The big winner at the 2013 Tony Awards was the Cyndi Lauper/Harvey Fierstein musical Kinky Boots. A stage adaptation of the British indie film, this heartwarming tale of a Northampton factory that specializes in shoes for drag queens won over Tony voters and walked away with six awards, including Best Musical. After the June 9 ceremony ended, the cast ...

One of the big winners on Tony night was the acclaimed revival of Pippin, and two of the ladies responsible for the much-loved musical were both big winners on their own! Leading actress Patina Miller and director Diane Paulus each earned their first Tony for the circus extravaganza, and so they had plenty of reason to celebrate with the rest ...

When Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike won the 2013 Tony Award for Best Play, the entire theatrical community cheered for Christopher Durang—and so did his cast members! Broadway.com photographer Bruce Glikas caught up with the Vanya company at the show's after-party at Rockefeller Center's Sea Grill, where Durang felt the love from Tony nominees ...

Newsies leading lady Kara Lindsay and Memphis alum Kevin Massey celebrated their wedding on June 2 at the Lake Valhalla Club in Montville, New Jersey. The couple met in 2008 during Little House on the Prairie the musical. Lindsay played the role of Laura Ingalls Wilder opposite Massey’s Almanzo Wilder. Lindsay told Broadway.com, “It turned into a romance ...

Things are pretty hot these days over at the Ambassador Theatre now that the one-and-only Wendy Williams is almost ready to make her Broadway debut in Chicago as Matron "Mama" Morton! The long-running musical received an extra dose of va-va-voom on June 1 when Williams came to check out the show. After watching Amy Spanger heat up the stage as ...

Two Momma Roses in one place!? This just might be too much for our diva-loving hearts to handle. Gypsy vets Bette Midler and Bernadette Peters looked like they were having an absolutely divine time at Midler's 12th Annual New York Restoration Project Spring Picnic at Gracie Mansion on May 30. The I'll Eat You Last: A Chat With ...

It’s Vanya and Sonia and Masha and your friendly neighborhood Spider-Man! The stars of the wildly hilarious Christopher Durang play welcomed veteran actors Sally Field and Campbell Scott backstage at the Golden Theatre on May 30. Field and Scott (both Broadway alums themselves) have been busy shooting The Amazing Spider-Man 2 all over Manhattan, but the pair—along with ...

It’s not every day that Mr. Spock—make that Tom Wingfield—drops by the Broadway.com offices, along with a two-time Tony winner, two-time Tony nominee and a talented young Broadway vet. We’re talking about Zachary Quinto, Cherry Jones, Celia Keenan-Bolger and Brian J. Smith, who are headed to Broadway’s Booth Theatre on September 5 in Tennessee ...

Fantastico! Il Volo, the Italian operatic pop trio of Piero Barone, Ignazio Boschetto and Gianluca Ginoble, enjoyed a holiday weekend visit to Broadway's Foxwoods Theatre on May 26 to see Spider-Man, Turn Off the Dark. The golden-voiced guys of Il Volo are bona fide musical fans, and are prepping to debut a special edition of their sophomore album, We ...

Fans of the classic Roald Dahl novel Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (and its unforgettable film adaptations) have been eagerly awaiting their first glimpse at the brand new stage production hitting London’s West End. And here it is! In a delicious first look, check out these fantastic shots of Tony winner Douglas Hodge as Willy Wonka in the hot ...