Doug Leeds News

The American Theatre Wing's SpringboardNYC, an intensive summer boot camp for actors, is now accepting applications for this summer's program, taking place June 5th - 16th and limited to 40 participants.

On February 16th, an American Theatre Wing seminar on 'Playwriting' will feature Christopher Durang, Lisa Kron, Marsha Norman, John Patrick Shanley and Diana Son discussing their craft

On April 10th, the American Theatre Wing will honor Matthew Broderick and Nathan Lane for their creative achievements

Glenn Weiss and the directing team of the 59th Annual Tony Awards, were honored today with a Director's Guild nomination for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in a Musical Variety Show category.

The January 19th edition of the American Theatre Wing's 'Working in the Theatre' seminars will focus on theatre critics

Michael Cerveris, Victoria Clark and others will share insights on new 'Working in the Theater' seminars that will air in January

The writers of 59th Annual Tony Awards, Dave Boone and John Macks, were honored today with a Writers Guild of America nomination in the Comedy/Variety - Music, Awards, Tributes, Specials category.

Jill Clayburgh, Brian F. O'Byrne and Michael Cerveris will be a few of the actors to participate in the American Theatre Wing's Actors on Performing seminar on December 8th

A new American Theatre Wing seminar on November 4th will be entitled 'Staging the Classics,' and Mark Lamos, Anne Bogart and Bartlett Sher will take part in the discussion

See What I Wanna See's Michael John LaChiusa and Marc Kudisch will take part in a new American Theatre Wing seminar on October 27th, while a seminar on Staging the Classics will be held on November 4th

The 2006 Tony Awards, which will mark the awards' 60th year, will be held at Radio City Music Hall and broadcast on CBS on June 11th of next year

The official news is out on what each show is performing on Sunday night.

Producers of the 59th Annual American Theatre Wing's Tony Awards announced today that their official website, www.TonyAwards.com, will offer exclusive access via live (streamed) video to the first 9 awards from the stage of Radio City Music Hall.

The American Theatre Wing's seminar Exploring Summer Theatre will feature discussions with theatre professionals on June 10th at the Elebash Recital Hall

Aretha Franklin, Jesse L. Martin and Bernadette Peters will perform on the 2005 Tony Awards, while numbers from Sweeet Charity, Spamalot, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels and other nominated shows will also be presented

Presenters for the 59th Annual Antoinette Perry 'Tony' Awards were announced today.

This year's Tony nominees gathered in Times Square on Wednesday, May 18 for this year's photo.

Alan Cumming, Lynn Redgrave, Kate Burton, and Brian Stokes Mitchell were on hand to announce the nominees, and we were there!

The next American Theatre Wing 'Working In The Theatre' Seminar will be next Thursday, May 12th from 12 Noon - 1:30 pm. It will be on Performance.

This Friday April 8th at 11:00 am (note the earlier start time for this seminar), is the next American Theatre Wing 'Working In The Theatre' Seminar. It will be on 'Interpreting Tennessee Williams' with Jessica Lange, Natasha Richardson, Christian Slater and Richard Thomas with moderator Jeffrey Eric Jenkins.