John Lithgow News

Nominations for the Drama League Awards will be announced on the week of April 18th and the awards will be held on May 5th

John Lithgow played his last performance on January 15 in Dirty Rotten Scoundrels and BroadwayWorld was there to cover the fun. Next up? Jonathan Pryce.

Chita Rivera, Zoe Caldwell and Susan Stroman will be among the presenters of the Theater Hall of Fame induction ceremony on January 30th

The Dirty Rotten Producers are proud to announce that it's Tony Award-nominated star, Joanna Gleason, has extended her contract, and will continue with the hit show into 2006.

Rachel York will temporarily replace Sherie Rene Scott as the sweetly conniving Christine Colgate in Dirty Rotten Scoundrels on February 5th, 2006

The Dirty Rotten Producers are proud to announce that their Tony Award-nominated leading lady, Sherie Rene Scott, has extended her contract, and will continue with the hit show through Fall 2006.

Tickets for this year's 'Kids' Night on Broadway: 10th Birthday Edition' -- that once-a year-opportunity for young people, age 6-18, to attend a Broadway show for free when accompanied by a full-paying adult - are on sale for select shows from now through December 15.

Producer Marty Bell confirmed in a statement to the press that Jonathan Pryce will return to Broadway this season taking over for John Lithgow in 'Dirty Rotten Scoundrels'

The Dirty Rotten Producers are proud to announce that their Tony Award-winning star, Norbert Leo Butz, has extended his contract, and will continue with the hit show through July, 2006.

Two of Broadway's most illustrious stars, the legendary CHITA RIVERA (who begins previews at the Schoenfeld Theatre on November 23 in Chita Rivera: The Dancer's Life) and the debonair DAVID HYDE PIERCE (currently starring in the smash musical, Monty Python's Spamalot, Broadway's Tony Award-winning 'Best Musical'), will be joined by cast and company members from virtually every Broadway and Off Broadway show to celebrate and share in the joy of the holiday season when they flip the switch to light the 2005 BROADWAY HOLIDAY TREE.

JERSEY BOYS, the new Broadway musical based on the life story of Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons opened on Sunday night and BroadwayWorld was there to cover the red carpet!

Tony Award winner John Lithgow and Spelling Bee's Sarah Saltzberg and Deborah S. Craig celebrated the launch of Kids' Night on Broadway: 10th Birthday Edition at Madame Tussauds.

Tony Award winner John Lithgow ('Dirty Rotten Scoundrels') celebrates the launch of Kids' Night on Broadway: 10th Birthday Edition with young cast members from Broadway's The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee and representatives from The League of American Theatres and Producers Inc.

The latest rumour circulating around Broadway is that Jonathan Pryce will return to Broadway this season taking over for John Lithgow in 'Dirty Rotten Scoundrels'

John Lithgow, Sir Peter Hall, Sada Thompson, William Ivey Long, Graciela Daniele, William Gibson and the late Dorothy Loudon and Ben Edwards are the 2005 inductees of the Theater Hall of Fame

John Lithgow and Cynthia Nixon will join luminaries from other arts fields in The Book That Changed My Life, an October 22nd 12-hour marathon at Symphony Space

Christina Applegate and John Lithgow co-hosted the 14th annual BROADWAY ON BROADWAY, a free outdoor concert in Times Square on Sunday, September 18 and BroadwayWorld was there!

The pair will co-host the 14th annual BROADWAY ON BROADWAY, a free outdoor concert in Times Square on Sunday, September 18 at 11:30am. Performances are expected from All Shook Up, Avenue Q, Beauty and the Beast, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Hairspray, Lennon, The Light in the Piazza, The Lion King, Mamma Mia!, The Producers, Rent, Sweet Charity, Sweeney Todd, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee and Wicked. New shows The Color Purple, Souvenir and In My Life will perform as well.