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Tony Nominated Playwright Douglas Carter Beane Honored with Ovation Award by Lavender Footlights Festival.

Come have a Bollywood evening of fun with Jesse Brune, one of the stars of Bravo Television's smash hit show, Work Out, as he hosts 'Legendary Bingo' on June 4th.

Mary McCormack, Tony Award nominee for her role in Boeing-Boeing, plays U.S. Marshal in the new USA Series IN PLAIN SIGHT premiering Sunday, June 1st. Enter to win a digital camera prize package!

This morning was one of excitement for the 2008 Tony nominees, BroadwayWorld.com was able steal a few joyful moments with some of the talented honorees to share in the celebration!

Performances begin tonight for the East Coast premiere of THE VISIT at Signature Theatre (Eric Schaeffer, Artistic Director). THE VISIT is the final mainstage show in the theatre's Kander & Ebb Celebration, a four-month festival devoted to the works of John Kander & Fred Ebb, the longest song-writing partnership in the history of the American musical theater.

They came from around the corner and as far away as London, Italy and New Zealand to pay tribute to a legend of film and stage and a good friend and neighbor, Roy Scheider.

Actress Mary Bacon is currently starring as Alma Winemiller in TACT's production of the Tennessee Williams masterpiece, Eccentricities of a Nightingale- the first time the production has been performed in New York in thirty years.

'Inner Voices', three new works created by and starring some of the industry's brightest talents begins May 12th.

'Under Milk Wood' directed by Malcolm Taylor at the Tricycle Theatre.

Up and coming singer Suzanne Carrico, the 2008 MAC Award Nominee for 'Outstanding Debut,' will return to the Metropolitan Room with her new show 'The Friendliest Thing', for two special performances, Mondays, May 26th & June 2nd, at 7pm.

Casting has been announced for the Las Vegas engagement of Disney's 'High School Musical'.

The Actors' Gang's critically acclaimed production of George Orwell's '1984' returns to Los Angeles. Tim Robbins, co-founder and artistic director of The Gang, directs Michael Gene Sullivan's stage adaptation at the Roy and Edna Disney CalArts Theater (REDCAT) for a limited two-week engagement June 18-29.

Liz Larsen will host the May 26 'Monday Nights, New Voices' concert featuring the work of Scott Burkell and Paul Loesel.

The nominations are out for the 2008 Tony Awards. IN THE HEIGHTS led the pack with 13 nominations, followed by SOUTH PACIFIC with 11 and AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY, GYPSY and PASSING STRANGE with 9. Click in to see all the nominees!

August: Osage County, by Tracy Letts, today won the New York Drama Critics' Circle Award (NYDCC) for Best Play of the 2007-2008 season. The Best Musical award was given to Passing Strange (book and lyrics by Stew and music by Stew and Heidi Rodewald).

Maggie Maes and Kimberly Vaughn present 'Four Women and a Waitress: Two tales of deception, rivalry, intimacy and truth.'

William Shakespeare's thrilling supernatural tragedy, 'Macbeth', joins The Will Geer Theatricum Botanicum's 2008 Summer Season on Saturday, June 7.

The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey continues its 2008 Season with 'Amadeus' by Peter Shaffer. 'Amadeus' begins performances on May 28th and continues through June 22nd and features Tony Award nominee Robert Cuccioli in the role of Salieri.

Grosses for all the Broadway shows for the week ending 5/11/2008