Brian Stokes Mitchell News

This week: Raising a Star, Ethel Merman: The Biggest Star on Broadway, I Could Have Sung All Night: My Story by Marni Nixon and the Playbill Broadway Yearbook!

The Actors' Fund of America has raised close to half of the $5.5-million needed in its capital campaign to expand and upgrade the Lillian Booth Actors' Home in Englewood, NJ. Construction on the facility is scheduled to begin October 1.

Donna Lynne Champlin Reprises Role At New York Musical Theatre Festival

All-Star Benefit Concert to Feature Top Country Artists and Broadway Performers Kicking Off 'Nashville Celebrates Country,' a Week of Activities Leading up to 'The 40th Annual CMA Awards'

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

'The only thing I've ever wanted to do in my entire life is to be on Broadway' ~ Audra McDonald upon winning her fourth Tony Award and Broadway is all the better for it!

Brian Stokes Mitchell will be the first star to perform as part of the Actors' Fund's new Musical Mondays series in LA

Singer/Recording Artist Russ Lorenson Opens in New Show BENEDETTO/BLESSED

San Francisco's PBS affiliate has a great collection of theatre-related specials for the month of August, including the 3-part 'Broadway Lost Treasures' series and 'Liza with a Z.'

Tony Award-winner Patti LuPone, currently starring on Broadway as a tuba-playing Mrs. Lovett in Sweeney Todd, will join SIRIUS' Seth Rudetsky for this week's edition of 'Studio A Cabaret'

On July 14th, Brian Stokes Mitchell will be featured on 'Downstage Center'

The cast of Jersey Boys - winner of four 2006 Tony Awards - will join SIRIUS' Seth Rudetsky for this week's edition of 'Studio A Cabaret'

'The H.E.L.P. Fundraiser' was held at Cipriani's on 42nd Street on Thursday, June 22 with Nathan Lane, Bebe Neuwirth, Brian Stokes Mitchell, and distinguished circus performers!

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This week's Broadway Beat brings you inside the Outer Critics Circle Awards, The Actors' Fund Gala and inside the recording session of Brian Stokes Mitchell's new CD!

The legendary Liza Minnelli received the Julie Harris Award for Lifetime Achievement from The Actors' Fund of America on Sunday, June 11, 2006 at the 10th Annual Tony Awards Party at the Skirball Center in L.A

CONTEST: Enter to Win 'South Pacific: Concert at Carnegie Hall' DVD!

After the excitment of the 60th Annual Tony Awards, broadcast live from Radio City Music Hall on June 11th, the stars took off for the Summer Garden at Rockefeller Plaza, where a glamorous after-party was held to celebrate the nominees and winners and BroadwayWorld was there!

Marking 60 years of excellence on Broadway, The Tony Awards were broadcast live from Radio City Music Hall on CBS, Sunday, June 11th. We've got complete coverage of all the Tony action including the red carpet and the winners room!

Brian Stokes Mitchell signed CDs of his debut solo album at the Virgin Megastore in Times Square on June 9th, and BroadwayWorld was there!