Norbert Leo Butz News

Deadline.com reports that Tony Award-winning playwright John Logan (RED) is developing a drama pilot with Academy Award-winning director Kathryn Bigelow ('The Hurt Locker') and executive producer Lydia Pilcher ('Amelia') for HBO. The drama, 'Miraculous Year,' would star RED's Tony Award-winner Eddie Redmayne along with Tony Award-nominee Hope Davis (GOD OF CARNAGE); Tony Award-winner Norbert Leo Butz (DIRTY ROTTEN SCOUNDRELS); two-time Tony Award-winner Patti LuPone (GYPSY, EVITA); and three-time Tony Award-winner Frank Langella (FROST/NIXON, FORTUNE'S FOOL, SEASCAPE).

Tony Awards Party & Fundraiser Held At The Barn 6/13

Barn Players Hold Tony Awards Party 6/13

The Barn Players Hold Tony Awards Party 6/13

Tony Awards Party & Fundraiser Held At The Barn 6/13

Variety.com reports that Norbert Leo Butz (Tony-winner for DIRTY ROTTEN SCOUNDRELS), Donna Murphy (Tony-winner for PASSION and THE KING AND I), and Bill Irwin (Tony-winner for WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF?) are set to appear in the upcoming 'Higher Ground,' now filming in New York state. Vera Farmiga (Academy Award-nominee for 'Up in the Air') will direct and star in the film, which will also feature Joshua Leonard ('Humpday'). The screenplay is based on a memoir by Carolyn Briggs about her experiences with radical Christianity.

Barn Players Hold Tony Awards Party 6/13

The Barn Players Hold Tony Awards Party 6/13

The Drama League (Jano Herbosch, President; Gabriel Shanks, Executive Director) is proud to announce the recipients of its 2010 Special Recognitions, to be presented along with its five competitive production and performance awards at The 76th Annual Drama League Awards Ceremony and Luncheon on Friday, May 21, 2010 (noon) in the Grand Ballroom of the Marriott Marquis Hotel in Times Square (1535 Broadway).

Today, we are taking a look at multi-Tony-nominated Broadway leading lady Sherie Rene Scott and the original cast recording of her (mostly) one-woman show EVERYDAY RAPTURE, currently on Broadway. In addition to being nominated this season for Best Actress, Ms. Scott is also nominated in the Best Book of A Musical category (along with collaborator Dick Scanlan) for this autobiographical musical tracing her conversion from Mormonism to Mermanism (as in Ethel) and detailing her time spent on Broadway from TOMMY until now. From Sally Simpson to the stage version of herself, Sherie Rene Scott can hold an audience‘s attention like few other performers, evident everywhere on this album. But is that enough?

ENRON began previews on Broadway on April 8, 2010 at The Broadhurst Theatre, opened on April 27, 2010 and closed last night, Sunday May 9, 2010. PBS recently profiled the show, and its surprising Broadway closing, featuring comments by the show's writer, Lucy Prebble, the show's stars and U.S. critics.

ENRON began previews on Broadway on April 8, 2010 at The Broadhurst Theatre, opened on April 27, 2010 and will close tonight, Sunday May 9, 2010.

ENRON began previews on Broadway on April 8, 2010 at The Broadhurst Theatre and opened on April 27, 2010. BroadwayWorld.com has just confirmed that the show will play its final performance on Sunday, May 9, 2010.

Enron's thriving in the UK, but it's just posted closing notices on Broadway. Miriam Zendle takes a look at this week's UK theatre news, shows and stories

The producers of Lucy Prebble's critically heralded ENRON, currently onstage at The Broadhurst Theatre (235 W. 44th St. between 8th and Broadway), have added an additional performance on SUNDAY, MAY 9th at 7:30 pm. This will be the final performance of the show's Broadway run.

ENRON began previews on Broadway on April 8, 2010 at The Broadhurst Theatre and opened on April 27, 2010. BroadwayWorld.com has just confirmed that the show will play its final performance on Sunday, May 9, 2010.

The Tony Awards Administration Committee met today for the fourth and final time this season to decide the eligibility of thirteen Broadway productions for the 2010 American Theatre Wing's Tony Awards®, presented by The Broadway League and The American Theatre Wing. The thirteen productions discussed included: Come Fly Away; Red; Lend Me a Tenor; The Addams Family; Million Dollar Quartet; La Cage Aux Folles; American Idiot; Sondheim on Sondheim; Promises, Promises; Fences; Enron; Collected Stories and Everyday Rapture.

ENRON began previews on Broadway on April 8, 2010 at The Broadhurst Theatre and opened last night, April 27, 2010. BroadwayWorld.com was there to capture the opening night party!

ENRON began previews on Broadway on April 8, 2010 at The Broadhurst Theatre and opened last night, April 27, 2010. BroadwayWorld.com was there to capture the starry opening night arrivals.

ENRON began previews on Broadway on April 8, 2010 at The Broadhurst Theatre and opened last night, April 27, 2010. BroadwayWorld.com was there to capture the opening night curtain call!