BWW INTERVIEWS: Kerrigan and Falcone Honored With Kleban Awards

It's the time of year where the Theatre World celebrates the best of the best and special recognition is bestowed upon certain individuals for their work. No...I am not talking about the Tony Awards...although I know where I will be that evening. I talking about the 19th Annual Kleban Awards, which will be presented in a private ceremony on June 1st, 2009. (more...)

Photo Coverage: Broadway's New 'Violet' Phylicia Rashad Takes Her Bow In AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY

August: Osage County, which, on Friday, May 22nd, surpassed The Heidi Chronicles in the list of Broadway's longest running plays, welcomed Tony Award-winner Phylicia Rashad to the cast on Tuesday, May 26th. Ms. Rashad now stars as Violet Weston. BroadwayWorld's cameras were there last night to capture the curtain call with the acclaimed cast. (more...)

Cast Announced For DANCE OF THE SEVEN HEADED MOUSE At The Beckett 6/17-7/25

Hungry Hill, Ltd, today announced that Joseph Adams, Laura Bonarrigo, Molly Ephraim and Lauren Currie Lewis would comprise the cast of their new production, Dance of the Seven Headed Mouse, a new play by Carole Gaunt, directed by Christopher McElroen. Performances will begin June 17th at The Beckett at Theatre Row, 410 West 42nd Street (between 9th and 10th Avenues), for a limited engagement through July 25th. Opening Night is set for Tuesday, June 23rd (7 pm). (more...)

Vanessa Williams To Guest At Listening Party For THE REAL THING 6/3 In NYC

Vanessa Williams will be guest of honor at a special listening party for her new CD 'The Real Thing' benefiting LIFEbeat - The Music Industry Fights AIDS. The event, which includes an open bar, takes place Wednesday, June 3, from 8:30-11 PM at Greenhouse, 150 Varick Street (at Vandam). Advance tickets are $20 and may be purchased at www.lifebeat.org or by calling 212-352-3101 (ask for the Vanessa Williams Red Carpet Event); tickets at the door, if available, will be $25. (more...)

Funk, Doyle, Trimm, Hoty, Ephraim and Schwencke Join Roundabout's 'BYE BYE BIRDIE'

After a 48 year absence, Roundabout Theatre Company (Todd Haimes, Artistic Director) will present the first new Broadway production of Bye Bye Birdie as the inaugural production of the new Henry Miller's Theatre (124 West 43rd Street) beginning Thursday, September 10th, 2009 with an official opening on Thursday, October 15th, 2009. This will be a limited engagement through January 10th, 2010. (more...)

NSMT Announces Winners Of 4th Annual Spotlight Awards

Student winners of the North Shore Music Theatre (NSMT) 4th annual Spotlight Awards were announced at an exciting Tony® Award-style program on the NSMT main stage Tuesday, June 2, 2009. (more...)

Variety Gala & Bernadette Peters Opens The 2009 Adelaide Cabaret Festival

After a successful opening weekend for the Adelaide Cabaret Festival, with the Variety Gala on Friday night and the incredible performance of Broadway headliner Bernadette Peters, audiences were left wanting more. (more...)

Wicked Announces Lottery For $25 Seats At Murat Theatre; Runs 6/3-6/21

A day-of-performance lottery for a limited number of orchestra seats will be held daily for WICKED, which will be performing from June 3 - June 21 at the Murat Theatre. (more...)

2009 Tony Award Winner: Gregory Jbara For 'Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical'

BroadwayWorld Congratulates Gregory Jbara, 2009 Tony Award Winner, 'Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical' (more...)

NSMT Announces Winners Of High School Spotlight Awards

Student winners of the North Shore Music Theatre (NSMT) 4th annual Spotlight Awards were announced at an exciting Tony® Award-style program on the NSMT main stage Tuesday, June 2, 2009. The NSMT Spotlight Awards program is designed to honor the accomplishments of high school students and teachers as well as encourage them to achieve the highest levels of excellence in musical theater. This year's program included 22 high schools and over 1,000 students vying for 15 awards, including the prestigious award for Best Overall Musical, and a chance to participate in the first National High School Musical Theater Awards in New York City. (more...)

Graae, Grabeel, Harewood & More Set For Reprise's Broadway Under The Stars 6/27

Reprise Theatre Company presents Broadway Under The Stars for one night only, on Saturday, June 27 at 8:30 pm at John Anson Ford Amphitheatre, starring six favorite Reprise performers -- Jason Graae, Lucas Grabeel, Dorian Harewood, Jean Louisa Kelly, Vicki Lewis, and Valarie Pettiford. The production is directed by Lee Martino, with music direction by Mary Ekler. (more...)

Photo Flash: Dames At Sea At Saint Michael's Playhouse

The smash hit Off-Broadway musical,' Dames at Sea opens the Saint Michael's Playhouse summer 2009 season Tuesday, June 16, and runs through June 27, starring Broadway musical talent top to bottom. Tickets for the show are discounted 20% through the run of the show if bought as part of a four-play season subscription. Performances of 'Dames' are Tuesday, June 16 through Saturday, June 20, at 8 p.m. each evening and Saturday, June 20, and Saturday, June 27, at 2 p.m., on the stage of the McCarthy Arts Center on the campus of Saint Michael's College. (more...)

Briner, Critelli & More Cast In TheatreWorks' TINYARD HILL 7/15-8/16

TheatreWorks, the nationally acclaimed theatre of Silicon Valley, launches its 40th Anniversary season with a vibrant world premiere musical, TINYARD HILL, by Tommy Newman and 2009 Jonathan Larsen Award-winning composer Mark Allen. (more...)

WHAT THE BUTLER SAW Brings The Seduction, Blackmail & More To PICT 6/11-27

PICT turns conventional morality upside down with its production of Joe Orton's masterpiece What the Butler Saw, a fast-paced, hilarious farce set ablaze with seductions, cross-dressing, mistaken identity, infidelity and blackmail! (more...)

Photo Flash: Vanessa Williams Celebrates 'The Real Thing' at Borders Books

'Ugly Betty' star and Broadway favorite Vanessa Williams visited Borders Book store with a signing of her new CD 'The Real Thing,' last night, Tuesday, June 2nd at the AOL Time Warner building. (more...)

Stephen Sondheim's ROAD SHOW Cast Recording Set For June 30 Release

Nonesuch Records and PS Classics are proud to announce the release of the original cast recording of Stephen Sondheim and John Weidman's Road Show-from 2008's Public Theater production-on June 30, 2009. New York magazine described the musical as 'a boisterous picaresque about two brothers flimflamming their way from the Yukon to Boca Raton at the turn of the 20th century.' (more...)

SEE ROCK CITY & OTHER DESTINATIONS Runs 6/6-6/13 At New 42nd Street Studios

Transport Group, the winner of a special 2007 Drama Desk Award and a 2007 Obie Award, will present a workshop of the Richard Rodgers Award-winning musical See Rock City & Other Destinations, music by Brad Alexander, book and lyrics by Adam Mathias, June 6 - 13 at The New 42nd Street Studios. The workshop, which is directed by Transport Group artistic director Jack Cummings III, is being presented for an invited audience. (more...)

UGLY BETTY Star Williams Releases 'The Real Thing' 6/2

USA TODAY reports in an interview with Vanessa Williams that the actress will be taking a break from playing Wilhelmina Slater on ABC's Ugly Betty and will get back to making music. Williams releases The Real Thing, on Concord Records, June 2nd. (more...)

Vidnovic, DeRosa, Freeman & More Join Cast Of BROADWAY MUSIALS OF 1970 6/15

Tony Award nominee Martin Vidnovic (Brigadoon), Stephen DeRosa (Into the Woods, Hairspray), Tony Award nominee Cheryl Freeman (The Who's Tommy), Darius de Haas (Rent), Kendrick Jones (Stairway to Paradise) and special guest star Tony nominee Tovah Feldshuh (Irena's Vow, Golda's Balcony) will join the cast of Broadway Musicals of 1970 on Monday, June 15th at 8PM. (more...)

TONYS 2009 Q and A: Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical Nominee - Christopher Sieber

Christopher Sieber is currently starring as 'Lord Farquaad' in Shrek The Musical. Sieber steals scene after scene after scene as the diminutive and deliciously dastardly 'Farquaad', a role he has helped shape since the very first Shrek workshop. (more...)

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