Theatre World Award

James Mitchell, who was a major interpreter of the work of Agnes de Mille and spent 30 years playing Palmer Cortlandt on the soap opera "All My Children," died Jan. 22. He had been suffering from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease...

In this article: James Mitchell, Agnes de Mille, Brigadoon, Lester Horton, Paint Your Wagon, Fred Astaire, Billion Dollar Baby, All My Children, Broadway, and Palmer Cortlandt

The Actors Fund of America will present its annual gala April 12 in New York City at the Marriot Marquis. Actress Annette Bening, producer Kevin McCollum and entrepreneur Jonathan Tisch will be honored at the annual event. The Actors Fund,...

In this article: Actors Fund, Jonathan Tisch, Annette Bening, Broadway, Ragtime, Oscar, In the Heights, White Christmas, and Rent

Charles Nolte, a stage and screen actor who directed, wrote and taught in the Twin Cities, died Jan. 14 in Minneapolis. He was 87. Advertisement Mr. Nolte was diagnosed with prostate cancer two years ago, longtime friend David Goldstein...

In this article: University of Minnesota, Charlton Heston, Martha Scott, Katharine Cornell, Broadway, Europe, New York, Minneapolis, and WWII

Tony Award winner Judy Kaye, who will soon be seen in the Old Globe production of Neil Simon's Lost in Yonkers, will offer a solo concert in the Globe's new Hattox Hall next month. Advertisement The acclaimed singing actress will play the...

In this article: Judy Kaye, San Diego, Tony Award, Broadway, Lost in Yonkers, Ragtime, Carlotta, and Souvenir

Kate Forbes and John Douglas Thompson will be presented with the Actors' Equity Foundation's 2009 Joe A. Callaway Awards Jan. 8 in Manhattan. Forbes was recognized for her performance in the Theatre for a New Audience production of...

In this article: Othello, Macbeth, Cyrano de Bergerac, and Julius Caesar

Brian Stokes Mitchell is perhaps musical theater's leading leading man, yet he hasn't performed in a long-run Broadway show since his 2003 Tony-nominated turn as Don Quixote in Man of La Mancha. Stokes (as everyone calls him) ``took a...

In this article: Brian Stokes Mitchell, Broadway, South Pacific, Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts, Miami, Florida, Mormon Tabernacle Choir, DVD, and The Miami Herald

Andrew Gans, Playbill.com Andrew Gans, playbill.com - 42 mins ago Kate Forbes and John Douglas Thompson have been selected by the Actors' Equity Foundation to receive the 2009 Joe A. Callaway Awards. Forbes was recognized for her...

In this article: Othello and Macbeth

"To stand naked on the stage is an outward manifestation of what we do in the best performances," asserts Michael Cerveris, who is literally naked at one point in Sarah Ruhl's "In the Next Room or the vibrator play," a Lincoln Center Theater...

In this article: Michael Cerveris, Sweeney Todd, Mark Teschner, New York City, Tony Award, Broadway, and Stephen Sondheim

The Theatre World Award, first awarded for the 1945-46 season, is an American honor presented annually to actors and actresses in recognition of an outstanding New York City stage debut performance, either on Broadway or off-Broadway.

In this article: World Award, New York City, Tim Daly, Peter Filichia, Matthew Murray, Fantasia Barrino, New York Post, Jude Law, and Laurence Harvey

This fall, PEMCo is putting on a production of "Company," a Stephen Sondheim musical. The show is a series of vignettes about Robert, a man who does not want to commit to marriage but is surrounded by married friends, and how they all struggle...

In this article: Tony Award, Company, Broadway, Larry Kert, Susan Browning, London, Stephen Sondheim, Dean Jones, and Donna McKechnie