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Wednesday, June 22, 2011

BWW TV EXCLUSIVE: BROADWAY BARES 2011 - MASTERPIECE Performance Highlights! by Broadway Beat

Broadway Bares XXI Masterpiece, the modern-day burlesque spectacular featuring 192 Broadway dancers, made history Sunday by raising a record-breaking 1,103,072 to benefit Broadway CaresEquit…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:16PM
Thursday, June 16, 2011

BWW TV Special: Go Inside the Opening Night of SPIDER-MAN on Broadway! by Broadway Beat

On Tuesday, June 14, SPIDER-MAN TURN OFF THE DARK at last celebrated its opening night on Broadway at the Foxwoods theater after years of delays. Broadway Beat and host Richie Ridge were th…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:23PM
Saturday, June 11, 2011

BWW TV: Broadway Beat Tony Interview Special - Colman Domingo & Forrest McClendon Talk Collaborating with Legends on THE SCOTTSBORO BOYS by Broadway Beat

Broadway Beat brings you an interview with Colman Domingo and Forrest McClendon, Best Featured Actor in a Musical nominees for The Scottsboro Boys. Prior to The Scottsboro Boys, Domingo star…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:58AM
Friday, June 10, 2011

BWW TV: Broadway Beat Tony Interview Special - Victoria Clark on Why She'd Be 'Okay' With Two Tonys by Broadway Beat

Broadway Beat brings you a special interview with Victoria Clark, Best Featured Actress in a Musical nominee for Sister Act. Clark won the 2005 Tony Award for Best Leading Actress in a Music…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:19PM

BWW TV: Broadway Beat Tony Interview Special - Ellen Barkin Talks the 'Tidal Wave' Effect of THE NORMAL HEART by Broadway Beat

Broadway Beat brings you Ellen Barkin, Best Featured Actress in a Play nominee for The Normal Heart. Making her Broadway debut in The Normal Heart, Barkin is stranger to the stage having app…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:36AM
Thursday, June 9, 2011

BWW TV: Broadway Beat Tony Interview Special - Patina Miller on Bringing SISTER ACT Home to Broadway by Broadway Beat

Below, we bring you Patina Miller, Best Lead Actress in a Musical nominee for Sister Act. Miller is best known for originating the role of the disco diva wannabe Deloris Van Cartier in the 2…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:18PM

BWW TV: Broadway Beat Tony Interview Special - Tony Sheldon, PRISCILLA's Happy Ambassador by Broadway Beat

The 2011 Tony Award nominees were announced live from the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts in New York City on Tuesday, May 3, 2011. The next day, proud nominees gathered at t…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:58PM
Wednesday, June 8, 2011

BWW TV: Broadway Beat Tony Interview Special - David Yazbek on Why WOMEN ON THE VERGE Is His 'Best' Work by Broadway Beat

Below, we bring you David Yazbeck, Best Original Score nominee for Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown. Prior to his success with Women on the Verge, he was best known for scoring the …

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:59AM
Tuesday, June 7, 2011

BWW TV: Broadway Beat Tony Interview Special - David Lindsay-Abaire on the Plus Sides to Being a Playwright by Broadway Beat

The 2011 Tony Award nominees were announced live from the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts in New York City on Tuesday, May 3, 2011. The next day, proud nominees gathered at t…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:25PM
Monday, June 6, 2011

BWW TV: Broadway Beat Tony Interview Special - Bobby Cannavale on Being in 'The cool play on the block' by Broadway Beat

Below, we bring you Bobby Cannavale, Best Lead Actor in a Play nominee for The Motherfker With the Hat. Previously nominated for a Tony Award for his role as Dennis in Mauritius in 2008, Can…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:02AM
Sunday, June 5, 2011

BWW TV: Broadway Beat Tony Interview Special - Larry Hochman and Stephen Oremus on their Virtual MORMON Collaboration by Broadway Beat

Below, we bring you Larry Hochman and Stephen Oremus, nominated together for Best Orchestrations for The Book of Mormon. Larry Hochman is also a nominee for Best Orchestrations for The Scot…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:06AM
Thursday, June 2, 2011

BWW TV: Broadway Beat Tony Interview Special - The Legendary Patti LuPone on Why WOMEN ON THE VERGE Makes Her Proud by Broadway Beat

The 2011 Tony Award nominees were announced live from the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts in New York City on Tuesday, May 3, 2011. The next day, proud nominees gathered at t…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:27PM
Wednesday, June 1, 2011

BWW TV: Broadway Beat Tony Interview Special - Norbert Leo Butz Reveals his 'Thrill of a Lifetime' by Broadway Beat

The 2011 Tony Award nominees were announced live from the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts in New York City on Tuesday, May 3, 2011. The next day, proud nominees gathered at t…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:42AM
Monday, May 30, 2011

Broadway Beat Tony Interview Special: John Kander and David Thompson! by Broadway Beat

Below, we bring you John Kander and David Thompson, writers of The Scottsboro Boys, nominated for 12 Tony Awards, including Best Musical. Kander, half of the famed Kander and Ebb duo that cr…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:59PM
Sunday, May 29, 2011

BWW TV: Broadway Beat Tony Interview Special - George C. Wolfe on Why THE NORMAL HEART Touches His Heart by Broadway Beat

The 2011 Tony Award nominees were announced live from the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts in New York City on Tuesday, May 3, 2011. The next day, proud nominees gathered at t…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:31AM
Friday, May 27, 2011

Broadway Beat EXCLUSIVE: THE BEST IS YET TO COME, THE MUSIC OF CY COLEMAN! by Broadway Beat

Last night, May 25, 59E59 Theaters welcomed the Rubicon Theatre in California to Americas Off Broadway with their critically acclaimed production of THE BEST IS YET TO COME THE MUSIC OF Cy C…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:17PM
Thursday, May 26, 2011

BWW TV: Broadway Beat Captures Cirque's ZARKANA Performance Preview at Radio City! by Broadway Beat

Cirque du Soleil's all-new acrobatic spectacle ZARKANA is currently in rehearsals for its debut at Radio City Music Hall in New York. The 50 million production has been created especially fo…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:04PM
Wednesday, May 25, 2011

BWW TV: Broadway Beat Goes Inside The 2011 Drama League Awards - Part 2 by Broadway Beat

Winners of the 2010-11 Drama League Awards were presented at the 77th Annual Drama League Awards Ceremony and Luncheon on Friday, May 20, 2011 at the Marriott Marquis Hotel in Times Square. …

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:03PM

BWW TV: Broadway Beat Goes Inside the 2011 Drama League Awards - Part 1 by Broadway Beat

Winners of the 2010-11 Drama League Awards were presented at the 77th Annual Drama League Awards Ceremony and Luncheon on Friday, May 20, 2011 at the Marriott Marquis Hotel in Times Square. …

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:02PM

BWW TV Broadway Beat Tony Special: Andrew Rannells Talks His Dreams Come True by Broadway Beat

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…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:00AM
Friday, May 20, 2011

BWW TV EXCLUSIVE: Broadway Beat Brings You LUCKY GUY! by Broadway Beat

Yee Haw Lucky Guy, a new musical comedy, written and directed by Willard Beckham, officially opened last night May 19th and plays a 12-week engagement through Sunday, July 24th at the Little…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:22PM

Broadway Beat Tony Interview Special: John Larroquette Talks Radcliffe, HOW TO SUCCEED, Woodstock & More by Broadway Beat

Below, we bring you John Larroquette, Best Featured Actor in a Musical nominee for How to Succeed in Business without Really Trying. Best known for his roles on the small screen in Night Cou…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:38AM
Thursday, May 19, 2011

Broadway Beat Tony Interview Special: Joe Mantello! by Broadway Beat

Below, we bring you Joe Mantello, Best Actor in a Play nominee for The Normal Heart. Both a director and performer, Mantello is perhaps best known for his acclaimed direction of Wicked, Assa…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:04PM
Tuesday, May 17, 2011

Broadway Beat Tony Interview Special: Laura Benanti! by Broadway Beat

Below, we bring you Laura Benanti, Best Featured Actress in a Musical nominee for Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown. Benanti is a previous winner in the category for Gypsy, and has …

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:02AM
Wednesday, May 11, 2011

Broadway Beat Tony Interview Special: Whoopi Goldberg! by Broadway Beat

Below, we bring you Whoopi Goldberg, Producer of the Sister Act, the recipient of 5 Tony nomintions including Mest Musical. Goldberg starred in the original film of Sister Act, and has appea…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:31PM
Monday, May 9, 2011

Broadway Beat Tony Interview Special: Sutton Foster! by Broadway Beat

Below, we bring you Sutton Foster, Best Leading Actress in a Musical nominee for Anything Goes. Foster is a previous Tony Award winner in the category for Thoroughly Modern Millie and has ad…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:02AM
Thursday, May 5, 2011

Broadway Beat Tony Interview Special: Edie Falco! by Broadway Beat

The 2011 Tony Award nominees were announced live from the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts in New York City on Tuesday, May 3, 2011. Yesterday, the proud nominees gathered at …

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:10PM

Broadway Beat Tony Interview Special: Judith Light! by Broadway Beat

The 2011 Tony Award nominees were announced live from the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts in New York City on Tuesday, May 3, 2011. Yesterday, the proud nominees gathered at …

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:09PM
Wednesday, May 4, 2011

BWW TV: Broadway Beat Meets the 2011 Drama Desk Nominees - Part 2 by Broadway Beat

Nominations for The 56th Annual Drama Desk Awards were announced on Friday, April 29, 2011, at 930 AM at the New York Friars Club, 57 East 55th Street, in Manhattan. Former Drama Desk Award …

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:28AM

BWW TV: Broadway Beat Meets the 2011 Drama Desk Nominees - Part 1 by Broadway Beat

Nominations for The 56th Annual Drama Desk Awards were announced on Friday, April 29, 2011, at 930 AM at the New York Friars Club, 57 East 55th Street, in Manhattan. Former Drama Desk Award …

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:28AM
Friday, April 29, 2011

BWW TV: Broadway Beat at THE PEOPLE IN THE PICTURE Opening Night! by Broadway Beat

Roundabout Theatre Company is presenting the new Broadway musical THE PEOPLE IN THE PICTURE, starring two time Tony Award-winner Donna Murphy, directed by Leonard Foglia. THE PEOPLE IN THE P…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:23PM

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