Hank Azaria News

The Tony Awards, which aired on CBS last night, saw a ratings increase of 20% from 2005, with an increase in viewers of 1.39 million, making this year's telecast the highest rated since 2003

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

The 60 presenters and co-hosts of the Tony Awards--including Julia Roberts, Oprah Winfrey, Bernadette Peters and Chita Rivera--will be honored with designer accessories, gift sets, jewels at the Official Presenter Gift Lounge backstage where they can customize their own gift collection

Chita Rivera has signed on to the starry roster of Tony Awards presenters; she will join 60 other stars in hosting the Tonys, which will be broadcast live on June 11th

Bernadette Peters, Glenn Close and Oprah Winfrey will be among the 60 stage and screen stars serving as presenters at the 2006 Tony Awards

Some plays make better books

Stars turned out for the Broadway opening of FESTEN, starring Jeremy Sisto, Julianna Margulies, Larry Bryggman, Ali MacGraw and more, on April 9th

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

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

On Sunday, January 22nd a special performance of Jersey Boys was held to benefit the Actors' Fund of America and BroadwayWorld was there to cover the red carpet.

Brian Stokes Mitchell, Audra McDonald, Larry David, and the women of 'The Sopranos' appeared at the New York Times' Arts & Leisure Weekend's 'Times Talks: Special Editions' on January 7th

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

At this evening's show, Harold Gould as Morrie, gave a performance I never would have dreamed this actor had inside him.

Spamalot has broken the Shubert Theatre's house record for teh week ending November 27th

Six and a half months after opening, Spamalot has returned its entire production investment

Tony Award-winner Sara Ramirez will play her last performance as Spamalot's The Lady of the Lake on December 18th

Hank Azaria will return to the show December 2, and David Hyde Pierce has extended his stay. Both actors will star in SPAMALOT until April of 2006.