Billy Crystal News

La Jolla Playhouse Artistic Director Des McAnuff was the leading honoree Monday evening (January 29) at the San Diego Theatre Critics Circle's annual presentation of the Craig Noel Awards for Theatrical Excellence.

La Jolla Playhouse Artistic Director Des McAnuff has announced the cast of his upcoming Page To Stage Workshop Production of The Farnsworth Invention, written by Aaron Sorkin. Headlining the cast are Jimmi Simpson as Philo T. Farnsworth and Stephen Lang as David Sarnoff.

La Jolla Playhouse and Macy's join forces for the POP Tour Literacy Drive, a book drive benefiting San Diego's Monarch School.

La Jolla Playhouse Artistic Director Des McAnuff collaborates with 'The West Wing' and 'Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip' creator/writer Aaron Sorkin to shape his new play about the advent of television

Billy Crystal, Felicity Huffman, Tony Kushner and Marcia Gay Harden were just a few of those who appeared at the gala benefit 'Tisch on Broadway' on December 4th

Steve Solomon discusses his new show My Mother's Italian, My Father's Jewish and I'm in Therapy

New York University's Tisch School of the Arts (TSOA) will honor three of its most distinguished graduates as well as pay tribute to two distinguished members of the Broadway theatre community at its annual Gala Benefit on Monday, December 4, 2006 at Broadway's St. James Theatre.

'Target Presents Tony Bennett: An American Classic,' a music special featuring the legendary singer that will air on NBC, will be produced and directed by Oscar-winning stage and screen director Rob Marshall

The producers of JERSEY BOYS, winner of this year's Tony® Award for Best Musical, have announced the cast that will launch the National Tour in San Francisco.

Marc Shaiman, who won a Tony and a Grammy Award for the score to the smash hit Broadway musical Hairspray, will appear on Seth Rudetsky's Studio A Cabaret show exclusively on Sirius Satellite Radio

Sterling's Upstairs, the all-new supper club at Vitello's Restaurant in Studio City, CA. has announced a September roster of performers that includes Toni Morrell, Renee Laramore, Demars and Reins, Nelson Kole and Nita Whitaker

Martin Short: Fame Becomes Me, a new musical starring the Tony Award-winning funnyman, opened on Broadway at the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre (242 West 45th Street) on Thursday, August 17

A candid talk about A JEW GROWS IN BROOKLYN with creator/star Jake Ehrenreich

Nelson Kole, Russ Lorenson and Toni Morrell are the August headliners at LA's Sterling's Upstairs at Vitello's in August

Ralph Bryan, President of the Board of Trustees of La Jolla Playhouse today announced that Artistic Director Des McAnuff will not be renewing his contract, scheduled to expire in 2007.

17 year-old Nikki Blonsky of Great Neck, NY was announced for the role of heavyset heroine Tracy Turnblad in the upcoming film version of Hairspray on tonight's 'Entertainment Tonight'

Hairspray will play its final performance at the Luxor Las Vegas on Sunday, June 11th

John Lloyd Young, John Tartaglia and Harvey Evans were among those who turned out for the starry reception of Broadway Bears IX, and BroadwayWorld was there!

Jefferson Mays and Spamalot were among the winners of the 24th Annual Elliot Norton Awards, celebrating achievement in Boston-area theatre, on May 22nd

Broadway lovers and teddy bear collectors came together on Sunday, May 21 at the 'Broadway Bears IX' auction, which raised a grand total of $114,638