Nominations have been announced for the 31st annual Fred and Adele Astaire Awards, which honor excellence in dance and choreography on Broadway and in film. The ceremony will be held June 3 at the Skirball Center for the Performing Arts at New York University. This year the awards will honor dance legend Marge Champion with its Douglas Watt Lifetime Achievement ...

Lena Dunham's acclaimed comedy Girls returns to HBO on January 13, and we can’t help but feel like those edgy Brooklyn girls could use a bit of Midtown Manhattan in their lives. Though the show already features hunky Broadway alums like Andrew Rannells, Christopher Abbott and Adam Driver, there’s definitely room on the bench for a fifth ...

Many of the high-flying cheerleaders in the athletic musical Bring It On are making their Broadway debuts, so it was fitting that the cast welcomed a group of young actors and actresses backstage to the stunt-filled show with their chaperone, Rosie O’Donnell. The special occasion? The tenth birthday of O'Donnell's daughter Vivienne, who brought 14 of her ...

Gold medal-winning Olympic gymnasts Gabby Douglas, McKayla Maroney and Aly Raisman know a thing or two about flying high, so it was only natural that the country’s favorite Fierce Five (minus two) take a trip to see the talented gymnasts over at Bring It On: The Musical. Douglas, Maroney and Raisman headed backstage to hang out with the cheertastic ...

Sutton, Kristin, Idina, Lea, Beyonce, Cheyenne… could this week’s lessons be any more star-studded? Hurricane Sandy may have wreaked havoc over the last several days, but it didn’t wash away all the nifty Broadway lessons we learned!


The American Songbook Teases a Diva Trifecta
Imagine our delight and subsequent devastation when we learned that Kristin Chenoweth, Idina Menzel ...

Broadway has been home to a host of vibrant characters this year—and what better way to pay homage to them than dressing as your favorite this Halloween? From historical figures like Eva Peron, Charlie Chaplin and Judy Garland, to classic roles like Stanley Kowalski and Cyrano De Bergerac, Broadway fans have lots of options this Halloween. We asked readers ...

The Tony Awards Administration Committee met for the first time to decide the eligibility of four Broadway productions from the 2012-13 season. The four productions discussed were Harvey, Bring It On, Chaplin and An Enemy of the People.The committee has made the following determinations:

Jessica Hecht and Charles Kimbrough will be considered eligible in the Best Performance by ...

If you’ve exhausted your fishnet options as Chicago's Velma Kelly or run out of charcoal as Mary Poppins' Bert, it’s time to consider a hot new Broadway-themed costume! Broadway.com decided to go straight to the stars of some of your favorite musicals for detailed guidance in creating the eye-catching outfits they wear on stage eight times ...

T.G.I.F., theater fans! Another week on Broadway has come and gone, and we’ve laughed, cried and peed on a rug (well, actually that was Rory O’Malley). From Bette Midler’s Glee casting choices to the quiche preferences of 5 Lesbians, we’ve learned a ton of important lessons this week. Check them out below!


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Backstage at the St. James Theatre, Bring It On's lead cheerleader Taylor Louderman has quite the versatile dressing room! It doubles as a pre-show hang out spot, a miniature art gallery and one very chocolate-filled Halloween destination!