David Auburn’s political drama The Columnist stars 2012 Tony nominee John Lithgow as Joseph Alsop, a king among columnists, beloved, feared and courted in equal measure in the early 1960s. Broadway.com resident artist Justin ‘Squigs’ Robertson took a seat at the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre to capture Lithgow as Alsop along with (from top) Margaret Colin as Susan ...

Broadway stars know what’s hot in entertainment, fashion and pop culture, so Broadway.com decided it was high time to tap in to the after-hours obsessions of our favorite stage actors. Once star Cristin Milioti, who just earned her first Tony nomination for her role in the bittersweet musical, shared her passion for RuPaul, Zac Posen and putting a ...

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Irish-born writer Enda Walsh made his name with dark, arresting plays such as Misterman and Bedbound, as well as the screenplay for Hunger, which centered on the life and death of IRA hunger striker Bobby Sands. By his own admission, Walsh’s super-serious resume made him “a very peculiar choice” to adapt the indie movie musical Once ...

Everyone on Broadway is psyched to see Bunheads, the new ABC Family series starring two-time Tony Award winner Sutton Foster as a Vegas showgirl who finds herself an unlikely mentor to aspiring dancers in a small California town. We got a chance to see the first episode and are confident that you're gonna love it! Although the show doesn ...

It's hard to believe another insanely busy week on Broadway is over, but it's even harder to believe we managed to narrow this week's lessons down to 10! The Broadway.com Audience Choice Awards were a fun-filled, face-licking lesson goldmine, with everyone from Darren Criss to Jeremy Jordan to Laura Osnes spilling their guts on stage and ...

Television networks recently held their upfronts to announce the crop of new series that will debut this fall, and there are plenty of theater people featured in the new shsows. Theater fans can expect to see some of their favorite stage stars appearing on TV, including Book of Mormon boys Andrew Rannells (The New Normal) and Josh Gad (1600 Penn ...

Nicky Silver’s side-splitting comedy The Lyons stars 2012 Tony nominee Linda Lavin and Tony winner Dick Latessa as Rita and Ben Lyons, the unconventional and emotionally abusive parents of Curtis (Michael Esper) and Lisa (Kate Jennings Grant) Lyons. As the show begins, the Lyons family is at a crossroads as their patriarch lies dying and the three remaining family ...

John Lithgow’s Broadway career spans almost 40 years, bookended by a Tony Award for his 1973 debut performance as a British rugby player in The Changing Room and a 2012 Tony nomination for his dynamic star turn as closeted 1960s political journalist Joseph Alsop in The Columnist. In between, Lithgow has won a second Tony (for Sweet Smell of ...

On May 13, the stars of the Great White Way let loose at the 13th annual Broadway.com Audience Choice Awards. As the drinks flowed in the Allen Room, starry presenters handed out trophies to Broadway’s best and brightest, with lots of silly moments along the way. Broadway.com resident artist Justin "Squigs" Robertson was on hand to sketch ...

On the season finale of NBC's Smash, aptly titled “Bombshell,” the show is almost ready as Tom (Christian Borle) and Julia (Debra Messing) literally race against time to write a new ending. What else happens? Confessions are made, hopes are dashed, and director Derek (Jack Davenport) finally lets Karen (Katherine McPhee) be a star. Aaaaand no one is surprised ...