Don Stephenson joined the cast of Broadway’s Rock of Ages on August 17. He is filling in for Paul Schoeffler in the role of Hertz. Schoeffler is taking a leave of absence to play Lawrence in the Walnut Street Theatre’s production of Dirty Rotten Scoundrels; he will return to Rock of Ages on October 26.
Stephenson was last seen as Leo Bloom in the Broadway’s The Producers, in addition to By Jeeves, Dracula, Private Lives, Parade, Pardon My English, Titanic, and Wonderful Town.
The Rock of Ages production notes describe the show:
In …

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 …

Belated congratulations to the cast of In the Heights for taking home the 51st Annual Grammy Award for Best Musical Show Album!
Congratulations to the other nominees for this prestigious nomination: The Little Mermaid, Young Frankenstein and the revivals of Gypsy and South Pacific.
The 51st Annual Grammy Awards were held on February 8, 2009 on CBS.
Here are the details of the nominees:
Gypsy
Robert Sher, producer; Jule Styne, composer; Stephen Sondheim, lyricist (2008 Broadway Cast with Patti LuPone & others)
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In the Heights
Kurt Deutsch, Alex Lacamoire, Andrés Levin, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Joel Moss & …

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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