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Treatment Action Group (TAG), one of the leading AIDS research advocacy organizations, will host its 14th annual Research in Action Awards (RIAA), honoring individuals who have made a significant contribution in AIDS research and activism.

Treatment Action Group (TAG), one of the leading AIDS research advocacy organizations, will host its 14th annual Research in Action Awards (RIAA), honoring individuals who have made a significant contribution in AIDS research and activism.

Treatment Action Group (TAG), one of the leading AIDS research advocacy organizations, will host its 14th annual Research in Action Awards (RIAA), honoring individuals who have made a significant contribution in AIDS research and activism.

Treatment Action Group (TAG), one of the leading AIDS research advocacy organizations, will host its 14th annual Research in Action Awards (RIAA), honoring individuals who have made a significant contribution in AIDS research and activism.

Last night, November 8, The New 42nd Street Gala honored Tony Award winning actor Bill Irwin. The annual event, which this year celebrates The New Victory Theater Education Program, featured guests Nathan Lane, Jonathan Demme, new vaudeville troupe The Handsome Little Devils and Full Circle Productions (under the direction of Gabriel 'Kwikstep' Dionisio and Ana 'Rokafella' Garcia), Kevin Kline, Phoebe Cates Kline and more. After accepting his award, Irwin took the stage with 12 4th graders from PS/IS 111 to present a special musical vaudeville finale, the product of student workshops led by Irwin with children from The New Victory Education Residency program. BroadwayWorld was on hand for the event and brings you photo coverage below.

The New 42nd Street® Gala on Monday, November 8, 2010, will honor Tony Award winning actor Bill Irwin.

The New 42nd Street Gala on Monday, November 8, 2010, will honor Tony Award winning actor Bill Irwin.

This morning, Friday, November 5th, Tony Award winner Bill Irwin rehearsed a special vaudeville routine with 4th graders at PS/IS 111. On November 5th, Irwin will team up with the children to rehearse the finale of The New 42nd Street Gala, celebrating The New Victory Theater Education Program, at which Irwin will receive the first-ever New Victory Arts Award.

The New 42nd Street® Gala on Monday, November 8, 2010, will honor Tony Award winning actor Bill Irwin.

Four-time Tony Award-winning playwright Terrence McNally ('Master Class', 'Kiss of the Spiderwoman') was formally introduced to revered Filipino film and television actress Cherie Gil at the writer's home in Brooklyn, New York. Ms. Gil recently received rave reviews from both media critics and theatre-goers when she essayed the larger-than-life role of 'La Divina' Maria Callas thrice (two seasons in Manila and a touring production in Dumaguete City, Southern Philippines) in Mr. McNally's 1996 Tony Award-winning play 'Master Class'.

Los Angeles premiere of Terrence McNally's touching and hilarious play Some Men will benefit 'Testimony,' a project of the Courage Campaign Institute, in a one night only reading at the Saban Theatre in Beverly Hills on Monday, October 4, 2010 at 8:00.

The upcoming Los Angeles reading of SOME MEN will inlude performances by Matt Gould, David Alan Grier, Justin Kirk and Jeffrey Tambor. As reported previously, Alan Cumming, John Glover, Luke MacFarlane, and Jason Ritter are also set for the production.

Los Angeles premiere of Terrence McNally's touching and hilarious play Some Men will benefit 'Testimony,' a project of the Courage Campaign Institute, in a one night only reading at the Saban Theatre in Beverly Hills on Monday, October 4, 2010 at 8:00.

The New 42nd Street Gala on Monday, November 8, 2010, will honor Tony Award winning actor Bill Irwin.

Primary Stages, in association with Ted Snowdon, launched its 26th season with the New York premiere of SECRETS OF THE TRADE by Jonathan Tolins directed by Matt Shakman last night, August 10. The five-member cast features Amy Aquino as Joanne Lipman, Bill Brochtrup as Bradley, John Glover as Martin Kerner, Mark Nelson as Peter Lipman and Noah Robbins as Andrew Lipman.

The American Theatre Wing's 64th Annual Antoinette Perry 'Tony' Awards were held at Radio City Music Hall on Sunday, June 13, 2010 and broadcast on the CBS Television Network. For more information visit tonyawards.com.

Last night, May 23, the Drama Desk Association hosted the 55th Annual Drama Desk Awards ceremony at the F.H. LaGuardia Concert Hall at Lincoln Center. Former Drama Desk Award winner Patti LuPone hosted the ceremony, which honored the best of Broadway and off in the 2009-2010 season. BroadwayWorld.com provided live coverage on the site throughout the ceremony and was on hand at the event to capture the starry arrivals.

The critically acclaimed hit show 'The Temperamentals' by Jon Marans, has a new block of tickets now on sale and beginning Monday, May 10th there will be a new performance schedule, with an addition of a Wednesday evening show at 8pm and no Saturday matinee.

Drama Desk nominees received their official Nomination Certificates at a cocktail reception on Thursday, May 6 at Churrascaria Plataforma, New York's authentic Brazilian Steak House, 346 West 49th Street (between 8th and 9th Avenues). BroadwayWorld.com was there to share the event with you!

The Tony Awards Nominations were announced Tuesday, May 4th. The Tony Awards will be broadcast in a live three-hour ceremony from Radio City Music Hall on the CBS television network on Sunday, June 13, 2010. Yesterday, BroadwayWorld brought you a sneak peek at photos from the day's 'Meet the Nominees' press event. Today, we bring you the full photo coverage. Meet 'The Men' below!