With her production company, Sonia Friedman has developed and produced more than 160 shows in London and New York since 1990, making her one of the most powerful and prolific producers. In Broadway.com’s new series Industry Insider, we talk to the people who make the theater community special, even though they are not center stage.

How We Describe Her Job ...

Let's all do the Bikini Bottom Boogie because SpongeBob SquarePants: The Broadway Musical is launching a North American tour in fall 2019! The new tuner, co-conceived and directed by Tony nominee Tina Landau and based on the hit Nickelodeon cartoon, was nominated for 12 Tony Awards, including Best Musical, Best Score and Best Book, and 10 Broadway.com Audience Choice ...

Waitress tour star Desi Oakley plays Two Truths and a Pie, celebrates a cast member's birthday, interviews a very special guest and more!

The 10th Annual Jimmy Awards took place on June 25 at the Minskoff Theatre, current home to The Lion King, and we're still celebrating all the winners. The Jimmy Awards, also known as National High School Musical Theatre Awards, is basically the Tonys for high school students. This year, more than 80 students competed and two were awarded the Best Actor ...

Crosswalk the Musical is back, and this one just might be the most epic. Fresh off his Lifetime Achievement Tony Award win, iconic composer Andrew Lloyd Webber joined Tony winner James Corden for a new episode of The Late Late Show's beloved musical segment with a one-of-a-kind tribute to some of the songwriter's most loved shows. Sing along with ...

A new musical framed around the life and music of the late singer-songwriter Michael Jackson is currently in development, Columbia Live Stage and The Michael Jackson Estate have announced. The stage show is expected to arrive on Broadway in 2020.

The currently untitled musical will feature a book by two-time Pulitzer winner Lynn Nottage (Sweat) and a score made up of ...

Waitress tour star Desi Oakley celebrates her birthday, goes out for a genuine Tennessee breakfast, watches the Tonys and more!

National Editor Ryan Lee Gilbert and SiriusXM On Broadway's Julie James discuss the latest news about all of your favorite—and upcoming—touring productions.

Flashbulbs, bubbly, dancing and rubbing shoulders with recent Tony winners? These are all the ingredients to an incredible night on the town after the 72nd annual Tony Awards! The broadcast from Radio City Music Hall may have ended around 11PM, but  that's when the night is just getting started. From the boisterous Band's Visit party at Bryant Park Grill to ...

The 72nd Annual Tony Awards are over, but that’s no reason to stop celebrating! Catch up on all of our Broadway.com coverage of the 2018 Tonys.

The Band's Visit and Harry Potter and the Cursed Child Top 2018 Tony Award Winners
The full list of the winners of the 2018 Tony Awards.

De Niro's Trump Talk, Josh Groban's Waitress ...

Glee alum Melissa Benoist went back to her musical roots on June 7 when she kicked off a Broadway-debut run in the title role of Beautiful: The Carole King Musical. The Supergirl star sampled her performance for TV audiences on the June 11 episode of Live with Kelly and Ryan, serving up a dynamic performance of King's fan-favorite hit "I ...

The 72nd Annual Tony Awards telecast was one of the most delightful in recent memory. Led by theater-loving emcees Sara Bareilles and Josh Groban, the Tonys ceremony featured a quirky style of humor and moving sentiment unique to Broadway's biggest night.

With triumphs spread across acclaimed new works and innovative revivals, Broadway fans of all theater tastes had plenty of reason ...

The 2018 Tony Awards are officially over! June 10 was a night of emotional speeches, political shoutouts, unforgettable performances and many a trip to the podium for The Band’s Visit. Broadway.com’s Ryan Casey illustrated some of the most memorable moments from the night! Go ahead—enjoy those viewing party leftovers, stay in those sweatpants for as long as possible and relive ...

The new musical The Band's Visit triumphed at the 2018 Tony Awards! The acclaimed tuner based on Eran Kolirin’s 2007 film took home 10 Tonys at the ceremony on June 10. Sara Bareilles and Josh Groban hosted the annual celebration of Broadway live from New York's Radio City Music Hall.

The two-part epic Harry Potter and the Cursed Child was also a big ...

The 72nd Annual Tony Awards are in full swing and we are slowly finding out who has won the greatest honor in the theater industry. We have pictures of the newly minted Tony winners; they're going to make you smile from ear to ear. Check out the pictures below!

The new Broadway musical The Band's Visit has been named the 2018 Tony winner for Best Musical! The announcement was made on June 10 at Radio City Music Hall. The other nominated shows in the category were Mean Girls, Frozen and SpongeBob SquarePants.

"Ten years ago I was captivated by Eran Kolirin's deceptively simple film about love and hope ...

The beloved new Broadway production of Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty's Once On This Island has been named the 2018 Tony winner for Best Revival of a Musical! The announcement was made on June 10 at Radio City Music Hall. The other nominated shows in the category were My Fair Lady and Carousel. Once On This Island is playing at ...

Angels in America has won the Tony Award for Best Revival of a Play! It beat out fellow nominees Lobby Hero, Three Tall Women, The Iceman Cometh and Travesties.

The producers and the cast took the stage to accept the award and allowed playwright Tony Kushner to take over the microphone. After encouraging the audience to see the show ...

Ten points, and a Tony, to Gryffindor! Penned by Jack Thorne, The eighth installment of the blockbuster book and film franchise, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, was named Best Play at the 72nd Annual Tony Awards at Radio City Music Hall on June 10. The production beat out fellow nominees Farinelli and the King by Claire van Kampen, The Children ...

Imogen Lloyd Webber hosts a look at the hottest races and biggest shows of the 2018 Tony Awards.

The 2018 Tony nominees spill their secrets on everything from which former co-star they wanted to hook up with to the biggest lie they ever told on their resume!

Broadway.com is joining CBS Television Stations once again this year for the Emmy-winning Broadway.com Presents at the Tonys with Imogen Lloyd Webber, the pre-Tony Awards TV special that will air across the country this weekend, in advance of the Tony Awards telecast. The program is set to air at 11:30am on WCBS-TV in New York City (just ...

It won't be long now! The highly anticipated screen adaptation of Lin-Manuel Miranda and Quiara Alegría Hudes' Tony-winning musical In the Heights has set a release date of June 26, 2020, according to Deadline. The announcement follows a recent bidding war won by Warner Bros. to produce the movie, set to be directed by Jon M. Chu.

In the Heights follows ...

The Tony Awards have announced the shows slated to perform live at the 2018 Tony Awards, set to take place at Radio City Music Hall on June 10 at 8:00pm ET. The Tonys, hosted by Josh Groban and Sara Bareilles, will be broadcast live on CBS.

The evening will feature performances by the casts of The Band’s Visit, Carousel ...

It's been an exciting theater season, and Broadway's best posed on red carpets, in studio portraits, on locations around New York City and more. Broadway.com took many, many photos of  the 2018 Tony nominees, so before the drama of Tony night unfolds on June 10, let's look back at this year's nominees in this gallery. Good luck to all of the ...