2018 Tony Award Nominations: Check Here for Live Updates by Ryan McPhee

Leslie Odom Jr. and Katharine McPhee will reveal the nominees May 1 at 8:30 AM

SOURCE: Playbill at 5:00am on May 1, 2018☆⚑

Grosses Analysis: Donna Summer Bio-Musical Summer Breaks $1 Million by Ryan McPhee

Five additional shows from the 2017–2018 season earned seven figures as Tony Award nominations approach.

SOURCE: Playbill at 4:24pm on April 30, 2018☆⚑

New York's La MaMa Will Receive 2018 Regional Theatre Tony Award by Ryan McPhee

The theatre company becomes the second New York organization to receive the honor.

SOURCE: Playbill at 3:40pm on April 30, 2018☆⚑

Skylar Astin, Betsy Wolfe, and Michael Urie to Star in Kennedy Center's How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying by Ryan McPhee

The Pulitzer-winning 1961 musical will play the D.C. venue June 6–10 as part of the Broadway Center Stage series.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:06pm on April 30, 2018☆⚑

Frozen Sets Release Dates for Original Broadway Cast Recording by Ryan McPhee

The album, featuring an expanded orchestra, will be released digitally in May prior to a June physical release.

SOURCE: Playbill at 10:53am on April 30, 2018☆⚑

All-Star The Boys in the Band Begins on Broadway April 30 by Ryan McPhee

Joe Mantello’s production of the Mart Crowley play officially opens May 31.

SOURCE: Playbill at 10:14am on April 30, 2018☆⚑

Five Eliza Hamiltons Join Forces for Lin-Manuel Miranda's April #Hamildrop by Ryan McPhee

The Hamilton creator shares his initial draft of Eliza's 11 o'clock number, "Burn."

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:15am on April 30, 2018☆⚑

Ben Platt and Dear Evan Hansen Co-Stars Win Daytime Creative Arts Emmy Award by Ryan McPhee

The original Broadway company was recognized for their April 2017 performance on The Today Show.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:20pm on April 28, 2018☆⚑

24 Teachers and Teaching Artists Board Educational Theatre Association's Model Curriculum Framework Project by Ryan McPhee

The project, supported by a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts, aims to create curriculum standards and instructional units.

SOURCE: Playbill at 3:37pm on April 27, 2018☆⚑

Carousel, Once On This Island Among 2018 Chita Rivera Award Nominations by Ryan McPhee

The ceremony, honoring the best in dance on stage and screen, will take place May 20.

SOURCE: Playbill at 1:49pm on April 27, 2018☆⚑

Tony Awards Determine Eligibility for Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Mean Girls, More by Ryan McPhee

The Administration Committee made rulings on ten shows from the 2017–2018 Broadway season.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:44pm on April 27, 2018☆⚑

West End Chess Understudy Goes on in Middle of First Performance as Tim Howar and Wife Welcome Baby by Ryan McPhee

Cellen Chugg Jones stepped into the role of Freddie Trumper for the second act April 26—the first public performance of the London revival.

SOURCE: Playbill at 11:48am on April 27, 2018☆⚑

Read the Reviews for Broadway's New The Iceman Cometh, Starring Denzel Washington by Ryan McPhee

The Eugene O’Neill classic returns to the New York stage in a production directed by George C. Wolfe.

SOURCE: Playbill at 7:33pm on April 26, 2018☆⚑

Tony Winner Ivo van Hove to Direct Stage Adaptation of A Little Life by Ryan McPhee

The play, based on Hanya Yanagihara’s novel, will premiere in September at Toneelgroep Amsterdam.

SOURCE: Playbill at 4:24pm on April 26, 2018☆⚑

Laura Benanti Will Host the 2018 Jimmy Awards by Ryan McPhee

The tenth annual National High School Musical Theatre Awards will be held June 25 at the Minskoff Theatre.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:58pm on April 26, 2018☆⚑

Carousel, SpongeBob SquarePants, Mean Girls Lead 2018 Drama Desk Award Nominations by Ryan McPhee

The 63rd annual ceremony, hosted by Michael Urie, will take place June 3 at Town Hall.

SOURCE: Playbill at 10:29am on April 26, 2018☆⚑

Denzel Washington-Led The Iceman Cometh Opens on Broadway April 26 by Ryan McPhee

George C. Wolfe directs the new production of the Eugene O’Neill classic.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:01am on April 26, 2018☆⚑

Sara Krulwich, Bessie Nelson, and Ernest Winzer Cleaners to Receive 2018 Tony Honors by Ryan McPhee

The three join Andrew Lloyd Webber, Chita Rivera, and Nick Scandalios in receiving special Tony Awards at the 72nd annual ceremony.

SOURCE: Playbill at 1:18pm on April 25, 2018☆⚑

Lin-Manuel Miranda, Laura Linney Among 2018 Webby Award Winners by Ryan McPhee

The Hamilton Tony and Pulitzer winner earned a People’s Voice Award for his work with The Charity Network.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:23pm on April 25, 2018☆⚑

2018 Easter Bonnet Competition Raises $5.7 Million; Hamilton Named Top Fundraiser by Ryan McPhee

The annual event from Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS took place April 23 and 24.

SOURCE: Playbill at 5:01pm on April 24, 2018☆⚑

Nadine Sierra Named Metropolitan Opera's 2018 Beverly Sills Artist Award Winner by Ryan McPhee

The young soprano returns to the Met next season in Rigoletto.

SOURCE: Playbill at 2:19pm on April 24, 2018☆⚑

Orange Is the New Black's Dale Soules Joins Woman and Scarecrow Off-Broadway by Ryan McPhee

Soules steps in for the previously announced Jill Tanner in the Irish Repertory Theatre production.

SOURCE: Playbill at 1:22pm on April 24, 2018☆⚑

Hamilton Casts From Around the World Polka Out to Weird Al Yankovic by Ryan McPhee

The Broadway, Chicago, tour, and London casts of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s musical teamed up to pay tribute to Weird Al’s “The Hamilton Polka.”

SOURCE: Playbill at 10:44am on April 24, 2018☆⚑

Christiani Pitts and Eric William Morris to Star in King Kong Musical on Broadway by Ryan McPhee

Performances will begin in October at the Broadway Theatre.

SOURCE: Playbill at 9:59am on April 24, 2018☆⚑

Grosses Analysis: Carousel Rides a Post-Opening High by Ryan McPhee

The new musical Mean Girls also celebrated its best week yet as Tony nominations approach.

SOURCE: Playbill at 3:58pm on April 23, 2018☆⚑