The Drama League Awards honor the best in Broadway and off-Broadway, and that’s exactly who showed up at the 79th annual ceremony at the Marriot Marquis Times Square on May 17. Broadway and off-Broadway’s best and brightest stars mingled at the annual luncheon, hosted by Tony winner David Hyde Pierce and Emmy winner Debra Messing. This year, the ...

The new Tony-nominated revival of Pippin is making magic on Broadway, and celebrities are flocking to the Music Box Theatre to catch the circus-themed extravaganza! Godspell and SCTV alums Martin Short, Paul Shaffer and Eugene Levy reunited with their pal, Pippin star Andrea Martin on May 16, and after the show they were all joined backstage by How I Met ...

Emmy winner Jane Lynch made her official Broadway debut in the Tony-nominated musical revival of Annie on May 16. Lynch’s opening night crowd included loads of fans and many of her Glee co-stars, including Darren Criss, Chris Colfer and Tony winner Kristin Chenoweth. In honor of the occasion, Lynch received a big opening night bash at Ruby Foo’s ...

On the eve of her official Broadway opening, incoming Annie star Jane Lynch enjoyed a very enthusiastic matinee audience on May 15 that included 500 New York City schoolchildren—and her Glee castmate Matthew Morrison! After the show, Lynch, title star Lilla Crawford and the rest of the cast answered questions from the kids and led them in a rousing ...

Music legend Quincy Jones and fashion designer Tommy Hilfiger are the latest celebs to head backstage at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre, where Motown The Musical is thrilling audiences eight times a week. The show is a virtual tour through the best-loved songs of the Motown catalogue, and who better to take in the electric performances than Jones, who worked with acts ...

The Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers honored Jerry Mitchell with the Mr. Abbott Award, a lifetime achievement award named for the late George Abbott. Stars from Mitchell’s many musicals—including Kinky Boots, Legally Blonde, The Full Monty, Grease, Hairspray and Catch Me If You Can—arrived at B.B. King's on May 13 to celebrate Mitchell’s ...

Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS is getting set to present a reimagined 20th anniversary benefit performance of David Drake's Obie-winning solo show The Night Larry Kramer Kissed Me. Playwright and original star Drake leads an ensemble cast in the one-night-only reading, to be held on May 20 at the Gerard W. Lynch Theater at John Jay College, directed by ...

The New York Drama Critics’ Circle held its annual awards ceremony on May 13, presenting the award for Best Play to Christopher Durang for Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike and the Best Musical prize to composer Tim Minchin and librettist Dennis Kelly for Matilda. Broadway.com stopped by 54 Below to join in the celebration with the honored ...

It was a beautiful day in the neighborhood of Avenue Q on May 11, when film and television star and Broadway vet Christian Slater and his fiancée Brittany Lopez stopped by the Tony-winning musical to say hello. After taking in the R-rated puppet-populated show about a college grad with big dreams and no money, Slater and Lopez popped backstage ...

Backstage at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre, there was an epic clash of music genres as Twisted Sister frontman Dee Snider brought his rock style to the soulful, sensational cast members of Motown The Musical. Snider (a Rock of Ages alum and self-professed Broadway fanatic) stopped by the blockbuster Broadway musical to chat with the cast, including star Brandon Victor Dixon and ...