Frances de la Tour News

Could Alan Bennett's splendid comedy/drama attract Broadway audiences if the student/teacher relationship depicted involved girls? And if not, what does that say about us?

Victoria Clark and Norbert Leo Butz will be among the presenters at the Outer Critics Awards ceremony at Sardi's on May 25th

Richard Griffiths, currently on Broadway in The History Boys, as well as The Drowsy Chaperone's Bob Martin, will be interviews on 'Theater Talk' on May 26th

The 51st Annual Drama Desk Awards were presented on Sunday, May 21, 2006 at 9:00 PM, at the LaGuardia Concert Hall at Lincoln Center. The annual awards honor excellence in theater for Broadway, Off Broadway and Off-Off Broadway during the season.

Jersey Boys took home Best Musical, and The History Boys and The Drowsy Chaperone lead the pack with 4 wins each.

Announced this morning and reported on live at BroadwayWorld.com, we've got all the nominees for the 2006 Tony Awards, which will be broadcast on CBS on Sunday, June 11th.

Nominations for the 51 st Annual Drama Desk Awards were announced today at The New York Friars Club by theater notables Marvin Hamlisch and Donna McKechnie, who revealed the nominees for the 2005/2006 theater season in front of a crowd of theater professionals at the press conference this morning.

BroadwayWorld was there for the starry opening night of Alan Bennett's The History Boys, which opened at the Broadhurst Theatre on April 23rd

'The Pajama Game' Heads the List with 8 Nominations followed by 'Grey Gardens' with 7 Nominations and 'The Drowsy Chaperone' and 'Jersey Boys' with 6 Nominations