Nina Lannan News

The June 2007 broadcast of the 61st Annual Tony Awards was honored today with a Prime Time Emmy Award nomination in the Outstanding Special Class-- Awards Programs category. The nominations were announced live this morning from the Goldenson Theatre in North Hollywood by actors Kristen Chenoweth and Neil Patrick Harris.

Nominations in 26 competitive categories for the American Theatre Wing's 62nd Annual Antoinette Perry 'Tony' Awards were announced today by Tony Award Winners Sara Ramirez and David Hyde Pierce at the Tony Award Nominations Announcement sponsored by IBM. The nominees were selected by an independent committee of 23 theatre professionals appointed by the Tony Awards Administration Committee. The 2008 Tony Awards are presented by The Broadway League and the American Theatre Wing.

Mario Lopez hosted a line-up of performances from all of the musicals from the 2007-2008 Broadway musicals.

The Tony Awards Administration Committee met today for the fourth and final time this season to decide the eligibility of 11 Broadway productions for the 2008 American Theatre Wing's Tony Awards®, presented by The Broadway League and the American Theatre Wing.

Mario Lopez hosts a line-up of performances from all of the musicals from the 2007-2008 Broadway musicals.

Tony Award winning star of stage and screen, Whoopi Goldberg, will take center stage as she hosts the 62nd Annual Antoinette Perry 'Tony' Awards on Sunday, June 15 live from Radio City Music Hall. Ms. Goldberg made the announcement this morning live on ABC's THE VIEW.

The Broadway League announced the winners of the Touring Broadway Awards today at its annual Spring Road Conference. Wicked was recognized for the second year in a row as the 'Touring Broadway Audience Choice Award' and also took home prizes for 'Best Musical Score of a Touring Production' and 'Best Direction of a Touring Production.'

For anyone interested in the business behind the show, the Commercial Theater Institute (CTI) will once again offer its annual three-day intensive training program, 'Producing for the Commercial Theatre.' This unique program is designed to help foster the next generation of commercial theatre producers and is open to anyone interested in producing or co-producing on or Off-Broadway, on the road, or investing in commercial productions.

'Broadway Stands Up for Freedom!,' a benefit concert to support the youth programs of the New York Civil Liberties Union, took place on Monday, July 16th at 7:30 pm at the Skirball Center for the Performing Arts

Drama Desk-winners Jesse Tyler Ferguson (Spelling Bee), Kathleen Chalfant (Wit) and Shoshana Bean (Wicked) join the already starry group of performers taking part in 'Broadway Stands Up for Freedom!,' a benefit concert to support the youth programs of the New York Civil Liberties Union.

Tony Award winners LaChanze, Harriet Harris, and Dennis O'Hare will be among the many Broadway stars participating in 'Broadway Stands up for Freedom!,' a benefit concert to support the youth programs of the New York Civil Liberties Union.

The Living Room for Artists Inc / Summer Play Festival (SPF) and The Mayor's Office of Film, Theatre, and Broadcasting (MOFTB) will present its third panel in a series of four addressing careers in theatre management, theatrical production and support, and acting

The Summer Play Festival (SPF), apart from presenting 15 shows at Theatre Row in July, will continue its advanced programming to nurture playwrights and other theatre artist

Honoring the legacy of its founder, the late Frederic B. Vogel, The Commercial Theater Institute will once again offer its annual three-day intensive training program, 'Producing for the Commercial Theater,' from April 28th through 30th.

The Mayor's Office of Film, Theatre and Broadcasting (MOFTB) and The Living Room for Artists/ Summer Play Festival (SPF) offer free open panel discussion to address careers backstage in the theatre. Saturday, April 8 at Theatre Row, New York City.

Patti LuPone, Lynn Ahrens, Edward Albee, S. Epatha Merkerson and more will be featured on CUNY's 'Women in Theatre' series