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2012 Tony Award nominee Kelli O'Hara from the Tony-nominated Best Musical NICE WORK IF YOU CAN GET IT joined the Sardi's 'Wall of Fame' this evening, June 5, along with fellow stars Judy Kaye and Matthew Broderick. Check out a photo from the event below!

Potted Potter has played to sold out houses in Toronto, London, Edinburgh, Australia and New Zealand, and made its US debut on Saturday May 19th at the Little Shubert Theatre. The production celebrated its official opening night yesterday, June 3rd, and BroadwayWorld was exclueively invited to catch the opening curtain call and post-celebration! This limited engagement will run through August 12th only.

Saturday night, after giving her all on stage (as if that wasn't enough), Kristin Chenoweth hosted a fundraising event upstairs in the Grand Tier of City Center for her charity, Maddie's Corner (http://www.maddiescorner.org/). She spoke about the charity, as well as ASTEP (Mary-Mitchell Cambell's charity - http://asteponline.org/) and Broadway Cares / Equity Fights AIDS (http://bcefa.org/) before going into the finale of her show, which was a song called 'I Was Here' from her new album, SOME LESSONS LEARNED.

Today, we bring you David Carroll circa 1986. Carroll was nominated for two Tony Awards as Best Actor in a Musical: in 1988 for Chess and again in 1990 for Grand Hotel. Carroll also received three Drama Desk Awards nominations as an Outstanding Actor in a Musical: La bohème (1984), Chess (1988), and Grand Hotel (1990). Carroll passed away from a pulmonary embolism in 1992.

Today, June 1, Dunkin' Donuts celebrated 'National Donut Day' by unveiling its first digital billboard in Times Square in collaboration with iconic Broadway producer and director Harold Prince. The billboard advertises PRINCE OF BROADWAY: THE MUSICAL OF A LIFETIME, scheduled to open next fall. The show is a look at Prince's unrivaled career, which has seen him win more Tony Awards than any other person in the history of Broadway. Check out full photo coverage of Prince's appearance at the billboard unveiling below!

On June 1, Dunkin' Donuts celebrated 'National Donut Day' by unveiling its first digital billboard in Times Square in collaboration with iconic Broadway producer and director Harold Prince.

Jon Robin Baitz, playwright of Broadway's Other Desert Cities, for which he has received a 2012 Tony Award nominee for Best Play, had his caricature unveiled at Sardi's today, May 31. Joining in the celebration were director Joe Mantello and cast members Stockard Channing, Judith Light, Stacy Keach and Thomas Sadoski. View complete photo coverage below!

Jon Robin Baitz, playwright of Broadway's Other Desert Cities, for which he has received a 2012 Tony Award nominee for Best Play, had his caricature unveiled at Sardi's today, May 31. Joining in the celebration were director Joe Mantello and cast members Stockard Channing, Judith Light, Stacy Keach and Thomas Sadoski. Check out a photo of the group at Sardi's below!

TRIASSIC PARQ The Musical, presented by Amas Musical Theatre, is set to play a limited Off-Broadway engagement at the SoHo Playhouse, June 12th through August 5th. The show held a sneak peek rehearsal yesterday, May 30, at CAP21 Studios in New York City and BroadwayWorld was there. Check out complete coverage of the performance preview below!

Tony nominee Norm Lewis, currently starring on Broadway as Porgy in The Gershwins' PORGY AND BESS, joined the legendary walls of Sardi's when his caricature was unveiled and hung yesterday, May 30th, during a special ceremony. His portrait joins the hundreds of Broadway and Hollywood celebrities, including his co-star and fellow 2012 Tony nominee Audra McDonald, as well as co-star David Alan Grier also Tony-nominated for his performance in The Gershwins' PORGY AND BESS.

Tony nominee Norm Lewis, currently starring on Broadway as Porgy in The Gershwins' PORGY AND BESS, joined the legendary walls of Sardi's (234 West 44th Street) when his caricature was unveiled and hung this evening, May 30th, during a special ceremony. His portrait joins the hundreds of Broadway and Hollywood celebrities, including his co-star and fellow 2012 Tony nominee Audra McDonald, as well as co-star David Alan Grier also Tony-nominated for his performance in The Gershwins' PORGY AND BESS. See a photo of the three together at Sardi's below!

TRIASSIC PARQ The Musical, presented by Amas Musical Theatre, is set to play a limited Off-Broadway engagement at the SoHo Playhouse, June 12th through August 5th. The show held a sneak peek rehearsal today at CAP21 Studios in New York City. Check out a photo, featuring director Marshall Pailet, Wade McCollum, Lee Seymour, Alex Wyse, Lindsay Nicole Chambers, Shelley Thomas, Brandon Espinoza and Claire Neumann with the cast, below!

Today, we bring you legenday playwright Arthur Miller, circa 1993. Miller's most famous plays include: All My Sons (1947), Death of a Salesman (1949), The Crucible (1953), and A View from the Bridge. Miller's career as a writer spanned over seven decades, and he received the Pulitzer Prize for Drama and the Prince of Asturias Award.

Last night, May 24, Roundabout Theatre Company opened Simon Gray's The Common Pursuit, directed by Moises Kaufman at the Harold and Miriam Steinberg Center for Theatre / Laura Pels Theatre. The Common Pursuit features Kristen Bush as 'Marigold,' Kieran Campion as 'Peter,' Josh Cooke as 'Stuart,' Jacob Fishel as 'Martin,' Tim McGeever as 'Humphry,' Lucas Near-Verbrugghe as 'Nick.' The production will play a limited engagement through July 29, 2012. BroadwayWorld was on hand for the opening and brings you photo coverage below!

Yesterday, May 24, New Dramatists honored two-time Tony Award winner Bernadette Peters with their 2012 Lifetime Achievement Award at its 63rd Annual Spring Luncheon tribute at the New York Marriott Marquis. Among those who offered tributes were Emmy Award-winner Mary Tyler Moore, Peters' Tony Award-winning A Little Night Music co-star Elaine Stritch, and New Dramatists Artistic Director Todd London. Tony and Academy Award-winner Joel Grey and Peters' Tony-nominated Gypsy co-star John Dossett offered musical tributes. BroadwayWorld was on hand for the event and brings you photo coverage below!

Yesterday, May 24, Tony Award-winner Harvey Fierstein hosted a special Birthday party on to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Little / Helen Hayes Theatre, which opened on March 12, 1912 with John Galsworthy's play The Pigeon. The theatre is currently home to Rock of Ages. BroadwayWorld was on hand for the celebration and brings you photo coverage below!

Welcome to BroadwayWorld.com's newest photo series 'Photo Blast From the Past'. Featuring some of the collected theatre gems of BroadwayWorld's own senior photographer Walter McBride, the series will feature images from his archives of theatre and Hollywood related gems. Today, we bring you DREAMGIRLS collaborators Jennifer Holliday and Michael Bennett in 1984.

New York Theatre Workshop (NYTW) last night honored New York Theatre Workshop Board Chair Barbara Warner Howard and Disney Theatrical Group and its president Thomas Schumacher at its 2012 Spring Gala at the Plaza Hotel. BroadwayWorld was ther for the festivities, and brings you full photo coverage below!

Yesterday, May 21, the Actor's Fund held its annual gala at the New York Marriott Marquis, honoring Tony and Emmy Award winning artist and activist Harry Belafonte, acting duo Anne Meara and Jerry Stiller, and real estate developer David Steiner. BroadwayWorld was there and brings you photo coverage below!

Today, we bring you Audrey Hepburn circa 1982. After appearing in several British films and starring in the 1951 Broadway play Gigi, Hepburn gained instant Hollywood stardom for playing the Academy Award-winning lead role in Roman Holiday (1953). Later performing in Sabrina (1954), The Nun's Story (1959), Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961), Charade (1963), My Fair Lady (1964) and Wait Until Dark (1967), Hepburn became one of the great screen actresses of Hollywood's Golden Age who received Academy Award, Golden Globe and BAFTA nominations and accrued a Tony Award for her theatrical performance in the 1954 Broadway play Ondine. Hepburn remains one of few entertainers who have won Academy, Emmy, Grammy, and Tony Awards.