Seven-time Grammy nominee Katy Perry kicked up her heels at the Tony and Broadway.com Audience Choice Award nominated musical Kinky Boots. Perry was eager to take in Cyndi Lauper’s first Broadway musical, and by the end of the May 1 performance, the pop superstar was Kinky’s biggest fan. After the show, Perry hung with the cast and ...

There’s not much time left to get in your vote for the 2013 Broadway.com Audience Choice Awards, but maybe this will jolt you non-voters into action! Some of our favorite nominees are doing their part to spread the word by showing off their awesome #VoteBway buttons. We’ve got Annie’s darling duo Lilla Crawford and Sunny the ...

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 thrilled to be among the callers offering congratulations and getting responses. Here are the first reactions from 2013 Tony nominees. Congrats to all!

Stark Sands
Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role ...

Two-time Tony winner Sutton Foster and Modern Family star and Broadway vet Jesse Tyler Ferguson announced the nominations for the 67th annual Tony Awards at the Library of the Performing Arts at Lincoln Center on April 30. Two new musicals dominated the nominations: Kinky Boots led the pack with 13 nods while the family-friendly Matilda followed closely on its (very ...

Sting is the latest celebrity to take in the glorious sights and sounds of Kinky Boots. The rock icon was eager to hear the freshman score by fellow pop star Cyndi Lauper, and on April 26, he made his way to Broadway’s Al Hirschfeld Theatre, where the new musical rages on. After the show, Sting made his way backstage ...

It's Tony time on Broadway, and as always, we can't stop thinking about who'll be going for the gold on June 9! In anticipation of the 2013 nominations, which will be announced on April 30, we're clocking 14 of the top races. Take a look at our forecast, including frontrunners, hopefuls and a “shout out” to ...

Back in 1997, University of Southern California freshmen Stark Sands and Charl Brown were placed in the same orientation group. More than 15 years later, these best friends are starring in two of the biggest Broadway shows of the season. So how do the star of Kinky Boots and the Motown: The Musical describe their legendary bromance? Read on for ...

Before breaking out as an Emmy-nominated TV star, Jesse Tyler Ferguson graced the New York stage in Spelling Bee, On the Town, A Midsummer Night’s Dream and The Merchant of Venice and will return to NYC this summer in the Shakespeare in the Park production of The Comedy of Errors. Ferguson has been making the rounds recently at some ...

Forget the boots, it’s all about the bon-bon! Pop star Ricky Martin, who starred last season as Che in the Broadway revival of Evita, returned to the Great White Way on April 17 to check out the fabulous cast of the new musical Kinky Boots. After rocking out to Cyndi Lauper’s infectious score, Martin headed backstage to meet ...

When Barry Manilow sang about a showgirl named Lola, we bet he didn’t have this in mind: Manilow and Hairspray creator John Waters are the latest stars to take in the colorful new Broadway musical Kinky Boots. The show, which leads the 2013 Broadway.com Audience Choice Awards nominations, stars Billy Porter as a fabulous drag queen named Lola ...