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Award-winning theatre, television, and film producer Craig Zadan passed away yesterday, August 21. Celebrities of stage and screen have taken to social media to pay tribute to Zadan. Read a selection of the posts below.

Award-winning producer, Craig Zadan, best known for his work on musicals of stage and screen (helping bring both back to the mainstream), has passed away at age 69.

Now entering its 56th season, the New York Youth Symphony (NYYS) is launching a Musical Theater Composition (MTC) program, to be led by newly-appointed director Anna K. Jacobs. In a partnership with the Harlem School of the Arts, this new program aims to diversify the world of musical theater by creating opportunities for young composers to have their compositions workshopped and performed by both peers and professionals.

Jon Cryer will guest star on WILL & GRACE as himself when the show returns this fall, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

Megan Hilty may epitomize the image of a blonde bombshell, but she's also bringing her blockbuster Broadway talent and powerhouse vocals to SCERA Shell Outdoor Theatre Saturday, Sept. 1, accompanied by the Utah Valley Symphony.

David Schwimmer will recur on “Will & Grace” as Grace's (Debra Messing) new love interest.  “Will & Grace” will return for Season 2 on Thursday, October 4 at 9 p.m. ET/PT on NBC.  Additional guest stars announced so far for Season 2 include Alec Baldwin (returning), Chelsea Handler and Mary McCormack (returning).  “Will & Grace” is currently up for five Emmy nominations, including Megan Mullally for “Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series.”   

Mark Cortale's premiere season of the Broadway @ Dreamland concert series is set to welcome one of Broadway's favorite, and fastest-rising leading ladies to Nantucket next month. Megan Hilty, breakout star of NBC TV's "Smash" and Broadway's "Wicked" and a Tony nominee for the recent Broadway production of "Noises Off", makes her Nantucket debut on Wednesday, August 8 at 7:30 PM.

Chelsea Handler joins the Will and Grace revival for the second season, Entertainment Weekly has reported.

CNN's THE HISTORY OF COMEDY Returns for Season Two on Sunday, July 15

Season nine of Will and Grace is about to drop on DVD and along with it comes the show's iconic gag reel! Watch the hilarious clips in the video below!

A few years ago BICK/ANTZIS created a YouTube video called Settle This Thing in order to have the Internet provide a solution to an ongoing argument they couldn't resolve on their own. Tamara Bick and Drew Antzis each laid out their argument and told viewers, "Vote for who you agree with and we'll live with the results." After a week the married couple tallied the votes and had a winner. Argument solved! "It's crowd sourcing to solve our fights," says Antzis, "and it worked!" The web series Settle This Thing was born.

NBC stars Kristin Chenoweth, Sean Hayes, Chrissy Metz and more attended the Rockies Awards Gala and ceremony at the Banff World Media Festival, Fairmont Springs, Banff, Alberta Canada on Tuesday, June 12, 2018. Check out pics from the event below! 

Producer Mark Cortale has announced that his internationally acclaimed concert series will bring two of Broadway's leading ladies to Nantucket, Massachusetts' Dreamland Theater this summer with Broadway @ Dreamland. Christine Ebersole, a two-time Tony Award winner for "Grey Gardens" and "42nd Street" and star of Oscar-winning films such as "Amadeus" and "Tootsie," will perform on Monday, July 23 at 7:30 PM. Megan Hilty, breakout star of NBC TV's "Smash" and Broadway's "Wicked" and a Tony nominee for the recent Broadway production of "Noises Off", will join the series on Wednesday, August 8 at 7:30 PM. Seth Rudetsky, the Sirius XM radio star who the New York Times called "The Mayor of Broadway," joins both performances as pianist and host. The format of the concert will be a seamless mix of intimate behind-the-scenes stories prompted by Rudetsky's insightful, funny and revealing questions - and the music from the stars' stellar Broadway careers

Jane Krakowski talks about her lifelong love of the Tony Awards and reminisces about her dangerous Broadway debut in Starlight Express on Late Night with Seth Meyers. Watch the clip below!

SundanceTV's original non-fiction series “Close Up With The Hollywood Reporter,” produced in partnership with The Hollywood Reporter, returns for the first half of its fourth season on Sunday, June 24th at 10am ET. The first part of the season presents seven original episodes featuring roundtable discussions with Academy Award®, Emmy Award® and Golden Globe® nominated and winning actors, actresses and showrunners making an impact in the television industry today. A full schedule of the season is below.

According to Deadline, Scandal alum Tony Goldwyn has been tapped as a lead opposite Uma Thurman in Chambers, Netflix's upcoming hourlong supernatural drama from Stephen Gaghan and Super Deluxe.

The Redhouse Arts Center is now entertaining Syracuse audiences with none other than the hilarious and bold musical comedy La Cage Aux Folles. With fabulous direction by Cassie Abate, the Tony Award-winning musical is without a doubt dazzling, powerful, heartwarming, and full of laughs. It is pure comedic fun mixed with a powerful lesson on acceptance.

Guest host Sean Hayes chatted with adorable 6-year-old Zoey Cardamone, who loves all things Shakespeare, and has been reciting the playwright's monologues since she was only 2, on The Ellen Show! 

Good morning BroadwayWorld! Today's top stories: Desperate Measures begins performances off-Broadway and more!

From stage to screen, Broadway will be represented on TV for the week of May 28, 2018!