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Beginning at 4 p.m., three hours before the main awards show, the pre-telecast ceremony announced awards in 70 additional categories, including Best Musical Theater Album. In other theatre-related news, Safe & Sound (From The Hunger Games) by T Bone Burnett, Taylor Swift, John Paul White & Joy Williams beat SMASH's Let Me Be Your Star by Marc Shaiman & Scott Wittman for Best Song Written For Visual Media .
Beginning at 5 p.m. tonight, three hours before the main GRAMMY Awards show, the pre-telecast Ceremony will announce awards in 70 additional categories, including musical theater. It will be hosted by David Alan Grier, who is nominated for a Grammy for his performance in The Gershwin's PORGY AND BESS on Broadway.
W. Kamau Bell welcomes comedy icon David Alan Grier as his guest tonight, February 7 @ 11:00pm ET/PT on an all-new episode of TOTALLY BIASED with W. Kamau Bell.
W. Kamau Bell welcomes comedy icon David Alan Grier as his guest this Thursday, February 7 @ 11:00pm ET/PT on an all-new episode of TOTALLY BIASED with W. Kamau Bell.
Carolines on Broadway, 'America's Premier Comedy Nightclub,' announces its all-star line-up of talent for the month of February 2013, highlighted by headliners Erik Griffin, 'Montez Walker' from Comedy Central's hit series 'Workaholics,' January 31 - February 3; David Alan Grier, from FOX's 'In Living Color' the Broadway production of 'Porgy & Bess, and ABC's 'Jimmy Kimmel Live,' February 7 - 9; Jeff Garlin, from HBO's 'Curb Your Enthusiasm' and the film 'WALL-E,' February 11 - 13; Charlie Murphy, from Comedy Central's 'Chappelle's Show' and the film 'Norbit,' Presidents' Day Weekend, February 15 - 17; John Mulaney, from his Comedy Central special 'New in Town' and NBC's 'Late Night with Jimmy Fallon,' February 22 - 24; and Faizon Love, from BET's 'The Real Husbands of Hollywood' and the films 'Today' and 'Elf,' February 28 - March 3.
The Drama League (Executive Director Gabriel Shanks; Artistic Director Roger T. Danforth) will honor five-time Tony Award-winner Audra McDonald at The Drama League's 29th Annual Musical Celebration of Broadway, on February 11, 2013 at the famed Pierre Hotel (2 East 61st Street). Tickets and tables are available by calling (212) 244-9494 or visiting www.dramaleague.org/audra.
According to Deadline, Fox has officially walked away from their highly-anticipated, highly-controversial reboot of IN LIVING COLOR.
BroadwayWorld's Senior Photographer Walter McBride has picked his favorite onstage photos from the year and you can check out the rest of his collection below! CLICK HERE to check out Part 1.
New York No Limits (NYNL) in collaboration with the Curatorial Art Alliance (CorAAL) has announced award recipients for the New York No Limits 2012 Summit that was held December 12 - 15 in New York City and Brooklyn, NY.
Thugs the Musical, a musical film starring comedian Kevin Avery, Tony Award nominee David Alan Grier, Margaret Cho and Wu Tang Clan's Prodigal Sunn, will receive a one-night-only New York City screening tonight, December 15, 2012 as part of the New York No Limits 2012 Film Summit
His ability to excel in all mediums is a testament to the man's inherent sense of comedic timing. Trained in Shakespeare at Yale where he received an MFA from the Yale School of Drama, Grier was subsequently named one of Comedy Central's "100 Greatest Stand-ups of All Time."
New York No Limits (NYNL) in collaboration with the Curatorial Art Alliance (CorAAL) has announced the jury for the New York No Limits 2012 Summit being held December 12 - 15 in New York City and Brooklyn, NY.
New York No Limits (NYNL) in collaboration with the Curatorial Art Alliance (CorAAL) has announced official selections for the New York No Limits 2012 Summit being held December 12 - 15 in New York City and Brooklyn, NY.
Thugs the Musical, a musical film starring comedian Kevin Avery, Tony Award nominee David Alan Grier, Margaret Cho and Wu Tang Clan's Prodigal Sunn, will receive a one-night-only New York City screening on Saturday, December 15, 2012 as part of the New York No Limits 2012 Film Summit.
Nominations for the 55th Annual GRAMMY Awards were announced tonight by The Recording Academy and reflected an eclectic mix of the best and brightest in music over the past year, as determined by the voting members of The Academy. Scroll below to see the nominees for Best Musical Theater Album!
The RRazz Room, San Francisco's premier nightclub, presents the debut engagement of stage and screen star ANA GASTEYER from "Suburgatory", "Saturday Night Live," and Broadway's Wicked. For her show "Elegant Songs from a Handsome Woman," Ana brings her unique comic wit and style to the stage in her new show of songs and stories, hot off engagements in New York, Toronto, Florida, Provincetown, and Los Angeles.
The RRazz Room, San Francisco's premier nightclub, presents the debut engagement of stage and screen star ANA GASTEYER from "Suburgatory", "Saturday Night Live," and Broadway's Wicked. For her show "Elegant Songs from a Handsome Woman," Ana brings her unique comic wit and style to the stage in her new show of songs and stories, hot off engagements in New York, Toronto, Florida, Provincetown, and Los Angeles.
The 2012 Tony Award Winner for Best Revival of a Musical, The Gershwins' PORGY AND BESS will conclude its limited engagement at the Richard Rodgers Theatre (226 West 46th Street) today, September 23, 2012. The Gershwins' PORGY AND BESS began previews on Saturday, December 17, 2012, and officially opened on January 12, 2012. Upon closing, it will have played 322 performances. Below, BroadwayWorld takes you on a multimedia journey through the life of the longest-running production of Porgy and Bess to ever play on Broadway.
Anthony Crivello was back in New York after a six-year run in the title role of Phantom: The Las Vegas Spectacular. He went backstage to visit with Audra McDonald after seeing her perform in Porgy and Bess. McDonald performed with Crivello in Broadway's production of Marie Christine in 1999. BroadwayWorld has an exclusive shot of the reunion below.
The 2012 Tony Award Winner for Best Revival of a Musical, The Gershwins' PORGY AND BESS becomes the longest-running production of Porgy and Bess to ever play on Broadway with its 306th performance today, September 11, 2012, breaking the record formerly held by the 1953 revival at the Ziegfeld Theatre. The show will conclude its limited engagement at the Richard Rodgers Theatre (226 West 46th Street) on Sunday, September 23, 2012.
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