David Hyde Pierce News

This year's Broadway Bares is being held on Sunday June 18th and is promising to be one of the best yet - celebrating New York's 'colorful characters and interesting places.' Of course, we can also expect a lot of heat! I checked in with director Denis Jones and one of the choreographers, Dontee Kiehn to get the full scoop on what the always-fun night has in store for audiences this year.

Casting is now complete for the highly anticipated world premiere of the Kander and Ebb musical Curtains, which will begin previews at Los Angeles' Ahmanson Theatre on July 25th, open on August 9th and run through September 10th

Over 45 more stars have been announced as presenters of the 2006 Tony Awards, taking place on June 11th at Radio City Music Hall

Ken Davenport and Robyn Goodman, in association with Walt Grossman, Ruth Hendel, Sharon Karmazin, Matt Murphy and Mark Shacket, proudly announce that ALTAR BOYZ will play its 500th performance on Friday, May 12th.

Broadway Barks 8!, the latest celebrity-filled installment in the series of fundraising for New York City animal shelters, will take place in Shubert Alley on July 8th

Altar Boyz kicks off a 30-week National Tour in Chicago beginning on October 10th.

From April 4th through May 13th, Tony-nominee Karen Akers will perform First You Dream: The Songs of Kander & Ebb at the Algonquin Hotel's Oak Room

Tim Curry and Simon Russell Beale will once again play King Arthur in the London production of Spamalot

Broadway's Tony Award wining Best Musical can now add another laurel to its many honors: MONTY PYTHON'S SPAMALOT won the Grammy Award today for Best Musical Show album. The Grammys take place tonight, Wed. Feb. 8 in Los Angeles at the Staples Center.

Simon Russell Beale will once again play King Arthur in the London production of Spamalot

Debra Monk, Karen Ziemba and Edward Hibbert will join David Hyde Pierce in the pre-Broadway world premiere of Kander and Ebb's Curtains at the Ahmanson Theatre in LA this summer

Carla Collins, a model and actress from Botswana, is sueing the producer of Spamalot for putting a sexy photo of her on one of the Shubert Theatre's billboards without her authorization

John Lithgow played his last performance on January 15 in Dirty Rotten Scoundrels and BroadwayWorld was there to cover the fun. Next up? Jonathan Pryce.

Curtains, the long-in-development Kander and Ebb murder mystery musical comedy, will play a pre-Broadway run at the Ahmanson Theatre in L.A. this summer; David Hyde-Pierce will star

Monty Python's Spamalot has once again broken the Shubert Theatre house record

The Actors' Fund's benefit reading of the musical version of Wonderful Life was presented at the Shubert Theatre on December 12th

BroadwayWorld was there for the after-party of The Actors' Fund of America's benefit reading of the musical version of Wonderful Life, which was presented at the Shubert Theatre on December 12th

BroadwayWorld was there as Chita Rivera: The Dancer's Life opened, celebrating the long career of the Broadway legend.

On December 7th, Chita Rivera and David Hyde Pierce led the lighting of the 2005 Broadway Holiday Tree