The nominees for the American Theatre Wing’s 63rd Annual Antoinette Perry “Tony” Awards were announced this morning (May 5) by Tony Award winners Cynthia Nixon (Rabbit Hole) and Lin-Manuel Miranda (In the Heights).
The Tony Awards are the most prestigious awards in the theatre world. Who do YOU think will win?
(The Tony nominations ceremony can be viewed at the Tony Awards website.)
The nominations took place at 8:30 a.m. Eastern time at the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts at Lincoln Center in New York.
The 2009 Tony Awards will …

Queen Latifah appeared on “The Today Show” on Monday, July 16, talking about her role in the new musical film “Hairspray.”
Here’s the interview!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nI0kAVbE1ao
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John Travolta on “Live with Regis and Kelly,” July 17, talking about the musical film “Hairspray.”
Here’s part 2 of the interview:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zs2z20Tm-h8
Missed part one? Click here!
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John Travolta on “Live with Regis and Kelly,” July 17, talking about the musical film “Hairspray.”
Here’s part 1 of the interview:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VsMkv6wSHKg
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John Travolta, who’ll be portraying Edna Turnblad, Tracy Turnblad’s mother-in-drag, in the upcoming feature musical film “Hairspray,” will be appearing tomorrow morning on “Live with Regis and Kelly.”
Who/What: John Travolta on “Live with Regis and Kelly”
When: Tuesday, July 17, 2007; syndicated in the mornings.
Where: Syndicated. Check your local listings.
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NBC’s “The Today Show” will be celebrating “Hairspray” week, in recognition of the upcoming musical film. Each day various cast member(s) will be interviewed and share about the musical.
As if that weren’t enough, at the end of the week the cast will perform together outside Rockefeller Plaza (between 48th and 49th Streets and Fifth and Sixth Avenues). The public is invited to see the performance.
Here’s the line-up!:
July 16: Queen Latifah (Motormouth Maybelle)
July 17: Michelle Pfeiffer (Velma Von Tussle)
July 18: Nikki Blonsky (Tracy Turnblad), Zac Efron (Link Larkin), Amanda Bynes (Penny …

If you’re passing by the windows of the Ann Taylor LOFT Flagship store, located at the corners of 42nd Street and Broadway in Manhattan’s Times Square, check out the latest window display!
Eleven (11) costumes featured in the upcoming movie musical “Hairspray” are now on display, along with various movie props and images… not to mention tons of hairspray cans!
The display will be available for viewing until July 22.
Apparently the display itself is one one-of-a-kind installation, according to Playbill.
Costumes include Motormouth Maybelle’s gold lamé dress with red feather trim, worn by …

John Travolta, who’ll be portraying Edna Turnblad, Tracy Turnblad’s mother-in-drag, in the upcoming feature musical film “Hairspray,” will be appearing tonight on “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno.”
Who/What: John Travolta on “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno”
When: Wednesday, July 11, 2007; 11:35 PM Eastern
Where: NBC. Check your local listings.
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Adam Shankman, will be appearing as a guest judge on FOX’s “So You Think You Can Dance,” tonight, July 11. Shankman is the director and choreographer of the upcoming “Hairspray” movie, opening July 20.
In addition to his role as a guest judge on July 11, he will be choreographing a number for the dancers to perform on the July 12 show.
Visit the official website for more information!
The cast of “Hairspray” includes Queen Latifah as Motormouth Maybelle, John Travolta as Edna Turnblad, Christopher Walken as Wilbur Turnblad, Amanda Bynes …

If you’re excited about the upcoming premiere of the movie musical “Hairspray” (and who isn’t?), you’ll want to take note of this!
The soundtrack for the film version of the musical Hairspray was released in stores today, July 10th!
The CD features a total of 17 songs, which include three original numbers that don’t appear in the Broadway version; the titles of those are: “New Girl in Town,” “Ladies’ Choice,” and “Come So Far.” (Have no fear– the new songs were are also by the same songwriting pair who penned the original …