Tony Awards News

Pull on your legwarmers. "The Wedding Singer" is bringing the 1980s back to Mesa and Phoenix.

A YOUNG Australian has scored the part of a lifetime - playing Billy Elliot on Broadway.

In a Sunday June 7, 2009 photo, Angela Lansbury poses with her trophy for Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play for "Blithe Spirit" at the 63rd Annual Tony Awards in New York.

RENT opened to a sold out house! Don't miss your chance to see the Oklahoma regional premiere of RENT at the Pollard Theatre in historic downtown Guthrie now through Saturday, October 31, 2009! Loosely based on Giacomo Puccini 's opera La Bohme, RENT is a fantastic journey with seven friends who live in New York City's East Village.

In the Heights a ' now onstage at the Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center for the first stop on its inaugural national tour a ' has non-stop energy.

Louisiana State University at Alexandria's Empty Space Players will perform "Angels in America: Millennium Approaches." The play -- which was adapted for television as an HBO miniseries in 2003 -- was written by Lake Charles-native Tony Kushner, whose father, William Kushner, conducted the Rapides Symphony Orchestra for 34 years.

By Dani White Berthoud Recorder Song, dance and murder. "Curtains: The Musical Comedy Whodunit," leaps directly from the Broadway stage to the Rialto Theater in a single bound.

Manchester, NH October 15, 2009 - The Palace Theatre in downtown Manchester, NH will continue its 2009-2010 Citizens Bank Performing Arts Series with the Broadway musical CATS, opening October 30th at 7:30pm. The show will run through November 14th.

Liza Minnelli 's Tony Award-winning performance "LIZA'S AT THE PALACE," American Public Television will distribute the long awaited Special in December, 2009.

Academy Award winning costume designer Colleen Atwood , collaborates with Swarovski on NINE to create a show stopping spectacle that sparkles throughout.

SDNN theater critic also writes about "Dog Act" and "Frozen" "The Tree of Life" in "The Lion King." The Lion Leaps Tonight THE SHOW: "The Lion King," the multi-award-winning mega-musical , at the Civic Theatre The King of Beasts is back.

Chalk up another triumph for local theater at the Southampton Cultural Center. Resident wizard Michael Disher and a cast of warmly adorable youngsters are offering 90 minutes of theater magic in their flawless, ignited production of Rachel Sheinkin and William Finn's treat for the heart and the funny bone, "The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling ...

Known as one of the most beloved and successful theatre men of the Twentieth Century, Tommy Tune has enchanted audiences over the past 50 years with his charisma, vision, and innovation.

Arrow Rock Lyceum Theatre officials recently unveiled the lineup of shows for the 2010 season, the theatre's 50th anniversary, according to an Oct.

As previously reported , Kyle Beltran, Rogelio Douglas Jr., Natalie Toro and Shaun Taylor-Corbett are set to star in the upcoming National Tour of IN THE HEIGHTS, which will launch October 27 at Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center.

Who's afraid of Edward Albee? Not Houston's arts community, which responded with excitement to the recent news the famed playwright will return to the University of Houston School of Theatre and Dance in January to teach an advanced playwriting class.

"Parade," which features T.R. Knight playing the historical figure Leo Frank and Lara Pulver reprising her role as his wife, Lucille Frank, started rehearsals this week.

This fall, PEMCo is putting on a production of "Company," a Stephen Sondheim musical.

The romance of Florence comes to life on stage as Philadelphia Theatre Company continues its 2009-2010 season with the hit Broadway musical The Light in the Piazza with book by Craig Lucas and music and lyrics by Adam Guettel on November 13 - December 6. Directed by Joe Calarco , the ensemble cast features Whitney Bashor , Sherri Edelen , Joe ...

Hennepin Theatre Trust announced that single tickets for - In the Heights,' winner of four 2008 Tony Awards and the 2008 Grammy Award for Best Musical Show Album, and - Grease,' the returning crowd favorite, will go on sale this week.