Tom Hanks News

LUCKY GUY Tony nominee Tom Hanks joined Tom Brokaw, Joe Scarborough, Mika Brzezinski and Mike Barnicle on "Morning Joe" this morning to discuss the play. Check out Hanks' full 25-minute interview below!

Lapham's Quarterly (Editor and Publisher Lewis Lapham) announced today their annual gala, the DECADES BALL: The 1950s, will take place on Monday, June 3 at Capitale (130 Bowery at Grand Street).

Theatre World Award Alumni Courtney B. Vance, Anika Noni Rose, Ben Vereen, Christine Lahti, Tony Sheldon, Lea Salonga, Isabel Keating, Phillip Boykin, Jessie Mueller, Jackie Hoffman, Wesley Taylor, Patricia Elliott, Meg Bussert, Crystal A. Dickinson, with special guest Nathan Lane, have been announced as presenters and performers at the 69th Annual Theatre World Awards Ceremony on Monday evening, June 3, 2013 beginning at 6:45 p.m. at the Music Box Theatre (239 West 45th Street), home of the current Broadway revival of Pippin. Mother and daughter, Rosemary Harris and Jennifer Ehle, both Theatre World Award Alumni, are 2013 Honorary Co-Chairs.

Two of Broadway's most articulate Tony Award nominees, director George C. Wolfe and actress Holland Taylor, visit THEATER TALK to regale co-hosts Michael Riedel of the New York Post and Susan Haskins with tales of their careers and background on their current shows - Lucky Guy starring Tom Hanks, directed by Wolfe at the Broadhurst, and Ann, which Taylor wrote and stars in at the Vivian Beaumont.

Some of Hollywood's biggest names will be taking center stage at THE 67TH ANNUAL TONYÒ AWARDS, live from Radio City Music Hall, Sunday, June 9 (8:00-11:00 PM, live ET/ delayed PT) on the CBS Television Network.

The Tony Awards have announced that (once aagain) some of Hollywood's biggest names will be taking center stage at the 67th Annual Tony Awards to present the best of the Broadway season.

LUCKY GUY Tony nominees Tom Hanks, Courtney B. Vance, director George C. Wolfe were joined by Nora Ephron's son, Jacob Bernstein for a panel on 'Charlie Rose' recently. Click HERE to watch the segment.

National Geographic Channel (@NatGeoChannel) today announced that Emmy-award winning actor Rob Lowe (@RobLowe) has been cast in the iconic role of President John F. Kennedy in the upcoming two-hour original factual drama KILLING KENNEDY

Voting opened on May 2, 2013 and runs through May 31, 2013 for the 11th Annual BroadwayWorld.com Awards! Here are the current standings as of 5/28 with just 2 days to go in voting!

Tom Hanks is currently starring in Nora Ephron's last completed work, 'Lucky Guy,' a play about Pulitzer Prize-winning New York City columnist Mike McAlary. Hanks, who was recently nominated for a Tony for his Broadway debut, stopped by CBS THIS MORNING today to talk about his experience.

Today we are kicking off BroadwayWorld's 2013 Tony Awards Clip Countdown with a special spotlight focused on the nominees for this year's big, big show as we look ahead to the 2013 Tony Awards - Broadway's biggest night - on Sunday, June 9, on CBS! The dynamic divas and devos of KINKY BOOTS - say 'Yeah!' - to the assortment of pre-adolescents populating MATILDA; the persuasive charms of the circus-themed revival of PIPPIN to the re-imagined Rodgers & Hammerstein world of CINDERELLA; to say nothing of the tremendous dramatic and comedic performances in plays like LUCKY GUY, THE ASSEMBLED PARTIES, VONYA AND SONYA AND MASCHA AND SPIKE and THE NANCE, to name but a few - the 2012-2013 Broadway season has been filled with fabulous performances and star-making turns. But, the primary question on everyone's lips along the Great White Way is who will take home top honors on Tony night?

LUCKY GUY star and Tony nominee, Tom Hanks will appear on "CBS This Morning," on Tuesday, May 28. Locally, the program airs on WCBS2 between 7-9:00AM. Elsewhere, check local listings.

LUCKY GUY star and Tony nominee Tom Hanks was honored with his very own portrait at Sardi's yesterday, May 23. BroadwayWorld was there for the unveiling and you can check out coverage below!

The Elks Theatre proudly presents Spielberg Spectacular! The entire month of June.Screening four of Steven Spielberg's best works to hit the big screen.

Voting opened on May 2, 2013 and runs through May 31, 2013 for the 11th Annual BroadwayWorld.com Awards! Here are the current standings as of 5/22 with just 8 days to go in voting!

Don Rickles is best known for his appearances on The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson, but he has graced audiences everywhere with hi impeccable insult comedy. "Priceless" is how the legendary Don Rickles is most described. He has earned a slew of nicknames including "Mr Warmth" and: "The Merchant of Venom," due to his no-holes barn approach to stand-up. Now you have a chance to experience his explicit humor and magnetic stage presence LIVE at Bergen Performing Arts Center on Thursday June 20th at 8PM.

Dramatists Play Service will publish and license the acting edition of Nora Ephron's LUCKY GUY, which has been nominated for six Tony Awards including Best Play. Founded in 1936 by the Dramatists Guild of America and the Society for Authors' Representatives, Dramatists Play Service publishes and licenses productions of plays in the United States, Canada and throughout the world. The company has published 18 of the last 25 Tony Award-winners for Best Play, including M. Butterfly, The Heidi Chronicles, The Grapes of Wrath, Dancing at Lughnasa, Love! Valour! Compassion!, Master Class, The Last Night of Ballyhoo, Art, Side Man, Proof, The Goat, or Who is Sylvia, Take Me Out, I Am My Own Wife, Doubt, August: Osage County, God of Carnage, Red and Clybourne Park.

New Dramatists, Tony Honor recipient and the nation's premiere playwright development workshop, honored entertainment lawyer and New Dramatists Chairman of the Board Seth Gelblum with their 2013 Lifetime Achievement Award at its 64th Annual Spring Luncheon tribute, held today, May 21 at the New York Marriott Marquis.

Straight from Las Vegas comes the award winning tribute show, The Rat Pack is Back, live on The Ogunquit Playhouse stage tonight, May 22 to June 8.