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 ...

Do I hear happiness in here? Well, you sure will as Glee’s funny lady Jane Lynch steps into the role of Miss Hannigan in Broadway’s Annie. Lynch makes her Broadway debut at the Palace Theatre on May 15 as the drunken orphanage matron hell-bent on destroying the musical’s title character. Get a load of the Emmy winner ...

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 ...

Bunty Berman Presents... is bringing a taste of India to off-Broadway’s Acorn Theatre on Theatre Row, and on May 9, the cast of the new musical comedy celebrated their official opening night. Directed by Scott Elliott, written by Ayub Khan Din and Paul Bogaev, and starring Din in the title role, Bunty Berman Presents tells the story of a ...

Patina Miller, Matthew James Thomas and the cast of Pippin welcomed a few very special guests into the big top on May 9! Jessica Biel joined stage and screen alums Patricia Clarkson, Melina Kanakaredes and Bryan Batt for the new circus-style revival of Pippin at the Music Box Theatre. After the dazzling performance, the stars headed backstage to greet the ...

Kinky Boots is up for a whopping 13 Tony Awards, so it’s only expected that every celebrity ever is making a their way to the Al Hirschfeld Theatre to catch this kick-ass crowdpleaser. A quartet of Broadway stars are the latest to head backstage at Boots, as Patti LuPone, Matthew Morrison, Christian Borle and Lily Tomlin all showed up ...

Everyone is talking about Motown: The Musical, the electrifying new Broadway show featuring the music of the Supremes, the Jackson Five, Stevie Wonder, Smokey Robinson and more. Recording artist Brandy is the latest star to head backstage at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre to extend her congratulations to the cast, but there were even more celebrity surprises in store for the Motown ...

One of Broadway’s most in-demand director/choreographers, Warren Carlyle, puts his spin on the classic Rodgers and Hart musical On Your Toes at New York City Center May 8 through May 12. The Encores! production about ballet, love and murder stars Tony winners Christine Baranski, Walter Bobbie and Karen Ziemba and features Broadway vets Shonn Wiley, Kelli Barrett, Dalton ...

The new musical Kinky Boots is not only a fan fave (winning the Broadway.com Audience Choice Award for Favorite Musical) and a Tony nominators' fave (snatching the most nominations of any show this year), it’s also the hot new celebrity hangout. The latest famous visitors at Cyndi Lauper and Harvey Fierstein's joyous musical extravaganza? Broadway veterans Rosie ...