CBS has given the greenlight to The Performers alum Ari Graynor’s star vehicle comedy series Bad Teacher, reports TVLine.

The late-in-the-game pick-up is a rarity, considering that Bad Teacher was left off of CBS’s upfront slate last week. Still, it’s great news for Graynor, who will play a foul-mouthed teacher looking for her next husband at school ...

Dying to know Lea Michele’s secret to her fabulous hair? How about what it was like growing up on Broadway? Well now you can, thanks to the Glee star’s upcoming book Brunette Ambition.

Michele will write a part memoir, part style-guide for Harmony Books, according to The New York Times. The book will chronicle Michele’s rise from ...

Classic Stage Company's production of Bertolt Brecht’s The Caucasian Chalk Circle, which was originally schedule to play through June 9, will now run through June 23. Starring Christopher Lloyd and directed by Brian Zulich, The Caucasian Chalk Circle officially opens May 30 at the off-Broadway theater.

In addition to Lloyd, The Caucasian Chalk Circle stars Tony nominee Elizabeth ...

How I Met Your Mother’s newly minted title star Cristin Milioti is heading to Joe’s Pub on May 26 for a one-night-only concert event. Below the adorable Once Tony nominee jokes about not having musical theater music on her iPod, not sustaining a workout regimen and the virtual inability to single out a superior love song.

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In the weeks leading up to the 2013 Tony telecast, Broadway.com is posting video clips of favorite Tony memories of this year’s nominees, with their own commentary. Scott Ellis, who received his sixth Best Director nomination for The Mystery of Edwin Drood, began his career as performer, including a stint juggling small roles in the Kander & Ebb musical ...

This week's jam-packed episode offers up awesome fantasy casting, a perfect reason for a road trip and a lot of awards season hubbub.

"Let's make a pit stop at the wiener stand!" Edna Turnblad said in Hairspray, and on May 22, Edna's originator Harvey Fierstein got to do it in real life, when the Brooklyn Diner in Times Square renamed its 15-bite all-beef hot dog the "Harvey Hot Dog." The occasion? The 30th anniversary of Fierstein's first Tony Award, and ...

Nominated for Best Featured Actress in a Play, The Assembled Parties star Judith Light shares which Broadway shows she'd love to see, how she gets red carpet ready and her favorite fan moment.

Star-crossed lovers Cathy and Jamie are “still hurting,” and fans of Jason Robert Brown’s The Last Five Years can’t wait to share their anguish in a new cast recording of the show. Betsy Wolfe and Adam Kantor gave luminous performances in the recent Brown-helmed revival of the 2001 tuner at Second Stage and the happy collaborators reunited on ...

On Sunday, May 26, Broadway will bid a bittersweet goodbye to the struggling Smash, a should-have-been-great series that, over the course of two seasons, tackled all the hard-hitting subjects that plague the theater industry, things like peanut allergies, dramaturgical betrayals and chorus girls who sing a little too loud.

But we’ll put aside all of Smash’s ridiculous moments ...