About Wild 'Spider-Man' Ride by Mark Kennedy

Carpio has managed to keep perspective amid the behind-the-scenes turmoil that saw Carpio's part of Arachne cut down from an epic villain with five songs to a guardian angel with just thr…

SOURCE: Backstage at 01:56AM
Friday, June 3, 2011

Arian Moayed Loving Life Thanks to 'Bengal Tiger' by Mark Kennedy

His soulful turn as an Iraqi gardener-turned-translator in Rajiv Joseph's rich and powerful play has earned him a featured actor Tony Award nomination in his Broadway debut.

SOURCE: Backstage at 10:29AM
Tuesday, May 31, 2011

Fast Rise of Broadway's Nina Arianda Turns Heads by Mark Kennedy

Currently in the middle of a four-month run of "Born Yesterday" on Broadway, the 26-year-old actress says that when the run ends on July 31 she might spend a week at the beach but then go …

SOURCE: Backstage at 09:35AM
Thursday, May 26, 2011

Goldfarb Explores Baby Blues in 'Cradle and All' by Mark Kennedy

The playwright's "Cradle and All" is a cut-to-the-bone look at how babies can sometimes more easily resemble grenades, exposing secrets their parents want hidden and straining relationshi…

SOURCE: Backstage at 11:34AM
Tuesday, May 24, 2011

A song from 'Wicked' a popular choice on Tuesday by Mark Kennedy

There's something wicked about Tuesday. In a strange convergence of events, "For Good," a song composer Stephen Schwartz wrote for the hit Broadway musical "Wicked," will be heard during two…

SOURCE: news.yahoo.com at 03:02PM

John Benjamin Hickey Juggles Stage Role, TV Show by Mark Kennedy

Hickey is starring on Broadway as an AIDS-stricken journalist in a much-praised revival of Larry Kramer's "The Normal Heart" and playing Laura Linney's troubled brother on Showtime's "The …

SOURCE: Backstage at 10:47AM

A Song From 'Wicked' a Popular Choice on Tuesday by Mark Kennedy

"For Good," from the hit Broadway musical "Wicked," will be heard during two high-profile goodbyes: the season finale of "Glee" and the second-to-last airing of "The Oprah Winfrey Show."

SOURCE: Backstage at 03:24AM

'Book of Mormon' wins big at Drama Desk Awards by Mark Kennedy

The profane show "The Book of Mormon" snagged five Drama Desk Awards on Monday night, adding to its pre-Tony Award critical haul and making it the musical to beat when the biggest prizes in …

SOURCE: Boston Globe at 12:10AM

'Book of Mormon' wins big at Drama Desk Awards by Mark Kennedy

NEW YORK (AP) -- The profane show "The Book of Mormon" snagged five Drama Desk Awards on Monday night, adding to its pre-Tony Award critical haul and making it the musical to beat when t…

SOURCE: Associated Press at 12:08AM
Friday, May 20, 2011

Playwrights Bask in Attention on Broadway by Mark Kennedy

From "Good People" to "Ghetto Klown" to "Lombardi," it was a bumper year for dramatic writers. Of the 25 plays that made it to Broadway for the 2010-2011 season, a robust 14 productions we…

SOURCE: Backstage at 11:05AM
Tuesday, May 17, 2011

Star rising: Nikki James of 'The Book of Mormon' by Mark Kennedy

NEW YORK (AP) -- Nikki M. James isn't about to let the fact that she grew up idolizing Patti LuPone stop her from trying to beat the Broadway icon at the Tony Awards....

SOURCE: Associated Press at 02:43PM
Thursday, May 12, 2011

Producers rewrite troubled ‘Spider-Man’ musical by Mark Kennedy

Performances were cancelled and stunts went awry, leaving actors trapped hanging over the audience. One actor fractured his skull and shoulder blade.

SOURCE: Toronto.com at 07:24AM

Reboot of Broadway's 'Spider-Man' flies again by Mark Kennedy

Taking a page from the comics, producers of Broadway's "Spider-Man" musical are hoping their battered hero can somehow return from the dead.

SOURCE: Boston Globe at 06:20AM

Reboot of Broadway's 'Spider-Man' flies again by Mark Kennedy

NEW YORK (AP) -- Taking a page from the comics, producers of Broadway's "Spider-Man" musical are hoping their battered hero can somehow return from the dead....

SOURCE: Associated Press at 06:15AM
Tuesday, May 10, 2011

Neil Patrick Harris to host Tony Awards again by Mark Kennedy

NEW YORK (AP) -- Neil Patrick Harris will return as host for the upcoming Tony Awards....

SOURCE: Associated Press at 12:56PM

Neil Patrick Harris to host Tony Awards again by Mark Kennedy

Neil Patrick Harris will return as host for the upcoming Tony Awards. Producers of the show announced Tuesday that the star of the sitcom "How I Met Your Mother" and a stage veteran would ta…

SOURCE: Boston Globe at 12:30PM

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