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THE FRIDAY SIX: Q&As with Your Favorite Broadway Stars- Adam Chanler-Berat!

Welcome to THE FRIDAY SIX: Q&As With Your Favorite Broadway Stars. Want to know what hooked them to a career in the theater? Their dream roles? Their Broadway crushes? Read on! In this next edition, we caught up with Adam Chanler-Berat, who is starring as 'Boy' in PETER AND THE STARCATCHER- currently playing at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre!

PETER AND THE STARCATCHER's Roger Rees & Rick Elice Visit Theater Talk Today, 6/1

THEATER TALK welcomes two of the key collaborators on the multi-Tony® nominated play Peter And The Starcatcher, now on Broadway at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre - professional and personal partners Roger Rees, co-director of the acclaimed production with Alex Timbers, and Rick Elice, the play's writer, who adapted Peter and the Starcatchers, a "prequel" novelization (by David Barry and Ridley Pearson) to Peter Pan, the well-known J. M. Barrie story, for the stage.

Harlem School of the Arts Presents Disney's THE LION KING KIDS/JR., Now thru 6/2

For over nine months, the Harlem School of the Arts (HSA) has worked with Disney Theatrical Group to develop adaptations of Disney's musical The Lion King for young performers. Aubrey Lynch is an original cast member and former associate producer of the Broadway production, and he has been overseeing HAS's workshop presentations of Disney Theatrical Group's newest in-development musical for young people. This process has become a vehicle for HSA to further its mission and develop a fifth discipline, musical theatre.

PETER AND THE STARCATCHER's Roger Rees and Rick Elice to Visit Theater Talk, 6/1

THEATER TALK welcomes two of the key collaborators on the multi-Tony® nominated play Peter And The Starcatcher, now on Broadway at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre - professional and personal partners Roger Rees, co-director of the acclaimed production with Alex Timbers, and Rick Elice, the play's writer, who adapted Peter and the Starcatchers, a "prequel" novelization (by David Barry and Ridley Pearson) to Peter Pan, the well-known J. M. Barrie story, for the stage.

PETER AND THE STARCATCHER to Launch National Tour in Denver, CO - August 2013!

Producers Nancy Nagel Gibbs, Greg Schaffert, Eva Price and Tom Smedes announced today that Rick Elice's new play, Peter and the Starcatcher, will embark on a national tour, opening in August 2013 at the Ellie Caulkins Opera House in Denver, CO. The play's Tony Award-nominated directors, Roger Rees and Alex Timbers, will direct the touring production, which will be represented by The Road Company.

Photo Blast From The Past: 2012 Tony Nominees - The Woman

Awards season is in full swing and to celebrate all of the 2011-2012 nominees, we've dug deep into our archives to bring you vintage photos of all of the talent during special moments in their careers. Check out the 2011-2012 Tony-nominated women below!

Photo Blast From The Past: The 2012 Tony Nominees - The Men

Awards season is in full swing and to celebrate all of the 2011-2012 nominees, we've dug deep into our archives to bring you vintage photos of all of the talent during special moments in their careers. Check out the 2011-2012 Tony-nominated men below!

BWW Exclusive STAGE ART- PETER AND THE STARCATCHER!

This week - it's all about PETER AND THE STARCATCHER! The show opened April 15th, at Broadway's Brooks Atkinson Theatre, starring Adam Chanler-Berat, Celia Keenan-Bolger and Christian Borle.

Ashley Spencer to Take on 'Sherrie' in ROCK OF AGES, 5/10

Producers of the five-time Tony Award nominated hit musical ROCK OF AGES have announced that Ashley Spencer (Grease, Priscilla..) will star in the leading role of Sherrie - the "small town girl" who "took the midnight train goin' anywhere" - beginning Thursday, May 10 at Broadway's Helen Hayes Theatre (220 W 44th Street). Emily Padgett, who has performed the role since November 2011, will play her final performance on Tuesday, May 1. During the interim week, the role will be covered alternately by Katie Webber and Tessa Alves.

New York Theatre Workshop 2012-2013 Season Will Include A CIVIL WAR CHRISTMAS, SONTAG: REBORN and More

New York Theatre Workshop (NYTW) Artistic Director James C. Nicola and Managing Director William Russo today anounced that A Civil War Christmas, written by Paula Vogel, directed by Tina Landau and Sontag: Reborn adapted by Moe Angelos, directed by Marianne Weems and produced in collaboration with The Builders Association will round out the company's 2012/13 season.

WEST SIDE STORY Closes in Columbus Tonight

The tour of the smash hit Broadway revival of WEST SIDE STORY is coming to Columbus, opening at the Ohio Theatre on Tuesday, April 17. Tony Award-winning librettist Arthur Laurents' Broadway direction will be recreated for the tour by David Saint, the Associate Director on Broadway. The original Jerome Robbins choreography is reproduced by Tony Award nominee Joey McKneely (The Boy from Oz, The Life).

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