 Photo Flash: Steven Weber, Tracie Thoms, Cathy Rigby and More at 2013 Jerry Herman Awards
by BWW News Desk
(5/20/2013) - The Nederlander Organization and Pantages Theatre, Hollywood announced the major winners in all categories from the 2nd Annual JERRY HERMAN AWARDS, which took place this weekend on Sunday, May 19th at Pantages Theatre. KABC 7 Eyewitness News Entertainment Reporter George Pennacchio served as the master of ceremonies for the evening. BroadwayWorld has photos of the judges, performers and more below!
 Photo Flash: De'Borah, Tilky Jones and More at GMCLA's 2013 Voice Awards
by BWW News Desk
(5/20/2013) - On Sunday, May 19, at The Globe Theatre, 100 Universal City Plaza, Universal City, CA, the Gay Men's Chorus of Los Angeles (www.gmcla.org), whose mission is to change hearts and minds through the power of music, presented the 2013 Voice Awards. This year the organization honored American Idol, AT&T, activists Fred Arens and Jason Duguay, and writer/director Liesel Reinhart. The Voice Awards were hosted by actor and activist Wilson Cruz with performances by Alex Newell (Glee) and De'Borah (The Voice). Scroll down for photos from the arrivals!
 Photo Flash: First Look at Barn Theatre's A CHORUS LINE
by BWW News Desk
(5/20/2013) - 'A CHORUS LINE', the one 'Singular Sensation' and winner of nine Tony Awards including Best Musical, makes its Barn Theatre debut as the finale to the Barn's 85th Anniversary season. Directed by Jay Mills, with musical direction by Jack Bender and choreography by Desiree Caro, evening performances of 'A CHORUS LINE' will run May 17, 25, 31, June 1, 7 and 8 at 8pm; matinee performances run May 18, 19, 26 and June 2 at 2pm. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the cast in action below!
 Photo Flash: First Look at The Antaeus Company's Double-Cast CRUCIBLE
by BWW News Desk
(5/20/2013) - The Antaeus Company, L.A.'s multiple award-winning classical theater company, presents an untraditional staging of Arthur Miller's The Crucible. Armin Shimerman and Geoffrey Wade co-direct the fully partner-cast production now through July 7, 2013. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the double-cast production below!
 Photo Coverage: Aaron Tveit & More Gather for USA Upfronts in NYC
by Walter McBride
(5/20/2013) - USA's newest original series GRACELAND, featuring Broadway veteran Aaron Tveit, will kick off the network's summer slate of original dramas, featuring SUITS, BURN NOTICE, ROYAL PAINS, COVERT AFFAIRS and NECESSARY ROUGHNESS. The network just held their annual upfronts in New York City and you can check out photos from the festivities below!
 Photo Flash: Phillip Boykin, Gary Mauer and Elizabeth Southard Perform at GIVE MY REGARDS TO BROADWAY! in Morristown
by BWW News Desk
(5/20/2013) - Theatre World Award-winner and Tony Award-nominee Phillip Boykin and The Phantom of the Opera stars Gary Mauer and Elizabeth Southard headlined a starry evening saluting a Century of Broadway Showstoppers in GIVE MY REGARDS TO BROADWAY! on Saturday, May 11, 2013, 7:30 pm, at the Morris Museum's Bickford Theatre, 6 Normandy Heights Road, in Morristown, NJ. Scroll down for photos from the benefit below!
 Photo Flash: Vincent Pastore Returns to ITALIAN BRED
by BWW News Desk
(5/20/2013) - Acclaimed writer/performer Candice Guardino premieres the outrageous Italian Bred Off-Broadway. With this 80 minute one-woman show, Candice slips in and out of characters as she cooks up a full meal of growing up Italian on Staten Island. Special celebrity guest Vincent Pastore recently returned to the stage, and BroadwayWorld has a photo of him in action with Guardino below!
 Photo Flash: Ann Harada, Christine Toy Johnson and More at ASIAN AMERICAN COMPOSERS & LYRICISTS PROJECT
by BWW News Desk
(5/20/2013) - In celebration of Asian Heritage month, the Equal Employment Opportunity Committee of Actors' Equity Association and ReImagined World Entertainment presented 'The Asian American Composers and Lyricists Project,' a free evening of original works created and sung by Asian American theatre artists. This one-night only concert event took place on Sunday, May 19 at 8PM at the Alice Griffin Jewel Box Theatre at the Pershing Square Signature Center. BroadwayWorld has photos from the event below!
 In the Spotlight Series: The 2013 Drama Desk Winners
by Walter McBride
(5/20/2013) - The 58th Annual Drama Desk awards were held last night, May 19th at Town Hall (123 W. 43rd Street), and below you can check out photos of all the evening's winners in the BroadwayWorld.com series 'In The Spotlight' by acclaimed photographer Walter McBride!
 Photo Coverage: Klea Blackhurst, Ashley Brown & Cast of Goodspeed's HELLO DOLLY! Meets the Press
by Jennifer Broski
(5/20/2013) - Dolly looks swell as ever as Goodspeed Musicals brings everyone's favorite meddlesome matchmaker to its main stage. Hello, Dolly! will run from June 28 - September 8 at the Goodspeed Opera House in East Haddam, Conn. Official Press Opening will be July 17, 2013.Leading the cast in the role of Dolly Levi will be cabaret diva Klea Blackhurst. Ms. Blackhurst is best known for her award-winning tribute to Ethel Merman, Everything the Traffic Will Allow, which she has performed in venues across the U.S. and in London. She was most recently seen in Happy Huntingat The York Theatre. She also created the role of Miss Lemon in the new musical The Nutty Professor, which premiered this past summer in Nashville.
The cast and creative team met the press earlier today and you can check out complete photo coverage from the festivities below!
 BWW Reviews: WHAT MAKES A MAN EXPLORED at Actors' Summit
by Roy Berko
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 Photo Coverage: Drama Desk Nominees Take Shelter from the Rain!
by Walter McBride
(5/20/2013) - The 58th Annual Drama Desk took place last night, May 19th at Town Hall (123 W. 43rd Street), and miserable rain didn't stop the festivities. Some of the stars skipped the red carpet to avoid the weather and took shelter under the marquee of Town Hall. BroadwayWorld brings you photos of the dry attendees below!
 Photo Coverage: Meet All the 2012-13 Drama Desk Award Winners!
by Linda Lenzi
(5/20/2013) - The 58th Annual Drama Desk took place last night, May 19th at Town Hall (123 W. 43rd Street). Check out photos below straight from the press room of all the night's winners!
 Photo Coverage: Rain + Stars = The 2013 Drama Desk Awards Arrivals!
by Linda Lenzi
(5/20/2013) - Miserable rain didn't stop the red carpet last night at the 58th Annual Drama Desks, because neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these performers (or our photographer) from the swift completion of their appointed rounds. Check out photos below from the rainy red carpet!
 BWW Reviews: FOOL FOR LOVE Will Grab You From the Beginning and Leave You Begging for More
by Shari Barrett
(5/20/2013) - FOOL FOR LOVE by Sam Shepard is about romantic obsession, although that may be redundant: Romance IS obsessive. It is feisty, muscular, sexually charged, and often based in fantasy, creating a dream lover where no such person exists.
 BWW Reviews: Guthrie Summer Starts Strong with AN ILIAD and THE PRIMROSE PATH
by Kristen Hirsch Montag
(5/20/2013) - The two shows currently playing at the Guthrie couldn't be more different in feel and scope but both are thoughtful and engaging, and worth a couple visits to the 50-year-old theatre this month.
 BWW Reviews: Unnerving Musical about the Crime of the Century at Convergence-Continuum
by Roy Berko
(5/20/2013) - Musicals have come from various sources. There has been the tale of an illiterate flower girl who was transformed into a proper woman (MY FAIR LADY), a Biblical Jewish youth who became a leader in Egypt (JOSEPH AND THE AMAZING TECHNICOLOR DREAMCOAT), a prince who kept searching for his corner of the sky until he realized that it was right where he was (PIPPIN), and a big nosed sassy New York girl who transformed herself into a famous vaudeville star (FUNNY GIRL).
 Photo Flash: Tony Nominee Phillip Boykin Performs at GIVE MY REGARDS TO BROADWAY! in Morristown
by BWW News Desk
(5/19/2013) - Two standing ovations and a packed house greeted Tony and Grammy Award-nominee Phillip Boykin as he joined a slew of stars to salute a Century of Broadway Showstoppers in GIVE MY REGARDS TO BROADWAY! on Saturday, May 11, 2013, 7:30 pm, at the Morris Museum's Bickford Theatre, 6 Normandy Heights Road, in Morristown, NJ. Scroll down for photos from the benefit below!
 Photo Flash: Miss NY, ANNIE Orphans and More Perform at West Side YMCA Benefit
by BWW News Desk
(5/19/2013) - On Monday May 13th, the Marjorie S. Deane Little Theater in the historic West Side YMCA played host to a completely sold out crowd for their 3rd annual 'Little Theater, Big Dreams' benefit cabaret. Scroll down for photos from the evening!
 Photo Flash: First Look at Hampton Theater's HOW THE OTHER HALF LOVES
by BWW News Desk
(5/19/2013) - Three couples, an indiscretion, a cover-up, accusations and crumbling alibis on overlapping sets all lead to confusion and uproarious comedy in the Hampton Theatre Company's revival of Alan Ayckbourn's 'How The Other Half Loves,' opening on May 23 for a three-week run in Quogue. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the cast onstage below!
 BWW Interviews: Sven Ortel, Master Projection Designer
by Sherry Shameer Cohen
(5/18/2013) - It's not your imagination. There are more projections at the theatre. Are they just glorified PowerPoint slides? Not at all. Sven Ortel, the projection designer, explains it all to you.
 Photo Flash: Saturday Intermission Pics, May 18 - STAR TREK Edition with BOOK OF MORMON, KINKY BOOTS and More!
by BWW News Desk
(5/18/2013) - It's Saturday, and that means it's time for BroadwayWorld's 'Saturday Intermission Pics' round-up. Today's photos feature Star Trek-themed pics from the casts of THE BOOK OF MORMON and KINKY BOOTS, plus SIPs from NICE WORK, THE TRIP TO BOUNTIFUL, SPIDER-MAN, WEST SIDE STORY, TOP HAT, THE BOOK OF MORMON in the West End, SILENCE! THE MUSICAL celebrating its 500th performance, off-Broadway, a first shot from MEASURE FOR MEASURE at the Stratford Festival, a literal 'sip' from SPAMALOT at the Hobby Center and more!
 Photo Flash: Blue Man Group Visits New York Knicks Game
by BWW News Desk
(5/18/2013) - Blue Man Group brought the New York Knicks a little luck and helped them avoid elimination in the Eastern Conference semifinals with an 85-75 victory over the Indiana Pacers in Game 5 on Thursday night. Scroll down for photos!
 Photo Flash: First Look at DEADLY SHE-WOLF ASSASSIN AT ARMAGEDDON! at La MaMa
by BWW News Desk
(5/18/2013) - La MaMa, in association with Crossing Jamaica Avenue, presents the New York Premiere of the acclaimed Deadly She-Wolf Assassin at Armageddon!, featuring original music and a concept by Fred Ho, co-written by Fred Ho and Ruth Margraff, directed by Sonoko Kawahara, with martial arts choreography by Emmanuel Brown (Broadway's Spiderman) and Japanese sword fighting choreography by Yoshi Amao. The show runs now through June 2, 2013 at La MaMa's Ellen Stewart Theatre, located at 66 East 4th Street between 2nd Avenue & the Bowery. The show opens tonight, May 18 opening at 7:30pm. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the cast in action below!
 Photo Coverage: The Drama League Awards - The Men!
by Walter McBride
(5/18/2013) - BroadwayWorld brings you coverage of the men from the Drama League red carpet arrivals below, including: Tom Sturridge, Constantine Maroulis, Billy Porter, Anthony Warlow, Bryan Terrell Clark, Paul Rudd, Jerry Mitchell, Brandon J. Dirden, Bertie Carvel, Stark Sands, Rob McClure, Courtney B. Vance, Stephen Tyrone Williams, David Hyde Pierce, Jason Tam, Bobby Cannavale, Brandon Victor Dixon, Dave Malloy, Harvey Fierstein, Nathan Lane, Danny Burstein, Alan Cumming, Tommy Tune, Ryan Silverman, Bill Irwin, Berry Gordy, Dale Badway, Charl Brown, Michael Alden and more!
 Photo Coverage: The Drama League Awards - The Ladies!
by Walter McBride
(5/18/2013) - BroadwayWorld brings you coverage of the ladies from the Drama League red carpet arrivals below, including: Laura Osnes, Holland Taylor, Cisely Tyson, Andrea Martin, Shalita Grant, Kristine Nielsen, Cyndi Lauper, Vanessa Williams, Phillipa Soo, Patina Miller, Annaleigh Ashford, Lauren Molina, Valisia LeKae, Saycon Senbloh, Judy Kuhn, Jessica Hecht, Tracee Chimo, Judith Ivey, Chiristiane Noll, Diane Paulus, Bernadette Peters, Debra Messing, Lindsay Mendez, Judith Light and Roslyn Ruff!
 Photo Flash: First Look at Anne Scurria, Phyllis Kay and More in HOUSE & GARDEN
by BWW News Desk
(5/18/2013) - From the author of Absurd Person Singular comes the theatrical event of the season: a pair of interlocking comedies that take place simultaneously, with one cast performing both shows in two different theaters at the same time. Directed by resident company member Brian McEleney, the shows open in previews on May 16 and then run simultaneously through June 30 in both the Chace and Dowling Theaters. Tickets are on sale now at the Trinity Rep box office, 201 Washington St.; by phone at(401) 351-4242; and online at www.trinityrep.com. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the production shots below.
 Photo Flash: First Look at Joseph Graves in Syracuse Stage's AN ILIAD
by BWW News Desk
(5/17/2013) - An Iliad, adapted from Homer by Lisa Peterson and Denis O'Hare, with translation by Robert Fagles, is directed by Penny Metropulos at Syracuse Stage, running now through June 9. BroadwayWorld has a first look at Joseph Graves as The Poet onstage below!
 Photo Flash: First Look at Walnut Street Theatre's GREASE
by BWW News Desk
(5/17/2013) - Walnut Street Theatre concludes its landmark 204th season with an all-new production of Broadway and Hollywood's smash-hit, GREASE. Directed by Bruce Lumpkin, with choreography by Michelle Gaudette, this musical extravaganza is currently in previews and opens on May 22nd, running through July 14th on the WST Mainstage. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the cast in action below!
 Photo Flash: First Look at Taproot Theatre's BACH AT LEIPZIG, Opening Tonight
by BWW News Desk
(5/17/2013) - With shows like American Idol, The Voice and America's Got Talent all the rage, Taproot Theatre brings the original 18th century reality show to the stage as Itamar Moses' Bach at Leipzig opens tonight, May 17. Associate Artistic Director Karen Lund directs Bach at Leipzig, which runs through June 15. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the cast in action below!
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Photo Flash: First Look at Jane Lynch as 'Miss Hannigan' in ANNIE - 3 Must See Photos!
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Exclusive Photo Coverage: Harvey Fierstein, Cyndi Lauper and More Present the 'Mr. Abbott' Award to Jerry Mitchell!
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Bea Arthur Nude Sells For Nearly $2 Million At Auction
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John Bantay Talks to Richard Jay-Alexander About Musical Mondays Farewell
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Seth MacFarlane Will Not Host 2014 OSCARS
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