Listen up, Christian Grey fans... it looks like the popular Fifty Shades of Grey novels are getting the Law & Order treatment with the help of four-time Tony nominee Raul Esparza and Tony winner Roger Bart. Esparza is about to complete his Law & Order trifecta by taking on a recurring role as District Attorney Rafael Barba on Law & Order: SVU.

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Are you ready for a miracle? As the stars of the Tony-nominated musical Leap of Faith, Raúl Esparza, Jessica Phillips and Kendra Kassebaum know how to "step into the light" but on June 13 they stepped into the darkness at Avatar Studios in Manhattan to lend their voices to an original cast recording. The entire company reunited a month ...

The cast of the Tony-nominated musical Leap of Faith will reunite in a recording studio on June 13 to record an original cast album, according to the show’s Twitter account. Starring Raúl Esparza, Leap of Faith finished its brief Broadway run on May 13 at the St. James Theatre after 24 preview performances and 20 regular performances.

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Despite closing, Leap of Faith, the Tony-nominated musical that starred Raúl Esparza, will perform at the 2012 Tony Awards on June 10, according to The New York Times. Nominated for Best Musical (its sole nomination), the show closed on May 13 at the St. James Theatre. At the time of closing, Leap of Faith had played 24 preview performances ...

Christopher Walken, Raúl Esparza, Jeffrey Wright, Jesse L. Martin, Jerry Stiller and Sam Waterston will join previously announced stars Meryl Strep and Kevin Kline for the Public Theater's one-night-only benefit reading of Romeo and Juliet. Directed by Daniel Sullivan, the June 18 gala celebrates the 50th anniversary of the Delacorte Theatre in Central Park. Jeanine Tesori will compose ...

The 20th anniverary season of New York City Center’s Encores! will open in January 2013 with Fiorello!, the show that originally launched the Encores! series in 1994. The season also includes It’s A Bird…It’s a Plane..It’s Superman and On Your Toes.  To celebrate the series' 20th Anniversary, Encores! veterans Kelli O’Hara and Ra ...

Leap of Faith, the Tony-nominated musical from Alan Menken and starring Raúl Esparza, will play its final performance on May 13 at the St. James Theatre. At the time of closing the show will have played 24 preview performances and 20 regular performances. The show recently received a Tony nod for Best Musical as its sole nomination.

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For a very special bilingual episode of Ask a Star, Cuban-American stage veteran Raúl Esparza bared his heart and his feet on Broadway.com’s couch to dish the dirt about his illustrious career that has included Tony-nominated performances in Taboo, Company, The Homecoming and Speed-the-Plow. The star took a break from his current gig as Jonas Nightingale, a ...

After the big announcement of the 2012 Tony nominations, Broadway.com was upset to see a few of our favorites left off the ballot. We wanted readers to have their own say too so we asked which Tony nomination snub upset you most. The results are in and a passionate director, a faded showgirl and a slick con man were ...

Can we get an Amen? Broadway.com resident artist Justin ‘Squigs’ Robertson headed to Broadway’s St. James Theatre to take part in the Broadway revival meeting known Leap of Faith, and he captured the newly minted Best Musical nominee in a red-hot portrait. Surrounding star Raúl Esparza as charismatic con man Jonas Nightingale are Jessica Phillips, Kendra Kassebaum ...