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The Book Of Mormon led this morning’s 2011 Tony Awards nominations with 14 nods across all major categories. The musical garnered a dozen Drama Desk nominations last week. Larry Kramer’s The Normal Heart won nominations for Best Revival, and for cast members Joe Montello (Best Actor), John Benjamin Hickey (Best Featured Actor), and Ellen Barkin (Best Featured Actress.) Best Play …

The Book Of Mormon led this morning’s Drama Desk nominations with a dozen nods, including for Outstanding Musical. The show also received nominations for music, lyrics, choreography, and for the show’s lead, Andrew Rannels. The revival of Anything Goes followed with ten nominations. Legendary playwright, actor, and drag performer Charles Busch received the Best Actor nomination for his performance in …

“Please know that AIDS is a worldwide plague. Please know that no country in the world, including this one, especially this one, has ever called it a plague, or dealt with it as a plague. Please know that there is no cure. Please know that after all this time the amount of money being spent to find a cure is …

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The Book Of Mormon is in previews has opened and reviews are coming in. Andrew Sullivan: This is an almost classically traditional musical score, each song unique, but united and woven together in show-stopping finales. Their blend is of subversive material filtered through tradition and sincerity. There is no cynicism here. Yes there is General Butt-Fucking Naked. There is an …

The Ali Forney Center holds its fifth annual Broadway Beauty Pageant this Monday at Manhattan’s Symphony Space, where Broadway’s hottest and most talented chorus boys compete to win the prized tiara. It’s a fun, sweet show hosted by four-time Tony nominee Tovah Feldshuh and the house is always packed with the movers and shakers of musical theater. Highly recommended. Judges …

Courtesy of the show’s producers, today’s Swag Tuesday prize is two tickets to the premiere Broadway musical production of Priscilla: Queen Of The Desert, which begins previews this week. Get Ready for THE RIDE OF YOUR LIFE! PRISCILLA QUEEN OF THE DESERT: THE MUSICAL is the feel-good theatrical experience of the year! Based on the smash-hit movie, PRISCILLA is the …

The New York Times reports: The It Gets Better Project, an online video campaign to cheer up gay teenagers who have been victims of bullies, has joined with the stars of the new Broadway musical “Priscilla Queen of the Desert” to produce the project’s first public service announcement, which will begin airing on Tuesday on the CBS affiliate in the …

Previews begin February 28th. (Via – Towleroad)

Last night was Douglas Hodge’s final night as the lead in the Broadway revival of La Cage Aux Folles. Today he passes the boob-torch to Harvey Fierstein, who won the Tony Award for writing the show’s book in 1983.

With the same title and a similar theme to yesterday’s release by Lady Gaga, this track was written by R&B legends Ashford & Simpson for a musical based on a novel by openly gay author E. Lynn Harris, who died unexpectedly in 2009. Harris’ untimely death apparently put a hold on the musical, but promoters are recirculating the below clip …

The New York Times’ Ben Brantley has finally reviewed Spider-Man and yeeowtch, it isn’t pretty. The sheer ineptitude of this show, inspired by the Spider-Man comic books, loses its shock value early. After 15 or 20 minutes, the central question you keep asking yourself is likely to change from “How can $65 million look so cheap?” to “How long before …

Broadway legend Carol Channing turns 90 today and the three-time Tony winner has granted a rare video interview in which she reminisces about her career and her status as a gay icon. Hit the link for the clip.

Saying they were fulfilling his wishes, yesterday family and friends of slain Portuguese journalist Carlos Castro poured his ashes into a subway grate in Times Square, just steps away from Broadway’s famed theaters. A funeral was held in Newark yesterday for Castro, 65, who was allegedly castrated with a corkscrew by his 20-year-old lover, male model Renato Seabra, on Jan. …

– Spider-Man lead Natalie Mendoza is permanently leaving the accident-plagued show, citing continuing dizziness from a concussion suffered during the first preview. In other incidents, one actor broke both his wrists, another broke both his ankles. Mendoza’s replacement has not been announced. The show continues in previews towards a February 7th official opening. – Tony nominee John Leguizamo’s new solo …

At the Kennedy Center Honors, the newly-slim Jennifer Hudson paid tribute to honoree Oprah Winfrey with I’m Here from the Oprah-produced The Color Purple. Hudson was joined by the choir from Oprah’s alma mater, Tennessee State.

Four-time Tony winner Harvey Fierstein will join the Broadway revival cast of La Cage Aux Folles on February 15th for a 12-week limited run. Fierstein won the Tony in 1983 for writing the show, but this will be his first time actually appearing in it. “I’ve loved watching this new production of LA CAGE and think director Terry Johnson and …