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Laura Benanti won the 2008 Tony Award for her performance as 'Louise' in the critically-acclaimed new Broadway production of the classic Jule Styne-Stephen Sondheim-Arthur Laurents landmark musical Gypsy, directed by the show's author, Mr. Laurents, currently at the St. James Theatre. She celebrated the joy of winning with special Tony Night 2008 correspondent Laura Bell Bundy and BroadwayWorld.com's Eddie Varley.

She sat down to celebrate her win with BroadwayWorld.com's Eddie Varley and special Tony Night 2008 correspondent Laura Bell Bundy, star of the hit musical, Legally Blonde.

Boyd Gaines won the 2008 Tony Award for his performance as 'Herbie' in the critically-acclaimed new Broadway production of the classic Jule Styne-Stephen Sondheim-Arthur Laurents landmark musical Gypsy, directed by the show's author, Mr. Laurents, currently at the St. James Theatre. He shared the excitement of winning with BroadwayWorld.com's Eddie Varley and special Tony Night 2008 correspondent Laura Bell Bundy.

Paulo Szot won the 2008 Tony Award for best actor in musical for his portrayal of Emile de Becque in 'South Pacific'. BroadwayWorld.com's Eddie Varley and special Tony Night 2008 correspondent Laura Bell Bundy, star of the hit musical, Legally Blonde spoke with him right after his exciting win!

In The Heights won the 2008 Tony Award for Best Original Musical! The show creator, Lin-Manuel Miranda sat down to celebrate his win with BroadwayWorld.com's Eddie Varley and special Tony Night 2008 correspondent Laura Bell Bundy, star of the hit musical, Legally Blonde.

Last night, at the 2008 Tony Awards, BroadwayWorld.com teamed up with Legally Blonde star Laura Bell Bundy and interviewed some of the evenings winners as they stepped off the stage. For a complete list of the winners please click HERE. Also, be sure to stay tuned to wwww.BroadwayWorld.com for the LIVE footage from last nights interviews as we post throughout the day.

Patti LuPone won the 2008 Tony Award for her performance as 'Mama' Rose in the critically-acclaimed new Broadway production of the classic Jule Styne-Stephen Sondheim-Arthur Laurents landmark musical Gypsy, directed by the show's author, Mr. Laurents, currently at the St. James Theatre. She shared the joy of winning with BroadwayWorld.com's Eddie Varley and special Tony Night 2008 correspondent Laura Bell Bundy.

Patti LuPone recently won a Tony Award nomination as well as the Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle Awards for Best Actress in a Musical and the Drama League Award for Distinguished Performance of the 2007 -2008 season for her performance as Rose in the critically-acclaimed new Broadway production of the classic Jule Styne-Stephen Sondheim-Arthur Laurents landmark musical Gypsy, directed by the show's author, Mr. Laurents, currently at the St. James Theatre. BroadwayWorld.com had a moment to spend with her at the Tony Nominee Breakfast, she was warm, relaxed and engaged as she shared some insights into performing the work and the history behind the story of Gypsy.

Eight shows a week, there is magic taking place on the stage of the Cort Theatre, four actors, no, better to describe them as magicians or alchemists or conjurers. In truth they would most likely be happy to be labeled as 'lucky stiffs' as they are able to bring joy and laughter to an audience every evening as the house lights dim, the foursome in question are the incredibly gifted cast of the Tony nominated, The 39 Steps. One talented gentleman plays the ironically billed role of 'Man 1', this would be better titled, 'Man 1000', for he seems to be playing that many roles and more, seemingly at the same time! This 'Man' is the delightfully talented, Cliff Saunders, a Canadian actor making his Broadway debut in The 39 Steps.

One of the most inspired moments you'll find on a Broadway stage this season is in the musical Cry-Baby, the inmates of a prison utilize the license plates they are making to aid in a very memorable jail break number titled 'Jailyard Jubilee', it's one of those 'this is why I love musicals' moments. The man who dreamed up that rockin' and rattlin' choreography is another reason why people love musicals, he's 2008 Tony nominated choreographer Rob Ashford.

Rondi Reed has been a Steppenwolf member since 1979, and has appeared in over 60 Steppenwolf productions. Rondi most recently appeared and to great acclaim at that, as Madame Morrible in the Chicago production of Wicked, proving she can do just about anything on a stage! Her many Broadway credits include The Grapes of Wrath, Rise and Fall of Little Voice and of course her current Best Featured Actress in a Play Tony nominated role of Mattie Fae Aiken in Tracy Lett's August: Osage County. We caught with up her at the Tony Nominee's Brunch where she discussed the play and its journey from Chicago to Broadway.

Alanna Ubach may be celebrated as a film actress with a distinctive comic flair and energy, but she began and would still be happy to be thought of as a stage actress, one with something funny, and important to say. She takes a moment away from her successful film career to bring herself, her colorful array of characters and her critically acclaimed one woman show, Patriotic Bitch to the Clurman Theatre. She took a break from rehearsal to give us at BroadwayWorld.com a little peek at what's in store for audiences…

There's a dynamo taking over this Tony season, and No, I'm not talking about Patti Lupone's Mama Rose, I'm talking about that most influential of theatre folk, teenage Tony Campaign manager Cubby Bernstein! Every Tony season he turns his considerable might towards the show he believes he can lead to Tony victory, did I mention he has 63 wins to his name? So with Xanadu as his chosen production the tiny titan of Tony 2008 has come out of the shadows, or at least pulled himself away long enough from the Go Diego Go aisle at Toy 'R' Us to answer a few questions for us here at BroadwayWorld.com.

Raúl Esparza burst onto Broadway with his 2000 debut as Riff-Raff in the cult hit revival of The Rocky Horror Show, but he quickly made the trip from Transsexual, Transylvania to become what many consider to be the best actor of his generation. Broadway audiences found him definitively interpreting the music of Stephen Sondheim in his Tony nominated role of Bobby in Company. He chatted with BroadwayWorld.com about being nominated for a 2008 Tony Award for his work in Harold Pinter's classic play The Homecoming.

Maria Aitken is committing all sorts of sinister crimes eight times a week on the stage of the Cort Theatre, and people can't stop laughing about it! The witty and engaging Aitken is making her U.S. directorial debut with her work on The 39 Steps, she's also well known back home in Great Britain as an accomplished actress, having graced the stages of the National Theatre and West End. But it's her directing that's gotten accolades here, when the 2008 Tony nominations were read the other morning her name was among those honored for Best Direction of a Play.

Robin De Jesús is delighting Broadway audiences on a nightly basis as part of the cast of In The Heights, Lin-Manuel Miranda's passionate musical love letter to life in Washington Heights. The musical received 13 Tony nominations, including one for the talented De Jesús for Best Featured Actor in a Musical.

Eight performances a week, the Richard Rodgers Theater comes to dynamic life with the passionate music and lyric's of Lin-Manuel Miranda's energetic musical 'In the Heights.' Now BroadwayWorld takes you behind the scenes and in the pit of this dynamic new musical as Eddie Varley interviews Musical Director Alex Lacamoire and Arranger, Bill Sherman in this exclusive video!

The West Bank Café announces our October, 2007 line-up of live entertainment, to be presented in The Laurie Beechman Theatre.

Aaron Grant in association with BTW Productions will present The Unusual Suspects. This new musical will be presented at The Players Theatre Theatre

The 21st Annual MAC Awards were presented at B.B. Kings Blues Club on May 1st.