Nikki M. James News

Before Broadway's biggest night this Sunday, June 12th, 36 productions will have opened on Broadway in the 2015-16 season. Of those productions, 18 are nominated for Tony Awards this year, and 94 of the actors and creative teams in those productions will walk the red carpet on Sunday as nominees. 

The Tony Awards have announced additional presenters for the 2016 Tony Awards, which will broadcast live from the Beacon Theatre in New York City, on CBS, on Sunday, June 12th 8:00 - 11:00 p.m. (ET/PT time delay). The Tony Awards are presented by The Broadway League and the American Theatre Wing.

It's Tony Sunday! The greatest day of the year has finally arrived. If you're like me (and if you're reading this, you are) - you're up early, and following BroadwayWorld.com for what's going to be a FULL day of fun, excitement and TONYS TONYS TONYS! Warning! SPOILERS follow below! Warning!

THE LATE SHOW WITH STEPHEN COLBERT welcomes Aaron Tveit (CATCH ME IF YOU CAN, GREASE LIVE!) tonight, Friday, June 10th to talk about his new CBS series BRAINDEAD, co-starring Broadway's Nikki M. James. David Duchovny and juggler Alexander Koblikov will also appear.

BroadwayWorld brings you a first look at some of the winners of Paper Mill Playhouse's 2016 Rising Star Awards.  Check them out below!

CBS has announced that Laura Linney will stop by tonight's LATE SHOW WITH STEPHEN COLBERT.

As one of the nation's leading regional theaters and producing partners for Broadway, Paper Mill Playhouse (Mark S. Hoebee-Producing Artistic Director, Todd Schmidt-Managing Director) has a well-earned reputation for launching both performers and shows for the Great White Way. The theater will be the recipient of the 2016 Regional Theatre Tony Award this Sunday. Since their inception in 1996, the Paper Mill Playhouse Rising Star Awards for Excellence in High School Musical Theatre have ignited the careers of many notable performers, all of whom attended high school in New Jersey.  Among the early nominees and winners are Academy Award winner Anne Hathaway (Les Miserables), Tony Award winners Laura Benanti (Gypsy) and Nikki M. James (The Book of Mormon), Tony nominee Rob McClure (Chaplin), Shanice Williams, star of NBC's The Wiz Live! and Olivier Award nominee Jared Gertner (The Book of Mormon).  The 2016 Paper Mill Playhouse Rising Star Awards Presented by the Investors Foundation ceremony took place at Paper Mill Playhouse on Tuesday, June 7, at 7:30pm, featuring presenters from Broadway and beyond. The ceremony was broadcast live on television and online through Paper Mill Playhouse video partner, Hometowne Television, of Summit, New Jersey.

Millburn, New Jersey's Playhouse since 1938 receives this year's Regional Theatre Tony Award.

Back by popular demand, THE BOOK OF MORMON , which played a record breaking weeklong run in 2014, returns to the Fox Cities P.A.C. for a limited engagement October 4-9, 2016. 

Back by popular demand, THE BOOK OF MORMON, which played record breaking and sold out engagements in 2013 and 2014, returns to Toronto for a limited engagement February 28 - April 16, 2017 at The Princess of Wales Theatre. Tickets will go on sale online on Monday June 13 at 12:01 AM and are available by visiting Mirvish.com, or by phone at 9:00 AM by calling TicketKing at 416-872-1212 or 1-800-461-3333. Tickets will also be available in person at 12 Noon at the Princess of Wales Theatre Box Office, 300 King Street West. Group orders of 15 or more may be placed by calling 416-593-4142 or 1-800-724-6420.

Lin-Manuel Miranda and John Doyle are both getting portraits at Sardi's today! We are also celebrating the Creative Arts Tony Award nominees and the opening night of INCOGNITO at MTC. Keep an eye out for photos from all of today's festivities!

Lena Hall, Adam Kantor, Nikki M. James, Gideon Glick, Paige Davis and Ben Cameron joined forces yesterday morning to lead a Rent sing-a-long for more than 300 fans at the 3rd-annual Vulture Festival.

CBS has released a first look at the new comedy thriller BRAINDEAD, premiering Monday, June 13 (10:00-11:00 PM, ET/PT). The series stars Aaron Tveit (GREASE: LIVE, NEXT TO NORMAL, CATCH ME IF YOU CAN) and Tony Award winner Nikki M. James

Prime Video will be the official subscription streaming home, alongside CBS All Access, for the upcoming CBS murder-mystery drama AMERICAN GOTHIC.

Disney Theatrical Productions President Thomas Schumacher and Associate Producer Anne Quart invited the casts of The Book of Mormon, Aladdin, Something Rotten! and Tuck Everlasting to celebrate director and choreographer Casey Nicholaw on the historic occasion of four Broadway shows running simultaneously. BroadwayWorld brings you a look inside the celebration below!

Megan Hilty is headed back to the small screen - opposite a slew of fellow Broadway alums!

Stars from Broadway and Off-Broadway will take part in the 90-minute celebration of Jonathan Larson's classic.

Vulture.com, New York Magazine's culture and entertainment site, has announced additional events to the lineup for the 2016 Vulture Festival,

As one of the nation's leading regional theaters and producing partners for Broadway, Paper Mill Playhouse has a well-earned reputation for launching both performers and shows for the Great White Way.