Richie Ridge Videos

The Handspring Puppet Company was the recipient of a 2011 Special Tony Award for their puppetry achievement in War Horse. Broadway Beat's Richie Ridge caught up with the Handspring artists following their big moment!

Tim Chappel and Lizzy Gardiner are the 2011 recipients of the Tony Award for Best Costume Design for a Musical for Prisciall Queen of the Desert. Broadway Beat's Richie Ridge spoke with the pair immediately following their acceptance about what winning the award means to them. Click below to hear from the costumers right after their big moment!

Scott Pasek is the 2011 recipient of the Tony Award for Best Scenic Design of a Musical for The Book of Mormon. Broadway Beat's Richie Ridge spoke with the Broadway vet immediately following his acceptance. Click below to hear what the award means to him!

Rae Smith is the 2011 recipient of the Tony Award for Best Scenic Design of a Play for War Horse. Broadway Beat's Richie Ridge spoke with Smith immediately following her acceptance about what winning the award means to her. Click below to catch up with Smith following her big moment!

Paule Constable is the 2011 recipient of the Tony Award for Best Lighting Design of a Play for War Horse. Broadway Beat's Richie Ridge spoke with Constable immediately following her acceptance about what winning the award means to her. Click below to catch up with Constable following her big moment!

Nick Stafford won the 2011 Tony Award for Best Play for War Horse. Broadway Beat's Richie Ridge spoke with the 'befuddled' scribe immediately following his big moment. Click below to hear all aboutthe trials and tribulations of creating the epic production.

Darly Roth, producer for The Normal Heart, accepted the 2011 Tony Award for Best Play. Broadway Beat's Richie Ridge spoke with the veteran producer immediately following her honor. Click below to catch up with Roth right after her big moment!

Marianne Elliot and Tom Morris are the 2011 recipients of the Tony Award for Best Director of a Play for War Horse. Broadway Beat's Richie Ridge spoke with the experimental puppeteers-turned-commerical-directors immediately following their acceptance. Click below to catch up with 'overwhelmed' Brits right after their big moment!

Christopher Shutt is the 2011 recipient of the Tony Award for Best Sound Design of a Play for War Horse. Broadway Beat's Richie Ridge spoke with the Shutt immediately following his acceptance about what winning the award means to him. Click below to catch up with the sound man right after his big moment!

Mark Rylance is the 2011 recipient of the Tony Award for Best Leading Actor in a Play for Jerusalem. Broadway Beat's Richie Ridge spoke with the star immediately following his acceptance about what winning the award means to him. Click below to catch up with the quirky star right after his big moment!

Norbert Leo Butz is the 2011 recipient of the Tony Award for Best Leading Actor in a Musical for CATCH ME IF YOU CAN. Broadway Beat's Richie Ridge spoke with the star immediately following his acceptance about what winning the award means to him. Click below to catch up with the Broadway vet right after his big, emotional moment!

Sutton Foster is the 2011 recipient of the Tony Award for Best Leading Actress in a Musical for the revival of ANYTHING GOES. Broadway Beat's Richie Ridge spoke with the star immediately following her acceptance about what winning the award means to her. Click below to catch up with Broadway's darling right after her big moment!

Brian Ronan is the 2011 recipient of the Tony Award for Best Sound Design of a Musical for The Book of Mormon. Broadway Beat's Richie Ridge spoke with the star immediately following his acceptance about what winning the award means to him. Click below to catch up with Ronan right after his big moment!

John Benjamin Hickey is the 2011 recipient of the Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play for The Normal Heart. Broadway Beat's Richie Ridge spoke with the star immediately following his acceptance about what winning the award means to him. Click below to catch up with Hickey right after his big moment!

Nikki M. James is the 2011 recipient of the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical for The Book of Mormon. Broadway Beat's Richie Ridge spoke with the star immediately following his acceptance about what winning the award means to him. Click below to catch up with Larroquette right after his big moment!

John Larroquette is the 2011 recipient of the Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Musical for How To Succeed in Business Without Really Trying.

Kathleen Marshall is the 2011 recipient of the Tony Award for Best Choreographer for the revival of ANYTHING GOES. Broadway Beat's Richie Ridge spoke with the star immediately following her acceptance about what winning the award means to her. Click below to catch up with Marshall right after her big moment!

Ellen Barkin is the 2011 recipient of the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play for The Normal Heart. Broadway Beat's Richie Ridge spoke with the star immediately following her acceptance about what winning the award means to her. Click below to catch up with Barkin right after her big moment!

THE BOOK OF MORMON has been nominated for 14 Tony Awards, including Best Musical and is the winner of the New York Drama Critics Circle Award for Best Musical, five Drama Desk Awards including Best Musical, Best Music (Trey Parker, Robert Lopez, Matt Stone), Best Lyrics (Trey Parker, Robert Lopez, Matt Stone), Best Director (Casey Nicholaw, Trey Parker) and Best Orchestrations (Larry Hochman, Stephen Oremus), four Outer Critics Circle Awards, including Best Musical, Best Score (Trey Parker, Robert Lopez, Matt Stone), Best Actor in a Musical (Josh Gad) and Best Director (Casey Nicholaw, Trey Parker) and the Drama League Award for Best Musical. This weekend, Richie Ridge had a special sit down with the shows 4 nominated stars to talk Tonys, Mormonism, what it's like backstage, and how it feels to be a part of the season's blockbuster.

Below, we bring you Andrew Rannells, Best Leading Actor in a Musical nominee for The Book of Mormon. Previous Broadway credits include Jersey Boys and Hairspray. This is the first nomination for Rannells. Rannells talks to host Richie Ridge about doing the show after finding out that he's been nominated for a theatre and about the creative process for THE BOOK OF MORMON.