Phylicia Rashad News

BroadwayWorld was there for the after-party of The Actors' Fund of America's benefit reading of the musical version of Wonderful Life, which was presented at the Shubert Theatre on December 12th

The Color Purple, began previews at the Broadway Theatre (1681 Broadway at 53rd St.) on November 1st and opened on Thursday, December 1, 2005. BroadwayWorld was there to capture all the night'e excitement!

Phylicia Rashad, Daphne Rubin-Vega, Sally Murphy and others have joined the cast of Michael John LaChiusa's latest musical The House of Bernarda Alba

Karen Ziemba, Phylicia Rashad, Chuck Cooper and Nancy Anderson will appear in the Actors' Fund benefit reading of the musical version of It's a Wonderful Life on December 12th

SWEENEY TODD opened at the Eugene O'Neill Theatre on Thursday, November 3 and BroadwayWorld was there to capture the red carpet arrivals.

On Sunday evening, September 25 at 8:30 PM, the New York theatrical community will take the stage at the Gershwin Theatre for Broadway's Celebrity Benefit for Hurricane Relief.

Eden Espinosa,Bernadette Peters, Ricky Ian Gordon, Adam Guettel, Cheyenne Jackson, Judy Kuhn, Terrence Mann, Phyllis Newman, Elizabeth Parkinson, Phylicia Rashad, Keith Roberts, Jai Rodriguez, Brooke Shields, Daniel Sunjata and the casts of Avenue Q and Rent have joined the line-up.

Phylicia Rashad will once again play 285 year-old Aunt Ester in Gem of the Ocean when the August Wilson play runs at the McCarter Theatre in Princeton, NJ from October 11th through October 30th

Anika's currently playing one of Charity's colleagues, and you may see her on another Broadway stage later this year in 'The Color Purple.'

Audra McDonald, Ruby Dee and others will share their insights on the character of Ruth in A Raisin in the Sun when they appear on PBS' Character Studies

Click in for the complete list of 2005 Tony Award Winners. By the numbers, the Light in the Piazza led the pack followed by Doubt, and Spamalot (which won Best Musical).

The annual gala honored Billy Crystal, Roger Berlind, Phyllis Newman, Neil Sedaka and more...

Oskar Eustis and Elaine Stritch received top honors at the 23rd annual Elliot Norton Awards in Boston

Doubt, Twelve Angry Men, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, La Cage and Norbert Leo Butz take home awards.

'Spamalot' gets excellent 1-to-9 odds to win Best Musical at the Tony Awards on June 5, according to the experts at GoldDerby.com. The Broadway mega-hit loosely based upon the film 'Monty Python and the Holy Grail' is also favored to win Best Director (Mike Nichols, 6-to-5-odds) and Best Featured Actress (Sara Ramirez, 3 to 2).

The 2005 Tony Award Nominations were announced this morning, and we've got the complete list of nominees.

Glengarry Glen Ross opened on Broadway on Sunday, May 1, 2005 at the Royale Theatre. Click in for photos of the star-studded red carpet!

On Monday, May 2nd, 2005, Performance Space 122 will honor ground-breaking theater producer David Binder at Live Onstage!, a benefit performance and celebration.

The Drama League is pleased to announce the nominees for The 71st Annual Drama League Awards, which will be presented at its annual luncheon and ceremony on Friday, May 13, 2005.