theatreWashington announced today that the 2015 Helen Hayes Awards will be held on Monday, April 6, 2015, at two of Washington's most renowned theatrical venues: the historic Lincoln Theatre will host the Awards ceremony and the Awards After-Party will be held a few blocks away at the legendary Howard Theatre.

Tony Award winner David Hyde Pierce, Henry Winkler and Constantine Maroulis - ambassadors for the Tony Awards and Carnegie Mellon University Excellence in Theatre Education Award - share how their teachers have influenced their lives and careers in the special video messages below!

Live Performance Australia (LPA) today announced the details of the 15th annual Helpmann Awards, which will see the stars of the live performance industry come together with fans for a remarkable night on Monday 27 July at the Capitol Theatre in Sydney.

The nominations for the Olivier Awards 2015 with MasterCard - the most prestigious event in the UK's theatrical calendar - were announced today (Monday 9 March) by actors James McAvoy and Lesley Manville with the full list of nominations available below.

The nominations for the Olivier Awards 2015 with MasterCard will be announced by internationally acclaimed actors Lesley Manville and James McAvoy today, Monday 9 March at Rosewood London at 12:00 GMT (08:00 USA EDT). Below, you can watch the live stream of the event as it occurs!

The nominations for the Olivier Awards 2015 with MasterCard will be announced by internationally acclaimed actors Lesley Manville and James McAvoy on Monday 9 March at Rosewood London, and BroadwayWorld will be live streaming the announcement simultaneously at 12:00 GMT (08:00 USA EDT)!

The Tony Awards and Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) today announced the panel of esteemed judges for the inaugural 'Excellence in Theatre Education Award.'

MTV just unveiled a new promo for the 2015 MTV Movie Awards, featuring Anthony Mackie and ceremony host Amy Schumer taking their friendship to the next level. Watch below!

The 2015 Susan Smith Blackburn Prize was awarded to Tena Stivicic for her play 3 Winters yesterday, March 2, in a celebration hosted by New York's Playwrights Horizons. Scroll down for photos from the ceremony!

The 2015 Susan Smith Blackburn Prize has been awarded to Tena Stivicic for her play 3 Winters. Today, March 2, New York's Playwrights Horizons hosted a celebration of the winner and finalists of the Susan Smith Blackburn Prize, marking the 37th Anniversary of the international prize, which is based in Houston, New York and London. The Susan Smith Blackburn Prize is the oldest and largest prize awarded to women playwrights.

The Susan Smith Blackburn Prize previously announced 12 Finalists for its prestigious playwriting award, the oldest and largest prize awarded to women playwrights. The winner of the 2014-2015 Susan Smith Blackburn Prize will be named at the Awards Presentation today, March 2 in New York City.

The recipients of the 2015 Martin E. Segal Awards, this year, expanded to encompass nominees from all of Lincoln Center's resident organizations, were announced today by Lincoln Center President Jed Bernstein. The awards will be presented at a special gala evening on the Adrienne Arsht Stage of Alice Tully Hall tonight, March 2. The Martin E. Segal Awards were established in 1986 when the late philanthropist and arts leader retired as Lincoln Center Chairman.

The Drama League has announced the date of the 81st Annual Drama League Awards Ceremony on Friday, May 15, 2015 beginning at 12:00 p.m. in the Broadway Ballroom at the Marriott Marquis Times Square (1535 Broadway).

In just three years since the inception of the BroadwayWorld New York Cabaret Awards, the ceremony has evolved into one of the community's most-anticipated events. And this year's festivities, the second one at Joe's Pub, proved to be the most glittering and energetic assemblage to date. In fact, there couldn't have been a more promising start to the annual cabaret awards season, which continues with the Bistro Awards at Gotham Comedy Club on March 4, and culminates with the MAC Awards (Manhattan Association of Cabarets & Clubs) at BB King's on March 26. The 3rd Annual BWW Awards Show was just the right spark to get this season's prizes off to a veritable fireworks display.

Columbia University and Ambassador Jean Kennedy Smith announced Monday that Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Suzan Lori Parks' epic Father Comes Home From The Wars (Parts 1, 2 & 3) is the 2015 winner of the Edward M. Kennedy Prize for Drama Inspired by American History.

BIRDMAN has won the Academy Award for Best Picture.

Nominees for the 35th Annual Razzie Awards, satirizing the Worst Achievements in Film for 2014, included new names and several Repeat Offenders, returning for more pie-in-the-face/light-hearted joshing by the one Tinsel Town trophy derby no one sets out to win. 'Winners' in all categories were announced on the now traditional date of 'Oscar Eve', at 8pm yesterday, February 21 at the Montalban Theatre in Hollywood. Scroll down for the full list of winners!

Film Independent, the nonprofit arts organization that produces the Spirit Awards, Los Angeles Film Festival and Film Independent at LACMA, handed out top honors to Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance), Boyhood, Whiplash and Nightcrawler at this afternoon's 30th Film Independent Spirit Awards.

The Television Academy has passed a group of new Primetime Emmy Awards rules which reflect the increasingly varied and expanding television landscape.

Multi-talented singer/songwriter and actor Nick Jonas is set to host Nickelodeon's 28th Annual Kids' Choice Awards, live from L.A.'s legendary 'Fabulous' Forum for the first-time ever on Saturday, March 28 (8-9:30 p.m. ET/PT, tape delayed for West Coast). This year's nominees were just announced, and you can view the full list below!

PRIMO, il Premio Italiano del Musical Originale e arrivato quest'anno alla sua seconda edizione. Noi di BroadwayWorld Italia abbiamo intervistato per voi Franco Travaglio, autore e traduttore di musical e cofondatore del premio in questione. Ecco cosa ci ha raccontato.

In the video below, four-time Emmy Award and Tony Award-winner David Hyde Pierce -- in light of the first-ever Tony Awards and Carnegie Mellon University Excellence in Theatre Education Award -- talks about his inspirational teachers!

On Monday, March 16, 2015, the League of Professional Theatre Women (LPTW), a not-for-profit organization committed to promoting visibility and increasing opportunities for women in the professional theatre, is pleased to recognize the talents of five outstanding women: Mary-Mitchell Campbell, Kathleen Chalfant, Sandra A. Daley-Sharif, Rachel Dickstein, and Donyale Werle.

The Writers Guild of America, East will honor Norman Lear with the Evelyn F. Burkey Award at the 67th annual Writers Guild Awards in New York City tonight, February 14, 2014. Bill Moyers will present Lear with the Burkey Award, which recognizes a person or organization whose contributions have brought honor and dignity to writers.

Theatre Communications Group (TCG), the national organization for theatre, is pleased to announce the recipients of the Edgerton Foundation New Play Awards for the 2014-15 season. The awards, totaling $858,000, allow 26 productions extra time in the development and rehearsal of new plays with the entire creative team, helping to extend the life of the play after its first run.