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BroadwayWorld Congratulates Rick Fisher, 2009 Tony Award Winner, 'Best Lighting Design of a Musical'

BroadwayWorld Congratulates Brian MacDevitt, 2009 Tony Award Winner, 'Best Lighting Design of a Play'

BroadwayWorld Congratulates Tim Hatley, 2009 Tony Award Winner, 'Best Costume Design of a Musical'

BroadwayWorld Congratulates Anthony Ward, 2009 Tony Award Winner, 'Best Costume Design of a Play'

BroadwayWorld Congratulates Ian MacNeil, 2009 Tony Award Winner, 'Best Scenic Design of a Musical'

BroadwayWorld Congratulates Derek McLane, 2009 Tony Award Winner, 'Best Scenic Design of a Play'

BroadwayWorld Congratulates Lee Hall, 2009 Tony Award Winner, 'Best Book of a Musical'

BroadwayWorld Congratulates Peter Darling, 2009 Tony Award Winner, 'Best Choreography'

BroadwayWorld brings you the 2009 Tony Award winners as part of our complete Tony Award coverage!

'Annie Get Your Gun' takes on an entirely different meaning in this sexy, irreverent, variety show featuring Broadway's brightest talent! Erotic dances, slinky love songs, stand-up comics with a kinky twist, erotic text spoken or acted out, and...well, who knows what?

Summit Entertainment's film adaptation of 'Letters to Juliet' will star 'Mamma Mia!' darling Amanda Seyfried, Vanessa Redgrave, Gael Garcia Bernal and Franco Nero. The film will be directed by Gary Winick and is produced by Mark Canton, Ellen Barkin and Caroline Kaplan. Production on the movie will begin June 25th in Italy.

The Dramatists Guild of America has issued a stern statement regarding the presumed omission of the 'Best Book of a Musical' award from the Tony Award Ceremony this Sunday. The full statement from the D.G.A. President, noted Composer Stephen Schwartz, is as follows:

Colman Domingo will replace Orlando Jones in the title role of The Wiz for the final six performances, June 29 - July 5 at New York City Center. Mr. Jones is leaving the show early in order to shoot his new series 'Crash Course' for ABC-TV. The Encores! Summer Stars production of The Wiz stars Ashanti, LaChanze, Joshua Henry, James Monroe Iglehart, Christian Dante White, Tichina Arnold and Dawnn Lewis.

On behalf of her family, 2009 Tony Award nominee Martha Plimpton, niece of David Carradine, has issued a statement about the actor's passing.

A world premiere production of 'Medea' starring Annette Bening will kick off UCLA Live's 2009-10 season, announced artistic and executive director David Sefton Wednesday evening at Royce Hall. The play, the first-ever original production created by UCLA Live, will be directed by Croatia's Lenka Udovicki who is known for her opera and theater creations throughout Europe.

Laura Benanti and Brian Stokes Mitchell will host the Creative Arts portion of the 2009 Tony Awards. At 7pm, viewers will be able to login at TonyAwards.com to watch the Creative Arts categories immediately prior to the CBS Broadcast. It is not yet known which awards will fill this segment, however last year's categories included Best Orchestrations and the Design awards.

Billboard's Top Cast Albums chart for week ending 5/31/2009.

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.'

Join Jason Alexander, Dana Delany, Marg Helgenberger, Valarie Pettiford, Carol Lawrence, Dick Gautier, Mitzi Gaynor, Susan Watson and host Dick Van Dyke (along with his musical group The Vantastix) as the THE ACTORS FUND honors Chita Rivera at their 13th Annual Tony Awards Party with the Julie Harris Award for Lifetime Achievement. The gala features the only live feed in Los Angeles of the Tony Awards as they happen in New York. Marc Cherry, creator/producer of 'Desperate Housewives' and David Rambo, producer/writer is 'CSI' will produce and write this event.

Chance and Chemistry: A Centennial Celebration of Frank Loesser, a concert to benefit The Actors Fund will take place at a Broadway theatre to be announced on Monday, October 26, 2009. The event will be co-chaired by Jo Sullivan Loesser and Sir Paul McCartney.