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Backstage after her Emmy win, Allison Janney offered a message of support for TODAY anchor Savannah Guthrie, speaking with reporters following the 78th Primetime Emmy Awards.
Ahead of the first preview this week, Todrick Hall’s MIDNIGHT has released a sneak peek of the song “Forever.” MIDNIGHT, produced by Caryn Sterling, will officially open at the Daryl Roth Theatre on Sunday, September 27, following two sold-out engagements in London.
Boston's indie/emo bridge-builders Piebald have announced their new EP – Piebald Presents To You, A Musical Christmas Adventure – due out this Friday, November 15th via Photo Finish Records. The band wrote and recorded all three tracks – “(All I Want For Christmas) Is To Rage With My Friends,” “The Rebellion Of Winter,” and “Do Good Stuff” – over a long weekend in September with producer Doug Batchelder in North Reading, Massachusetts, all while building multiple sets to shoot the accompanying artwork. The band has also dropped the festivity-filled lyric video for “(All I Want For Christmas) Is To Rage With My Friends” today – watch below!
Ontario based musician Cat Clyde puts an edgy, contemporary touch on soul-blues ballads on her recently released new album Hunter's Trance. Blending influences ranging from Etta James to Kevin Morby to Lead Belly, Clyde describes her haunting sound as “dark like the sewer, bright like the sunrise”. Today, the indie-blues darling has revealed 70's female revenge film inspired video for stand-out track “So Cold” premiered with Wide Open Country. Directed by Angus McMaster and starring Cat Clyde + Peter Hodgins, the brooding mini-film will send chills down your spine.
As BroadwayWorld reported last night, Neil Patrick Harris won the 2014 Tony Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical for his role as Hedwig in Hedwig and the Angry Inch. BroadwayWorld's own Richard Ridge was in the press room to catch up with the winner on what the award means to him - hear what Harris had to say below!
As BroadwayWorld reported last night, Jessie Mueller won the 2014 Tony Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical for BEAUTIFUL- THE CAROLE KING MUSICAL. BroadwayWorld's own Richard Ridge was in the press room to catch up with the winner on what the award means to her - hear what Mueller had to say below!
As we reported last night, A Gentleman's Guide to Love & Murder's Robert L. Freedman won the 2014 Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical. BroadwayWorld's own Richard Ridge was in the press room to catch up with the winner on what the award means to him - hear what Freedman had to say below!
Darko Tresnjak won the 2014 Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical for A GENTLEMAN'S GUIDE TO LOVE & MURDER. BroadwayWorld's own Richard Ridge was in the press room to catch up with the winner on what the award means to him - hear what Tresnjak had to say below!
As it was just announced last night, Kevin Adams won the 2014 Tony Award for Best Lighting Design of a Musical for Broadway's Hedwig and the Angry Inch. BroadwayWorld's own Richard Ridge was in the press room to catch up with the winner on what the award means to him - hear what Adams had to say below!
As it was just announced last night, Lena Hall has won the 2014 Tony Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical for her role as 'Yitzhak' in Broadway's Hedwig and the Angry Inch. BroadwayWorld's own Richard Ridge was in the press room to catch up with the winner on what the award means to her - hear what Hall had to say below!
As announced earlier this A GENTLEMAN'S GUIDE TO LOVE AND MURDER's Linda Cho has won the 2014 Tony Award for Best Costume Design of a Musical. BroadwayWorld's own Richard Ridge was in the press room to catch up with the winner on what the award means to her - hear what Cho had to say below!
As announced earlier this evening, Sophie Okonedo has won the 2014 Tony Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play for A Raisin in the Sun. BroadwayWorld's own Richard Ridge was in the press room to catch up with the winner on what the award means to her - hear what Okonedo had to say below!
As announced earlier this evening, the 2014 Regional Theatre Award went to New York's Signature Theatre. Each year, the Tony Awards Administration Committee presents a Tony Award to a regional theatre on the recommendation of the American Theatre Critics Association. BroadwayWorld's own Richard Ridge was in the press room to catch up with Signature's winners on what the award means to them - hear what they had to say below!
As announced earlier this evening, Jason Robert Brown won the 2014 Tony Awards for Best Original Score and Best Orchestrations for THE BRIDGES OF MADISON COUNTY. BroadwayWorld's own Richard Ridge was in the press room to catch up with the winner on what the award means to him - hear what Brown had to say below!
As announced earlier this evening, A Raisin in the Sun's Kenny Leon has won the 2014 Tony Award for Best Direction of a Play. BroadwayWorld's own Richard Ridge was in the press room to catch up with the winner on what the award means to him - hear what Leon had to say below! As announced earlier this evening, A Raisin in the Sun's Kenny Leon has won the 2014 Tony Award for Best Direction of a Play. BroadwayWorld's own Richard Ridge was in the press room to catch up with the winner on what the award means to him - hear what Leon had to say below!
As announced earlier this evening, AFTER MIDNIGHT's Warren Carlyle won the 2014 Tony Award for Best Choreography. BroadwayWorld's own Richard Ridge was in the press room to catch up with the winner on what the award means to him - hear what Carlyle had to say below!
As announced earlier this evening, James Monroe Iglehart won the 2014 Tony Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical for Aladdin.BroadwayWorld's own Richard Ridge was in the press room to catch up with the winner on what the award means to him - hear what Iglehart had to say below!
As announced earlier this evening, Beowulf Boritt won the 2014 Tony Award for Best Scenic Design of a Play. BroadwayWorld's own Richard Ridge was in the press room to catch up with the winner on what the award means to him - hear what Boritt had to say below!
As announced earlier this evening, Mark Rylance won the 2014 Tony Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play for his role as 'Olivia' in Broadway's TWELFTH NIGHT. BroadwayWorld's own Richard Ridge was in the press room to catch up with the winner on what the award means to him - hear what Rylance had to say below!
As announced earlier this evening, Christopher Barreca won the 2014 Tony Award for Best Scenic Design of a Musical for Rocky. BroadwayWorld's own Richard Ridge was in the press room to catch up with the winner on what the award means to him - hear what Barreca had to say below!
