Jerry Mathers News

Harvey Fierstein will reprise his Tony-winning performance as Edna Turnblad beginning tonight!

Producers of HAIRSPRAY, the Tony winning Best Musical, have announced that the show will close on Jan. 4, 2009.

Every Sunday in October -- in support of National Breast Cancer Awareness Month -- Sharing Miracles, a 30-minute public affairs television program that tells the compelling and inspirational stories of real patients, will feature Academy Award-winning actress and patient advocate Marcia Gay Harden. Sharing Miracles now shows on 185 television stations across the United States.

On Sunday, June 1st, 'Sharing Miracles' -- a 30-minute public affairs television program that tells the compelling and inspirational stories of real patients -- will feature Deborah Gibson.

Bidding begins at noon tomorrow, December 1 on eBay for BID 2 BEAT AIDS, an annual auction of rare and autographed items from stars in music, film, Broadway, sports, politics, and television.

The second of two interviews featuring the stars of CENTERSTAGE's Arsenic and Old Lace, Brynn O'Malley (Broadway's Hairspray) and Ian Kahn (The Importance of Being Earnest). Part II: Brynn on musicals - Hairspray, Beauty and the Beast, Avenue Q - and on being in her very first play!

HAIRSPRAY celebrated its 5th Anniversary on Broadway at the Neil Simon Theatre.

Dozens of Broadway stars joined Bernadette Peters and Mary Tyler Moore for 'Broadway Barks 9!' on Saturday, July 14th in Shubert Alley

Dozens of Broadway stars joined Bernadette Peters and Mary Tyler Moore for 'Broadway Barks 9!' on Saturday, July 14th in Shubert Alley.

Dozens of Broadway stars joined Bernadette Peters and Mary Tyler Moore for 'Broadway Barks 9!' on Saturday, July 14th in Shubert Alley, and BroadwayWorld was there!

Former 'N Sync member Lance Bass will make his Broadway debut in the cast of Hairspray

The full line-up of Broadway stars who will join Bernadette Peters and Mary Tyler Moore for 'Broadway Barks 9!' has been announced.

Bernadette Peters and Mary Tyler Moore will host the ninth annual 'Broadway Barks!,' a star-studded dog and cat adopt-a-thon benefiting New York City animal shelters and adoption agencies.

The casts of dozens of Broadway shows took part in the annual concert 'Stars in the Alley,' which was held in Shubert Alley on June 6th, and BroadwayWorld was there to capture the event!

The Broadway hit Hairspray celebrates its 2,000th performance on Tuesday, June 5, 2007 at Broadway's Neil Simon Theatre.

On May 17th, the Palm West Restaurant hosted a private cast party for the Broadway cast of Hairspray

Nytimes.com reports that Jerry Mathers, best known as Theodore 'Beaver' Cleaver in the 1950s sitcom series 'Leave it to Beaver,' will be making his Broadway debut in the cast of Hairspray on June 5.