Tony winner Idina Menzel, her husband and former Rent co-star Taye Diggs and their pal Steven Pasquale took a trip to Chicago (via the Walter Kerr Theatre) when they took in the Tony-nominated drama Clybourne Park on May 23. This trio of Broadway favorites was eager to check out Bruce Norris' Pulitzer Prize-winning play, which centers on a pair of ...

As Neil Patrick Harris prepares to host the 2012 Tony Awards, the How I Met Your Mother star is busily catching up on his theatergoing, including the seaworthy new hit Peter and the Starcatcher! On May 21, Harris made his way to the Brooks Atkinson Theatre to see the nine-time Tony-nominated play alongside two other special guests: Sandy Duncan, who ...

Broadway had a lunch date on May 18, when starry guests from the Great White Way headed to the 78th annual Drama League Awards at the Mariott Marquis Times Square, hosted by John Larroquette and Stockard Channing. More than 50 of the season’s finest actors received nominations for the Drama League Distinguished Performance Award, with Porgy and Bess star ...

Mazel tov! It was a laughing matter indeed as the comedy revue Old Jews Telling Jokes celebrated its opening after the May 20 Sunday matinee at off-Broadway’s Westside Theatre. Starring Marilyn Sokol, Bill Army, Todd Susman, Audrey Lynn Weston and Lenny Wolpe, the revue was inspired by the website OldJewsTellingJokes.com, which launched in 2009. Created by Peter Gethers ...

On May 19, incoming New York Jets quarterback Tim Tebow, wide receiver Scotty McKnight and McKnight's girlfriend, actress and singer Hayden Panettiere, had a head-banging good time on Broadway when the trio caught a performance of '80s jukebox musical Rock of Ages. After hearing killer versions of classic hits like “Don’t Stop Believing,” “We Built This City” and ...

On May 20, Conor Lovett had an existential chat about the world with an enthralled audience on the official opening night of Will Eno’s one-man-play, Title and Deed. Presented by Signature Theatre Company, Title and Deed is the story of a nameless traveler searching for connection, companionship and solace in an unknown country. After taking his official opening night ...

On May 18, a starry roster of guests flocked to the Mariott Marquis Times Square for the 78th Annual Drama League Awards. With 56 actors nominated for the Drama League Distinguished Performance Award, the gala luncheon was filled to the brim with Broadway’s best and brightest actors, including John Lithgow, Kelli O’Hara, Ricky Martin, James Corden, Jeremy Jordan ...

Mike Bartlett’s award-winning play Cock opened off-Broadway at the Duke at 42nd Street to critical acclaim and an audience full of famous faces on May 17. After the Jason Butler Harner and Amanda Quaid’s winner-takes-all fight over Cory Michael Smith came to end, the cast dressed up and headed to Hurley’s Saloon in to celebrate the opening ...

Lincoln Center Theater welcomed friends and colleagues to the grand opening of their brand-new space, the Claire Tow Theater, on May 16. The rooftop black box theater is the first live performance theater to open at Lincoln Center in more than 40 years! The gorgeous new addition sits on top of LCT’s Vivan Beaumont Theater (home to the Tony-winning ...

With a whopping nine Tony nominations under their swashbuckling belt, it’s no wonder that Peter Pan prequel Peter and the Starcatcher is attracting some of the hottest stars of the stage and screen into the pixie-dusted air of the Brooks Atkinson Theatre. Tony winner Idina Menzel and her Private Practice star hubby Taye Diggs, Modern Family star Jesse Tyler ...