Nell Benjamin News

Nominations have been announced for the 2007 American Theatre Wing's Tony Awards. Click in to view all of this year's nominees! The Tony Awards will be broadcast LIVE from Radio City Music Hall on Sunday, June 10th on PBS.

The company of Legally Blonde, as well as show producers Hal Luftig and Dori Berinstein, are offering theatre fans the chance to have a walk-on role in the new hit musical, as well as the chance to see Legally Blonde for special VIP Houses and meet star Laura Bell Bundy and cast after the show.

We talk to Three Time Tony Award Winning Producer Dori Berinstein about the new documentary she directed,'ShowBusiness: The Road to Broadway.' She also talks about her new production 'Legally Blonde' and the changing role of the Broadway producer.

BroadwayWorld.com goes PINK with this hot new video show preview of Legally Blonde. Click to watch now!

Michelle Kittrell was chosen as the Gypsy Robe Winner for Legally Blonde, which opened at the Palace Theatre on April 29th!

Legally Blonde, based on the hit MGM film, opened at the Palace Theatre on April 29th, and BroadwayWorld was there for the star-studded after-party!

Legally Blonde, based on the hit MGM film, opened at the Palace Theatre on April 29th after beginning previews on April 3rd, and BroadwayWorld was there!

On Saturday, April 28th the Paper Mill Playhouse Board of Trustees voted to allow the theater to complete the full run of Seven Brides for Seven Brothers through Sunday, May 11th.

Beth Leavel and James Naughton announced the nominees for the 2007 Drama Desk Awards this morning at The Friar's Club. The awards will take place on Sunday, May 20th at the F. H. LaGuardia Concert Hall.

The Broadway cast of LEGALLY BLONDE will perform two numbers on NBC-TV's 'The Today Show' on Friday, April 27th in the 8am and 9am hours

Although its immediate cash crisis is not over, the Paper Mill Playhouse Board of Trustees has given management permission to continue the run of Seven Brides for Seven Brothers yet another week

Camp Broadway has announced its May 2007 'Show-By-Show' featuring the new Broadway hit, Legally Blonde, The Musical.

Paper Mill Playhouse is open, for now. Due to tremendous community support, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers had its first public performance on Wednesday, April 11.

Paper Mill Playhouse's rally - which was staged with the goal of keeping the venerable Millburn, New Jersey theatre from closing - took place on Monday, April 9th at 7 PM.

Kelli Rabke has signed on to Paper Mill Playhouse's upcoming rally, which will take place on Monday, April 9th at 7 PM.

On Monday, April 9th at 7 PM, an array of Broadway stars will head to Millburn, NJ for a rally to save the imperiled Paper Mill Playhouse.

Earlier today reports from various sources indicated that lending institutions would come to the rescue of Paper Mill Playhouse during its financial crisis. Although the theater is engaged in accelerated negotiations to obtain a loan that would allow it to finish the season, it is premature to claim that the theater will remain open.

Having just opened to unanimously glowing notices in its pre-Broadway engagement at San Francisco's Golden Gate Theatre, LEGALLY BLONDE will be offering an exclusive pre-sale to Visa cardholders beginning this Sunday, February 11, 2007.

The San Francisco pre-Broadway debut of 'Legally Blonde' is packed with laughs, bends and snaps! Brimming with awesome sets, glowing costumes, and power-house dance breaks, it's hard not to enjoy yourself. But can Broadway fit another bubblegum musical onto the boards?

Broadway baby Bryan Batt begins a new stage in his career as a cabaret performer. And what a beginning!