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Kristin Davis and Elizabeth Ashley will also step into the hit revival of Gore Vidal's political satire next month.read more
In addition to the best musical winner, other major prizes went to "Clybourne Park," "Death of a Salesman" and "The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess."read more
Julianne Hough and Diego Boneta play the small-town girl and city boy in this tribute to '80s hair metal and the L.A. rock scene, with Tom Cruise, Alec Baldwin, Russell Brand, Catherine Zeta…
The absence of clear frontrunners in many of the major Tony races will make this year's annual Broadway honors an uncommonly suspenseful night.read more
The "How I Met Your Mother" star takes a break from rehearsals to talk with THR about the challenges and rewards of hosting Broadway's big night.read more
David Rooney Currently shooting season three of "Downton Abbey," the British actor will join Jessica Chastain and David Strathairn onstage in the revival of the Henry James adaptation.read m…
David Rooney The Emmy and Golden Globe-nominated star of Fox TV's "New Girl" will channel the country music legend in her autobiographical musical, "Coal Miner's Daughter."read more
Fans of "Smash" won't want to miss Megan Hilty putting her own delightful stamp on a quintessential Marilyn role.
Lorelei Lee lives again in "Smash" star Megan Hilty's inspired comic turn in this 1949 musical, based on Anita Loos' novel about a gold-digging flapper who knows how to work her assets.read …
Andrew Garfield's Biff, in "Death of a Salesman" on Broadway, is just the latest in a string of conflicted, richly complex characters this 28-year-old actor has played in his short but alrea…
David Rooney The group also awarded special citations to the Signature Theatre Company and to veteran director Mike Nichols for career achievement. read more
David Rooney Portraying emotionally encumbered people struggling to connect, Topher Grace and Olivia Thirlby reteam with film director Paul Weitz on his latest play, premiering Off Broadway.…
David Rooney The intimate emo-musical based on Fox Searchlight's Irish indie sleeper hit will embark on a national tour starting in summer 2013.read more
David Rooney The Emmy-winning actor will return to Broadway in Spring 2013 in director Doug Hughes' revival of the 1949 Clifford Odets play about Old Hollywood.read more
Musicals "Nice Work If You Can Get It," "Follies," "The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess" and "Newsies," and plays "Peter and the Starcatcher," "Death of a Salesman" and "One Man, Two Guvnors" also…
Matthew Broderick, Tyne Daly, Samuel L. Jackson, Angela Lansbury, Alan Rickman and Ricky Martin are among starry shutouts from the shortlist, while the positioning of James Earl Jones in lea…
Tyne Daly, Rachel Griffiths, Samuel L. Jackson, Angela Lansbury, Alan Rickman and Ricky Martin are among shutouts from the shortlist, while the positioning of James Earl Jones in lead rather…
Broadway career veteran Peters will be honored for her charity work, with special awards going to Jackman for his contributions as a performer and humanitarian, and to Actors' Equity Associa…
David Rooney A long-running hit in London in the 1990s but unseen on Broadway until now, French playwright Marc Camoletti's infidelity comedy is a follow-up to "Boeing-Boeing," which was a T…
David Rooney Raul Esparza plays con-man evangelist Jonas Nightingale in the musical reworking of the Steve Martin movie, with songs by Alan Menken and Glenn Slater.read more
John Lithgow's full-bodied characterization is persuasive, but David Auburn's new play is more successful on a scene-by-scene basis than as a whole.
John Lithgow stars as powerful mid-century Washington political journalist Joseph Alsop in this new biographical drama by Pulitzer and Tony-winning "Proof" playwright David Auburn.read more
A bulging box of musical-theater candy.
Matthew Broderick and Kelli O'Hara star in this frothy Jazz Age cocktail, brewed around a string of evergreen Gershwin tunes and staged by Tony-winning director-choreographer Kathleen Marsha…
Aside from its dazzling technology, this is a soulless show with all the substance and charm of wet ectoplasm.
