EMMY AWARD WINNER NEIL PATRICK HARRIS RETURNS
TO HOST THE 67TH ANNUAL TONY AWARDS®

Tony Awards to Broadcast Live from Radio City Music Hall
in New York City on Sunday, June 9th

New York, New York (May 9, 2013) – Emmy Award-winning actor Neil Patrick Harris, star of the CBS comedy “How I Met Your Mother,” returns to host THE 67TH ANNUAL TONY AWARDS live from Radio City Music Hall in New York City, Sunday, June 9 (8:00-11:00 PM, live ET/delayed PT) on the CBS Television Network. This will be Harris’ fourth time hosting the Tony Awards.   Previously, Harris served as the host of the 63rd, 65th and 66th Annual Tony Awards. As he did in 2012, Harris will also act as a producer, along with executive producers Ricky Kirshner and Glenn Weiss of White Cherry Entertainment.

TICKETS ON SALE TODAY
SOLD-OUT, CRITICALLY- ACCLAIMED COMEDY

BUYER & CELLAR
STARRING MICHAEL URIE

WRITTEN BY JONATHAN TOLINS

DIRECTED BY STEPHEN BRACKETT

TO TRANSFER TO BARROW STREET THEATRE

BEGINNING TUESDAY, JUNE 18
OPENING MONDAY, JUNE 24

THE YEAR’S BEST REVIEWED PLAY
NOMINATED FOR DRAMA DESK,
OUTER CRITICS’ CIRCLE, DRAMA LEAGUE AWARDS

“AN IRRESISTIBLE PLAY…SERIOUSLY FUNNY!”
                       --THE NEW YORK TIMES/CRITICS’ PICK

Wednesday, May 8, 2013 – Producers Darren Bagert, Dan Shaheen, and Ted Snowdon have announced that the hit comedy Buyer & Cellar, starring Michael Urie (“Ugly Betty”), written by Jonathan Tolins, and directed by Stephen Brackett, will transfer to the Barrow Street Theatre for a ten-week engagement beginning Tuesday, June 18, at 7:30pm and opening Monday, June 24.  Tickets go on sale today.

SECOND STAGE THEATRE
To Celebrate Annual Spring Gala
Honoring

 Playwright/Filmmaker Paul Weitz
and his production company, Depth of Field 

The Peter Jay Sharp Foundation

Ten Years of Second Stage Uptown
and its curator Christopher Burney 

To be held Monday, May 20th at Best Buy Theatre

Second Stage Alumni Scheduled to Perform include

STEPHANIE J. BLOCK (By the Way, Meet Vera Stark)

MICHAEL CERVERIS (Wintertime)

JESSE TYLER FERGUSON (Little Fish and …Spelling Bee)

DEREK KLENA (Dogfight)

LINDSAY MENDEZ (Everyday Rapture and Dogfight)

BETSY WOLFE (Everyday Rapture and The Last Five Years)

*   *   *   *   *   *

Second Stage Theatre’s Spring Gala celebration will honor The Peter Jay Sharp Foundation, which has been an ongoing supporter of New York City arts and Second Stage Theatre for many years, as well as playwright and filmmaker Paul Weitz, whose plays Privilege, Show People, Trust, and Lonely, I’m Not have all premiered with the off-Broadway company.  The evening will also celebrate the first ten years of Second Stage Uptown and its curator, Christopher Burney, which has become an incubator for many theatre artists in the past decade.  The gala will be held on Monday, May 20, 2013 at Best Buy Theatre, 1515 Broadway at 44th street.  The evening begins with cocktails at 6:00pm; dinner and the performance begin at 7:00pm.

THE PUBLIC THEATER
ANNOUNCES

KEVIN KLINE TO REPRISE ROLE
AS THE PIRATE KING

WITH GLENN CLOSE AS RUTH,

ERIC IDLE AS THE SERGEANT,

MARTIN SHORT AS MAJOR-GENERAL STANLEY

IN THE ONE-NIGHT-ONLY BENEFIT CONCERT

OF THE PUBLIC’S TONY AWARD-WINNING
THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE

MONDAY, JUNE 10

The Late Nora Ephron To Be Honored
For Her Long-Term Support Of The Public Theater

May 8, 2013 – The Public Theater (Artistic Director, Oskar Eustis; Executive Director, Patrick Willingham) announced today that Kevin Kline will reprise his Tony Award-winning role of The Pirate King with Glenn Close as Ruth, Eric Idle as the Sergeant, and Martin Short as Major-General Stanley in the one-night-only concert performance of THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE for The Public’s annual gala. Co-chaired by Sir Howard Stringer, Arielle Tepper Madover, and Renée Beaumont, this unforgettable summer evening will also honor the late Nora Ephron who was a long-time board member and consummate lover of The Public’s Shakespeare in the Park.

TERRENCE McNALLY’S

M O T H E R S   A N D   S O N S

TO GET WORLD PREMIERE
AT THE
BUCKS COUNTY PLAYHOUSE

STARRING EMMY & TONY® WINNER
TYNE DALY

DIRECTED BY
SHERYL KALLER

14 PERFORMANCES ONLY
JUNE 13 – 23, 2013

New Hope, PA (5/8/13) – Bucks County Playhouse (BCP) (Jed Bernstein, Producing Director) has announced the complete casting for the world premiere of Mothers and Sons, a new play by four-time Tony Award®-winning playwright Terrence McNally. Last seen at Bucks County in Love Letters opposite James Earl Jones, Emmy and Tony Award®-winner Tyne Daly is set to star in the production joined by Tony Award®-nominees Manoel Felciano and Bobby Steggert, with direction by Tony Award®-nominee Sheryl Kaller.

National Tour A Perfect Fit
For 2014-15 Season

Get Cinderella Tickets on Broadway

(May 8, 2013) - The producers of the 2013 Tony Award® nominated Best Revival of a Musical, Rodgers + Hammerstein's CINDERELLA are pleased to announce a National Tour for the 2014-15 season.   

EMMY® AWARD WINNER DEBRA MESSING JOINS
TONY® AND EMMY® AWARD WINNER DAVID HYDE PIERCE
AS CO-HOST OF
THE 79th ANNUAL DRAMA LEAGUE AWARDS
FRIDAY, MAY 17TH
AT THE MARRIOTT MARQUIS TIMES SQUARE

2013 AWARDS HONORARY CO-CHAIRS INCLUDE
BOBBY CANNAVALE, ALAN CUMMING, EDIE FALCO, JUDITH IVEY,
NATHAN LANE, JUDITH LIGHT, PATINA MILLER, DONNA MURPHY,
FIONA SHAW, HOLLAND TAYLOR, CICELY TYSON AND MICHAEL URIE

2013 AWARD PRESENTERS INCLUDE
CYNDI LAUPER, MARY TYLER MOORE, TOMMY TUNE,
RACHEL CHAVKIN, PAM MACKINNON, DIANE PAULUS AND ALEX TIMBERS

New York, NY (May 8, 2013) – The Drama League (Executive Director, Gabriel Shanks) has announced Emmy® Award winner Debra Messing will join Tony® and Emmy® Award winner David Hyde Pierce as co-host of the 79th Annual Drama League Awards.  One of the high points of the theater season, the Awards Luncheon will be held Friday afternoon, May 17th at the Marriott Marquis Times Square (1535 Broadway) at noon.

“FOR THOSE WHO LOVE THE BEATLES, THIS SHOW IS ABOUT AS GOOD AS IT GETS. THE HITS JUST KEEP ON COMING!”
- Charles Spencer, The Daily Telegraph

THE CONCERT THE WORLD WANTED TO SEE.
THE EXPERIENCE YOU’LL ALWAYS REMEMBER.

HIT PRODUCTION COMES TO BROADWAY THIS SUMMER,
DIRECT FROM LONDON’S WEST END 

ORIGINAL PRODUCTION CONTINUES ITS CELEBRATED OPEN-ENDED RUN AT SAVOY THEATRE 

PERFORMANCES BEGIN TUESDAY, JULY 16, 2013
AT BROADWAY’S ST. JAMES THEATRE

Get Let It Be Tickets

(May 8, 2013– New York, NY) The Fab Four will hit Broadway this summer in LET IT BE, a spectacular concert experience direct from London’s West End, where it continues its celebrated open-ended run, featuring 40 of The Beatles’ greatest hits. Born as a West End production to celebrate the legendary band’s 50th anniversary, LET IT BE uses state-of-the-art projection technology  and 3D sound to put audiences at the heart of The Beatles’ meteoric rise from their humble beginnings in Liverpool’s Cavern Club, through the heights of Beatlemania, to their later studio masterpieces with live performances of songs including “Twist and Shout,” “She Loves You”and “Drive My Car,” “Yesterday,” “Hey Jude,” “Come Together”and, of course, “Let It Be.”

OFF BROADWAY ALLIANCE ANNOUNCES
NOMINEES FOR 3RD ANNUAL
OFF BROADWAY ALLIANCE AWARDS

The Off Broadway Alliance, the organization of Off Broadway producers, theaters, general managers, press agents and marketing professionals, has announced the nominees for the 3rd Annual Off Broadway Alliance Awards, honoring commercial and not-for-profit productions that opened Off Broadway during the 2012-2013 season.