Gore Vidal News

If your Memorial Day plans include a Broadway show, make sure to refer to our handy show schedule below to see what's playing this holiday Monday and for the rest of the week. While many shows are dark this coming Monday there's still plenty to see: EVITA, GHOST, PETER AND THE STARCATCHER, NEWSIES, or venture out to one of the long-standing classics, PHANTOM, MAMMA MIA! CHICAGO...or you may want to take in PRISCILLA before it shutters on June 24! Have a safe and enjoyable Memorial Day! (more...)

It’s Tony Awards time, and I've put together a menu based on this year's musical & play nominees. I include references to twenty different nominated shows. Can you recognize them all? (more...)

Producers of the Tony-nominated Broadway revival of Gore Vidal’s THE BEST MAN have announced that Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle and Academy Award winner JAMES LECESNE will step into the role of Dick Jensen, the role regularly played by MICHAEL McKEAN. McKean was recently injured when struck by a car at the intersection of West 86th Street and Broadway on the Upper West Side. (more...)

In today's The Washington Post, McKean's rep, Harriet Sternberg, reports that the actor is in stable condition and is recovering from a broken leg. (more...)

NBC's New York 4 reports that actor Michael McKean has been struck by a car on the Upper West Side. (more...)

Grosses for all the Broadway shows for the week ending 5/20/2012. (more...)

Making plans to attend a show? What will it be this week? Roundabout's production of HARVEY which began previews last Friday? Or ONCE, the newly-honored Drama League winner for Best Musical? Want to catch Drama League Distinguished Performance Award Winner Audra McDonald in her turn in PORGY AND BESS? No matter what's on your agenda, BroadwayWorld has your scheduling needs covered. Check out the handy listings below and get your theater plans underway! (more...)

Two political candidates out to get each other...sound familiar? No, not in DC or NY, but right in Pembroke Pines at the Pembroke Pines Theater of the Performing Arts (pptopa) production of the current Broadway hit, Gore Vidal's "THE BEST MAN". Coming July 20-22, July 27-29, August 3-5, & August 10-11; Fri/Sat at 8 PM & Sat/Sun at 2 PM. (more...)

BroadwayWorld's Richard Ridge brings you interviews with the stars in attendance at the 78th Annual Drama League Awards luncheon, held yesterday, May 18. Below, Ridge speaks with co-hosts John Larouquette and Stockard Channing, presenter Donna Murphy, honorary co-chairs Cynthia Nixon and Judith Light, nominees Audra McDonald and Norm Lewis (The Gershwin's Porgy and Bess), Linda Lavin (The Lyons), Nicky Silver (The Lyons), Russell Harvard (Tribes), Da'Vine Joy Randolph (Ghost), Cristin Milioti (Once), Matthew Broderick and Kelli O'Hara and Joe DiPietro (Nick Work If You Can Get It) and more! (more...)

Richard Ridge continues his interviews with honorary co-chairs Christine Lahti, Rosemary Harris and Christian Borle, nominees Blair Underwood (A Streetcar Named Desire), Jeremy Shamos (Clybourne Park), Michael Cristofer (The Intelligent Homosexual's Guide to Capitalism and Socialism), Mary Testa (Queen of the Mist), Alan Menken (Distinguished Achievement in Musical Theatre Award), Capathia Jenkins and Kara Lindsay, Ben Fankhauser, John Dossett, Andrew Keenan-Bolger, Harvey Fierstein and Jack Feldman (Distinguished Production of a Musical - Newsies), Jeremy Jordan (Newsies, Bonnie and Clyde), Celia Keenan-Bolger (Peter and the Starcatcher), Santino Fontana (Sons of the Prophet), Jessie Mueller (On A Clear Day You Can See Forever), Leslie Odom Jr (Leap of Faith), Annaleigh Ashford (RENT), Tracie Bennett (End of the Rainbow) and more! (more...)

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The Drama League announced yesterday, May 18, the winners for the 78th Annual Drama League Awards at the Marriott Marquis Times Square. BroadwayWorld was there and brings you photos of the gentlemen who gathered for the ceremony. See below for photos of Matthew Broderick, Ricky Martin, Blair Underwood, Andrew Garfield, John Lithgow, Christian Borle, Roger Rees, Steve Kazee, Harvey Fierstein, Michael Cerveris and more! (more...)

The Drama League announced yesterday, May 18, the winners for the 78th Annual Drama League Awards. BroadwayWorld was there and brings you photos of the lovely ladies at the ceremony, including Cynthia Nixon, Linda Lavin, Audra McDonald, Angela Lansbury, Stockard Channing, Celia Keenan-Bolger, RoseMary Harris, Cristin Milioti, Donna Murphy, Elena Roger and more! (more...)

Berkshire Theatre Group today announced its acting ensemble for the Summer of 2012 with a mixture of Berkshire Theatre Group alumni, newcomers, up and coming talent and seasoned professionals. (more...)

The Drama League announced today the winners for the 78th Annual Drama League Awards: Distinguished Play, Other Desert Cities, presented by Philip Seymour Hoffman; Distinguished Revival of a Play, Death of a Salesman, presented by Christian Borle; Distinguished Production of a Musical, Once, presented by Cynthia Nixon; Distinguished Revival of a Musical, Follies, presented by Kelli O’Hara; and Distinguished Performance, Audra McDonald, presented by John Lithgow at a star-studded luncheon ceremony hosted by Stockard Channing (Other Desert Cities) and John Larroquette (Gore Vidal’s The Best Man) at the Marriott Marquis Times Square. (more...)

Producers of the Tony-nominated Broadway revival of Gore Vidal’s THE BEST MAN have announced that the critically-acclaimed production, which was originally scheduled to play through July 8, 2012, has been extended a second time, now through Sunday, September 9, 2012. Tickets are now on sale and can be purchased at Telecharge.com or by calling (212) 239-6200. (more...)

The new musical comedy The Last Smoker in America will get its New York premiere this summer, it was announced today. The Last Smoker in America, with book and lyrics by Tony Award® Nominee Bill Russell (Side Show) and music by Drama Desk Nominee Peter Melnick (Adrift in Macao), will be directed by Tony Award-winning producer and director Andy Sandberg (Hair; Gore Vidal’s The Best Man) and choreographed by Tony Award® nominee AC Ciulla (Footloose). Performances begin Wednesday, July 11, 2012 upstairs at the Westside Theatre (407 West 43rd Street), with an official Opening Night set for Thursday, August 2, 2012. Casting will be announced shortly. (more...)

Yesterday, May 13, Broadway's THE BEST MAN gave a special performance benefitting the Actors Fund. In the video below, John Larroquette thanks the audience for their support, and shares how The Actors Fund helped him early in his career. Check it out below! (more...)

Grosses for all the Broadway shows for the week ending 5/13/2012. (more...)

With awards season in full swing, what better way to celebrate all Broadway has to offer than to take in a show? If you're making plans, we have all the info you need - check out BWW's show schedule below listing all show times for the upcoming week. Want to check out production photos videos, or cast lists? Click on a show name for more information - including a handy 'buy tickets' link. Happy theater-going! (more...)