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Now that the Tony Award nominations have been announced, it looks like a pretty competitive race for 'Best Choreography.' The category is full of creative and diverse work from four established Broadway vets, and the debut of a new modern voice. Each put their own distinctive stamp on dance genres that include tap, hip-hop, salsa, and traditional folk dances with a twist. Here are the five guys to watch out for on June 12th.

Back at the theater where he broke out with 'Sleepwalk With Me', the actor and stand-up says thank God for jokes.

Signature Theatre presents the world premiere of DAPHNE'S DIVE, written by Pulitzer Prize winner Quiara Alegria Hudes (Water by the Spoonful, In the Heights) and directed by Thomas Kail (Hamilton, Fox's 'Grease: Live'). The production is currently in previews for an extended run through June 12, with a May 15 opening night in The Romulus Linney Courtyard Theatre at The Pershing Square Signature Center (480 West 42nd Street between 9th and 10th Avenues). BroadwayWorld has a first look at the cast in action below!

It's time to take your shot! According to a casting notice, Broadway's Hamilton is holding open auditions for 'singers who rap' today, May 3, 2016 at Chelsea Studios in New York City.

Back by popular demand, THE BOOK OF MORMON, which played a record breaking one week run in 2015 returns to Winnipeg for a limited engagement September 27 - October 2 at the Centennial Concert Hall.

This year's Stars in the Alley will take place on Friday, June 3rd at 12:30pm in Broadway's legendary Shubert Alley, west of Seventh Avenue between 44th & 45th streets, it was announced today.

Five-time Emmy Award nominee Jesse Tyler Ferguson makes his highly anticipated return to Broadway as nearly 40 outrageous characters in the smash hit comedy, FULLY COMMITTED by Becky Mode, directed by Tony nominee Jason Moore (Avenue Q, Pitch Perfect, Sisters). Fully Committed is currently playing a strictly limited engagement through July 24, 2016 on Broadway at the Lyceum Theatre. The production has just unveiled a new composite image, featuring a handful of Ferguson's many characters!

The latest in BroadwayWorld's series of interviews with musical theatre's bookwriters.

NBC's TODAY show will hit the Great White Way next week! First up, Today's Al Roker goes behind the scenes of the smash hit musical HAMILTON on Monday, May 2.

Gearing up for Tony Award nomination this coming week? Didn't have time to check in on your favorite Broadway stars? Well don't worry BroadwayWorld has rounded up some of the biggest stories from this week from Broadway and beyond with BroadwayWorld's 'This Week in Pictures.'

The Emmy-nominated star returns to Broadway and his MODERN FAMILY co-stars are cheering him on.

In an all-new interview with PEOPLE, MODERN FAMILY star Jesse Tyler Ferguson discusses taking on more than 40 roles in his new one-man Broadway show, FULLY COMMITTED.

Tony winner Michael McGrath will depart Broadway's SHE LOVES ME next month for personal reasons, BroadwayWorld has confirmed.

Eugene O'Neill's semi-autobiographical masterpiece is sumptuously played.

Sources report that the hip-hop musical HAMILTON is set to be filmed with its current cast prior to the departure of the show's star and creator Lin-Manuel Miranda this summer.

LONG DAY'S JOURNEY INTO NIGHT, starring Jessica Lange, began on April 3, 2016, and officially opens tonight, April 27, 2016, on Broadway at the American Airlines Theatre on Broadway. Let's see what the critics had to say...

The Public's Free Shakespeare in the Park production of THE TAMING OF THE SHREW is currently in rehearsal, and BroadwayWorld has a sneak peek at the company below! Directed by Phyllida Lloyd, this all-female production begins performances on May 24 and is part of the global 400th anniversary celebration of William Shakespeare's life and death. The free production will officially open on Tuesday, June 14 and run through Sunday, June 26.

Favorite guest Frank Langella returns to THEATER TALK to discuss his spellbinding, critically acclaimed performance as André, a man in the early-to-mid-stages of dementia, in the Manhattan Theatre Club production of Florian Zeller's The Father, directed by Doug Hughes.  Revealing that he's “never been so frightened of a part…we're all frightened of this; it terrifies; there's no way back from this disease,” he also tells co-hosts Michael Riedel of the New York Post and Susan Haskins that his brother is in the early stages of the disorder.

This Sally (Andrea Goss) is definitely British, definitely a waif and of limited talent, and has her eyes wide open to the hell her generation of revelers is headed toward in a handcart. Her biggest number, Cabaret, is delivered as nearly a de profundis, a wail of a trauma victim.

Cirque du Soleil - PARAMOUR, the organization's first created specifically for Broadway. PARAMOUR is now in previews for a Wednesday, May 25 opening night at the Lyric Theatre. Below, BroadwayWorld brings you a first look at the production!