Larry Hochman News

Tonight, the Broadway production of the Tony Award-winning musical, The Book of Mormon celebrates its 3,389th performance, surpassing the run of the original Broadway production of Grease.

Tony season has arrived! The nominations for the biggest Broadway awards ceremony were announced earlier this week on Tuesday, April 30. Leading the pack was Hadestown with 14 nominations. Check out the full list here!

Back by popular demand, THE BOOK OF MORMON, which played a record-breaking three-week run in 2013 returns to Cleveland for a limited engagement September 6 - 15, 2019 at Playhouse Square.

This year's TONY AWARDS nominations have just been announced by Bebe Neuwirth and Brandon Victor Dixon and here they are, celebrating the best of the 2018-19 theatre season (and what a season it's been!) The 2019 TONY AWARDS will be broadcast live from Radio City Music Hall in New York City, on Sunday, June 9th on CBS. Our official Tony coverage kicks off - NOW!

Below, check out how each show fared individually in BWW's list of nominations by show.

The Tony Awards Administration Committee has been meeting all year to discuss the eligibility of the 2018-19 Broadway productions all leading up to Tuesdays big announcement... the Tony nominations.

Back by popular demand, THE BOOK OF MORMON, returns to Las Vegas for a limited engagement July 30 - August 4 at The Smith Center.  Single tickets will go on sale Friday, May 3 at 10am. Tickets will be available at The Smith Center box office (361 Symphony Park Ave), by visiting www.TheSmithCenter.com, or by calling 702.749.2000. Group orders of 15 or more may be placed by calling 702.749.2349. 

The producers of HELLO, DOLLY!,  the Tony Award-winning Best Musical Revival, and Broadway In Boston announced today that single tickets for the National Tour starring Broadway legend Betty Buckley will go on sale Sunday, April 28, 2019. HELLO, DOLLY! plays the Citizens Bank Opera House August 13 - 25, 2019 as part of the 2018-2019 Lexus Broadway In Boston Season.

For Analisa Leaming, playing Irene Molloy in the national touring company of Hello, Dolly! - which heads to Nashville next week for an eight-performance run at Tennessee Performing Arts Center's Andrew Jackson Hall - there are more reasons than usual to be exhilarated and excited for an impending opening night in a new city and venue.

THE BOOK OF MORMON, winner of nine Tony Awards including Best Musical, is pleased to announce a lottery ticket policy for the National Tour, which begins April 30 at Shea's Buffalo Theatre and plays a limited one-week engagement through May 5. In Buffalo, the production will conduct a pre-show lottery at the box office, located at 646 Main St., making a limited number of tickets available at $25 apiece.

Just last month, the Broadway production of The Book of Mormon celebrated its 8th Anniversary at the Eugene O'Neill Theatre (230 West 49th Street), where it is the longest running show in the theatre's history, and has broken the house record over 50 times. Below, we are excited to exclusively share a brand new photo of the current cast, featuring Cody Jamison Strand, Kim Exum and Dave Thomas Brown!

Ghostlight Records has announced it will record a new cast album of Cole Porter's musical comedy Kiss Me, Kate, based on the current hit production from the Roundabout Theatre Company (Todd Haimes, Artistic Director/CEO). The show is directed by Scott Ellis, choreographed by Warren Carlyle with music direction by Paul Gemignani and features a book by Sam and Bella Spewack, and music and lyrics by Cole Porter. Kiss Me, Kate marks the 24th cast album recording for Roundabout Theatre Company, since launching the musical theatre program with She Loves Me in 1993. The album, produced by Kurt Deutsch and Lawrence Manchester, will be recorded Monday, April 22.

THE BOOK OF MORMON, winner of nine Tony Awards including Best Musical, is pleased to announce a lottery ticket policy for its Providence engagement, which begins Tuesday, April 23 at the Providence Performing Arts Center (PPAC) and plays a limited one week engagement through Sunday, April 28. In Providence, the production will conduct a pre-show lottery at the box office, making a limited number of tickets available at $25 apiece.

The completely original new musical Something Rotten!, originally directed and choreographed on Broadway by Tony Award-winner Casey Nicholaw (Mean Girls, The Book of Mormon, Aladdin), with music and lyrics by Grammy Award-winner and Tony Award nominee Wayne Kirkpatrick and Golden Globe Award and Tony Award nominee Karey Kirkpatrick and a book by Tony Award nominees Karey Kirkpatrick and best-selling author John O'Farrell, will play Akron's E.J. Thomas Hall May 14 and 15, 2019 as part of the 18-19 Broadway in Akron series.

Hello, Dolly!, the Tony Award winning Best Musical Revival, and the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts announces casting for the Washington, D.C. run of the national tour starring Tony Award winning Broadway legend Betty Buckley.

The producers of HELLO, DOLLY!, the Tony Award-winning Best Musical Revival, CAPA, and PNC Broadway in Columbus present the Columbus debut of the National Tour starring Broadway legend Betty Buckley at the Ohio Theatre (39 E. State St.) May 7-12.

THE BOOK OF MORMON, winner of nine Tony Awards including Best Musical, is pleased to announce a lottery ticket policy for the National Tour, which begins April 2 at Hippodrome Theatre at the France-Merrick Performing Arts Center in Baltimore and plays a limited one-week engagement through April 7. In Baltimore, the production will conduct a pre-show lottery at the box office, making a limited number of tickets available at $25 apiece, cash only.

THE BOOK OF MORMON, winner of nine Tony Awards including Best Musical, is pleased to announce a lottery ticket policy for the National Tour, which begins April 9 at the PLACE Theater in Waterbury and plays through April 14.

The Book Of Mormon is doing something incredible! This weekend, the nine-time Tony Awards winner marks two major milestones on Broadway and on National Tour.