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The 77th Annual Tony Awards were a smashing success with The Outsiders and Stereophonic taking home the top prizes of Best Play and Best Musical. Find out who else took home honors with the full list of winners below!

Julie Dawn Cole, the original Veruca Salt actress, introduces the music video for 'I WAS NEVER THAT WAY' from the satirical musical WILLYS CANDY SPECTACULAR in the video here!

Watch Baayork Lee discuss her legendary Broadway dance career with CBS Sunday Morning correspondent Mo Rocca in the video here!

What goes into making the music of our favorite Broadway shows? How do Broadway composers make our favorite characters sing and our favorite scenes come alive? BroadwayWorld is finding out with a new video series, Notes on a Score.

Platt and Sam Smith performed a cover of Smith's song 'Lay Me Down,' and Jennifer Hudson joined Platt for a cover of the West Side Story classic 'Somewhere.' Watch videos of the performances here!

I am joined by Leanne Antonio to talk all about her life as an artist and Broadway performer. From originating roles in new works to covering principal roles in Disney's The Lion King on Broadway, Leanne has run the gamut of performance experience. Born in the Bahamas to Jamaican parents, Leanne had a very special road to the world of musical theater and the performing arts.

Still hurting over the end of the Broadway season? BroadwayWorld has just learned that that singer, songwriter and actor Nick Jonas and Tony Award winner Adrienne Warren will return to Broadway to star as 'Jamie' and 'Cathy' in the first ever Broadway production of Tony Award winner Jason Robert Brown's beloved THE LAST FIVE YEARS. We have all of the details!

In this video, watch as Tony nominee Tom Pecinka chats about what this nomination means to him, what makes Stereophonic so special, and so much more.

Broadway says goodbye to two limited-run productions. Mother Play takes its final bow at the Hayes Theatre following 26 previews and 58 regular performances; and Uncle Vanya will conclude its run at the Vivian Beaumont Theatre following 22 previews and 62 regular performances.

BroadwayWorld has learned that Schmigadoon! held a workshop presentation this week, and the cast list has been revealed.

Watch as we chat with: Tatiana Kahvegian and Brett J. Banakis (The Outsiders), Dede Ayite (Hell's Kitchen, Appropriate, Jaja's African Hair Briading), Brandon Stirling Baker (Illinoise), Stefania Bulbarella (Jaja's African Hair Braiding), Isabella Byrd (An Enemy of the People, Cabaret), Enver Chandrashaker (Stereophonic), dots (Appropriate, An Enemy of the People), David Korins (Here Lies Love), Peter Nigrini (Hell's Kitchen, Lempicka), Will Pickens (Appropriate), Ryan Rumery (Stereophonic), Tom Scutt (Cabaret), Cody Spencer (Here Lies Love, The Outsiders), and David Zinn (Jaja's African Braiding, Stereophonic, An Enemy of the People).

Shoshana Bean performed 'Pawn It All' from Hell's Kitchen at the Broadway League's Spring Road Conference just last month. Check out the video of her performance here!

We continue with the creatives from The Great Gatsby- Scenic and Projection Designer Paul Tate dePoo III, Lighting Designer Cory Pattak, Sound Designer Brian Ronan, and Costume Designer Linda Cho.

Watch as we chat with: Will Butler (Stereophonic), Timo Andres (Illinoise), Bekah Brunstetter (The Notebook), Justin Craig (Stereophonic), Kristoffer Diaz (Hell's Kitchen), Rick Elice (Water for Elephants), Adam Guettel (Days of Wine and Roses), Jonathan Clay and Zach Chance (The Outsiders), Justin Levine (The Outsiders), Matt Hinkley (The Outsiders), Adam Rapp (The Outsiders), and Shaina Taub (Suffs).

Listen to the voices of Tony winners Shoshana Bean, Andrew Rannells, and James Monroe Iglehart as Queen Maeve, Homelander, and Jesus Christ respectively as they sing 'Let's Put The Christ Back In Christmas' for Amazon's hit series, The Boys, in the video here!

Just yesterday in New York City, world renowned magician Antonio Diaz aka “El Mago Pop” received a Guinness World Record for highest weekly gross of a solo show on Broadway, recognizing his historic run at the Barrymore Theatre in August 2023.

Watch as we chat with: Camille A. Brown (Hell's Kitchen), Shana Carroll and Jesse Robb (Water for Elephants), Rick Kuperman and Jeff Kuperman (The Outsiders), and Justin Peck (Illinoise).

Michael Keaton caught a performance of The Heart of Rock and Roll on Broadway and congratulated the cast, including Corey Cott, Tamika Lawrence, Orville Mendoza, F. Michael Haynie, Billy Harrington Tighe, and more on stage after the show. See photos here!

“I feel a responsibility to both past and present,” declares MSMT Artistic Director Curt Dale Clark, who also serves, together with Marc Robin as Co-Director for the production which opens MSMT’s 2024 season.

Enjoy songs from some of the Tony-nominated shows of the season, including: The Outsiders, The Great Gatsby, Stereophonic, The Notebook, Days of Wine and Roses, Water for Elephants, Hell's Kitchen, Merrily We Roll Along, Cabaret, and more!

After seeing their favorite shows perform and take home some awards, fans around the country may be wondering where and when they can catch one of this year's Tony-nominated shows in a city near them. BroadwayWorld has all of the information right here!

The party's over! Today, June 15, 2024, Ben Platt concludes his concert residency, which celebrated the release of his third album Honeymind and brought some of the biggest stars of Broadway and the music industry to new the Palace Theatre stage. 

Tonight's special guest at Ben Platt: Live at the Palace was incoming 'Sunset Boulevard' leading lady, Nicole Scherzinger! Watch the video!

It's almost here! On June 16, The 77th Annual Tony Awards make their debut at Lincoln Center at the David H. Koch Theatre to celebrate the best of Broadway for the 2023/24 theatre season.

The new musical Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil—a world-premiere musical based on John Berendt’s iconic non-fiction book is gearing up for its world premiere at Chicago's Goodman Theatre. Hear the show's choreographer Tanya Birl-Torres discuss how the dirt of Savannah informed the process of making Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil dance in the video.