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Photos: 2026 Tony Awards- Stars Walk the Red Carpet
by Bruce Glikas - Jun 7, 2026

The stars are aligning at Rockefeller Center! That's where the best of Broadway comes together today to walk the red carpet ahead of the 79th Annual Tony Awards- the biggest celebration in the American theatre. BroadwayWorld of course will be on hand at Radio City Music Hall all night to keep you up to speed on what's going on onstage, backstage, and behind the scenes!

Photos: Inside Classic Stage Company's 2024 Gala
by Jennifer Broski - Nov 20, 2024

Classic Stage Company presented their 2024 Gala, honoring Tony Award winner Nikki M. James and 11-time Emmy Award winner Frank DiLella. Directed by Daniel Goldstein, CSC’s 2024 Gala was hosted by Tony Award nominee Jenn Collela and Tony Award nominee Michael James Scott.

Photos: Inside Frank DiLella's Birthday Celebration at Sardi's
by Bruce Glikas - Sep 26, 2023

Frank DiLella, theatre journalist and the eight-time Emmy Award winning host of “On Stage” on Spectrum News NY1, recently celebrated his birthday with a star-studded bash at Sardi's. BroadwayWorld was there and you can check out photos from the night here!

Photo Flash: Andre De Shields, Philip Pearlstein, and Sandra DiPasqua Receive 2019 Father George Moore Artistic Impact Awards
by Stephi Wild - Dec 1, 2019

Three-time Tony Award winning Director Jack O'Brien presented Actor André De Shields, who celebrated the 50th year of his acting career in 2019 by scoring his first Tony Award, for Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical for his role as Hermes in Hadestown, with the 2019 Father George Moore Artistic Impact Award at Encore Ovation – A Celebration of Aging Through Art at Sardi's on November 18. O'Brien directed De Shields in The Full Monty and Impression on Broadway.

ZOMBIE ATTACK Comes to Aux Dog Theatre
by Stephi Wild - Oct 23, 2019

Zombie Attack! is a combination of THE BIG CHILL (centering on the antics of 3 bickering couples) and THE NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD (a mild version of that horror flick) and a mystic who reanimates a pussy cat! Sound like FUN? It is. Get your tickets this weekend!! www.auxdogtheatre.org or call 505-596-060

Spectrum News NY1 To Air A Two-Hour Live Special On Stage 'Red Carpet To The Tonys' On Sunday, June 10 At 5:30 PM
by A.A. Cristi - Jun 5, 2018

Spectrum News NY1's On Stage will present its annual exclusive two-hour Live Red Carpet to the Tonys special at the 72nd Annual Tony Awards on Sunday, June 10.

BWW Previews: SISTER ACT at Albuquerque Little Theatre
by Beth Leitman - Mar 12, 2018

BWW Preview: Sister Act now playing at Albuquerque Little Theatre

Park Avenue Chamber Symphony and Astrophysicist to Explore Sunrises at DiMenna Center
by BWW News Desk - Nov 20, 2017

Already breaking new ground with InsideOut Experiences that seat audiences interspersed between the musicians of the orchestra, Park Avenue Chamber Symphony Music Director David Bernard is going one step further - taking the experience interstellar.

David Bernard Offers Unique Halloween Experience with InsideOut Concert
by Julie Musbach - Oct 10, 2017

Music Director David Bernard will conduct with the audience seated amongst the musicians, continuing his trailblazing 'InsideOut' concept, at New York's DiMenna Center for Classical Music

David Bernard and the Park Avenue Chamber Symphony Turn Their 2017-2018 Season InsideOut
by A.A. Cristi - Jun 21, 2017

PACS Music Director David Bernard devotes the entire 2017/18 season to his popular and highly-innovative concert format

David Bernard and Park Avenue Chamber Symphony Turn Their 2017-18 Season INSIDE OUT
by BWW News Desk - Jun 20, 2017

'Hidden inside every classical concert is an experience that is as captivating as the most brilliant, immersive events produced today. And until now, audiences have been mostly limited to a distant, diluted experience that not only keeps the music at arm's length, but also blocks access to the incredible process of music-making that occurs in real time onstage," says David Bernard, music director of New York's Park Avenue Chamber Symphony (PACS).

APASO Comes to Asbury Park 5/17-19
by A.A. Cristi - May 4, 2017

New Jersey will welcome arts service organizations from across the U.S. and Canada to the 35th annual conference of the Association of Performing Arts Service Organizations ("APASO") from May 17th to 19th. The Asbury Hotel in Asbury Park is the host hotel, and events will be held at various locations in Asbury Park, at Two River Theater and the Count Basie Theatre in Red Bank, at McCarter Theatre Center in Princeton, and at Grounds For Sculpture in Hamilton.

Photo Flash: Tovah Feldshuh, Sheldon Harnick, Jessica Hecht, David Hyde Pierce and More Take Part in Reading of Elie Wiesel's NIGHT
by BWW News Desk - Feb 8, 2017

Prominent figures from the arts, politics, human rights, social justice, the media, and academia gathered for a continuous reading of Nobel Peace laureate Elie Wiesel's seismic Holocaust memoir, 'Night,' at the Museum of Jewish Heritage, 36 Battery Place, on Sunday, January 29, 2017. The all-day 'Night' event took place in front of an overflow audience at the Museum. BroadwayWorld has photos from the reading below, plus footage from the event!

STAGE TUBE: Watch Elie Wiesel's NIGHT Reading, Featuring Broadway's Jessica Hecht, Tovah Feldshuh, Sheldon Harnick and More
by Stage Tube - Feb 8, 2017

Prominent figures from the arts, politics, human rights, social justice, the media, and academia gathered for a continuous reading of Nobel Peace laureate Elie Wiesel's seismic Holocaust memoir, 'Night,' at the Museum of Jewish Heritage, 36 Battery Place, on Sunday, January 29, 2017. The all-day 'Night' event took place in front of an overflow audience at the Museum. You can watch footage of the entire event, produced by Folksbiene executive producer Christopher Massimine (edited to 4:30 hours), below!

Photo Flash: Daryl Roth, Tovah Feldshuh, David Hyde Pierce and More Pay Tribute to Elie Wiesel with NIGHT Reading
by BWW News Desk - Feb 2, 2017

Luminaries, friends, and community leaders payed tribute to Elie Wiesel in a community reading of Wiesel's seminal work, Night, on Sunday, January 29th at the Museum of Jewish Heritage. Scroll down for photos from the event!

Photo Flash: NY1 News Anchors Celebrate Andrew Lloyd Webber This Halloween!
by Nicole Rosky - Nov 1, 2016

NY1 news anchors celebrated both Halloween and Tony Award-winning composer Andrew Lloyd Webber last night at annual The Village Halloween Parade. The five anchors dressed as characters from all three of Lloyd Webber's currently running musicals for their live coverage of the annual event. Stephanie Simon was transformed into Bombalurina from CATS, Ruschell Boone and Roger Clark rocked at as the pint-sized rockers in School of Rock - The Musical, and Pat Kiernan and Jamie Stelter enchanted as Phantom and Christine from The Phantom of the Opera.    Check out a photos of the whole gang below!

Photo Flash: Show Biz After Hours With Frank DiLella at Birdland!
by A.A. Cristi - Aug 17, 2016

The Broadway at Birdland concert series was proud to present NY1 theater journalist Frank DiLella back on the Birdland stage, with the sixth episode of his new talk show, 'Show Biz After Hours With Frank DiLella.'  Frank's very special guests were Nikki M. James ('BrainDead,' Book of Mormon), Max von Essen (An American in Paris), Laura Michelle Kelly (Finding Neverland), Michael Longoria (Jersey Boys) and the vocal group 'Range.' 

Photo Coverage: On the Red Carpet for NEW YORK SPECTACULAR with the Rockettes (Part Two)
by Walter McBride - Jun 25, 2016

New York Spectacular Starring the Radio City Rockettes, presented by Chase, began performances on June 15 at Radio City Music Hall. The limited eight-week engagement continues through August 7, 2016. Tickets are on sale at www.rockettes.com/newyork and at the Radio City box office. BroadwayWorld was there for opening night - check out photos from the red carpet below!

Precisely Peter Productions Announces THE PITCHFORK DISNEY
by Marissa Sblendorio - Apr 12, 2016

The Pitchfork Disney is the award-winning playwright, Philip Ridley's first play and has become a cult-classic which has been staged all over the world. It's a raw, provocative vision of fear, loneliness, repressed sexuality and the human fascination with violence and horror.

Lesli Margherita, Jim Newman & More Sign on for VILLAIN: DEBLANKS on 2/7
by Nicole Rosky - Jan 27, 2016

Each one's a guilty pleasure! The February 7 cast for the new comedy-improv phenomenon 'Villain: DeBlanks' is just as dangerously funny as the previous line-ups. Audiences will be shown the evidence onSunday February 7, at 7:30pm at The Triad, 158 West 72nd Street. The series plays the first Sunday of the month through April 3, 2016.