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The American Theatre Wing's 63rd Annual Antoinette Perry 'Tony' Awards were held at Radio City Music Hall on Sunday, June 7, 2009 and broadcast on the CBS Television Network.

The American Theatre Wing's 63rd Annual Antoinette Perry 'Tony' Awards were held at Radio City Music Hall on Sunday, June 7, 2009 and broadcast on the CBS Television Network.

BroadwayWorld cheered on Roger Robinson, the 2009 Tony Award Winner for 'Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play.' Roger spoke with us at BWW TV after his big win to discuss the emotional power of Joe Turner's Come and Gone and music that can be found in August Wilson's words.

BroadwayWorld congratulates Alice Ripley on her 2009 Tony Award win for 'Best Leading Actress in a Musical!' Alice sat with us at BWW TV after her big moment to talk about the creative energy of being an actor and what it takes to feed the artistic spirit.

As Conan O?Brien kicked off his first week hosting The Tonight Show, I decided to live Twitter the debut. From a marathon run from New York City to Los Angeles, President Barack Obama putting world policy debates on hold to discuss Conan, Gwyneth Paltrow inadvertently bad mouthing Coldplay to Ryan Seacret gaying up late night, here are some highlights from my week-long Twitter-fest...

With Liza Minnelli's caricature hanging on the wall, we sat her down to chat with Jim Caruso, a cast member in Liza's at the Palace and our good friend...

This week's Sofa Snark covers the season finales of Grey?s Anatomy, Gossip Girl, 90210, 30 Rock, Lost and Fringe. There was plenty of drama as each of the high profile shows drew to a close, and in the case of both J.J. Abrams creations, many questions were raised...

it was quite a thrill to join Next to Normal stars Jennifer Damiano and Adam Chanler-Berat to shoot a video feature for BroadwayWorld.com...

The stars of Broadway's Next to Normal, Jennifer Damiano and Adam Chanler-Berat, joined BroadwayWorld's James Sims and Eddie Varley for an exclusive backstage tour of the Booth Theatre. Follow the two young actors as they take our cameras into their cast mate's dressing rooms and on stage...

Abrams is a skilled director, and as such must take on the sequel. When that time comes, Abrams must be urged to adopt more of what made fans create the most powerful cult following in Hollywood. Bask in the slick glory of the first venture, but add a little more than a wink and a nod to all those Trekkers out there next time around...

Disney has released the full trailer for The Princess and the Frog, here's hoping for a smash success. Because, if this film can succeed in drawing out audiences, old and young alike, then there remains hope that Disney will keep up the great tradition that Walt capitalized on all those years ago...

9 To 5: The Musical marks the Broadway debut of seven-time Grammy Award winning singer, songwriter and musician Dolly Parton as composer and lyricist.

Save for Adam's always-stellar performance, American Idol failed to capture that classic rock energy it was shooting for. America would be better served by heading to Broadway's now Tony Award nominated Rock of Ages for a true taste of all things electric guitar and big hair...

George Clooney sits down with Bono for nearly 40 minutes on a dimly lit stage to talk about everything from world causes, Darfur, journalism, sex appeal to the movie industry...

The newest members of West Side Story went into the studio and recorded the new Broadway cast recording of the Leonard Bernstein and Stephen Sondheim classic musical. Sony Masterworks will release the new album nationwide on June 2...

Adam had the grand entrance he deserved Tuesday, descending the ruby red staircase while belting out 'Feeling Good.' In a nice screw you style, he turned the typical standards sound on its head and delivered a crowd-winning performance...

On Monday, April 27, at 7:00pm in Carnegie Hall, The New York Pops honored Feinstein's at Loews Regency on its tenth anniversary and congratulates Michael Feinstein and Jonathan Tisch for leading this great New York institution.

It?s officially time for every other contestant to throw in the towel, because nothing can stop Adam at this point. ?If I Can?t Have You? brought Paula to tears, although that?s not a challenge, but it got Simon to call the performance ?immaculate.? Abdul is drooling as is the music industry...