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Photo Flash: MY THREE ANGELS At Attic Playhouse

Set in French Guiana, a region where on Christmas Eve the temperature has graciously dropped to 104 degrees, three amiable convicts are employed as roofers above the Ducotel's general store. The roof winds up being the least of the family's troubles. (more...)

Photo Flash: MRS KLEIN At Almeida Theater

Thea Sharrock will direct Clare Higgins in the title role of Mrs Klein in the first London revival of Nicholas Wright's play. (more...)

Photo Flash: MRS. KLEIN at Almeida Theatre

Thea Sharrock will direct Clare Higgins in the title role of Mrs Klein in the first London revival of Nicholas Wright's play. Mrs Klein previews at the Almeida Theatre from 22 October 2009 with press night on 29 October 2009 and will run until 5 December 2009. Joining Clare Higgins are Nicola Walker as Paula and Zoe Waites as Melitta. Designs are by Tim Hatley with lighting by Neil Austin and sound by Ian Dickinson. (more...)

Photo Flash: Wayside Theatre Presents SHERLOCK HOLMES

Wayside Theatre Artistic Director Warner Crocker announced the mystery play of the season and performance schedule, Sherlock Holmes: The Final Adventure. The play runs through November 7th. The production is sponsored by WVPT - Virginia's Public Television. (more...)

Harris, Ashmanskas, Poe & More Join Garber in Roundabout's PRESENT LAUGHTER

Roundabout Theatre Company (Todd Haimes, Artistic Director) is proud to announce the full company for the new Broadway production of Noël Coward's comedy Present Laughter, starring Victor Garber as "Garry Essendine", directed by Nicholas Martin. (more...)

Photo Flash: The Almeida Theatre's Rehearsal of MRS. KLEIN

Thea Sharrock will direct Clare Higgins in the title role of Mrs Klein in the first London revival of Nicholas Wright's play. Mrs Klein previews at the Almeida Theatre from 22 October 2009 with press night on 29 October 2009 and will run until 5 December 2009. Joining Clare Higgins are Nicola Walker as Paula and Kate Ashfield as Melitta. Designs are by Tim Hatley with lighting by Neil Austin and sound by Ian Dickinson. (more...)

Michael Feinstein And Christine Ebersole Debut GOOD FRIENDS At Feinstein's 9/8-12

FEINSTEIN'S AT LOEWS REGENCY, the nightclub proclaimed "Best of New York" by New York Magazine and "an invaluable New York institution" by The New York Post, will open its star-studded Fall 2009 season with the first joint engagement of the club's founder Michael Feinstein and two time Tony Award winning Broadway and TV star Christine Ebersole from September 8 - 12. Their new duet show "Good Friends" will feature classic standards and Broadway hits by Cole Porter, Johnny Mercer, Rodgers & Hart and Jerry Herman, in addition to never-before-heard rarities from the Great American Songbook. Feinstein's longtime Musical Director John Oddo will lead the all-star band. All shows take place at the Regency Hotel (540 Park Avenue at 61st Street). (more...)

Photo Flash: Cape Rep's MY FAIR LADY Runs Through 8/29

Cape Rep Theatre's production of Lerner and Loewe's My Fair Lady, which premiered July 30, 2009, generated more than $6,000 in one-day sales on August 3rd, breaking its previous record for one-day sales. (more...)

RIALTO CHATTER: David Alan Grier Joins Mamet's Broadway 'RACE'

RACE, the new play written and directed by DAVID MAMET, is proud to welcome DAVID ALAN GRIER to the cast alongside previously announced cast members JAMES SPADER, RICHARD THOMAS and KERRY WASHINGTON. (more...)

Photo Flash: WHAT IS THE CAUSE OF THUNDER? At WTF Through 8/2

Artistic Director Nicholas Martin presents the second Nikos Stage show of the 2009 season, What is the Cause of Thunder? by Noah Haidle (Saturn Returns, Mr. Marmalade) playing through August 2. (more...)

Photo Coverage: Angela Lansbury After Her Final 'BLITHE SPIRIT' Performance

Noel Coward's Blithe Spirit completed its limited Broadway run at the Shubert Theatre (West 44th Street) on Sunday, July 19th, 2009. (more...)

Photo Coverage: The York Theater Company's HIGH SPIRITS

The York Theatre Company (James Morgan, Producing Artistic Director) presented a weekend of sold-out performances for High Spirits, the second of three Spring 2009 Musicals in Mufti staged concert presentations, BWW was there to capture the starry cast! (more...)

Photo Flash: Musicals in Mufti's HIGH SPIRITS In Rehearsal, Opens Tonight 6/12

The York Theatre Company (James Morgan, Producing Artistic Director) is pleased to announce the commencement of a weekend of sold-out performances for High Spirits, the second of three Spring 2009 Musicals in Mufti staged concert presentations, playing this weekend until June 14. (more...)

BILLY ELLIOT, HAIR, 'CARNAGE' and 'NORMAN' Among 2009 Tony Award Winners!

BroadwayWorld brings you the 2009 Tony Award winners as part of our complete Tony Award coverage! (more...)

2009 Tony Award Nominations Round-Up

Nominations in 27 competitive categories for the American Theatre Wing's 63rd Annual Antoinette Perry "Tony"® Awards were announced by Tony Award Winners Cynthia Nixon and Lin-Manuel Miranda from the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts at Lincoln Center. (more...)

WORLD MasterCard Presents: Broadway Beat's Priceless Spotlight - Angela Lansbury

Welcome to the first episode of BroadwayWorld TV's new weekly video series, BroadwayBeat's Priceless Spotlight. Sponsored by WORLD MasterCard, the program presents special moments by some of theatre's past, present, and future greats! (more...)

Photo Coverage: 65t Annual Theatre World Awards - Backstage: The Men

Theatre World Awards for Outstanding Broadway or Off-Broadway Debut performances during the 2008-2009 theatrical season were presented by former Theatre World Award winners, including: Craig Bierko (The Music Man, 2000), Daniel Breaker(Passing Strange, 2008), Kristin Chenoweth (Steel Pier, 1997), Tovah Feldshuh (Yentl, 1976),Susan Kellermann (Last Licks, 1980), Loretta Ables Sayre (South Pacific, 2008), and John Tartaglia (Avenue Q, 2004). (more...)

Photo Coverage: 65th Annual Theatre World Awards - Backstage: The Ladies

Theatre World Awards for Outstanding Broadway or Off-Broadway Debut performances during the 2008-2009 theatrical season were presented by former Theatre World Award winners, including: Craig Bierko (The Music Man, 2000), Daniel Breaker(Passing Strange, 2008), Kristin Chenoweth (Steel Pier, 1997), Tovah Feldshuh (Yentl, 1976),Susan Kellermann (Last Licks, 1980), Loretta Ables Sayre (South Pacific, 2008), and John Tartaglia (Avenue Q, 2004). (more...)

Photo Coverage: 65th Annual Theatre World Awards - Ceremony Part 3

Theatre World Awards for Outstanding Broadway or Off-Broadway Debut performances during the 2008-2009 theatrical season were presented by former Theatre World Award winners, including: Craig Bierko (The Music Man, 2000), Daniel Breaker(Passing Strange, 2008), Kristin Chenoweth (Steel Pier, 1997), Tovah Feldshuh (Yentl, 1976),Susan Kellermann (Last Licks, 1980), Loretta Ables Sayre (South Pacific, 2008), and John Tartaglia (Avenue Q, 2004). (more...)

Photo Coverage: 65th Annual Theatre World Awards - Ceremony Part 2

The Theatre World Awards presentation were held at Manhattan Theatre Club's Samuel J. Friedman Theatre, 261 West 47th Street, in an invitation-only ceremony, Tuesday, June 2, 2009. Peter Filichia was host, Barry Keating directed, and Scott Denny, Kati Meister, and Erin Oestreich were the event's producers. BroadwayWorld's cameras were there for every moment of the starry celebration! (more...)

Photo Coverage: 65th Annual Theatre World Awards at the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre - Ceremony

The Theatre World Awards presentation were held at Manhattan Theatre Club's Samuel J. Friedman Theatre, 261 West 47th Street, in an invitation-only ceremony, Tuesday, June 2, 2009. Peter Filichia was host, Barry Keating directed, and Scott Denny, Kati Meister, and Erin Oestreich were the event's producers. (more...)

Photo Coverage: The Stars Meet The Press at the Drama League Awards

The 75th Annual Drama League Awards Ceremony and Luncheon took place on Friday, May 15, 2009 in the Grand Ballroom of the Marriott Marquis Hotel in Times Square (1535 Broadway at 46th Street). (more...)