Michael Cera News

Watch below as Michael and his Tony-nominated co-star Brian Tyree Henry tell us all about want this nomination means to them, how they're preparing for the Tonys, and so much more!

Good morning BroadwayWorld! Today's top stories: The Actors Fun holds its annual gala tonight, and Steve Martin, Michael Cera, Tony Yazbeck, and more will appear at Broadway Bets!

Watch below as David tells us all about want this nomination means to him, how he's preparing for the Tonys, and so much more!

According to Deadline, Jeffrey Tambor is set to appear on the upcoming fifth season of the comedy hit ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT when it returns on Netflix. Tambor recently exited the Amazon original series TRANSPARENT amid sexual harassment claims. The allegations have come from two members of the shows family. Read more about the return on Deadline here.

Just yesterday the nominees flocked to the InterContinental New York Times Square Hotel, where they met with the press for the first time since getting the big news. BroadwayWorld will be bringing you coverage from the epic day over the next month (so watch out for lots more), but for now, hold yourself over with portraits of the nominees by BroadwayWorlds' very own Walter McBride.

Everything's coming up Tonys! Spring has sprung, awards season has begun, and the latter is all that really matters to Broadway fans everywhere. Earlier this week, Katharine McPhee and Leslie Odom Jr. announced the 2018 Tony nominations, celebrating the best of the 2017-18 theatre season (and what a season it's been!). Leading the pack were Mean Girls and SpongeBob SquarePants: The Musical with 12 nominations, followed by Angels in America, Rodgers & Hammerstein's Carousel andThe Band's Visit with 11 and Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Parts One and Two with 10. Click here for a full list of nominees!

Broadway and television stars, theatre fans, poker pros and game-faced novices alike will come together when Broadway Bets, Broadway's official poker tournament, returns on Monday, May 14. The event is produced by and benefits Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS.

According to the show's official Twitter account, the hit series ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT is set for return very, very soon. The shows creator, Mitch Hurwitz, says in the posted letter: 'A new fifth season of Arrested Development will be coming back to Netflix soon. Like real soon. Like, if you knew when, you would not be wrong to be thinking 'why are we all just hearing this now?' Well, I don't mean to be defensive, but I don't know why everyone's suddenly mad at me.'

The 2018 Tony nominations were announced this morning. If you haven't checked them out yet, what are you waiting for?! CLICK HERE to check out a full list of this year's nominees, and HERE for reactions from the lucky few!

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

This year's TONY AWARDS nominations have just been announced by Katharine McPhee and Leslie Odom Jr. and here they are, celebrating the best of the 2017-18 theatre season (and what a season it's been!) The 2018 TONY AWARDS will be broadcast live from Radio City Music Hall in New York City, on Sunday, June 10th on CBS. Our official Tony coverage kicks off - NOW!

Chris Evans stopped by Good Morning America to discuss upcoming Marvel film Avengers: Infinity War, performing in Lobby Hero on Broadway, and more! Check out the clip below!

Life moves in circles. This sort of cliche isn't the message of Lobby Hero-rather, the play in itself is emblematic of the spirit of zeitgeist, the kind where unintended artistic choices turn out to be eerily prescient.

Second Stage Theater (Carole Rothman, Artistic Director; Casey Reitz, Executive Director) has announced additional casting for the New York Premiere of TRACY LETTS' acclaimed play, MARY PAGE MARLOWE.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, BROAD CITY is set to end with its upcoming fifth season. The series was created and stars Abbi Jacobson and Ilana Glazer. Read more about it from The Hollywood Reporter here!

Comedy Central today announced a comprehensive development deal with Ilana Glazer and Abbi Jacobson with a 'first look' at content created and/or developed for television by Glazer and Jacobson, both together and independently. The deal with the multitalented creators, stars, directors and showrunners of the hit series Broad City, which will return for its fifth and final season in early 2019, also extends across all of parent company Viacom's television networks. Three projects already in development at Comedy Central under the new deal include Mall Town USA, Platinum Status, and Young Professionals.

Producer Scott Rudin announced today that Kenneth Lonergan's acclaimed memory play (and 2001 Pulitzer Prize Finalist), The Waverly Gallery, will have its Broadway premiere next season at the John Golden Theatre (252 West 45th Street). Preview performances will begin Tuesday, September 25, ahead of an official opening night set for Thursday, October 25, 2018.

BroadwayWorld has teamed up with renowned caricature artist Ken Fallin, a life-long theater enthusiast, who has drawn many Broadway and Off-Broadway productions. Below, check out his latest illustration, featuring Michael Cera, Bel Powley, Chris Evans & Brian Tyree Henry in LOBBY HERO!

Nominated for the 2018 Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay by Aaron Sorkin, MOLLY'S GAME tells the prolific story of Molly Bloom - an Olympic-class skier who at the age of 26 ran the world's most exclusive high-stakes poker game for nearly a decade with players of Hollywood royalty, sports stars, business titans and finally, unbeknownst to her, the Russian mob - leading to her arrest. You can check out the trailer HERE.

Kenneth Lonergan's Lobby Hero, directed by Trip Cullman and starring Michael Cera, Chris Evans, Brian Tyree Henry, and Bel Powley, officially opened last night, Monday, March 26, at the newly renovated Hayes Theater.