Robert Diamond News

A weekly column for Baltimore/Washington and Broadway Theater

On an upcoming episode of SCRUBS, D'Abruzzo plays a medical patient who checks in to the hospital complaining of hearing incessant music. The hospital is very quickly turned into a stage. I checked in with D'Abruzzo to get the full scoop!

Sunday night, December 10th at Joe's Pub at the Public Theater, BroadwayWorld.com celebrated the holidays with an exciting, star-studded concert to raise money for Broadway Cares / Equity Fights AIDS. It also blew the roof out! Santa, his elves and everything but the kitchen sink were on show and brought cheer and cheers for all. The cast dressed to kill and thrill.

And the holiday cheer continues. After-show party pictures by Linda Lenzi at the B Bar (formerly known as the Bowery Bar). We closed the place...enough said!

On December 10th at Joe's Pub, BroadwayWorld.com went 'On Ice' for a star-studded smash holiday concert! We're proud to present these backstage pictures taken by Linda Lenzi as the performers prepared to take the stage!

It's that time of year! It's 'BroadwayWorld.com on Ice', our Holiday Show at Joe's Pub at the Public Theatre on December 10, 2006!

The New York Musical Theatre Festival has announced the winners of the 2006 NYMF Awards for Excellence, who will be recognized as part of the NYMF 2006 Awards Gala honoring Kevin McCollum

As part of the '50 Plus: Forever Young' Expo, presented on Sunday, October 22nd at the Marriott Marquis Hotel from noon to 6 PM, radio host Elliott Forrest interviewed Maury Yeston, Stephanie D'Abruzzo, Robert Diamond and others for 'A Tribute to the Great White Way'

Dan May's stunning portrait of composer/lyricist Stephen Schwartz--whose Wicked continues to sell out on Broadway, in Chicago, on tour, and in London--was unveiled at Tony's di Napoli for their Broadway Hall of Fame!

Kathleen Clark's Southern Comforts, co-starring Tony-nominee Penny Fuller and Larry Keith runs from September 19th through October 29th at Primary Stages

The New York Musical Theatre Festival is pleased to announce that Broadway producer Kevin McCollum (The Drowsy Chaperone, Rent, Avenue Q, [title of show], and the upcoming High Fidelity) will be honored as part of their 2006 Awards Gala, recognizing this year's outstanding contributions by both individual artists and entire production teams.

As part of the '50 Plus: Forever Young' Expo, presented on Sunday, October 22nd at the Marriott Marquis Hotel (1535 Broadway at 45th St.) from noon to 6 PM, radio host Elliott Forrest will interview a number of Broadway luminaries for 'A Tribute to the Great White Way'

A weekly column for Baltimore/Washington and Broadway theater

Thursday night was a veritable WHO's WHO of theatre history as Donna McKechnie and her publishers hosted a book party at the National Arts Club, celebrating the release of TIME STEPS - My Musical Comedy Life.

As the theatre season gets back into gear, BroadwayWorld.com tallies up some numbers that are quite impressive. Their biggest story to date has been an ongoing piece this summer titled 'What's on Your iPod?.' It boasts a host of theatre celebrities, singers and well-known industry professionals listing what they're listening to on their iPod. Due to the feature's huge popularity, it was extended to continue for over 40 days, concluding this Saturday, September 9, 2006.

The new A.R. Gurney play Indian Blood, presented by Primary Stages, opened at 59E59 Theaters on August 9th after beginning previews on July 25th

Thursday night May 11th, BroadwayWorld.com raised the roof at Tony's DiNapoli in the heart of Times Square. As shows let out and the rain started to fall nothing could dampen spirits on the 3rd Year Anniversary Celebration of our favorite Broadway site.

Entering its fourth year and with over one million visitors a month (and growing), BroadwayWorld.com is expanding its 'insider access' via BroadwayWorld.TV including footage from the hottest shows coming to the Great White Way, as well as proprietary programming.

The New York Musical Theatre Festival (NYMF) presented a one-night-only benefit concert, The Best of Fest Bash, on Monday, February 27 at Dodger Stages and BroadwayWorld was there!

The new musical Ann E. Wrecksick, 'a delightful, heartfelt, song and dance journey that takes several orphans on a quest for love, acceptance and the perfect diet,' opened at Ars Nova on February 20th