Harvey Fierstein News

THESE BOOTS WERE MADE FOR ROCKIN', a pair of one-night-only, sexy cabaret concerts organized by MARK FISHER FITNESS and featuring company members from the 2013 Tony Award-winning Best Musical KINKY BOOTS, will play 54 BELOW (254 West 54th Street) on the evening of Monday, May 26 at 9:30 PM and 11:30 PM. All proceeds from the evening will benefit BROADWAY CARES/EQUITY FIGHTS AIDS in support of BROADWAY BARES: ROCK HARD! (#bwaybares).

Peter Maloney and Mare Winningham are the recipients of the annual Richard Seff Award presented by the Actors' Equity Foundation to a veteran male and female character actor for the best performance in a supporting role in a Broadway or Off-Broadway production. The announcement was made by Arne Gundersen, president of the Foundation, which administers the award.

Good morning, BroadwayWorld! Because we know all our readers eat, sleep and breathe Broadway, what could be better than waking up to it? Today's big news: the 2014 Drama Desk Award nominees reception is today, plus Encores! IRMA LA DOUCE opens tonight at the City Center!

In celebration of one million guests visiting the Broadway musical NEWSIES, the cast show off their favorite fan gifts that they have received over the show's run.

Beginning at 10 a.m. on Saturday, May 10, Music Circus patrons can purchase tickets to any of the five Tony Award-winning shows in the 2014 season at the Wells Fargo Pavilion. Season tickets will continue to be available, offering a discount for purchasing all five shows, along with other subscriber benefits.

Gerard Alessandrini's latest is particularly hard on the quality of Broadway's current musicals.

BroadwayWorld has confirmed that Broadway's smash hit musical Kinky Boots will take a short break next week, as Univision has bought out the Al HIrschfeld Theatre for upfronts for May 8-13. The adjusted Kinky Boots schedule is as follows:

Dundalk Community Theatre concludes its 40th Anniversary season with the modern family Tony© Award winning musical La Cage Aux Folles. The show is directed by Tom Colonna, choreographed by Tom Wyatt and features local favorites Edward J. Peters (as Albin) and Jeff Burch (as Georges). The show runs from today, May 2 to May 11.

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!

THEATER TALK favorite Harvey Fierstein returns for an all-new interview about his latest (and Tony-nominated) play, Casa Valentina - his third show (along with Newsies and Kinky Boots) currently running on Broadway.

Tyne Daly, Mothers and Sons - Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play

We've caught Tony fever here at BroadwayWorld.com, and it's spreading! All day BroadwayWord has been catching up with the 2014 nominees to find out their initial reactions to the news- and some of them shared some real gems. Below we bring you the top ten things that we learned from this year's nominees. Click here for a full list of reactions!

Season tickets for the highly anticipated 2014-2015 Broadway Las Vegas series at The Smith Center for the Performing Arts will be available beginning May 12 through June 13. Tickets for the Broadway Las Vegas eight-show package starts at $285.

Harvey Fierstein, Best Play for Casa Valentina

Earlier this morning, co-hosts Lucy Liu and Jonathan Groff announced this year's highly anticipated Tony Award Nominations live from Paramount Hotel's Diamond Horseshoe. Below, check out how each show fared individually in a list of nominations by show. CLICK HERE for a full list of nominees.

Kinky Boots is all about embracing who you are; and now, they've taken it to the next level with the Just Be Campaign. Click here and be sure to check out the video below to learn more!

We're talking to this year's nominees ALL day from BWW's Tony Awards 'war room' - keep checking back for live updates!

The Tennessee Performing Arts Center announced on Thursday the seven Broadway titles in its upcoming 2014-15 HCA/TriStar Health Broadway at TPAC series as well as several special engagements.

The producers of Kinky Boots , the six-time Tony Award-winning musical that brings together four-time Tony Award-winner Harvey Fierstein (Book) and Grammy Award-winning rock icon Cyndi Lauper (Tony Award-winner for Best Score for Kinky Boots), are pleased to announce the show's tour dates for the 2014-2015 season. Kinky Boots will launch its national tour at the Smith Center in Downtown Las Vegas (361 Symphony Park Avenue) on September 4, 2014.

Harvey Fierstein's first non-musical play on Broadway in 27 years gives a history lesson on cross-dressing straight men.