The morning the Tony nominations are announced, phones start buzzing with texts and calls for the happy few who get nods. As usual, Broadway.com is among the callers offering congratulations and getting responses. Here are the first reactions from 2012 Tony nominees. Congrats to all!

Nina Arianda
Nominated for Best Performance by an Actor in a Play, Venus in ...

Tony winner Kristin Chenoweth and Harvey star Jim Parsons announced the nominations for the 66th Annual Tony Awards at The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts' Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center at Lincoln Center on May 1. Once topped the noms with 11, while Peter and the Starcatcher is the play that garnered the most nods with ...

A star-studded crowd will honor Tony-winning director Walter Bobbie at Classic Stage Company’s annual benefit gala. The event is set for May 21 at Bridgewaters at South Street Seaport. Tony winner Bebe Neuwirth, an original star of Bobbie’s Chicago revival, is among those scheduled to appear, as are current Venus in Fur headliners Hugh Dancy and Nina Arianda ...

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 ...

It’s almost Tony time, and let's face it: We’re obsessed! In anticipation of the 2012 Tony nominations, which will be announced on May 1, the Broadway.com editorial staff clocked 12 of the top races. Take a look at our forecast, including frontrunners, hopefuls and a “shout out” to one performer or show we hope the Tony ...

Dashing leading man Hugh Dancy sizzles as a playwright auditioning actresses, namely the wisecracking Vanda (Nina Arianda), in David Ives’s erotically charged play Venus In Fur. Arianda and Dancy may engage in an onstage romantic game of cat and mouse, but in real life the Dancy’s heart was caught by actress Claire Danes. Dancy sat down with CBS ...

Nina Arianda first turned heads in her Tony-nominated performance as ditzy showgirl Billie Dawn in the Broadway revival of Born Yesterday and is now playing Vanda, a mysterious aspiring actress in David Ives’ erotically charged Venus in Fur. Broadway’s newest darling stopped by Show People to dish with host Paul Wontorek about growing up Ukrainian, her mellifluous name and ...

Valentine’s Day is all about romance, so Broadway.com decided to collect romantic stories (and ideas for celebrating the national day of love) from some of the most passionate people we know: Broadway stars! Read on for memories, menus and much more.

NINA ARIANDA (Vanda in Venus In Fur)

What's the best Valentine's gift you ever gave ...

The Tony Awards Administration Committee met for a second time during the 2011-2012 theater season to consider the eligibility of 13 Broadway shows: Man and Boy, The Mountaintop, Relatively Speaking, Chinglish, Other Desert Cities, Godspell, Venus in Fur, Private Lives, Seminar, Bonnie & Clyde, Stick Fly, On A Clear Day You Can See Forever and Lysistrata Jones. The following decisions were ...

One Broadway opening wasn't enough for Venus in Fur and its acclaimed stars, Nina Arianda and Hugh Dancy: After the sexy play's limited engagement ended at Manhattan Theatre Club's Samuel J. Friedman Theater, a team of producers stepped in to give the production a second life at the Lyceum Theatre. Centering on a playwright/director and the ...