The 2011 Drama Desk Award Winners

Outstanding Musical The Book of Mormon In Transit Priscilla Queen of the Desert: The Musical See Rock City & Other Destinations Sister Act The Kid Outstanding Play Nick Stafford, War Horse Jon Robin Baitz, Other Desert Cities Adam Bock, A Small Fire Stephen Adly Guirgis, The Motherf**ker With the Hat Samuel D. Hunter, A Bright…

And the Theatre World Award Winners Are…

Ellen Barkin (The Normal Heart) Desmin Borges (The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity) Halley Feiffer (The House of Blue Leaves) Grace Gummer (Arcadia) Rose Hemingway (How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying) John Larroquette (How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying) Heather Lind (The Merchant of Venice) Patina Miller (Sister Act) Arian Moayed…

What Do You Think of the 2011 Tony Award Nominees?

The 2011 Tony Award nominees have been announced. So what do you think? You gonna tune in to the ceremony on June 12 to see who wins? Best Musical The Book of Mormon Catch Me If You Can The Scottsboro Boys Sister Act Best Play Good People Jerusalem The Motherf**ker with the Hat War Horse …

The Reviews for How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying are in…

Critics were split down the middle about the latest revival to open on Broadway, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, which marked the Broadway musical debut for Daniel Radcliffe (best known for playing Harry Potter). Everyone agreed that he was "really trying" hard and either loved it and thought it fitting for the…

Opening, Closing, Cast Changes and Albums: A Summer News Roundup

Summers are generally fairly slow on Broadway, with many recovering or reveling in the Tony Award results, hot weather and summer tourists; there's still plenty going on, but not much in the way of news. There have been a couple exciting announcements, which are well worth sharing (thus this entry). If you want to get…

Post-Tony Broadway News Recap

[picapp align="none" wrap="false" link="term=tony+awards&iid=9110254" src="http://view4.picapp.com/pictures.photo/image/9110254/64th-annual-tony-awards/64th-annual-tony-awards.jpg?size=500&imageId=9110254" width="195" height="294" /] Whew ... still recovering from the Tony Awards. Everyone thought Sean Hayes did a wonderful job as host (some ranking him higher than NPH), but overall found the ceremony to be a bit soul-less and not as much about Broadway as about celebrity (Hunter Foster has even…

A preview of the musicals opening next season on Broadway

As the 2009-2010 Broadway season has officially come to an end, I thought it timely to look forward to the shows on the docket for next season. There are a lot of movie to stage productions, couple of TV to stage productions, some Off-Broadway transfers, some revivals, a new jukebox musical and the messes that…

April News Roundup

An awful lot has happened this month on the Great White Way - numerous shows have opened, squeezing in just in time for award consideration, and there's been lots of exciting announcements and good old controversy. If you've been hiding under a rock, here's what you've missed: The Addams Family opened to dismal reviews, while…