Jack O'Brien News

Terrence McNally's new play Dedication or The Stuff of Dreams opened at 59E59 Theaters and BroadwayWorld was there to cover the red carpet arrivals!

Cast members from Dirty Rotten Scoundrels were on hand at Tower Records to sign CDs, and BroadwayWorld was there!

Singer/actress Darlene Love will take over the role of Motormouth Maybelle in Hairspray on July 7th

Variety reports that the production has been pushed, and that co-directors Jerry Mitchell and Jack O'Brien have left the production.

The stars of the hit musical Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, as well as the show's composer, David Yazbek, will show up at Tower Records, Lincoln Square to put their signatures on CDs on June 23rd

CanStage's Urinetown and the resident Canadian production of Hairspray led the Dora Mavor Moore Award nominations, with 10 and 8 respectively

Producer Marty Bell is contemplating casting ideas for a West End production of Dirty Rotten Scoundrels to be staged in 2007

Dirty Rotten Scoundrels' John Lithgow will deliver a commencement speech to graduating Harvard students on June 8th

All the speeches from all of last night's big winners!

We've got photos of all the glitzy, red-carpet arrivals for the 2005 Tony Awards.

Click in for the complete list of 2005 Tony Award Winners. By the numbers, the Light in the Piazza led the pack followed by Doubt, and Spamalot (which won Best Musical).

Marissa Jaret Winokur will be return to Hairspray for 4 weeks beginning on June 13th

'Spamalot' gets excellent 1-to-9 odds to win Best Musical at the Tony Awards on June 5, according to the experts at GoldDerby.com. The Broadway mega-hit loosely based upon the film 'Monty Python and the Holy Grail' is also favored to win Best Director (Mike Nichols, 6-to-5-odds) and Best Featured Actress (Sara Ramirez, 3 to 2).

The 2005 Tony Award Nominations were announced this morning, and we've got the complete list of nominees.

Honoring Off-Broadway, the Lucille Lortel Awards were presented on May 2nd at Dodgers Stages and followed by an after-party at Ruth's Chris Steak House.

The Light in the Piazza, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang and Monty Python's Spamalot lead nominations

A special limited edition version of the show's soon-to-be-released cast recording will be available to the public for free on April 27.

The National Corporate Theatre Fund (NCTF) celebrated with its Annual Chairman's Awards Gala on Monday, April 4th at New York's Essex House.