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"It's perfectly stupid fun,' Cariani says of this uproarious production filled with awful puns, time-bending Broadway references, and double entendres.

Presenters and musical performances have been announced for the 60th Annual Drama Desk awards, taking place on Sunday, May 31st at 8pm at The Town Hall (123 W. 43rd Street). 

'I like the idea of trying to imagine what it's like living in a world without musicals,' says the actor, up for a Tony Award for Best Lead Actor in a Musical.

In this week's edition, we hear from John Cariani, who is currently starring as 'Nigel Bottom' in Something Rotten!- playing at the St. James Theatre. Read on to find out his top five picks!

Outer Critics Circle, the organization of writers and commentators for media covering New York theatre, recognizes its award winners for the 2014-15 season in 24 categories today, May 21st at 4PM at the legendary Sardi's Restaurant. 

SOMETHING ROTTEN!, directed and choreographed by Tony Award winner Casey Nicholaw, with music and lyrics by Grammy Award winner Wayne Kirkpatrick and Golden Globe Award nominee Karey Kirkpatrick and a book by Karey Kirkpatrick and best-selling author John O'Farrell, has been nominated for a whopping ten Tony Awards, and they will soon take the show on the road. According to the New York Times, the new musical will launch a US tour in January 2017.

Transport Group, the Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle, and OBIE Award-winning theatre company, has announced its 2015 summer production Three Days To See, a performance piece conceived and directed by Jack Cummings III, slated to run July 12 - August 16 at Theatre 79. The cast includes Ito Aghayere (Orange is the New Black, The Liquid Plain), Patrick Boll (Mamma Mia, All the Way Home), Marc De La Cruz (If/Then, Allegiance), Theresa McCarthy (Queen of the Mist, Floyd Collins), Chinaza Uche (Bintou, The Day On Which a Man Dies), Barbara Walsh (Company, Falsettos), and Zoe Wilson. Transport Group's 2015 season will also include the previously announced revival of Once Upon a Mattress starring John 'Lypsinka' Epperson and Jackie Hoffman, slated for the fall. The previously announced musical, The Blonde Streak, has been postponed due to scheduling conflicts.

On last night's TONIGHT SHOW, Brian d'arcy James, Chrisitan Borle and the cast of the Tony nominated Broadway musical SOMETHING ROTTEN performed a medley of 'God I Hate Shakespeare' and 'Hard to Be the Bard'.

NBC has announced that the cast of the hit Broadway musical SOMETHING ROTTEN, recent recipient of 10 Tony Award nominations including Best Musical, will perform on TONIGHT SHOW STARRING JIMMY FALLON, tonight, May 15th.

The new, hit Broadway musical SOMETHING ROTTEN, which was just nominated for a whopping 10 TONY AWARDS including Best Musical, may be making a transfer to the UK.

Something Rotten! opened on Broadway last week on April 22, 2015 at the St. James Theatre (246 West 44th Street), directed and choreographed by Tony Award winner Casey Nicholaw (The Book of Mormon, Aladdin), and featuring music and lyrics by Grammy Award winner Wayne Kirkpatrick and Golden Globe Award nominee Karey Kirkpatrick and a book by Karey Kirkpatrick and best-selling author John O'Farrell. The company just gathered to record the SOMETHING ROTTEN! original cast album, and BroadwayWorld brings you photos from their session in the studio below! 

A pair of Elizabethan playwrights attempts to write the world's first musical in this rousing new show.

The completely original new musical comedy Something Rotten!, directed and choreographed by Tony Award winner Casey Nicholaw (The Book of Mormon, Aladdin), with music and lyrics by Grammy Award winner Wayne Kirkpatrick and Golden Globe Award nominee Karey Kirkpatrick and a book by Karey Kirkpatrick and best-selling author John O'Farrell, opened last night, April 22 at the St. James Theatre (246 West 44th Street) on Broadway. BroadwayWorld brings you photos from the after party below!

The new musical comedy Something Rotten!, directed and choreographed by Casey Nicholaw (The Book of Mormon, Aladdin), with music and lyrics by Wayne Kirkpatrick and Karey Kirkpatrick and a book by Karey Kirkpatrick and John O'Farrell, officially opens on Broadway tonight, April 22, 2015 at the St. James Theatre (246 West 44th Street). Let's see what the critics had to say...

?Ghostlight Records will record the Original Broadway Cast Album of the new musical comedy Something Rotten!.

The new musical comedy Something Rotten!, directed and choreographed by Tony Award winner Casey Nicholaw (The Book of Mormon, Aladdin), with music and lyrics by Grammy Award winner Wayne Kirkpatrick and Golden Globe Award nominee Karey Kirkpatrick and a book by Karey Kirkpatrick and best-selling author John O'Farrell, officially opens on Broadway tonight, April 22, 2015 at the St. James Theatre (246 West 44th Street). Scroll down to learn more about the company and watch interviews with the cast!

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The Outer Critics Circle, the organization of writers covering New York theatre for out-of-town newspapers, national publications and other media beyond Broadway announced the nominees this morning for the 2014-15 season. The first major Broadway/Off-Broadway award nominees of the New York theater season, the organization is celebrating its 64th season of bestowing awards of excellence in the field of theater. The Outer Critics Circle is an association with members affiliated with more than ninety newspapers, magazines, radio and television stations, Internet, and theatre publications in America and abroad.

The 2015 Tony Award Nominations were announced earlier today, and while a select, talented few will spend the day celebrating their achievements, there are many who fell just short of a nod.