Sugar, butter, 500 The cast of Waitress celebrated 500 performances during last night's curtain call, complete with balloons. Company members who have been a part of all 500 performances were also recognized, including Dakin Matthews, Eric Anderson, Chris Fitzgerald, Molly Hager, Jeremy Morse, and Max Kumangai.
- 7/6/2017
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
The 2017 New York theater season continues its steady march towards the June 11 Tony Awards, with today’s announcement of the Outer Critics Circle Awards. New musical “Come From Away” and the hit revival of “Hello, Dolly!” each landed five nominations including best new musical and musical revival, respectively, an auspicious sign of things to come at other awards ceremonies. The association made up of representatives from almost 100 newspapers, magazines, websites, and more, will honor the best of both Broadway and Off-Broadway in the 2016–17 season at the 67th Annual Outer Critics Circle Awards ceremony May 25 at Sardi’s Restaurant. Serving as the gala’s presenters will be Broadway legends Danny Burstein, Katie Finneran, and Christopher Fitzgerald. Winning top Off-Broadway honors were David Yazbek and Itamar Moses’ new musical “The Band’s Visit” and Steven Levenson’s play “If I Forget.” J. T. Rogers’ “Oslo,” which also just fared well at the Lucille Lortel Awards,...
- 5/8/2017
- backstage.com
Grammy and Tony-nominated singer-songwriter Sara Bareilles will make her acting debut this spring, stepping into the Broadway musical “Waitress,” producers announced Thursday. She will take over the lead role from Tony winner Jessie Mueller, whose last performance will be March 26. Bareilles, who wrote the music and lyrics for the show, will begin performances on March 31 and continue through June 11, 2017. Last year, Bareilles earned a Tony nomination for Best Original Score for “Waitress,” which also picked up nods for Best Musical, for Mueller and for supporting actor Christopher Fitzgerald. Also Read: 'Man From Nebraska' Theater Review: Tracy Letts Before...
- 2/16/2017
- by Thom Geier
- The Wrap
He may have announced his retirement – albeit a temporary one – from filmmaking, but Academy Award winner Steven Soderbergh has not been resting on his laurels. Having delivered the critically acclaimed TV movie Behind The Candelabra, and the equally well-received TV series The Knick, The Girlfriend Experience, and Red Oaks, Soderbergh has turned his attentions to Netflix, where he will stream his latest producing project, Godless.
Godless is a limited series of just six episodes, and is written and directed by Scott Frank (The Wolverine, A Walk Among The Tombstones). Boasting Soderbergh and Casey Silver as executive producers, alongside Frank, the story is set against the backdrop of the U.S western frontier. It stars Jeff Daniels as outlaw Frank Griffin, who is relentlessly hunting his former partner-in-crime, Roy Goode (Jack O’Connell). Goode is hiding out at the ranch of Alice Fletcher (Michelle Dockery), and Griffin’s pursuit of Goode...
Godless is a limited series of just six episodes, and is written and directed by Scott Frank (The Wolverine, A Walk Among The Tombstones). Boasting Soderbergh and Casey Silver as executive producers, alongside Frank, the story is set against the backdrop of the U.S western frontier. It stars Jeff Daniels as outlaw Frank Griffin, who is relentlessly hunting his former partner-in-crime, Roy Goode (Jack O’Connell). Goode is hiding out at the ranch of Alice Fletcher (Michelle Dockery), and Griffin’s pursuit of Goode...
- 9/6/2016
- by Sarah Myles
- We Got This Covered
Broadway's best has come out in full force. The 2016 Tony Awards made history before it even started, when Hamilton nabbed a record-breaking 16 nominations - but will they also raise the bar with wins? Along with Hamilton, this year's nominees include Jeff Daniel and Michelle Williams for their performances in Blackbird, Lupita Nyong'o for Eclipsed, Steve Martin for his music in Bright Star and Sara Bareilles for her music in Waitress. View a complete list of winners below. (Winners' names are in bold; stay tuned as more winners are announced.) Best Play Eclipsed The Father The Humans King Charles IIIBest Musical...
- 6/13/2016
- by Stephanie Petit
- PEOPLE.com
CBS on Wednesday released the full list of scheduled performances for the 2016 Tony Awards (Sunday, 8/7c) — a list that will likely have you thinking, “How lucky we are to be alive right now!”
VideosCarpool Karaoke: Lin-Manuel Miranda Leads Broadway-Centric Ride (Video)
As you might have guessed from that oh-so-subtle Hamilton reference, Lin-Manuel Miranda will be joined on stage by the cast of his Tony-gobbling historical musical, including fellow nominees Phillipa Soo, Leslie Odom Jr., Renée Elise Goldsberry, Christopher Jackson and Daveed Diggs.
Scroll down to see the other stars (so many TV stars!) and shows set to take the Tonys...
VideosCarpool Karaoke: Lin-Manuel Miranda Leads Broadway-Centric Ride (Video)
As you might have guessed from that oh-so-subtle Hamilton reference, Lin-Manuel Miranda will be joined on stage by the cast of his Tony-gobbling historical musical, including fellow nominees Phillipa Soo, Leslie Odom Jr., Renée Elise Goldsberry, Christopher Jackson and Daveed Diggs.
Scroll down to see the other stars (so many TV stars!) and shows set to take the Tonys...
- 6/8/2016
- TVLine.com
In a celebration of Broadway and Off-Broadway hosted by Michael Urie at The Town Hall June 5, the 61st annual Drama Desk Awards recognized some of the most talented artists of the 2015–16 New York theater season. Top honors went to “The Humans” and “She Loves Me” from Roundabout Theatre Company, as well as “A View From the Bridge” and its director Ivo van Hove, and new musical “Shuffle Along.” Jessica Lange and Michael Shannon, stars of “Long Day’s Journey Into Night,” took home acting awards, along with “The Father” star Frank Langella and Saycon Sengbloh of “Eclipsed.” Jane Krakowski claimed the award for featured actress in a musical for “She Loves Me.” “Fully Committed” star Jesse Tyler Ferguson won for outstanding solo performance. And rounding out the acting winners were Cynthia Erivo for “The Color Purple,” Danny Burstein for “Fiddler on the Roof,” and Christopher Fitzgerald for “Waitress.” In accepting...
- 6/6/2016
- backstage.com
Christopher Fitzgerald goes up against a jazz-age composer, two of America's founding fathers and an angry British monarch in his Tonys category on June 12. His role in Waitress, which earned him a nomination for Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical, is Ogie- a 'strange but beautiful' tax auditor with a heart of gold. As he gears up for the big night, find out how the role came together, why he 'can't stand'leading lady Jessie Mueller, and so much more...
- 6/5/2016
- by Backstage With Richard Ridge
- BroadwayWorld.com
On May 4, the nominees flocked to the Paramount Hotel, where they met with the press for the first time since getting the big news. BroadwayWorld will be bringing you coverage from the epic day over the next month so watch out for lots more, but for now, check out photos of Best Performance by an Actorin Featured Role in a Musicalnominee Christopher Fitzgerald, as captured by Walter McBride...
- 5/18/2016
- by Walter McBride
- BroadwayWorld.com
Lin-Manuel Miranda's critically-acclaimed musical "Hamilton" has broken the record for the most Tony Award nominations.
The production, about America's founding father Alexander Hamilton, became a record-breaker with 16 nods on Tuesday morning (May 3) when the shortlist was announced by Andrew Rannells and Nikki M. James.
It scored nominations in many categories, including Best Musical, Best Choreography, Best Orchestrations and Best Direction of a Musical, while Miranda achieved mentions for Best Book, Best Score, and leading actor in a musical.
Actors Leslie Odom Jr., Phillipa Soo, and featured stars Jonathan Groff, Daveed Diggs, Renee Elise Goldsberry and Christopher Jackson also landed acting nominations.
The Best Musical prize will also be a competition between School of Rock, Bright Star, Waitress and Shuffle Along, while nominees for Best Play include Eclipsed, written by The Walking Dead actress Danai Gurira, King Charles III, The Father, and The Humans.
The Crucible, A View From the Bridge,...
The production, about America's founding father Alexander Hamilton, became a record-breaker with 16 nods on Tuesday morning (May 3) when the shortlist was announced by Andrew Rannells and Nikki M. James.
It scored nominations in many categories, including Best Musical, Best Choreography, Best Orchestrations and Best Direction of a Musical, while Miranda achieved mentions for Best Book, Best Score, and leading actor in a musical.
Actors Leslie Odom Jr., Phillipa Soo, and featured stars Jonathan Groff, Daveed Diggs, Renee Elise Goldsberry and Christopher Jackson also landed acting nominations.
The Best Musical prize will also be a competition between School of Rock, Bright Star, Waitress and Shuffle Along, while nominees for Best Play include Eclipsed, written by The Walking Dead actress Danai Gurira, King Charles III, The Father, and The Humans.
The Crucible, A View From the Bridge,...
- 5/3/2016
- GossipCenter
The Tony nominations were announced today, and Hamilton got a record 16 of them, because of course it did. The ridiculously popular and critically acclaimed musical was nominated in basically every possible category, with its writer and star Lin-Manuel Miranda alone earning three nominations: Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical, Best Book of a Musical, and Best Original Score Written for the Theatre. Other big names with nominations include Steve Martin, Lupita Nyong'o, Jane Krakowski, Jeff Daniels, Jessica Lange, and Michelle Williams. The Tony Awards will be broadcast on June 12 at 8 p.m. on CBS. You can find the full list of nominations here, but here are some of the major categories: Best Play Eclipsed The Father The Humans King Charles III Best Musical Bright Star Hamilton School of Rock - The Musical Shuffle Along, or the Making of the Musical Sensation of 1921 and All...
- 5/3/2016
- by Sara Morrison
- Hitfix
Broadway stars Brian d’Arcy James (“Something Rotten!”) and Jennifer Simard (“Disaster!”) announced the 2016 Outer Critics Circle (Occ) nominees this morning at Manhattan’s Algonquin Hotel, recognizing some of the greatest talents of both Broadway and Off-Broadway in the 2015–16 season. Leading the pack with eight nominations each were two current Broadway hits: new musical “American Psycho” and the Roundabout Theatre Company revival of “She Loves Me.” “On Your Feet!” and “Bright Star” clinched seven nominations, while new Off-Broadway musical “Dear Evan Hansen” earned six. Among the nominees were Backstage cover star Danai Gurira for both her Broadway hit “Eclipsed” starring Lupita Nyong’o (also nominated) and the new Off-Broadway play “Familiar”; recent Pulitzer Prize for Drama finalists Stephen Karam for “The Humans” and Branden Jacobs-Jenkins for “Gloria”; and Jessie Mueller, Christopher Fitzgerald, and composer Sara Bareilles for “Waitress.” The Occ was formed during the 1949–50 Broadway season by a group of theater critics.
- 4/19/2016
- backstage.com
New York's funniest show Celebrity Autobiography will welcome to its cast stars of stage and screen Brooke Shields, Michael Urie Buyer amp Cellar, TV's Ugly Betty, Tate Donovan TV's 24, Damages, Tony Award-nominee Christopher Fitzgerald Finian's Rainbow, Wicked, Jackie Hoffman On the Town, Hairspray, Geraldine Hughes Belfast Blues, Jerusalem and Drama Desk-winners Eugene Pack amp Dayle Reyfel for tonight'sSeptember 19 show at 930pm at The Triad Stage 72 -- 158 West 72nd Street.
- 9/19/2015
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
New York's funniest showCelebrity Autobiographywill welcome to its cast stars of stage and screen Brooke Shields, Michael Urie Buyer amp Cellar, TV's Ugly Betty, Tate DonovanTV's24, Damages,Tony Award-nominee Christopher Fitzgerald Finian's Rainbow, Wicked, Jackie Hoffman On the Town, Hairspray, Geraldine Hughes Belfast Blues, Jerusalem and Drama Desk-winnersEugene PackampDayle Reyfel for its September 19 show at 930pm atThe TriadStage 72--158 West 72ndStreet. In September, Celebrity Autobiography will showcase books from Irish notables and several Irish actors and is a part of NY's Annual Festival of Irish Theatre.
- 8/31/2015
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
The new Broadway comedy An Act of God, starring Emmy and Golden Globe Award winner Jim Parsons, began performances on May 7, and officially opens on Thursday, May 28, 2015 at Studio 54 254 West 54th Street. Joining Parsons will be two-time Tony Award nominee Christopher Fitzgerald Finian's Rainbow, Young Frankenstein as 'Michael' amp Tim Kazurinsky 'SNL', Police Academy as 'Gabriel'. An Act of God is written by God, transcribed by 13-time Emmy Award winner David Javerbaum and directed by Tony Award winner Joe Mantello.BroadwayWorld brings you a first look at Parsons in actionbelow...
- 5/21/2015
- by BroadwayWorld TV
- BroadwayWorld.com
An Act of God, starring Emmy and Golden Globe Award winner Jim Parsons, two-time Tony Award nominee Christopher Fitzgerald and Tim Kazurinsky, begins performances on Tuesday, May 5, 2015 and officially opens on Thursday, May 28, 2015 at Studio 54 254 West 54th Street.An Act of God is written by God, transcribed by 13-time Emmy Award winner David Javerbaum and directed by Tony Award winner Joe Mantello.Below, watch as Studio 54 gets transformed into heaven...
- 4/24/2015
- by Stage Tube
- BroadwayWorld.com
God has chosen His Angels Casting is now complete for the new Broadway comedy An Act of God starring Emmy and Golden Globe Award winner Jim Parsons. Joining Parsons will be two-time Tony Award nominee Christopher Fitzgerald Finian's Rainbow, Young Frankenstein as 'Michael' amp Tim Kazurinsky 'SNL', Police Academy as 'Gabriel'. An Act of God is written by God, transcribed by 13-time Emmy Award winner David Javerbaum and directed by Tony Award winner Joe Mantello.
- 4/6/2015
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
One of the biggest events of the theatre season went down last night, as McC presented their annual gala, Miscast. At the event, a slew of Broadway's hottest stars get to perform songs from roles in which they would never be cast, and in this edition, Laura Benanti and Christopher Fitzgerald gave The Sound Of Music their own, irreverent twist that you just have to see to believe. BroadwayWorld is excited to exclusively bring you their full performance of 'Sixteen Going on Seventeen' below...
- 3/31/2015
- by BroadwayWorld TV
- BroadwayWorld.com
According to a recent post by the A.R.T. the show already has plans for Broadway The theatre auctioned off tickets to the show's opening night on Broadway as a part of its 2015 gala, teasing 'See it in Cambridge before it heads to NYC' Casting has not yet been announced, but a recent NYC workshop was led by Tony winner Jessie Mueller, Keala Settle, Bryce Pinkham, Christopher Fitzgerald, Barrett Wilbert Weed, and Eric Anderson.
- 3/3/2015
- by Rialto Chatter
- BroadwayWorld.com
McC Theater has announced the all-star lineup of performers set for their annual Miscast gala, including Uzo Aduba, recent Emmy Award winner for Orange is the New Black Tony Award winners Laura Benanti, Linda Lavin and Jessie Mueller Tony Award nominees Annaleigh Ashford, Christopher Fitzgerald, Joshua Henry, Jeremy Jordan and Ramin Karimloo and stage and screen stars Ana Gasteyer and Cheyenne Jackson.
- 1/21/2015
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
The New York Philharmonic presents a semi-staged production of Kern amp Hammerstein's Show Boat, running through November 8, 2014. Show Boat stars Christopher Fitzgerald as Frank, Norm Lewis as Joe, Alli Mauzey as Ellie,Julian Ovenden as Gaylord Ravenal, Edward Watts as Steve, Fred Willard as Cap'n Andy,NaTasha Yvette Williamsas Queenie, Vanessa Williams as Julie, Jane Alexander as Parthy, Erika Henningsen as Kim, and Lauren Worsham as Magnolia. BroadwayWorld brings you more photos from inside the concert below...
- 11/6/2014
- by Walter McBride
- BroadwayWorld.com
The New York Philharmonic presents a semi-staged production of Kern amp Hammerstein's Show Boat, running through November 8, 2014. Show Boat stars Christopher Fitzgerald as Frank, Norm Lewis as Joe, Alli Mauzey as Ellie,Julian Ovenden as Gaylord Ravenal, Edward Watts as Steve, Fred Willard as Cap'n Andy,NaTasha Yvette Williamsas Queenie, Vanessa Williams as Julie, Jane Alexander as Parthy, Erika Henningsen as Kim, and Lauren Worshamas Magnolia. BroadwayWorld brings you photos from inside the concert below...
- 11/6/2014
- by Walter McBride
- BroadwayWorld.com
The New York Philharmonic presents a semi-staged production of Kern amp Hammerstein's Show Boat, running through November 8, 2014. Show Boat stars Christopher Fitzgerald as Frank, Norm Lewis as Joe, Alli Mauzey as Ellie,Julian Ovenden as Gaylord Ravenal, Edward Watts as Steve, Fred Willard as Cap'n Andy,NaTasha Yvette Williamsas Queenie, Vanessa Williams as Julie, Jane Alexander as Parthy, Erika Henningsen as Kim, and Lauren Worshamas Magnolia. BroadwayWorld brings you photos from the opening night curtain call below...
- 11/6/2014
- by Walter McBride
- BroadwayWorld.com
The New York Philharmonic presents a semi-staged production of Kern amp Hammerstein's Show Boat, running through November 8, 2014. Show Boat stars Christopher Fitzgerald as Frank, Norm Lewis as Joe, Alli Mauzey as Ellie, Julian Ovenden as Gaylord Ravenal, Edward Watts as Steve, Fred Willard as Cap'n Andy,NaTasha Yvette Williams as Queenie, Vanessa Williams as Julie, Jane Alexander as Parthy, Erika Henningsen as Kim, and Lauren Worsham as Magnolia. All cast members will be making their New York Philharmonic debuts in this production. As previously announced, the performances will be conducted and directed by Ted Sperling and choreographed by Randy Skinner. BroadwayWorld brings you highlights from the concert below...
- 11/6/2014
- by BroadwayWorld TV
- BroadwayWorld.com
The New York Philharmonic will soon present a semi-staged production of Kern amp Hammerstein's Show Boat, November 5-8, 2014.As previously announced, the New York Philharmonic's production of Show Boat will star Christopher Fitzgerald as Frank, Norm Lewis as Joe, Alli Mauzey as Ellie, Julian Ovenden as Gaylord Ravenal,Edward Watts as Steve, Fred Willard as Cap'n Andy, NaTasha Yvette Williams as Queenie, Vanessa Williams as Julie, Jane Alexander as Parthy, Erika Henningsen as Kim, and Lauren Worsham as Magnolia. All cast members will be making their New York Philharmonic debuts in this production. As previously announced, the performances will be conducted and directed by Ted Sperling and choreographed by Randy Skinner.The production will be telecast nationally on Live From Lincoln Center on PBS stations. The air date will be announced at a later time. BroadwayWorld takes you inside the rehearsal room below...
- 11/3/2014
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
The New York Philharmonic has announced several additions to the cast of the semi-staged production of Kern amp Hammerstein's Show Boat, November 5-8, 2014 Tony-nominated actor Christopher Fitzgerald who will portray Frank Tony-nominated actor Norm Lewis, who appeared on Broadway as Porgy in The Gershwins' Porgy amp Bess Joe Broadway performer Alli Mauzey Ellie Broadway and television performer Edward Watts Steve Emmy- nominated comedic stage and screen actor Fred Willard Cap'n Andy and Broadway performer NaTasha Yvette Williams Queenie.
- 9/24/2014
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
Carnegie Hall's gala benefit performance of Guys and Dolls was held last night, April 3 at 730 p.m. in Stern AuditoriumPerelman Stage. The cast featured Nathan Lane as Nathan Detroit Patrick Wilson as Sky Masterson Sierra Boggess as Sarah Brown Megan Mullally as Miss AdelaideJohn Bolton as Angie the Ox Robert Clohessy as Lieutenant Brannigan Colman Domingo as Rusty Charlie John Treacy Egan as Nicely-Nicely Johnson Christopher Fitzgerald as Benny Southstreet Steve Schirripa as Big Jule Lee Wilkofas Harry the Horse Len Cariou as Arvide Abernathy and Judy Kaye as General Matilda B. Cartwright. Below, BroadwayWorld brings you a sneak peek inside the after party...
- 4/4/2014
- by BWW Special Coverage
- BroadwayWorld.com
The Good Wife returned from its winter hiatus with Eli determined to discover the father of Marilyn’s baby and Alicia and Will going head-to-head in court in “Goliath and David.”
Picking up right where we left off, upon hearing that Marilyn (Melissa George) is planning to name her baby boy Peter, Eli (Alan Cumming) grabs her and forces her out into the hallway to have a private chat. Marilyn says that she isn’t naming her child after Peter Florick (Chris Noth), rather, she’s naming her baby after the child’s father. Needless to say, this does nothing to soothe Eli, who presses her to reveal the identity of her baby daddy. Marilyn refuses, and the two abruptly stop their conversation when Alicia (Julianna Margulies) joins them in the hallway. Despite Marilyn’s insistence that Peter is not the father, Eli decides to determine who is and hires...
Picking up right where we left off, upon hearing that Marilyn (Melissa George) is planning to name her baby boy Peter, Eli (Alan Cumming) grabs her and forces her out into the hallway to have a private chat. Marilyn says that she isn’t naming her child after Peter Florick (Chris Noth), rather, she’s naming her baby after the child’s father. Needless to say, this does nothing to soothe Eli, who presses her to reveal the identity of her baby daddy. Marilyn refuses, and the two abruptly stop their conversation when Alicia (Julianna Margulies) joins them in the hallway. Despite Marilyn’s insistence that Peter is not the father, Eli decides to determine who is and hires...
- 1/6/2014
- Uinterview
New Good Wife season 5,episode 11 extra official spoilers revealed by CBS. Recently, CBS dished out some additional, new, official spoilers for their upcoming "The Good Wife" episode 11 of season 5. The episode is entitled, "Goliath and David," and it sounds like things will get quite intriguing and dramatic as Will and Alicia come to blows again in a new court case, and more. In the new, 11th episode press release: Will is going to use his knowledge of Alicia's weaknesses to get under her skin in court. Alicia is going to represent a band ,suing a TV show for copyright infringement, but the simple case will become psychological warfare when Will joins the opposing council and uses his knowledge of Alicia’s strengths and weaknesses against her. Also, Eli will hire Kalinda in an attempt to get ahead of a potential scandal, Guest stars will feature: Charles Malik Whitfield as Rebel Kane,...
- 12/25/2013
- by Chris
- OnTheFlix
Director: Shari Springer Berman, Robert Pulcini; Screenwriter: Michelle Morgan; Starring: Kristen Wiig, Annette Bening, Matt Dillon, Darren Criss; Running time: 103 mins; Certificate: 12A
If you loved Bridesmaids you'll be disappointed by Kristen Wiig's latest comedy venture, playing a one-hit-wonder of a playwright. She is just as much a loser in this story, only not as likeable thanks to a navel-gazing script directed by Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini, who are still looking to qualify the success of their 2003 comic drama American Splendor.
Wiig has the kind of dopey appeal that means she can get away with a lot, but that theory is tested very early on when her character, Imogene, stages a suicide attempt. In fact, it's an outrageously funny scene because of the indifference she encounters, but after a messy break-up and the stalling of her career, she moves back home from New York to New Jersey...
If you loved Bridesmaids you'll be disappointed by Kristen Wiig's latest comedy venture, playing a one-hit-wonder of a playwright. She is just as much a loser in this story, only not as likeable thanks to a navel-gazing script directed by Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini, who are still looking to qualify the success of their 2003 comic drama American Splendor.
Wiig has the kind of dopey appeal that means she can get away with a lot, but that theory is tested very early on when her character, Imogene, stages a suicide attempt. In fact, it's an outrageously funny scene because of the indifference she encounters, but after a messy break-up and the stalling of her career, she moves back home from New York to New Jersey...
- 9/25/2013
- Digital Spy
Christopher Fitzgerald and Tamsin Carroll star in Barnum at the Chichester Festival Theatre. This exhilarating musical follows the irrepressible imagination and dreams of Phineas T Barnum, America's Greatest Showman. The story of his life and his marriage to Chairy reveals a couple who looked at the world from opposite sides of the spectrum, and also reveals that she was the practical one who made his dreams come true. We follow the legendary showman's life as he lit up the world with the colour, warmth and excitement of his imagination and finally teamed up with J A Bailey to create Barnum and Bailey's Circus - the Greatest Show on Earth. BroadwayWorld brings you highlights of the cast in action below...
- 8/6/2013
- by BroadwayWorld TV
- BroadwayWorld.com
Christopher Fitzgerald and Tamsin Carroll star in Barnum at the Chichester Festival Theatre. This exhilarating musical follows the irrepressible imagination and dreams of Phineas T Barnum, America's Greatest Showman. The story of his life and his marriage to Chairy reveals a couple who looked at the world from opposite sides of the spectrum, and also reveals that she was the practical one who made his dreams come true. We follow the legendary showman's life as he lit up the world with the colour, warmth and excitement of his imagination and finally teamed up with J A Bailey to create Barnum and Bailey's Circus - the Greatest Show on Earth. BroadwayWorld brings you just-released production shots of the cast in action below...
- 7/19/2013
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
Chichester Festival Theatre will unveil its temporary state-of-the-art auditorium, Theatre in the Park, with a major new production of the musical Barnum, presented in association with Cameron Mackintosh. The production will be co-directed by Timothy Sheader, Artistic Director of the Open Air Theatre Regent's Park and Liam Steel, with rising Broadway star Christopher Fitzgerald in the title role, alongside the award-winning Tamsin Carroll as Barnum's wife, Chairy.
- 7/15/2013
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
Chichester Festival Theatre will unveil its temporary state-of-the-art auditorium, Theatre in the Park, with a major new production of the musical Barnum, presented in association with Cameron Mackintosh. The production will be co-directed by Timothy Sheader, Artistic Director of the Open Air Theatre Regent's Park and Liam Steel, with rising Broadway star Christopher Fitzgerald in the title role, alongside the award-winning Tamsin Carroll as Barnum's wife, Chairy.
- 4/26/2013
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
Today we are talking to the king of the modern musical and the most successful theatrical producer in history - the man behind the original productions of countless iconic musicals, among them Les Miserables, The Phantom Of The Opera, Cats, Miss Saigon, Starlight Express and Mary Poppins - the one and only Cameron Mackintosh. Looking back at many of his most remarkable musicals to date and also some of his lesser-known success d'estime projects - such as The Fix - Mackintosh reveals his dedication and passion for the performing arts and discusses many aspects of his legendary shows and displays the characteristic charm and insight that has gotten him to his enviable position over his forty years producing for Broadway, the West End and around the world. Most importantly, Mackintosh and I analyze the mega-successful feature film adaptation of Les Miserables, directed by Tom Hooper, and Mackintosh relates many fascinating...
- 3/25/2013
- by Pat Cerasaro
- BroadwayWorld.com
Taye Diggs is part of an ensemble cast in the feature dramedy Larry Gaye: Renegade Male Flight Attendant. Diggs joins Mark Feuerstein, Stanley Tucci, Marcia Gay Harden, Rebecca Romijn, Jessica Lowndes, Jayma Mays and Christopher Fitzgerald in the new film, which will be directed by Sam Friedlander from a script penned by Mike Sikowitz. The movie follows an airline that tries to save money by eliminating flight attendants, with Feuerstein starring as the title character (Larry Gaye), described as a rebellious flight attendant who learns he has a son and turns the loss of his job into the chance to be a good father. The pic is currently shooting in Los Angeles, with Ted...
- 3/12/2013
- by Tambay A. Obenson
- ShadowAndAct
Insiders at the Toronto International Film Festival can connect daily with filmmakers and stars in Toronto at our afternoon talk series beginning this Saturday. Indiewire @ The Tiff Filmmakers Lounge, launches (Saturday, September 8 at the Tiff Filmmakers Lounge in the downtown Hyatt Hotel next the Tiff Bell Lightbox (mezzanine level). Over four days, from 4pm - 5pm, Toronto pass holders attending the festival (filmmakers, industry and press, or whoever has something around their neck looking official) can watch talent from this year's festival talk about their films with the staff of Indiewire. Guests include filmmakers Brian DePalma, Derek Cianfrance, Xavier Dolan, Deepa Mehta and Alex Gibney as well as actors Kristen Wiig, Gael Garcia Bernal, Darren Criss and Penn Badgley. The Schedule Follows: Saturday, September 8 4:00pm -- Directors Shari Springer Bergman and Robert Pulcini and actors Kristen Wiig, Darren Criss, Christopher Fitzgerald and Matt Dillion...
- 9/4/2012
- by Peter Knegt
- Indiewire
Collegiate Chorale/American Symphony Orchestra/James Bagwell
Bruckner: Te Deum/Tippett: A Child of Our Time
Carnegie Hall, February 3, 2012
It has been said in various ways that live performance affects the listener in ways no recording can duplicate. The sound vibration of the live, unamplified singer and orchestra plays not only to one’s ears, but to the body, the internal organs, and particularly to the heart. There is no denying that the sounds produced by The Collegiate Chorale, American Symphony Orchestra, and soloists Nicole Cabell, Marietta Simpson, and Russell Thomas, conducted by James Bagwell, made a beeline straight to the heart at Carnegie Hall last Friday night. Phil Spector at his height never constructed a “wall of sound” such as this!
The performance of Anton Bruckner’s Te Deum, a Latin hymn of praise customarily sung for the dedication of a church, the coronation of a monarch, and various other festivities,...
Bruckner: Te Deum/Tippett: A Child of Our Time
Carnegie Hall, February 3, 2012
It has been said in various ways that live performance affects the listener in ways no recording can duplicate. The sound vibration of the live, unamplified singer and orchestra plays not only to one’s ears, but to the body, the internal organs, and particularly to the heart. There is no denying that the sounds produced by The Collegiate Chorale, American Symphony Orchestra, and soloists Nicole Cabell, Marietta Simpson, and Russell Thomas, conducted by James Bagwell, made a beeline straight to the heart at Carnegie Hall last Friday night. Phil Spector at his height never constructed a “wall of sound” such as this!
The performance of Anton Bruckner’s Te Deum, a Latin hymn of praise customarily sung for the dedication of a church, the coronation of a monarch, and various other festivities,...
- 2/8/2012
- by Jay Reisberg
- www.culturecatch.com
Natasha Lyonne's life in the spotlight has been full of highs (both literal and figurative), but in recent years the actress' career has been overshadowed by what can only be described as a messy personal life.
Despite spending the past decade taking on some less-than-memorable film roles in between trips to rehab, it seems as though the onetime indie darling's luck may have changed.
Lyonne, who first earned major recognition for her role as a tortured teen in "Slums of Beverly Hills," has signed on to Kristen Wiig's passion project, "Imogene."
The film tells the story of a 30-something woman (Wiig), who fakes a suicide attempt in a desperate bid to win back her ex-boyfriend, played by "Glee" star Darren Criss. Indie Wire reports that Lyonne will join the cast as Allyson, a Garden State girl working on the Jersey Shore's famous boardwalk, who serves as the primary...
Despite spending the past decade taking on some less-than-memorable film roles in between trips to rehab, it seems as though the onetime indie darling's luck may have changed.
Lyonne, who first earned major recognition for her role as a tortured teen in "Slums of Beverly Hills," has signed on to Kristen Wiig's passion project, "Imogene."
The film tells the story of a 30-something woman (Wiig), who fakes a suicide attempt in a desperate bid to win back her ex-boyfriend, played by "Glee" star Darren Criss. Indie Wire reports that Lyonne will join the cast as Allyson, a Garden State girl working on the Jersey Shore's famous boardwalk, who serves as the primary...
- 8/4/2011
- by Sarah Crow
- NextMovie
Natasha Lyonne and June Diane Raphael have joined the cast of Kristen Wiig-starrer "Imogene" says Anonymous Content reports Variety.
Wiig plays a playwright who stages a fake suicide attempt to win back her ex-boyfriend (Darren Criss) only to end up being forced into the custody of her gambling-addict mother (Annette Bening).
Lyonne will play Allyson, a Jersey Shore girl who works on the boardwalk and is the love interest of Christopher Fitzgerald's character. Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini ("American Splendor") are directing from a script by Michelle Morgan.
Wiig plays a playwright who stages a fake suicide attempt to win back her ex-boyfriend (Darren Criss) only to end up being forced into the custody of her gambling-addict mother (Annette Bening).
Lyonne will play Allyson, a Jersey Shore girl who works on the boardwalk and is the love interest of Christopher Fitzgerald's character. Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini ("American Splendor") are directing from a script by Michelle Morgan.
- 8/4/2011
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Imogene casts Natasha Lyonne and June Diane Raphael in Anonymous Content film starring Kristen Wiig. The Bridesmaids actress stars as a playwright who stages a fake suicide attempt in order to win back her ex-boyfriend played by Glee's Darren Criss. She ends up being forced into the custody of her mother (Annette Bening); a gambling addict. In Imogene, Lyonne is in as Allyson, a girl from Jersey Shore who works on the boardwalk and is the love interest of Christopher Fitzgerald's character. Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini direct from Michelle Morgan script who is acting as an executive producer alongside Anonymous Content's Steve Golin as well as Wiig...
- 8/3/2011
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Making for quite the glamorous evening in the Big Apple, the stars gathered together at Radio City Music Hall for the 2010 Tony Awards on Sunday night (June 13).
With Sean Hayes acting as the evening's host, big names such as Katie Holmes, Daniel Radcliffe, Beyonce and Jay-z, and Lea Michele all turned up for the annual Broadway event.
During the course of the evening, big winners included the lovely Scarlett Johansson as Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play for her work in "A View From a Bridge," as well as Denzel Washington as Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play for his stage duties in "Fences".
Also taking home trophies were Catherine Zeta Jones as Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical for "A Little Night Music," along with "Red," which received the best play prize and five other trophies.
The complete list of...
With Sean Hayes acting as the evening's host, big names such as Katie Holmes, Daniel Radcliffe, Beyonce and Jay-z, and Lea Michele all turned up for the annual Broadway event.
During the course of the evening, big winners included the lovely Scarlett Johansson as Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play for her work in "A View From a Bridge," as well as Denzel Washington as Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play for his stage duties in "Fences".
Also taking home trophies were Catherine Zeta Jones as Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical for "A Little Night Music," along with "Red," which received the best play prize and five other trophies.
The complete list of...
- 6/14/2010
- GossipCenter
Here’s the easiest prediction to make about this year’s Tony Awards, which will be presented June 13 at NYC’s Radio City Music Hall: Host Sean Hayes will almost certainly make some reference to the hullabaloo about being too gay to play a straight man in the musical Promises, Promises. The CBS broadcast will also have an excuse to present a production number from his show even though it didn’t snag a nomination for Best Revival of a Musical. (There’s talk that the show will open with a medley of “pop songs you might not know are on Broadway.
- 6/2/2010
- by Thom Geier
- EW.com - PopWatch
Though the economy was still in dire straits, Broadway carried on during the 2009-10 season, with visits from such high-voltage marquee names as Hugh Jackman, Daniel Craig, Christopher Walken, Denzel Washington, Jude Law, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Liev Schreiber, and Scarlett Johansson. A little group called Green Day rocked Broadway's world with the stage adaptation of the band's hit album "American Idiot," Twyla Tharp paid tribute to Frank Sinatra in "Come Fly Away," and Elvis, Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis, and Carl Perkins formed a "Million Dollar Quartet." "Fela!," Bill T. Jones' combination dance party, concert, and musical biography, transferred to the Main Stem from its Off-Broadway run, as did Geoffrey Nauffts' tender and moving play "Next Fall." "Red" and "Time Stands Still" offered searing portraits of artists coping with crises, while Sarah Ruhl's "In the Next Room or the vibrator play" captured the repressive Victorian era. Broadway fare also...
- 5/27/2010
- backstage.com
There are so many movie and television faces nominated for the Tony Award this year that one begins to worry about how any stateside stage actor can earn a living. The answer, appears to be get famous in another medium in order to get plum stage roles.
Jude Law (Hamlet) is equally at home on screen or stage
This can work against the audience, this self destructive drive to only see the familiar, if it robs them of great stage trained actors in meaty roles. But thankfully this isn't a problem with actors who are adept at changing their "scale" for any medium. Take The Lovely Laura Linney, for instance, who no one would dare accuse of being out of her element whether she's on the silver screen, the living room telly or treading the boards on Broadway.
Lead Actor in a Play
Jude Law, Hamlet
Alfred Molina, Red
Liev Schreiber,...
Jude Law (Hamlet) is equally at home on screen or stage
This can work against the audience, this self destructive drive to only see the familiar, if it robs them of great stage trained actors in meaty roles. But thankfully this isn't a problem with actors who are adept at changing their "scale" for any medium. Take The Lovely Laura Linney, for instance, who no one would dare accuse of being out of her element whether she's on the silver screen, the living room telly or treading the boards on Broadway.
Lead Actor in a Play
Jude Law, Hamlet
Alfred Molina, Red
Liev Schreiber,...
- 5/5/2010
- by NATHANIEL R
- FilmExperience
Kelsey Grammer and Douglas Hodge's "La Cage aux Folles" musical and Broadway show "Fela!" are leading the way at this year's Tony Awards after scooping 11 nominations each. "Fela!", about the life of revered African world music star Fela Kuti, will go up against Green Day's "American Idiot", "Memphis", and "Million Dollar Quartet" in the coveted Best Musical category at the 64th annual prizegiving, which honors the best on Broadway.
Meanwhile, Grammer and Hodge, who star as a camp gay couple in "La Cage", will compete against Sean Hayes ("Promises, Promises"), Chad Kimball ("Memphis)" and Sahr Ngaujah ("Fela!") for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical. The evening is sure to be a star-studded event, with Hollywood actors Jude Law ("Hamlet"), Alfred Molina ("Red"), Liev Schreiber ("A View From the Bridge"), Christopher Walken ("A Behanding in Spokane") and Denzel Washington ("Fences") pitted against each other for the...
Meanwhile, Grammer and Hodge, who star as a camp gay couple in "La Cage", will compete against Sean Hayes ("Promises, Promises"), Chad Kimball ("Memphis)" and Sahr Ngaujah ("Fela!") for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical. The evening is sure to be a star-studded event, with Hollywood actors Jude Law ("Hamlet"), Alfred Molina ("Red"), Liev Schreiber ("A View From the Bridge"), Christopher Walken ("A Behanding in Spokane") and Denzel Washington ("Fences") pitted against each other for the...
- 5/5/2010
- by AceShowbiz.com
- Aceshowbiz
Broadway hit it big this season with even bigger stars that included marquee names like High Jackman, Daniel Craig, Scarlett Johansson, Denzel Washington, Catherine Zeta-Jones and much more.
The nominations for the Tony awards were narrowed down on Tuesday morning (May 4) by the American Theatre Wing that began with Fela!, about Nigerian Afrobeat legend Fela Anikulapo Kutie, as well as La Cage Aux Folles, that included Kelsey Grammer and Douglas Hodge, which had 11 nominations.
Also taking bids for awards was August Wilson’s Fences, which starred Denzel Washington and Viola Davis, and received 10 nominations.
In leading actor in play, Lieve Schriber in A View from the Bride and Christopher Walken in Martin McDonaugh’s A Behanding in Spokane square off for top honors.
In leading actresses, Viola Davis, Valerie Harper, Linda Lavin, Laura Lenney and Jan Maxwell were all nominated. Best play nominations went to In the Next Room, Next Fall,...
The nominations for the Tony awards were narrowed down on Tuesday morning (May 4) by the American Theatre Wing that began with Fela!, about Nigerian Afrobeat legend Fela Anikulapo Kutie, as well as La Cage Aux Folles, that included Kelsey Grammer and Douglas Hodge, which had 11 nominations.
Also taking bids for awards was August Wilson’s Fences, which starred Denzel Washington and Viola Davis, and received 10 nominations.
In leading actor in play, Lieve Schriber in A View from the Bride and Christopher Walken in Martin McDonaugh’s A Behanding in Spokane square off for top honors.
In leading actresses, Viola Davis, Valerie Harper, Linda Lavin, Laura Lenney and Jan Maxwell were all nominated. Best play nominations went to In the Next Room, Next Fall,...
- 5/4/2010
- GossipCenter
One has to hand it to the Tony nominators: They didn't follow conventional wisdom nor did they particularly pay heed to commercial considerations.
Indeed, some of the biggest noms went to shows that are either long gone ("Ragtime," "Finian's Rainbow," "In the Next Room, or the Vibrator Play," "Time Stands Still") or lagging at the boxoffice ("Fela!" "Memphis," "Next Fall," "Million Dollar Quartet").
The biggest surprises Tuesday were the omissions.
"The Addams Family," the most successful new musical of the season, was thoroughly dissed, failing to get noms for best musical, for its stars Nathan Lane or Bebe Neuwirth, or even for its production design. And though it did get one for original score, that's not exactly a coup in a season in which only one other musical, "Memphis," even had one. The category had to be embarrassingly filled out with the forgettable music from "Enron" and Branford Marsalis' incidental music for "Fences.
Indeed, some of the biggest noms went to shows that are either long gone ("Ragtime," "Finian's Rainbow," "In the Next Room, or the Vibrator Play," "Time Stands Still") or lagging at the boxoffice ("Fela!" "Memphis," "Next Fall," "Million Dollar Quartet").
The biggest surprises Tuesday were the omissions.
"The Addams Family," the most successful new musical of the season, was thoroughly dissed, failing to get noms for best musical, for its stars Nathan Lane or Bebe Neuwirth, or even for its production design. And though it did get one for original score, that's not exactly a coup in a season in which only one other musical, "Memphis," even had one. The category had to be embarrassingly filled out with the forgettable music from "Enron" and Branford Marsalis' incidental music for "Fences.
- 5/4/2010
- by By Frank Scheck
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Kelsey Grammer and Douglas Hodge's La Cage Aux Folles musical and Broadway show Fela! are leading the way at this year's Tony Awards after scooping 11 nominations each.
Fela!, about the life of revered African world music star Fela Kuti, will go up against Green Day's American Idiot, Memphis, and Million Dollar Quartet in the coveted Best Musical category at the 64th annual prizegiving, which honours the best on Broadway.
Meanwhile, Grammer and Hodge, who star as a camp gay couple in La Cage, will compete against Sean Hayes (Promises, Promises), Chad Kimball (Memphis) and Sahr Ngaujah (Fela!) for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical.
The evening is sure to be a star-studded event, with Hollywood actors Jude Law (Hamlet), Alfred Molina (Red), Liev Schreiber (A View from the Bridge), Christopher Walken (A Behanding in Spokane) and Denzel Washington (Fences) pitted against each other for the Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play award.
Washington's co-star Viola Davis will battle it out in the category for Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play, against Valerie Harper (Looped), Linda Lavin (Collected Stories), Laura Linney (Time Stands Still) and Jan Maxwell (The Royal Family).
Catherine Zeta-Jones (A Little Night Music), Kate Baldwin (Finian's Rainbow), Sherie Rene Scott (Everyday Rapture), Montego Glover (Memphis) and Christiane Noll (Ragtime) received nods for Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical, and Scarlett Johansson's Broadway debut in A View from the Bridge has earned her a nomination for Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play.
Nominations for Best Play include In the Next Room (or The Vibrator Play), Next Fall, Red and Time Stands Still.
The winners will be announced on 13 June at Radio City Music Hall in New York City.
The main list of nominees is as follows:
Best Play:
In the Next Room (or The Vibrator Play)
Next Fall
Red
Time Stands Still
Best Musical:
American Idiot
Fela!
Memphis
Million Dollar Quartet
Best Book of a Musical:
Everyday Rapture - Dick Scanlan and Sherie Rene Scott
Fela! - Jim Lewis & Bill T. Jones
Memphis - Joe Dipietro
Million Dollar Quartet - Colin Escott and Floyd Mutrux
Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre:
The Addams Family - Music & Lyrics: Andrew Lippa
Enron - Music: Adam Cork, Lyrics: Lucy Prebble
Fences - Music: Branford Marsalis
Memphis - Music: David Bryan, Lyrics: Joe Dipietro, David Bryan
Best Revival of a Play:
Fences
Lend Me a Tenor
The Royal Family
A View from the Bridge
Best Revival of a Musical:
Finian's Rainbow
La Cage aux Folles
A Little Night Music
Ragtime
Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play:
Jude Law - Hamlet
Alfred Molina - Red
Liev Schreiber - A View from the Bridge
Christopher Walken - A Behanding in Spokane
Denzel Washington - Fences
Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play:
Viola Davis - Fences
Valerie Harper - Looped
Linda Lavin - Collected Stories
Laura Linney - Time Stands Still
Jan Maxwell - The Royal Family
Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical:
Kelsey Grammer - La Cage aux Folles
Sean Hayes - Promises, Promises
Douglas Hodge - La Cage aux Folles
Chad Kimball - Memphis
Sahr Ngaujah - Fela!
Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical:
Kate Baldwin - Finian's Rainbow
Sherie Rene Scott - Everyday Rapture
Montego Glover - Memphis
Christiane Noll - Ragtime
Catherine Zeta-Jones - A Little Night Music
Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play:
David Alan Grier - Race
Stephen McKinley Henderson - Fences
Jon Michael Hill - Superior Donuts
Stephen Kunken - Enron
Eddie Redmayne - Red
Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play:
Maria Dizzia - In the Next Room (or The Vibrator Play)
Rosemary Harris - The Royal Family
Jessica Hecht - A View from the Bridge
Scarlett Johansson - A View from the Bridge
Jan Maxwell - Lend Me a Tenor
Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical:
Kevin Chamberlin - The Addams Family
Robin De Jesus - La Cage aux Folles
Christopher Fitzgerald - Finian's Rainbow
Levi Kreis - Million Dollar Quartet
Bobby Steggert - Ragtime
Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical:
Barbara Cook - Sondheim on Sondheim
Katie Finneran - Promises, Promises
Angela Lansbury - A Little Night Music
Karine Plantadit - Come Fly Away
Lillias White - Fela!
Best Direction of a Play:
Michael Grandage - Red
Sheryl Kaller - Next Fall
Kenny Leon - Fences
Gregory Mosher - A View from the Bridge
Best Direction of a Musical:
Christopher Ashley - Memphis
Marcia Milgrom Dodge - Ragtime
Terry Johnson - La Cage aux Folles
Bill T. Jones - Fela!
Best Choreography
Rob Ashford - Promises, Promises
Bill T. Jones - Fela!
Lynne Page - La Cage aux Folles
Twyla Tharp - Come Fly Away
Best Orchestrations:
Jason Carr - La Cage aux Folles
Aaron Johnson - Fela!
Jonathan Tunick - Promises, Promises
Daryl Waters & David Bryan - Memphis
Best Scenic Design of a Play
John Lee Beatty - The Royal Family
Alexander Dodge - Present Laughter
Santo Loquasto - Fences
Christopher Oram - Red
Best Scenic Design of a Musical:
Marina Draghici - Fela!
Christine Jones - American Idiot
Derek McLane - Ragtime
Tim Shortall - La Cage aux Folles
Best Costume Design of a Play:
Martin Pakledinaz - Lend Me a Tenor
Constanza Romero - Fences
David Zinn - In the Next Room (or The Vibrator Play)
Catherine Zuber - The Royal Family
Best Costume Design of a Musical:
Marina Draghici - Fela!
Santo Loquasto - Ragtime
Paul Tazewell - Memphis
Matthew Wright - La Cage aux Folles
Best Lighting Design of a Play:
Neil Austin - Hamlet
Neil Austin - Red
Mark Henderson - Enron
Brian MacDevitt - Fences
Best Lighting Design of a Musical:
Kevin Adams - American Idiot
Donald Holder - Ragtime
Nick Richings - La Cage aux Folles
Robert Wierzel - Fela!
Best Sound Design of a Play:
Acme Sound Partners - Fences
Adam Cork - Enron
Adam Cork - Red
Scott Lehrer - A View from the Bridge
Best Sound Design of a Musical:
Jonathan Deans - La Cage aux Folles
Robert Kaplowitz - Fela!
Dan Moses Schreier and Gareth Owen - A Little Night Music
Dan Moses Schreier - Sondheim on Sondheim
Special Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre:
Alan Ayckbourn
Marian Seldes
Regional Theatre Tony Award:
The Eugene O'Neill Theater Center, Waterford, Connecticut
Isabelle Stevenson Award:
David Hyde Pierce
Tony Honors for Excellence in the Theatre:
Alliance of Resident Theatres/New York
B.H. Barry
Tom Viola...
Fela!, about the life of revered African world music star Fela Kuti, will go up against Green Day's American Idiot, Memphis, and Million Dollar Quartet in the coveted Best Musical category at the 64th annual prizegiving, which honours the best on Broadway.
Meanwhile, Grammer and Hodge, who star as a camp gay couple in La Cage, will compete against Sean Hayes (Promises, Promises), Chad Kimball (Memphis) and Sahr Ngaujah (Fela!) for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical.
The evening is sure to be a star-studded event, with Hollywood actors Jude Law (Hamlet), Alfred Molina (Red), Liev Schreiber (A View from the Bridge), Christopher Walken (A Behanding in Spokane) and Denzel Washington (Fences) pitted against each other for the Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play award.
Washington's co-star Viola Davis will battle it out in the category for Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play, against Valerie Harper (Looped), Linda Lavin (Collected Stories), Laura Linney (Time Stands Still) and Jan Maxwell (The Royal Family).
Catherine Zeta-Jones (A Little Night Music), Kate Baldwin (Finian's Rainbow), Sherie Rene Scott (Everyday Rapture), Montego Glover (Memphis) and Christiane Noll (Ragtime) received nods for Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical, and Scarlett Johansson's Broadway debut in A View from the Bridge has earned her a nomination for Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play.
Nominations for Best Play include In the Next Room (or The Vibrator Play), Next Fall, Red and Time Stands Still.
The winners will be announced on 13 June at Radio City Music Hall in New York City.
The main list of nominees is as follows:
Best Play:
In the Next Room (or The Vibrator Play)
Next Fall
Red
Time Stands Still
Best Musical:
American Idiot
Fela!
Memphis
Million Dollar Quartet
Best Book of a Musical:
Everyday Rapture - Dick Scanlan and Sherie Rene Scott
Fela! - Jim Lewis & Bill T. Jones
Memphis - Joe Dipietro
Million Dollar Quartet - Colin Escott and Floyd Mutrux
Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre:
The Addams Family - Music & Lyrics: Andrew Lippa
Enron - Music: Adam Cork, Lyrics: Lucy Prebble
Fences - Music: Branford Marsalis
Memphis - Music: David Bryan, Lyrics: Joe Dipietro, David Bryan
Best Revival of a Play:
Fences
Lend Me a Tenor
The Royal Family
A View from the Bridge
Best Revival of a Musical:
Finian's Rainbow
La Cage aux Folles
A Little Night Music
Ragtime
Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play:
Jude Law - Hamlet
Alfred Molina - Red
Liev Schreiber - A View from the Bridge
Christopher Walken - A Behanding in Spokane
Denzel Washington - Fences
Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play:
Viola Davis - Fences
Valerie Harper - Looped
Linda Lavin - Collected Stories
Laura Linney - Time Stands Still
Jan Maxwell - The Royal Family
Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical:
Kelsey Grammer - La Cage aux Folles
Sean Hayes - Promises, Promises
Douglas Hodge - La Cage aux Folles
Chad Kimball - Memphis
Sahr Ngaujah - Fela!
Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical:
Kate Baldwin - Finian's Rainbow
Sherie Rene Scott - Everyday Rapture
Montego Glover - Memphis
Christiane Noll - Ragtime
Catherine Zeta-Jones - A Little Night Music
Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play:
David Alan Grier - Race
Stephen McKinley Henderson - Fences
Jon Michael Hill - Superior Donuts
Stephen Kunken - Enron
Eddie Redmayne - Red
Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play:
Maria Dizzia - In the Next Room (or The Vibrator Play)
Rosemary Harris - The Royal Family
Jessica Hecht - A View from the Bridge
Scarlett Johansson - A View from the Bridge
Jan Maxwell - Lend Me a Tenor
Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical:
Kevin Chamberlin - The Addams Family
Robin De Jesus - La Cage aux Folles
Christopher Fitzgerald - Finian's Rainbow
Levi Kreis - Million Dollar Quartet
Bobby Steggert - Ragtime
Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical:
Barbara Cook - Sondheim on Sondheim
Katie Finneran - Promises, Promises
Angela Lansbury - A Little Night Music
Karine Plantadit - Come Fly Away
Lillias White - Fela!
Best Direction of a Play:
Michael Grandage - Red
Sheryl Kaller - Next Fall
Kenny Leon - Fences
Gregory Mosher - A View from the Bridge
Best Direction of a Musical:
Christopher Ashley - Memphis
Marcia Milgrom Dodge - Ragtime
Terry Johnson - La Cage aux Folles
Bill T. Jones - Fela!
Best Choreography
Rob Ashford - Promises, Promises
Bill T. Jones - Fela!
Lynne Page - La Cage aux Folles
Twyla Tharp - Come Fly Away
Best Orchestrations:
Jason Carr - La Cage aux Folles
Aaron Johnson - Fela!
Jonathan Tunick - Promises, Promises
Daryl Waters & David Bryan - Memphis
Best Scenic Design of a Play
John Lee Beatty - The Royal Family
Alexander Dodge - Present Laughter
Santo Loquasto - Fences
Christopher Oram - Red
Best Scenic Design of a Musical:
Marina Draghici - Fela!
Christine Jones - American Idiot
Derek McLane - Ragtime
Tim Shortall - La Cage aux Folles
Best Costume Design of a Play:
Martin Pakledinaz - Lend Me a Tenor
Constanza Romero - Fences
David Zinn - In the Next Room (or The Vibrator Play)
Catherine Zuber - The Royal Family
Best Costume Design of a Musical:
Marina Draghici - Fela!
Santo Loquasto - Ragtime
Paul Tazewell - Memphis
Matthew Wright - La Cage aux Folles
Best Lighting Design of a Play:
Neil Austin - Hamlet
Neil Austin - Red
Mark Henderson - Enron
Brian MacDevitt - Fences
Best Lighting Design of a Musical:
Kevin Adams - American Idiot
Donald Holder - Ragtime
Nick Richings - La Cage aux Folles
Robert Wierzel - Fela!
Best Sound Design of a Play:
Acme Sound Partners - Fences
Adam Cork - Enron
Adam Cork - Red
Scott Lehrer - A View from the Bridge
Best Sound Design of a Musical:
Jonathan Deans - La Cage aux Folles
Robert Kaplowitz - Fela!
Dan Moses Schreier and Gareth Owen - A Little Night Music
Dan Moses Schreier - Sondheim on Sondheim
Special Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre:
Alan Ayckbourn
Marian Seldes
Regional Theatre Tony Award:
The Eugene O'Neill Theater Center, Waterford, Connecticut
Isabelle Stevenson Award:
David Hyde Pierce
Tony Honors for Excellence in the Theatre:
Alliance of Resident Theatres/New York
B.H. Barry
Tom Viola...
- 5/4/2010
- WENN
Although the Tony Awards honor Broadway productions, plenty of familiar faces from film and TV are among those receiving nods.
Among them are Scarlett Johansson and Liev Schreiber for "A View From the Bridge," Christopher Walken for "A Behanding in Spokane," Kelsey Grammer for "La Cage aux Folles," Catherine Zeta-Jones for "A Little Night Music" and Laura Linney for "Time Stands Still."
Overall, "Fela!" and "La Cage aux Folles" tied for the most nominations with 11 apiece.
The Tony Awards show will air June 13 on CBS.
The full list of nominees:
Best musical
"American Idiot"
"Fela!"
"Memphis"
"Million Dollar Quartet"
Best play
"In the Next Room"
"Next Fall"
"Red"
"Time Stands Still"
Best performance by a leading actor in a play
Jude Law, "Hamlet"
Alfred Molina, "Red"
Liev Schreiber, "A View From the Bridge"
Christopher Walken, "A Behanding in Spokane"
Denzel Washington, "Fences"
Best performance by a leading actress in a play
Viola Davis,...
Among them are Scarlett Johansson and Liev Schreiber for "A View From the Bridge," Christopher Walken for "A Behanding in Spokane," Kelsey Grammer for "La Cage aux Folles," Catherine Zeta-Jones for "A Little Night Music" and Laura Linney for "Time Stands Still."
Overall, "Fela!" and "La Cage aux Folles" tied for the most nominations with 11 apiece.
The Tony Awards show will air June 13 on CBS.
The full list of nominees:
Best musical
"American Idiot"
"Fela!"
"Memphis"
"Million Dollar Quartet"
Best play
"In the Next Room"
"Next Fall"
"Red"
"Time Stands Still"
Best performance by a leading actor in a play
Jude Law, "Hamlet"
Alfred Molina, "Red"
Liev Schreiber, "A View From the Bridge"
Christopher Walken, "A Behanding in Spokane"
Denzel Washington, "Fences"
Best performance by a leading actress in a play
Viola Davis,...
- 5/4/2010
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Zap2It - From Inside the Box
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