Comedy Central is producing a "Comics to Watch" showcase for the second consecutive year this November as part of the New York Comedy Festival. Comedy Central probably already does have a short list, but it's not short enough just yet, so they're hol... [Read More]

Comedian Lisa Lampanelli has been a busy gal. Not only has she been touring the country doing stand-up, but she’s also been working on her one-woman Broadway show, which was announced last week. Today, however, we get the news that the “Q... [Read More]

Stephen Colbert was on yesterday's Fresh Air with Terry Gross and discussed how he ended up working in this year's celebrity-filled New York Philharmonic production of the world-famous musical Company. It's a really interesting story. ... [Read More]

Surprising exactly no one, Matt Stone and Trey Parker’s The Book of Mormon took home Best Musical tonight at the Beacon Theatre, as well as eight other Tony Awards. [Read More]

This weekend South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone will be launching a limited-run channel on SiriusXM satellite radio to support their critically acclaimed Broadway musical The Book of Mormon. The Book of Mormon Radio channel will feature interviews with the show’s cast, creative team and of course, songs from the cast recording. It will air on channel 104. [Read More]

I don't know about you, but I've never been nominated for 14 Tony Awards. I don't make a habit of mentioning it, but I've never even been nominated for 13 Tonys. But if I ever am, I hope I handle the honor with the same graciousness... [Read More]

“The ___________ With the Hat” is extending its run on Broadway. Press representatives for that Stephen Adly Guirgis play, about the intertwined lives of a former drug dealer struggling with sobriety, his girlfriend, his cousin, his sponsor and the sponsor’s wife, said that it will play at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theater through July 17; it was previously scheduled to end its run on June 25. [Read More]

Tickets for The Book of Mormon are both expensive and difficult to come by, with the Broadway show sold out well into the summer already. But it sounds like it'll get much easier to see Trey Parker and Matt Stone's super-popular musical, at least on a long enough timeline, as they've been discussing... [Read More]

Dawes plays NFL Hall of Fame halfback Paul Hornung in the Broadway production of Lombardi, which stars Dan Lauria as the legendary coach of the Green Bay Packers and Judith Light as his wife. With more than 200 shows under their belts, Dawes says they've got the longest-running Broadway play right now. [Read More]

"For much of the play the power belongs to Ralph, who wields phrases like “the cycle of self-sabotage” in the style of a pistol-twirling gunslinger. As a professional stand-up seducer (which even insult comics have to be), Mr. Rock fits the part effortlessly. (You can easily imagine Ralph as a spellbinder when he testifies at support group meetings.) And Ralph’s straightforward confidence makes his logic-twisting all the more disarming. " [Read More]