On Sunday June 10th the Tony Night at the Palm Viewing Party was hosted by Christian Hoff, 2006 Tony Winner, Best Featured Actor in a Musical for Jersey Boys. The event benefitted The V Foundation for Cancer Research, founded by Jim Valvano in 1993.
Good morning, BroadwayWorld! Today's big news: Kenny Leon hosts the 2017 National August Wilson Monologue Competition, while a slew of Broadway vets take part in the New York Pops' 34th birthday gala!
Announced in a tweet from producer Robert Carreon, playwright William M. Hoffman has passed away at age 78.
New York Theatre Workshop presents NAT TURNER IN JERUSALEM, written by NYTW 2050 Fellow Nathan Alan Davis (Dontrell, Who Kissed the Sea) and directed by Megan Sandberg-Zakian (The Convert). It features Phillip James Brannon (Bootycandy) as 'Nat Turner' and Rowan Vickers(The Sensuality Party) as 'Thomas R. Gray.'
Feinstein's/54 Below just presented Andrew Lloyd Webber and Jim Steinman's WHISTLE DOWN THE WIND: IN CONCERT, featuring Josh Young, Justin Matthew Sargent, Emerson Steele, Brian Charles Rooney, Jessica Waxman, Gregory Sullivan, Melissa VanPelt, Joshua Colley, Peyton Ella and The Shapiro Sisters. Produced by Van Dean, WHISTLE DOWN THE WIND included musical direction by Jacob Carr and direction by Pat Cerasaro. Check out photos from the big night below!
Michelle Lee is performing NOBODY DOES IT LIKE ME, THE MUSIC OF CY COLEMAN, this weekend, and BroadwayWorld was on hand to snap some pictures from the evening. Check them out below!
Here are the winners of the 2010 Drama Desk Awards... Outstanding Play: Alan Ayckbourn, My Wonderful Day Annie Baker, Circle Mirror Transformation Lucinda Coxon, Happy Now? **John Logan, Red ** WINNER Geoffrey Nauffts, Next Fall Bruce Norris, Clybourne Park Outstanding Musical:
Winners of Drama Desk Awards for the 2006/2007 New York theater season received their engraved trophies at a cocktail reception in their honor on Tuesday, July 17 at Tony's Di Napoli Restaurant
On April 2nd, a benefit event featuring several Broadway stars, was held at an elegant downtown apartment
The New York Musical Theatre Festival got off to a festive start with 'Opening Night: The Back-to-NYMF Fall Pep Rally,' which took place on September 10th at New World Stages
Richard E. Waits will headline Andrea Frierson-Toney's new musical drama Soon of a Mornin,' which will open on September 13th as part of the New York Musical Theatre Festival
Day 2 of BroadwayWorld's NYMF Festival Coverage includes information on Soon Of a Mornin'!
Soon of a Mornin,' Andrea Frierson-Toney's musical drama, will play the New York Musical Theatre Festival from September 13th through September 24th
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