Nominations for the 2012 Drama Desk Awards were announced on April 27, and Death Takes a Holiday and Follies led the pack with a total of 10 nods each. The awards, which honor Broadway, off-Broadway and off-off-Broadway productions, will be presented June 3 at Town Hall. Donna Murphy and Brian d'Arcy James announced the nominees, as well as special ...

Nominations for the 78th annual Drama League Awards have been announced. The awards ceremony will take place May 18 at the Marriot Marquis, hosted by Stockard Channing and John Larroquette. The Drama League Awards recognize distinguished productions, performances and exemplary career achievements in musical theatre and directing. As previously announced the Drama League's 2012 Distinguished Contributions and Achievements in ...

There are Broadway veterans aplenty in the new animated film Dorothy of Oz. Glee and Spring Awakening's Lea Michele will star as Dorothy Gale alongside Tony winner Bernadette Peters as Glinda, as well as Smash’s Megan Hilty, Venus in Fur’s Hugh Dancy, La Cage aux Folles’ Kelsey Grammer, Martin Short, James Belushi, Patrick Stewart and Oliver Platt ...

The Anything Goes crew welcomed two-time Tony winner Bernadette Peters aboard the S.S. American on April 11 to celebrate a very important milestone: cast member Joel Grey’s 80th birthday! Peters, who played Grey's little sister in the 1968 Broadway musical George M!, surprised Grey onstage and led the audience in a rousing rendition of "Happy Birthday." After ...

Two-time Tony Award winner Bernadette Peters will be honored with the 2012 Lifetime Achievement Award at the New Dramatists' 63rd Annual Spring Luncheon. The event will take place on May 24 at the New York Marriott Marquis.

“Bernadette Peters is one of those rare performing artists with an original voice,” said New Dramatists artistic director Todd London in a statement ...

Twenty-five years have passed since two-time Tony winner Bernadette Peters originated the role of the Witch in the 1987 Broadway production of Stephen Sondheim’s Into the Woods. With both a Shakespeare in the Park production and a film version of Into the Woods in the works, Broadway.com recently chatted with Peters to find out what it takes to ...

"Everything’s Coming Up Roses" on the March 19 episode of Smash, when Bernadette Peters guests stars as Ivy's (Megan Hilty) mother. In the episode, the two-time Tony Award winner gets a chance to belt out the iconic Gypsy song yet again, after receiving a Tony nod for her portrayal of Mama Rosie in the musical's 2003 revival ...

Her name might not be Rose this time around, but Bernadette Peters’ performance of “Everything’s Coming Up Roses” is just as sweet on the March 19 episode of Smash. The two-time Tony Award winner, who received a 2003 Best Actress nomination for her starring role in Gypsy, belted out the legendary musical number for her guest appearance as Broadway ...

On March 12, star-studded guests flocked to the Hammerstein Ballroom to support six-time Tony-nominated director and choreographer Rob Marshall. Hosted by Tony winner Martin Short, the Roundabout Theatre Company gala included performances by two-time Tony winner Bernadette Peters, three-time Tony nominee Kelli O’Hara, four-time Tony nominee Victor Garber, two-time Tony winner Donna Murphy, and a special surprise by three-time ...

On Smash Megan Hilty may star as Ivy Lynn, the lead actress immersed in a biomusical about iconic blonde Marilyn Monroe, but the Wicked and 9 to 5 vet recently found herself all-consumed with a famous fiery redhead: Bernadette Peters. The two-time Tony winner guest stars as Leigh Conroy, the mother of Hilty’s character, on the March 19 episode ...