Anxiously awaiting Kristin Chenoweth and Alan Cumming's Tony Award Opening Number? Trying to see all of the Best Play and Best Musical nominations before Sunday? Well don't worry BroadwayWorld has rounded up some of the biggest stories from this week from Broadway and beyond with BroadwayWorld's "This Week in Pictures."
Highlights from this week include a first look at the MATILDA THE MUSICAL National Tour, Larry David gets a surprise visitor at FISH IN THE DARK, BROADWAY BARES fun and so much more!
Pictured: Lin-Manuel Miranda. Photo Credit: Walter McBride
HAMILTON triumphed at this years DRAMA DESK AWARDS. This is the first time since 1983 when Little Shop of Horrors won Outstanding Musical that an Off-Broadway musical has taken the top prize. Not only did Hamilton take the top prize of the evening, Hamilton visionary Lin-Manuel Miranda swept the competition winning Outstanding Music, Lyrics and Book for his "hip-opera" about Alexander Hamilton. We can't wait for how they do at next years Tony Awards and we can hardly wait for when Hamilton opens on Broadway this summer. For more photos from the 60th Annual Drama Desk Awards, click here.
Pictured: Michael Cerveris, Judy Kuhn, Max Klimavicius. Photo Credit: Jennifer Broski
FUN HOME matriarch and 2015 Tony Award nominee Judy Kuhn recieved a cartoon of her very own. Kuhn was given her own Sardi's caricature this week. Joined by her on-stage husband and fellow 2015 Tony Award nominee Michael Cerveris, Kuhn basks in the glory of her new drawing and will be joining numerous other Broadway celebrities on the walls of Sardi's. For more photos from the celebration visit here.
Pictured: Gabby Gutierrez and Ora Jones. Photo Credit: Joan Marcus
The little Matilda's and the gang are hitting the road! The first national tour of MATILDA THE MUSICAL will launch at the Ahmanson Theatre this Sunday, June 7 at 4pm and this week BroadwayWorld got some first look photos. The little Matilda's sharing the role are Gabby Gutierrez (pictured above), Mia Sinclaire Jenness and Mabel Tyler. Matilda The Musical will continue performances in Los Angeles through July 12, 2015. For more first-look photos click here.
Pictured: Elisabeth Moss and Seth Meyers. Photo Credit: NBC
Elisabeth Moss is loving the Tony Award season and her warm-welcome to Broadway. Elisabeth Moss stopped by LATE NIGHT WITH SETH MEYERS to talk about her 2015 Tony Award nomination for Best Actress in a Play for her work in the revival of THE HEIDI CHRONICLES. Explaining how the honor compared to recieveing an Emmy Award nomination she shared, "It's a little more exciting in a way because I feel like I don't come from the theater world, I'm not classically trained... so I feel very honored to be accepted by this community that I revere so much." Moss is mostly known for her work on the hit AMC series MAD MEN for her role as Peggy Olson. For the full interview click here.
Pictured: Lindsay Mendez and Gideon Glick. Photo Credit: Joan Marcus
Lindsay Mendez and Gideon Glick sure know how to tug at people's heart strings. The duo, alongside Barbara Barrie, John Behlmann, Sas Goldberg, Carra Patterson and Luke Smith, star in Roundabout Theatre Company's SIGNIFICANT OTHER. The show takes audiences into the trenches of single life in he city. Jordan Berman would love to be in love, but that's easier said than done. So until he meets Mr. Right, he wards off lonely nights with his trio of close-knit girlfriends. But as singles' nights turn into bachelorette parties, Jordan finds that supporting the ones you love can be just as impossible as finding love itself. For more first-look photos click here.
Pictured: Jakob Karr with Adam Perry, Beau Hutchings, Ryan Worsing and Sam Hay. Photo Credit: Daniel Roberts
In two standing-room-only shows, 23 of New York City's sexiest men and women tempted, teased and tantalized their sold-out audiences at Fire Island Pines' Brandon Fradd Theater at Whyte Hall. The evening, which marked Broadway Bares' return to Fire Island after a one-year absence, raised a record $55,994. The last edition of Broadway Bares Fire Island, in 2013, raised $33,044. The show featured frisky fly boys slipping out of their jumpsuits, studly dads, ravishing showgirls, delectable models in skimpy, skin-tight bathing suits and desirable, desert nomads all exploring male and female sexuality, and Fire Island fun and frolic. For more photos and a video from the BC/EFA benefit visit here.
Pictured: Chita Rivera and Jimmy Fallon. Photo Credit: Douglas Gorenstein/NBC
Broadway legend and 2015 Tony Award nominee for Best Actress in a Muscial, Chita Rivera stopped by THE TONIGHT SHOW STARRING JIMMY FALLON to chat about THE VISIT and to teach Jimmy Fallon how to shake it and shimmy like Bob Fosse. She also revealed to Jimmy Fallon her dream of guest starring on the hit AMC drama THE WALKING DEAD. For more photos from the evening click here and for a video of the interview visit here.
Pictured: G Valmont Thomas and Stephanie Weeks.
Tennessee Shakespeare Company, in partnership with the University of Memphis' Department of Theatre and Dance, presents Shakespeare's comedy A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM. Directed by Stephanie Shine, the production began on June 4th, and will be playing through June 21st at the U of M's Theatre. For more photos from inside this amazing production click here.
Pictured: Jason Alexander and Larry David. Photo Credit: Jenny Anderson
SEINFELD reunions are happening all over the place this week! First Jerry Seinfeld and Julia Louis-Dreyfus reunited on Comedians In Cars Getting Coffee and now Jason Alexander surprised Larry David on stage at a performance of FISH IN THE DARK. Alexander will be taking over the role of patriarch Norman Drexel from Larry David on June 9th and he clearly couldn't wait to get started. The Seinfeld star hoped on stage during a scene with David and Rosie Perez, where he plays a doctor during a hospital visit. For more photos inside this hilarious surprise click here.
Pictured: Lisa Kron and Chita Rivera. Photo Credit: Walter McBride
This past week Lisa Kron (FUN HOME) hosted the 6th Annual Lilly Awards. The Lilly Awards honor women of distinction in American theater. The Lilly Awards are given out by The Lilly Award Foundation. This years ceremony honored two-time Tony Award winner Chita Rivera (Chicago, Kiss of the Spider Woman, Bye, Bye Birdie and West Side Story). Rivera is currently starring on Broadway in the 2015 Tony Award nominated musical THE VISIT. For more photos from inside the event click here.
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