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The Tony Award Nominations were just announced and we'll be doing analysis, nominee reactions, behind the scenes coverage and all sorts of other excitement ALL day.

Darren Criss, best known for playing Blaine on the musical TV show GLEE is preparing to kick off a sold-out 16-city tour called “Listen Up.” He talks to TODAY's Kathie Lee Gifford and Hoda Kotb today about his start on YouTube and his experience at the White House Correspondents' Dinner.

Saturday night's episode of NBC's SMASH remained steady in the ratings, tied with its series low of 0.4 adults in the 18-49 demographic. Week to week, 'Smash' took a slight dip in total viewers (1.9 million this week vs. 1.908 million on 4/20).

According to the New York Daily News, NBC's Kathie Lee Gifford has composed a letter in which she sticks up for her collegue Matt Lauer.

Only Make Believe, the New York City and newly, Washington D.C., based non-profit organization that brings laughter and imagination to children suffering from chronic illnesses and disabilities will be hosting their first ever SPiN OUT OF SPRING event, an extravaganza for young professionals and the young at heart on May 3rd at SPiN: NYC from 7:00pm-9:30pm. The evening will include a ping-pong tournament, music, complimentary beer/wine, silent auctions, special guests, and more! Co-chairs for the event include, Susan Sarandon, Rachel Weisz, Petra Nemcova, John Hardiman, Brad Oscar, with Josh Lucas confirmed for attendance! For more information or to purchase tickets, please visit: spin.charityhappenings.org.

The show opened last night and BroadwayWorld.com was there to capture the evening, check out photos from the star studded red carpet.

According to NBC, the Season 2 finale of the musical drama SMASH will air on a special night and time. The two-hour episode is scheduled for Sunday, May 26 from 9:00-11:00PM ET.

NBC's musical drama series SMASH feautures a handful of well-known Broadway regulars acting as guest stars on this week's episode, with Daphne Rubin-Vega and Jesse L. Martin continuing their second-season arcs and Carolee Carmello and Kathie Lee Gifford making special appearances.

Style goes far beyond fashion and beauty trends - it is a powerful way to say who we are and get what we want. So says NBC's TODAY show Style Editor Bobbie Thomas in her new book, THE POWER OF STYLE: Everything You Need to Know Before You Get Dressed Tomorrow (HarperOne; April 23, 2013; Hardcover; $26.99), a groundbreaking guide that begins from the inside out to help every woman achieve her most confident and beautiful self - with a look that is uniquely her own.

Screenwriter John Brooks is getting 'typed' out. Hooray for ageism, racism, and homophobia. THE GRAY LIST by Allan Provost, directed by Laurie Rae Waugh, will run tonight, April 17 - 28, 2013 at American Theatre of Actors' Sargent Theatre, 314 West 54th Street, NYC.

MOTOWN: THE MUSICAL opened last night, April 14, 2013, at Broadway's The Lunt-Fontanne Theatre (205 West 46 Street). Many of the legendary stars that were part of the actual MOTOWN sound came out to celebrate the show and we got them all! Check out the photos below...

MOTOWN: THE MUSICAL opened last night, April 14, 2013, at Broadway's The Lunt-Fontanne Theatre (205 West 46 Street). Many of the legendary stars that were part of the actual MOTOWN sound came out to celebrate the show and we got them all! Check out the photos below...

Screenwriter John Brooks is getting 'typed' out. Hooray for ageism, racism, and homophobia. THE GRAY LIST by Allan Provost, directed by Laurie Rae Waugh, will run April 17 - 28, 2013 at American Theatre of Actors' Sargent Theatre, 314 West 54th Street, NYC.

Jeffrey Finn, Tony Award nominated Broadway producer, was just presented The Commercial Theater Institute's Robert Whitehead Award for 'outstanding achievement in commercial theatre producing' at a reception at Sardi's Restaurant yesterday, March 6. Check out photos from the ceremony below!

Chicken Soup for the Soul, the best-selling and trusted publishing brand, today announced it has been authorized to create a special hardcover anthology documenting the life and legacy of the world's best-known evangelist. Chicken Soup for the Soul: Billy Graham & Me, which will be distributed through Simon & Schuster, and released today, Feb. 26, 2013.

The undeniably entertaining Chelsea Handler and her uncontrollable staff of misfits are back with another over-the-top season of E!'s hit office comedy, AFTER LATELY.

On Sunday, February 17, 2013, ACME Comedy Theatre hosted the live comedy show Celebrity Autobiography. The cast featured Scott Adsit, Illeana Douglas, Florence Henderson David Krumholtz, Laraine Newman, Eugene Pack, Dayle Reyfel, Jennifer Tilly, Fred Willard and more. BroadwayWorld has photos of the actors in action below!

Red Mountain Theatre Company has the cure for the common song and it's coming just in time for Valentine's Day!

Below, check out quotables from NBC's Late Night with Jimmy Fallon February 11 - 15:

Talk Show Listings For Today, February 18