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Every Tony Needs a Tina! BestofOffBroadway.com announced the first annual Tina Award nominations today, honoring the top Off-Broadway productions of the 2010-2011 season.

The producers of Stephen Adly Guirgis' hit new Tony® nominated Best Play THE MOTHER WITH THE HAT (aka The Motherf**ker with the Hat), starring Chris Rock, announced today that the limited engagement has been extended by three weeks and will now play through Sunday, July 17th at Broadway's Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre (236 West 45th Street). Directed by Anna D. Shapiro, the play opened to critical acclaim on Monday, April 11, 2011.

The new Broadway musical, COME FLY AWAY, conceived, choreographed, and directed by Tony Award-winner Twyla Tharp and featuring vocals by Frank Sinatra, will make its Connecticut premiere at The Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts in Hartford May 29-June 3, 2012, as part of The Bushnell's 2011-2012 Broadway Series.

Last Friday, star of Broadway's THE MOTHERF**KER WITH THE HAT, Chris Rock stopped by the The Oprah Winfrey Show to put his signature sidesplitting spin on marriage, parenthood and his latest project: Broadway.

The world premiere on Broadway of THE MOTHER WITH THE HAT by Stephen Adly Guirgis stars Bobby Cannavale, Chris Rock, Elizabeth Rodriguez, Annabella Sciorra and Yul Vázquez. Directed by Anna D. Shapiro, the show is playing a strictly limited engagement at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre (236 West 45th Street, New York City) and officially opened on April 11, 2011. Here are the first photos in a new BroadwayWorld.com series 'In The Spotlight' by acclaimed photographer Walter McBride that takes a look at the stars in profile on opening night!

Go inside the mind of a comic genius on The Oprah Winfrey Show on April 22! Chris Rock puts his signature sidesplitting spin on marriage, parenthood and his latest project: Broadway.

Billy Crudup and Raúl Esparza, currently appearing onstage together in the critically acclaimed revival of Tom Stoppard's ARCADIA directed by David Leveaux, appeared on Bloomberg's 'The Charlie Rose Show' last night. Click here to watch the interview!

The Toronto return of Disney's THE LION KING opens tonight, Wednesday April 20 at 7:30pm at the Princess of Wales theatre for a limited engagement of 8 weeks through Sunday June 12, 2011.

THE MOTHER WITH THE HAT (aka The Motherf**ker with the Hat) star Chris Rock will make his final guest appearance on "The Oprah Winfrey Show" on Friday, April 22 at 4:00 p.m. on WABC-7 in New York City (check local listings).

Paulo Szot, who has recently emerged as one of the most exciting voices in opera and who won a Tony for his performance as Emile de Becque in the Lincoln Center Theater (Andre Bishop, Artistic Director, Bernard Gersten, Executive Producer) production of SOUTH PACIFIC, will be recreating the role of the French plantation owner at the Barbican Centre in London, where the production will run for a limited season of 7 weeks only from 15 August to 1 October, with an opening night on 23 August.

Talked about for months and now finally official, Paulo Szot, who has recently emerged as one of the most exciting voices in opera and who won a Tony for his performance as Emile de Becque in the Lincoln Center Theater (Andre Bishop, Artistic Director, Bernard Gersten, Executive Producer) production of SOUTH PACIFIC, will be recreating the role of the French plantation owner at the Barbican Centre in London, where the production will run for a limited season of 7 weeks only from 15 August to 1 October, with an opening night on 23 August.

Billy Crudup and Raúl Esparza, currently appearing as onstage together in the critically acclaimed revival of Tom Stoppard's ARCADIA directed by David Leveaux, will appear on 'The Charlie Rose Show' tonight, April 19 (11PM on WNET in NYC, check listings).

Go inside the mind of a comic genius on The Oprah Winfrey Show on April 22! Chris Rock puts his signature sidesplitting spin on marriage, parenthood and his latest project: Broadway.

ARCADIA playwright Tom Stoppard's TimesTalk will air throughout the weekend on CUNY-TV (Time Warner Cable Channel 75). The discussion, moderated by the New York Times' Pat Healy, will air today, April 8 at 4 & 10 PM; Sunday late night, April 10 at 12:15 AM; and Thursday, April 14 at 4 AM.

THE MOTHERF**KER WITH THE HAT, by Stephen Adly Guirgis and starring Bobby Cannavale, Chris Rock, Elizabeth Rodriguez, Annabella Sciorra and Yul Vázquez, opened last night at the Gerald Schoenfeld Thetare (236 West 45th Street, New York City). Directed by Anna D. Shapiro, the limited engagement will play 15 weeks. BroadwayWorld was on hand to capture all the star-filled red carpet arrivals and brings you photo coverage below!

THE MOTHERF**KER WITH THE HAT, by Stephen Adly Guirgis and starring Bobby Cannavale, Chris Rock, Elizabeth Rodriguez, Annabella Sciorra and Yul Vázquez, opened last night at the Gerald Schoenfeld Thetare (236 West 45th Street, New York City). Directed by Anna D. Shapiro, the limited engagement will play 15 weeks. Broadway Beat was on hand for the after party and brings you coverage below!

THE MOTHERF**KER WITH THE HAT, by Stephen Adly Guirgis and starring Bobby Cannavale, Chris Rock, Elizabeth Rodriguez,Annabella Sciorra and Yul Vázquez, opened last night at the Gerald Schoenfeld Thetare (236 West 45th Street, New York City). Directed by Anna D. Shapiro, the limited engagement will play 15 weeks. BroadwayWorld was on hand for the after party and brings you photo coverage below!

THE MOTHERF**KER WITH THE HAT, by Stephen Adly Guirgis and starring Bobby Cannavale, Chris Rock, Elizabeth Rodriguez,Annabella Sciorra and Yul Vázquez, opened last night at the Gerald Schoenfeld Thetare (236 West 45th Street, New York City). Directed by Anna D. Shapiro, the limited engagement will play 15 weeks.

THE MOTHERF**KER WITH THE HAT by Stephen Adly Guirgis and starring Bobby Cannavale, Chris Rock, Elizabeth Rodriguez, Annabella Sciorra and Yul Vázquez opens tonight at the Gerald Schoenfeld Thetare (236 West 45th Street, New York City). Directed by Anna D. Shapiro, the limited engagement will play 15 weeks.

ARCADIA playwright Tom Stoppard's TimesTalk will air throughout the weekend on CUNY-TV (Time Warner Cable Channel 75). The discussion, moderated by the New York Times' Pat Healy, will air today, April 8 at 4 & 10 PM; Sunday late night, April 10 at 12:15 AM; and Thursday, April 14 at 4 AM.