The Best Tony Award Viewing Parties: Where to Eat, Drink and Celebrate the 69th Annual Tony Awards!
by Nora Dominick
- May 26, 2015
Of course not everyone can be piled into Radio City Music Hall so, instead of sitting on your couch anxiously awaiting for the winners to be announced and drinking a fun musical themed cocktail, "It Shoulda Gin You" is our favorite, you could be out in hitting up some of the best Tony Award Viewing Parties. BroadwayWorld has rounded up the best Tony Award parties to make this years Tony Awards one for the ages.
Photo Coverage: Megan Hilty Returns To Cafe Carlyle
by Stephen Sorokoff
- May 22, 2015
Having garnered acclaim for performances on stage and screen, Megan Hilty makes her return to Cafe Carlyle in a two-week engagement, May 19-30. Hilty will perform selections from the Great American Songbook as well as fan favorites from NBC's hit musical drama, Smash. Of her previous engagement at the Cafe, Stephen Holden of The New York Times exclaimed, "Ms. Hilty projected the attitude of a frisky, fun-loving gal… she reveled in the pleasure of as big and loud a sound as she could muster." Hilty will be joined by Music Director Matt Cusson on piano, Brian Gallagher on guitar, Ryan Hoagland on percussion and Dennis Keefe on bass.
POLL: What Was the Best Performance of the 2010 Tony Awards?
by BWW News Desk
- May 14, 2015
There is less than a month left until the biggest night on every theatre-lover's calendar- the 69th Annual Tony Awards, which will be co-hosted by Kristin Chenoweth and Alan Cumming on Sunday, June 7 (8PM on CBS). As June approaches, BroadwayWorld will be counting down some of the very best Tonys performances from the past five years, and we need your help to decide who will make the list!
Below, cast your vote by telling us which performance from 2010 was your favorite. Can't remember that far back? Just click 'WATCH IT' to refresh your memory!
HEROES REBORN, Neil Patrick Harris Variety Show, and More Headline NBC'S 2015-16 Season
by Sally Henry Fuller
- May 10, 2015
As it closes in on its second consecutive season-long victory in the key adult 18-49 demographic, NBC unveils a new 2015-16 primetime schedule that combines popular returning series, edge-of-your-seat new dramas, inventive new comedies and season nine of the Emmy Award-winning musical competition series “The Voice.”
STAGE TUBE: Megan Hilty Chats, Plays Lin-Manuel Miranda's Voice Mail Rap
by Stage Tube
- Apr 27, 2015
As BroadwayWorld previously reported, at a recent performance of HAMILTON, SMASH star and Broadway vet Megan Hilty and her husband Brian Gallagher won a BC/EFA auction for a customized outgoing message by the show's composer and star, Lin-Manuel Miranda. Click below to hear Hilty talk about the experience, plus hear the improvised voice mail below!
Megan Hilty Returning to Cafe Carlyle Next Month
by Tyler Peterson
- Apr 20, 2015
Having garnered acclaim for performances on stage and screen, Megan Hilty makes her return to Cafe Carlyle in a two-week engagement, May 19-30. In Songs For My Daughter, Hilty will perform the classics that shaped her childhood and which she'll pass on to her recently-born daughter. Of her previous engagement at the Cafe, Stephen Holden of The New York Times exclaimed, 'Ms. Hilty projected the attitude of a frisky, fun-loving gal... she reveled in the pleasure of as big and loud a sound as she could muster.' Hilty will be joined by Music Director Matt Cusson on piano, Brian Gallagher on guitar, Ryan Hoagland on percussion and Dennis Keefe on bass.
New Season of TV Land's THE SOUL MAN Returns Live Tonight
by TV News Desk
- Mar 18, 2015
No second takes, no rewrites: Tonight, March 18th at 10:30 PM ET/PT 'The Soul Man' is going LIVE for its season premiere! Cedric 'The Entertainer,' Niecy Nash and Wesley Jonathan are pulling out all the stops for the season 4 return
InDepth InterView UpDate: Marc Shaiman & Scott Wittman Discuss BOMBSHELL/SMASH Reunion Concert, Plus CHARLIE On Broadway & More
by Pat Cerasaro
- Mar 18, 2015
One of the most popular stories of the year so far, the unexpected announcement of a special one night only charity concert performance of a fan favorite musical-within-the-series from NBC's musical series SMASH, BOMBSHELL, to benefit the Actors Fund, is already a huge hit here on BroadwayWorld, and, now we bring you an exclusive chat with two elemental figures in the creation of the project, songwriters Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman, all about the hotly anticipated evening. As part of our conversation, Shaiman and Wittman offer up a slew of new details on what plans are currently in place for the unprecedented SMASH reunion as well as shares first reactions to the wildly successful Kickstarter campaign that has already racked up more the $230,000 in donations in only a few short days, having begun with a goal of $50,000 when the event was first announced last week. Additionally, Shaiman and Wittman parse the finer points of the BOMBSHELL score and outline what fans can expect from the songstack on the evening as well as preliminary staging and presentational plans and also what the momentum engendered by BOMBSHELL could lead to in the future, near and far. Plus, Shaiman and Wittman comment on the recent rousing performance of SMASH standout 'I Can't Let Go' performed by Jennifer Hudson on the 2015 Academy Awards. All of that and much, much more!
New Season of TV Land's THE SOUL MAN to Return Live 3/18
by Caryn Robbins
- Mar 9, 2015
No second takes, no rewrites: On Wednesday, March 18th at 10:30 PM ET/PT 'The Soul Man' is going LIVE for its season premiere! Cedric 'The Entertainer,' Niecy Nash and Wesley Jonathan are pulling out all the stops for the season 4 return
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