
Tony Talk: Best Featured Actor in a Play, Michael Aronovby Nicole Rosky - June 11, 2017Michael Aronov has won the 2017 Tony Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play for Oslo. This marks the actors first Tony nomination and win. His other Lincoln Center Theater credits include Golden Boy (Belasco Theatre), and Blood and Gifts (U.S. premiere). Video: Check Out James Earl Jones, Baayork Lee, and the Pre-Broadcast Acceptance Speechesby Matt Tamanini - June 11, 2017Before the Tony Awards broadcast began on CBS, the American Theatre Wing handed out a handful of Creative Arts Awards, along with the Lifetime Achievement and the Isabelle Stevenson Award. Check out all of the pre-broadcast acceptance speeches below. The legendary James Earl Jones was presented with the Lifetime Achievement Award and Baayork Lee was this year's recipient of the Isabelle Stevenson Award. Photo Coverage: 2017 Tony Award Red Carpet Arrivals- Part 5by Walter McBride - June 11, 2017The stars are shining on tonight's red carpet, and BroadwayWorld's got a first look - check out the first batch of arrivals below, including Kevin Spacey, Glenn Close, Cobie Smulders, Tina Fey, Kate Baldwin, Rachel Bay Jones, and more! Photo Coverage: 2017 Tony Award Red Carpet Arrivals- Part 2by Walter McBride - June 11, 2017The stars are shining on tonight's red carpet, and BroadwayWorld's got a first look - check out the first batch of arrivals below, including Ben Platt, Stephanie J. Block, Andy Karl, Eva Noblezada, and more! From SWEENEY TODD to BANDSTAND to GREAT COMET, the Ins and Outs of Actor/Musiciansby Matt Tamanini - June 11, 2017Music has been a part of theatre since the dawn of the genre; from the origins of the Greek chorus to opera to Vaudeville to and to musical theatre. However, in recent years the line between the music and the theatre on Broadway has become more blurred as in unique and creative ways, we have seen performers serving as both actors and musicians. Lucky Number Seven: Celebrating the Many Tony Recognized Turns of Patti LuPoneby A.A. Cristi - June 8, 2017Sassy, brassy, bawdy, and bold-- these are just a few adjectives used to describe the monstrous talent and intrepid persona of the one and only Patti LuPone. Throughout her career, these attributes have taken Patti to the absolute heights of stardom and this year has been no different as the star enjoys her seventh Tony nomination for her role playing opposite Christine Ebersole in the hit musical, War Paint, Breaking: Who Will Perform at the 2017 Tony Awards? List Announced!by BWW News Desk - June 8, 2017The Tony Awards have announced an incredible line up of performances for the 71stAnnual Tony Awards, which will broadcast live from Radio City Music Hall in New York City on CBS, Sunday, June 11th, 8:00 - 11:00 p.m. (ET/PT time delay). The Tony Awards are presented by The Broadway League and the American Theatre Wing. BWW Exclusive: The Scarce History of Tony-Nominated Female Writers by the Numbersby Daniella Parcell - June 10, 2017This year's Tony Award nominations feature a rarity: a Best Play category comprised of as many women as men. Surrounding Paul Vogel's INDECENT and Lynn Nottage's SWEAT, however, is a profusion of male-written work; of the Best Musical nominees, only one so much as includes a woman on its writing team (Irene Sankoff, COME FROM AWAY).
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