After taking his final bow as flashy Felicia in Priscilla Queen of the Desert, Nick Adams is hitting the road in 2013, starring as Link Larkin in a concert version of Hairspray alongside Beth Leavel, Marissa Perry, Micky Dolenz and Paul Vogt, with original filmmaker John Waters as the narrator. The semi-staged concert kicks off at the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra ...

After scoring a Tony nomination as The Book of Mormon’s lovable doofus Elder Cunnigham, Josh Gad is refocusing his career in the political arena...on TV, at least. Gad stars as Skip, the awkward but endearing son of the U.S. president (Broadway vet Bill Pullman) in NBC's new sitcom 1600 Penn. Broadway.com caught up with Gad ...

From the Beast to Sweeney Todd, Broadway vet Jeff McCarthy has played his fair share of deep-voiced villains. Now he’s taking on the grumpiest bad guy of all: the Grinch in Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas at the Theater at Madison Square Garden. Broadway.com spoke with McCarthy about reuniting with his Urinetown castmates, losing weight with ...

In the 25 years since Robert Harling spent 10 days writing a play in honor of his late sister, Steel Magnolias has become an enduring story of female friendship told with an irresistible mix of laughter and tears. Set in Truvy’s beauty shop in small-town Louisiana, the play enjoyed a 1,126-performance run off-Broadway before Harling adapted it into ...

Rising star and certifiable theater heartthrob Matt Doyle knows his way around a big Broadway show. After Spring Awakening, Bye Bye Birdie and War Horse, the actor is about to take on his biggest role yet as Elder Price in the smash-hit musical The Book of Mormon. Doyle steps into the show on November 27, but before he puts on ...

Ron Raines is currently playing literary fat cat Joseph Pulitzer in Disney’s hit Broadway musical Newsies, fresh off his Tony-nominated performance as Benjamin Stone in last season’s acclaimed revival of Stephen Sondheim’s Follies. Raines is no stranger to playing tough guys, having previously picked up three Emmy nominations as tycoon Alan Spaulding on the now-cancelled daytime soap ...

Tony nominee Brenda Braxton has brought her signature brand of sex appeal to Broadway blockbusters like Chicago, Smokey Joe’s Café, Cats, Legs Diamond and Dreamgirls. Now Braxton is showing off-Broadway audiences that, like fine wine, she just gets better with age. As one of four stars of playful musical comedy Cougar the Musical, Braxton wins laughs with her big ...

Tony Award winner and Revenge star Roger Bart guest stars on the October 10 episode of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as a high-profile talk show host who’s accused of rape by the author of a best-selling erotic novel. Fellow Broadway vet Raul Esparza also pops up as DA Rafael Barba. Bart called up Broadway.com to talk about ...

At age 11, Aileen Quinn was tapped to play the coveted role of Little Orphan Annie in John Huston’s big screen adaption of the Tony-winning musical Annie, sharing the screen with Broadway veterans Carol Burnett, Albert Finney, Ann Reinking, Tim Curry and Bernadette Peters. Now, 30 years after the film’s 1982 release and days before the Broadway revival ...

Tony winner Julie White is among the ensemble cast of NBC’s new comedy Go On. The funny lady plays Anne, a widowed lesbian and member of the support group that series star Matthew Perry (who plays Ryan) is forced to attend against his will. During a break from filming, White called up Broadway.com to talk about her character ...