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 ...

Before she became co-host of TV’s The View, Whoopi Goldberg was a Tony-winning producer and performer, and she prides herself on staying on top of the theatrical scene. On May 23, Goldberg headed to the Nederlander Theatre for a performance of eight-time Tony nominee Newsies, then stepped backstage to congratulate the show's lovebirds, Kara Lindsay (Katherine) and Tony ...

The audience of Godspell may have been rubbing their eyes on May 22, when a pitch perfect mini version of the cast took the stage for a very special post-show reprise! Young Danny Ward led the charge as John the Baptist/Judas, soon joined by Gaten Matarazzo as Jesus and the rest of the cast as they performed an encore ...

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 ...