HAMILTON to Play Benefit Performance for Wesleyan University in October
On October 2, Wesleyan University will host a sold-out benefit performance of the much celebrated musical Hamilton at the Richard Rodgers Theatre. Alumni Lin-Manuel Miranda '02, Hamilton star and creator of the book, music, and lyrics, and director Thomas Kail '99, are giving back to the university that helped launch their theater careers. The two previously collaborated on the hit musical In the Heights, of which Miranda wrote early versions while a student at Wesleyan.
Photo Coverage: Tony Award Nominations Announced
Nominations in 26 competitive categories for the American Theatre Wing's 62nd Annual Antoinette Perry 'Tony' Awards were announced today by Tony Award Winners Sara Ramirez and David Hyde Pierce at the Tony Award Nominations Announcement sponsored by IBM. The nominees were selected by an independent committee of 23 theatre professionals appointed by the Tony Awards Administration Committee. The 2008 Tony Awards are presented by The Broadway League and the American Theatre Wing.
Annual Kleban Award Given David Lindsay-Abaire
On behalf of the Kleban Foundation, New Dramatists is pleased to announce that the 18th Annual Kleban Award for the most promising musical theater lyricist has gone to DAVID LINDSAY-ABAIRE.
Photo Coverage: William Morris Agency Party
On Monday night, November 5 the William Morris Talent Agency again celebrated the start of the new theatre season and - as is their tradition - a charity, as well. This year, they honored the season and the Bronx Chart School for the Arts with a star-studded party at The Palm Restaurant
Photo Coverage: Gimme a Break Benefit
On December 4th, some of Broadway's top performers told the stories and sang the songs that made them famous in 'Gimme a Break, A Benefit Evening for The Transport Group'
