Rachel Sheinkin News

A special 'for-mature-audiences-only' performance of The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee will be held on October 2nd

The National Alliance for Musical Theatre (NAMT) and Executive Director Kathy Evans announced the Directors Slate for its 17th Annual FESTIVAL OF NEW MUSICALS, to be held at Dodger Stages.

Exclusive backstage video of understudies Todd Buonopane, Kate Wetherhead, Lisa Yuen and Willis White!

The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee will be featured and Bob Balaban will be interviewd on the August 14th episode of A&E's Breakfast with the Arts

Musicals by Andrew Lippa and Brian Crawley and by Marsha Norman, Beth Blatt and Jenny Giering are two of the eight selections of this year's NAMT Festival of New Musicals

Composer/lyricist William Finn and the cast of The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee will turn out at Barnes & Noble Lincoln Square on August 3rd to perform songs from the show and sign CDs

The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee's Jesse Tyler Ferguson discusses William Finn and Michael John LaChiusa, both of whom will be celebrated in his upcoming show Adios Pantalones!

All the speeches from all of last night's big winners!

We've got backstage photos of all the night's big winners as they address the press after receiving their awards.

The Light in the Piazza, Doubt and Spamalot were the big winners in the 2005 Tony Awards

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 cast recording of The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee will be released on Ghostlight Records on May 31st

The 50th Annual Drama Desk Awards Ceremony took place on Sunday, May 22. The big winners of the night were Doubt and The Light in the Piazza, each of whom received 5 awards. Outstanding Musical however, went to Spamalot.

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

Doubt, Spelling Bee lead Off-Broadway winners. Click in for the complete list.

Spamalot leads the pack with 12 nominations, followed by Light in the Piazza with 11, and Dirty Rotten Scoundrels with 10. Click in to see all the nominees.

The 20th Anniversary Lucille Lortel Awards will be hosted by Julie Halston and Bruce Vilanch on May 2nd at Dodgers Stages

Previews begin on Friday, April 15 at Broadway's Circle in the Square Theatre (50th St., between Broadway and 8th) for The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, the new musical with music and lyrics by William Finn, with a book by Rachel Sheinkin, conceived by Rebecca Feldman and directed by James Lapine.