Paul Tazewell News

HAMILTON's author/star makes his debut on social media's Periscope.

As tickets for Chicago's HAMILTON went on sale the morning, the city's opera company had a message for confused ticket-buyers.

Democrats reportedly seeking 'young pop artists' for next month's four night prime-time telecast.

Tickets went on sale this morning for the first block of seats to see HAMILTON in Chicago.

Producer Jeffrey Seller and Broadway In Chicago recently announced that single tickets for HAMILTON would go on sale to the public today, June 21st.

The talented HAMILTON ensemble member recently gave a world premiere performance of a lost Kleban/Hamlisch song.

The national tour of the Broadway musical HAMILTON will play the Buell Theatre as part of the Denver Center for the Performing Arts' 2017/18 Broadway subscription series, it was announced today by producer Jeffrey Seller and the Denver Center for the Performing Arts. 

The 2016 Tony Awards celebrated 70 years of honoring the best of Broadway last night at the Beacon Theatre in New York City. In addition to the class of 2016 Tony Nominees, the star-studded evening featured appearances by Cate Blanchett, Claire Danes, Common, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Glenn Close, Josh Groban, Jake Gyllenhaal, Neil Patrick Harris, Sean Hayes, James Earl Jones, Daniel Dae Kim, Carole King, Diane Lane, Nathan Lane, Angela Lansbury, Lucy Liu, Bebe Neuwirth, Saoirse Ronan, Keri Russell, Meg Ryan, Barbra Streisand, Oprah Winfrey and many more.

"Look around, look around how lucky we are to be alive right now" said Jeffrey Seller (producer of Hamilton: An American Musical) after the announcement of his show winning best musical at the 2016 Tony Awards.

 The national tour of the Broadway musical HAMILTON will play the brand-new Eccles Theater in SALT LAKE CITY as part of the 2017-2018 season, it was announced today by producer Jeffrey Seller and the Zions Bank Broadway at the Eccles series. 

THE 70TH ANNUAL TONY AWARDS aired live from the Beacon Theatre last night on the CBSTelevision Network. Below, check out photo highlights from last night's ceremony!

HAMILTON, the Broadway musical, which won 11 Tony Awards last night including best musical, will have its London premiere in October 2017. The critically acclaimed musical has broken box office records on Broadway and has become a cultural sensation. HAMILTON will reopen the Victoria Palace Theatre, which is currently undergoing an extensive multi-million pound refurbishment. From noon today, Monday 13 June, you can register interest and sign up for priority booking at hamiltonthemusical.co.uk. Tickets will go on sale in November 2016.

Below, BroadwayWorld has photos from the winners room, including Jayne Houdyshell, Paper Mill Playhouse's Todd Schmidt and Mark S. Hoebee and many more to come!

Paul Tazewell received the 2016 Tony Award for Best Costume Design of a Musical for Hamilton. Tazewell's other Broadway credits include Doctor Zhivago, Side Show, A Streetcar Named Desire, Magic/Bird, Jesus Christ Superstar, Memphis, The Miracle Worker, The Color Purple, In the Heights, On The Town, Caroline, or Change, Guys and Dolls, Drowning Crow, A Raisin in the Sun, Elaine Strich at Liberty, Def Poetry Jam, and Noise/Funk. Check out what he had to say on the honor below!

HAMILTON has won the 2016 Tony Award for Best Musical. The production, which received a record-breaking 16 Tony Award nominations, opened on August 6, 2016 at Broadway's Richard Rodgers Theatre.

The cast of HAMILTON performed a medley of songs on the 70th Annual TONY AWARDS, including 'History Has Its Eyes on You' and 'Yorktown'. Watch video from the highly anticipated performance below!

Lin-Manuel Miranda has won the 2016 Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical for HAMILTON. Miranda wrote the book, music and lyrics for HAMILTON and stars in the lead role as Alexander Hamilton.

Lin-Manuel Miranda has won the 2016 Tony Award for Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) for HAMILTON. Miranda also wrote the book and stars in the show.

Paul Tazewell has won the 2016 Tony Award for Best Costume Design of a Musical for HAMILTON. 

The 2016 Tony Awards celebrated 70 years of honoring the best of Broadway last night at the Beacon Theatre in New York City. In addition to the class of 2016 Tony Nominees, the star-studded evening featured appearances by Cate Blanchett, Claire Danes, Common, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Glenn Close, Josh Groban, Jake Gyllenhaal, Neil Patrick Harris, Sean Hayes, James Earl Jones, Daniel Dae Kim, Carole King, Diane Lane, Nathan Lane, Angela Lansbury, Lucy Liu, Bebe Neuwirth, Saoirse Ronan, Keri Russell, Meg Ryan, Barbra Streisand, Oprah Winfrey and many more. As predicted, HAMILTON was the big winner of the night, taking home a whopping eleven awards, including the coveted Best Musical.