The morning the Tony nominations are announced, phones start ringing off the hook 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 2010 Tony nominees. Congrats to all!

Linda Lavin
Nominated for Best Actress in a Play, Collected Stories
“I am beyond thrilled ...

The “collected stories” of Linda Lavin would be a heck of a lot juicier than anything her character in Donald Margulies’ play of the same name could dream up. Lavin arrived in New York in 1960 and quickly caught the eye of director Harold Prince, which led to a scene-stealing turn in the musical It’s a Bird, It’s ...

If you love a great onstage confrontation (and who doesn’t?), look no further than Donald Margulies’ Collected Stories, which had its Broadway premiere on April 28 at Manhattan Theatre Club’s Samuel J. Friedman Theatre. In this fascinating two-hander, Linda Lavin and Sarah Paulson play a famous short-story writer and her ambitious student, whose relationship shifts dramatically over a ...

Once upon a time, Linda Lavin and Sarah Paulson opened on Broadway in Collected Stories. Actually, they opened on April 28 at the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre, where Manhattan Theatre Club is presenting the Broadway bow of Donald Margulies’ drama about a famous fiction writer and her protégée. During the season’s busiest week of opening nights (five ...

Playwright Donald Margulies enjoyed raves at the start of 2010 when his drama Time Stands Still made its way to The Manhattan Theatre Club stage. Now, the Pulitzer Prize winner is back at the same theater, enjoying a revival of his Collected Stories, starring stage stalwarts Linda Lavin and Sarah Paulson. The intimate two-hander, about the relationship between an aging ...

It’s a championship bout, intellectual division: Linda Lavin versus Sarah Paulson in the Broadway premiere of Donald Margulies’ Collected Stories. Lavin plays Ruth Steiner, a celebrated short story writer who mentors Lisa Morrison (Paulson), an ambitious student-turned-personal assistant. When the young mentee begins to achieve success, sparks fly. These juicy roles have been played off-Broadway by the likes of ...

Tony-winning actress and TV icon Linda Lavin is returning to Broadway this spring in a play that’s close to her heart: Donald Margulies’ acclaimed drama Collected Stories . Lavin plays a celebrated short story writer opposite Sarah Paulson as the bright young student she mentors. Over the course of six years, the women’s relationship gets turned on its head ...

Two terrific actresses are about to butt heads on Broadway. We’re talking about Tony Award winner Linda Lavin and Sarah Paulson, who will co-star in Manhattan Theatre Club’s new production of Collected Stories, one of Donald Margulies’ most popular plays. Lavin plays a celebrated fiction writer who mentors a grad student played by Paulson; over the course of ...

Donald Margulies’ Collected Stories, starring Sarah Paulson and Linda Lavin, celebrates opening night at Broadway’s Samuel J. Friedman Theatre.

Collected Stories focuses on Ruth Steiner, a celebrated New York author with a dry wit and a distinguished career, who shares the stage with a bright-eyed young protégé, Lisa Morrison. As their relationship evolves and the line between fact ...