2025 AWARDS SEASON

As one of the nation's leading regional theaters and producing partners for Broadway, Paper Mill Playhouse has a well-earned reputation for launching both performers and shows for Broadway. Since their inception in 1996, the Paper Mill Playhouse Rising Star Awards for Excellence in High School Musical Theatre have ignited the careers of many notable performers, all of whom attended high school in New Jersey.

Today we continue our Tonys coverage with Tom Kitt and Brian Yorkey, nominees for Best Score for If/Then, who chat about the thrill of seeing their work on a Broadway stage, working with Idina Menzel, and more. Check out what they had to say below!

BroadwayWorld's Richard Ridge was there to chat wit hall of the evening's big guests as they arrived to the special event, and you can check out red carpet interviews with Mullally, Offerman, Celia Keenan-Bolger, Orfeh, Andy Karl, Brian J. Smith, Laura Osnes and more!

The 2014 Lucille Lortel Awards for Outstanding Achievement Off-Broadway were handed out last night at NYU Skirball Center, hosted by acclaimed husband and wife actors and comedians, Megan Mullally and Nick Offerman. This year's event once again benefited The Actors Fund. BroadwayWorld was there for the full night of festivites, and below you can check out photos from inside of the winner's room.

The 2014 Lucille Lortel Awards for Outstanding Achievement Off-Broadway were handed out last night at NYU Skirball Center, hosted by acclaimed husband and wife actors and comedians, Megan Mullally and Nick Offerman. This year's event once again benefited The Actors Fund.

The 2014 Lucille Lortel Awards for Outstanding Achievement Off-Broadway were handed out tonight at NYU Skirball Center, hosted by acclaimed husband and wife actors and comedians, Megan Mullally and Nick Offerman. This year's event once again benefited The Actors Fund.

The winners of the New York Drama Critics' Circle Awards will be announced at 5pm tonight, May 5, 2014. The selections will be made at the 79th annual voting meeting of the organization, at the offices of Time Out New York in Manhattan.

The 2014 Lucille Lortel Awards for Outstanding Achievement Off-Broadway will be handed out on Sunday, May 4, 2014 at NYU Skirball Center beginning at 7:00pm EST, and hosted by acclaimed husband and wife actors and comedians, Megan Mullally and Nick Offerman. This year's event will once again benefit The Actors Fund.

Today we continue our Tonys coverage with Mary Bridget Davies, a nominee for Best Leading Actress in a Musical for A Night with Janis Joplin, who chats about the honor of bringing Janis back to the stage, getting to take a group picture with her fellow nominees, and more. Check out what she had to say below!

Today we continue our Tonys coverage with Joshua Henry, a nominee for Best Featured Actor in a Musical for Violet, who chats about screaming at his iPad when his name was announced, the show's trip to Broadway, and more. Check out what he had to say below!

Scenic designer, writer and professor, MARJORIE BRADLEY KELLOGG, and costume designer DEBORAH M. DRYDEN are among the 2014 TDF/Irene Sharaff Awards recipients. The awards will be presented at a ceremony tonight, May 2, at 6:30pm, at the Hudson Theatre (145 West 44th Street).

The winners of the first-ever Central Texas Excellence In Theatre Awards have been announced! Scroll down for the full list, and learn more at Austin Entertainment Weekly.

Awards season is in full swing, and leading up to the big event (you know which one) next month, we're kicking off a weekend feature series highlighting all the extraordinary elements that go into creating a Tonys ceremony fit for Broadway's best! And what would the Tonys be without a show-stopping opening number?

Today we kick off our Tonys coverage with Andy Karl, a nominee for Best Leading Actor in a Musical for Rocky, who chats about the thrill of being recognized after 20 years on Broadway, drawing inspiration from Sylvester Stallone, and more. Check out what he had to say below!

The winners of the New York Drama Critics' Circle Awards will be announced at 5pm on Monday, May 5, 2014. The selections will be made at the 79th annual voting meeting of the organization, at the offices of Time Out New York in Manhattan.

Paramount Hotel just hosted the Meet the Nominees Press Reception for the 2014 Tony Award nominees today, April 30th . BroadwayWorld was there for the exciting day and below, you can go inside of the BroadwayWorld photo booth with this year's nominees. Be sure to check back later for BroadwayWorld's extensive coverage from the event!

Blumenthal Performing Arts has announced the 72 nominees - six each in 12 categories - competing in the 3rd annual Blumey Awards presented by Wells Fargo on Sunday, May 18, in the Belk Theater.

The Tony Awards previously announced that the Paramount Hotel would host the Meet the Nominees Press Reception today, April 30th and the 2014 Tony Nominee Luncheon on Tuesday, May 20th.

Brian J. Smith, The Glass Menagerie - Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play

Estelle Parsons, The Velocity of Autumn, Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play

Mark Rylance, nominated for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play for Richard III and for Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play for Twelfth Knight

In celebration of outstanding achievement in high school musical theater performances, Broadway In Chicago has announced the award recipients of the Third Annual Illinois High School Musical Theater Awards: Jonah Rawitz of Buffalo Grove, IL (Adlai E. Stevenson High School) and Julia Lindsey Whitcomb of Belvidere, IL (Belvidere North High School) who will represent the state of Illinois at The Jimmy Awards in New York on June 30, 2014.

Tim Carroll, Twelfth Night - Best Direction of a Play

Many of this year's nominees have earned their very first nods, but even more will be making a return to the Tony Awards in June. Below, BroadwayWorld brings you a list of this year's acting nominees, who are returning for more Tonys love in 2014!

Not all of the 2014 nominees have walked down this Tonys road before- in fact, quite a few of them earned their first nominations this morning. Below, BroadwayWorld brings you a list of this year's acting nominees, who are celebrating their Tonys news for first time!