Broadway theatre, commonly called simply Broadway, refers to theatrical performances presented in one of the 40 professional theatres with 500 seats or more located in the Theatre District and in Lincoln Center, in Manhattan in New York City. Along with London's West End theatre, Broadway theatre is widely considered to represent the highest level of commercial theatre in the English-speaking world.

The Broadway theatre district is a popular tourist attraction in New York. According to The Broadway League, Broadway shows sold approximately $1.037 billion worth of tickets in calendar year 2010, compared to $1.004 billion for 2009.

18th and 19th centuries

Early theatre in New York

New York did not have a significant theatre presence until about 1750, when actor-managers Walter Murray and Thomas Kean established a resident theatre company at the Theatre on Nassau Street, which held about 280 people. They presented Shakespeare plays and ballad operas such as ''The Beggar's Opera''. In 1752, William Hallam sent a company of twelve actors from Britain to the colonies with his brother Lewis as their manager. They established a theatre in Williamsburg, Virginia and opened with ''The Merchant of Venice'' and ''The Anatomist.'' The company moved to New York in the summer of 1753, performing ballad operas and ballad-farces like Damon and Phillida. The Revolutionary War suspended theatre in New York, but thereafter theatre resumed in 1798, the year the 2,000-seat Park Theatre was built on Chatham Street (now called Park Row). The Bowery Theatre opened in 1826, followed by others. Blackface minstrel shows, a distinctly American form of entertainment, became popular in the 1830s, and especially so with the arrival of the Virginia Minstrels in the 1840s.

By the 1840s, P.T. Barnum was operating an entertainment complex in lower Manhattan. In 1829, at Broadway and Prince Street, Niblo's Garden opened and soon became one of New York's premiere nightspots. The 3,000-seat theatre presented all sorts of musical and non-musical entertainments. The Astor Place Theatre opened in 1847. A riot broke out in 1849 when the lower-class patrons of the Bowery objected to what they perceived as snobbery by the upper class audiences at Astor Place: "After the Astor Place Riot of 1849, entertainment in New York City was divided along class lines: opera was chiefly for the upper middle and upper classes, minstrel shows and melodramas for the middle class, variety shows in concert saloons for men of the working class and the slumming middle class.

The plays of William Shakespeare were frequently performed on the Broadway stage during the period, most notably by American actor Edwin Booth who was internationally known for his performance as Hamlet. Booth played the role for a famous 100 consecutive performances at the Winter Garden Theatre in 1865 (with the run ending just a few months before Booth's brother John Wilkes Booth assassinated Abraham Lincoln), and would later revive the role at his own Booth's Theatre (which was managed for a time by his brother Junius Brutus Booth, Jr.). Other renowned Shakespeareans who appeared in New York in this era were Henry Irving, Tommaso Salvini, Fanny Davenport, and Charles Fechter.

Lydia Thompson came to America in 1868 heading a small theatrical troupe, adapting popular English burlesques for middle-class New York audiences. Thompson's troupe, called the "British Blondes", was the most popular entertainment in New York during the 1868–1869 theatrical season. "The eccentricities of pantomime and burlesque – with their curious combination of comedy, parody, satire, improvisation, song and dance, variety acts, cross-dressing, extravagant stage effects, risqué jokes and saucy costumes – while familiar enough to British audiences, took New York by storm." The six-month tour ran for almost six extremely profitable years.

Birth of the musical and post-Civil War

Theatre in New York moved from downtown gradually to midtown beginning around 1850, seeking less expensive real estate prices. In 1870, the heart of Broadway was in Union Square, and by the end of the century, many theatres were near Madison Square. Theatres did not arrive in the Times Square area until the early 1900s, and the Broadway theatres did not consolidate there until a large number of theatres were built around the square in the 1920s and 1930s. Broadway's first "long-run" musical was a 50-performance hit called ''The Elves'' in 1857. New York runs continued to lag far behind those in London, but Laura Keene's "musical burletta" ''Seven Sisters'' (1860) shattered previous New York records with a run of 253 performances. It was at a performance by Keene's troupe of ''Our American Cousin'' in Washington, D.C. that Abraham Lincoln was shot.

The first theatre piece that conforms to the modern conception of a musical, adding dance and original music that helped to tell the story, is considered to be ''The Black Crook'', which premiered in New York on September 12, 1866. The production was a staggering five-and-a-half hours long, but despite its length, it ran for a record-breaking 474 performances. The same year, ''The Black Domino/Between You, Me and the Post'' was the first show to call itself a "musical comedy."

Tony Pastor opened the first vaudeville theatre one block east of Union Square in 1881, where Lillian Russell performed. Comedians Edward Harrigan and Tony Hart produced and starred in musicals on Broadway between 1878 (''The Mulligan Guard Picnic'') and 1885, with book and lyrics by Harrigan and music by his father-in-law David Braham. These musical comedies featured characters and situations taken from the everyday life of New York's lower classes and represented a significant step forward from vaudeville and burlesque, towards a more literate form. They starred high quality singers (Lillian Russell, Vivienne Segal, and Fay Templeton), instead of the women of questionable repute who had starred in earlier musical forms.

As transportation improved, poverty in New York diminished, and street lighting made for safer travel at night, the number of potential patrons for the growing number of theatres increased enormously. Plays could run longer and still draw in the audiences, leading to better profits and improved production values. As in England, during the latter half of the century the theatre began to be cleaned up, with less prostitution hindering the attendance of the theatre by women. Gilbert and Sullivan's family-friendly comic opera hits, beginning with ''H.M.S. Pinafore'' in 1878, were imported to New York (by the authors and also in numerous pirated productions). They were imitated in New York by American productions such as Reginald Dekoven's ''Robin Hood'' (1891) and John Philip Sousa's ''El Capitan'' (1896), along with operas, ballets and other British and European hits.

1890s and later

Charles Hoyt's ''A Trip to Chinatown'' (1891) became Broadway's long-run champion, holding the stage for 657 performances. This would not be surpassed until ''Irene'' in 1919. In 1896, theatre owners Marc Klaw and A. L. Erlanger formed the Theatrical Syndicate, which controlled almost every legitimate theatre in the U.S. for the next sixteen years. However, smaller vaudeville and variety houses proliferated, and Off-Broadway was well established by the end of the 19th century.

''A Trip to Coontown'' (1898) was the first musical comedy entirely produced and performed by African Americans in a Broadway theatre (largely inspired by the routines of the minstrel shows), followed by the ragtime-tinged ''Clorindy the Origin of the Cakewalk'' (1898), and the highly successful ''In Dahomey'' (1902). Hundreds of musical comedies were staged on Broadway in the 1890s and early 1900s made up of songs written in New York's Tin Pan Alley involving composers such as Gus Edwards, John Walter Bratton, and George M. Cohan (''Little Johnny Jones'' (1904), ''45 Minutes From Broadway'' (1906), and ''George Washington Jr.'' (1906)). Still, New York runs continued to be relatively short, with a few exceptions, compared with London runs, until World War I. A few very successful British musicals continued to achieve great success in New York, including ''Florodora'' in 1900–01.

In the early years of the 20th century, translations of popular late-19th century continental operettas were joined by the "Princess Theatre" shows of the 1910s by writers such as P. G. Wodehouse, Guy Bolton and Harry B. Smith. Victor Herbert, whose work included some intimate musical plays with modern settings as well as his string of famous operettas (''The Fortune Teller'' (1898), ''Babes in Toyland'' (1903), ''Mlle. Modiste'' (1905), ''The Red Mill'' (1906), and ''Naughty Marietta'' (1910)).

Beginning with ''The Red Mill'', Broadway shows installed electric signs outside the theatres. Since colored bulbs burned out too quickly, white lights were used, and Broadway was nicknamed "The Great White Way." In August 1919, the Actors Equity Association demanded a standard contract for all professional productions. After a strike shut down all the theatres, the producers were forced to agree. By the 1920s, the Shubert Brothers had risen to take over the majority of the theatres from the Erlanger syndicate.

The motion picture mounted a challenge to the stage. At first, films were silent and presented only limited competition. Nevertheless, by the end of the 1920s, films like ''The Jazz Singer'' could be presented with synchronized sound, and critics wondered if the cinema would replace live theatre altogether. The musicals of the Roaring Twenties, borrowing from vaudeville, music hall and other light entertainments, tended to ignore plot in favor of emphasizing star actors and actresses, big dance routines, and popular songs. Florenz Ziegfeld produced annual spectacular song-and-dance revues on Broadway featuring extravagant sets and elaborate costumes, but there was little to tie the various numbers together. Typical of the 1920s were lighthearted productions like ''Sally''; ''Lady Be Good''; ''Sunny''; ''No, No, Nanette''; ''Oh, Kay!''; and ''Funny Face''. Their books may have been forgettable, but they produced enduring standards from George Gershwin, Cole Porter, Jerome Kern, Vincent Youmans, and Rodgers and Hart, among others, and Noel Coward, Sigmund Romberg and Rudolf Friml continued in the vein of Victor Herbert. Clearly, the live theatre survived the invention of cinema.

Leaving these comparatively frivolous entertainments behind, and taking the drama a giant step forward, ''Show Boat'', premiered on December 27, 1927 at the Ziegfeld Theatre, representing a complete integration of book and score, with dramatic themes, as told through the music, dialogue, setting and movement, woven together more seamlessly than in previous musicals. It ran for 572 performances. After the lean years of the Great Depression, Broadway theatre entered a golden age with the blockbuster hit ''Oklahoma!'', in 1943, which ran for 2,212 performances. Hit after hit followed on Broadway, and the Broadway theatre attained the highest level of international prestige in theatre.

The 1920s also spawned a new age of American playwright with the emergence of Eugene O'Neill, whose plays ''Beyond the Horizon, Anna Christie, The Hairy Ape, Strange Interlude'' and ''Mourning Becomes Electra'' proved that there was an audience for serious drama on Broadway, and O'Neill's success paved the way for major dramatists like Elmer Rice, Maxwell Anderson, Robert E. Sherwood, Tennessee Williams, and Arthur Miller, as well as writers of comedy like George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart. Classical revivals also proved popular with Broadway theatre-goers, notably John Barrymore in ''Hamlet'' and ''Richard III, ''John Gielgud in ''Hamlet'', ''The Importance of Being Earnest'' and ''Much Ado About Nothing'', Walter Hampden and Jose Ferrer in ''Cyrano de Bergerac,'' Paul Robeson and Ferrer in ''Othello,'' Maurice Evans in ''Richard II'' and the plays of George Bernard Shaw, and Katharine Cornell in such plays as ''Romeo and Juliet, Antony and Cleopatra,'' and ''Candida''

The Tony Awards were established in 1947 to recognize achievement in live American theatre, especially Broadway theatre.

Broadway today

Schedule

Although there are now more exceptions than previously, generally shows with open-ended runs have evening performances Tuesday through Saturday with a 7pm or 8pm "curtain" and afternoon "matinée" performances on Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday, at 2pm on Wednesdays and Saturdays and 3pm on Sundays, making an eight performance week. On this schedule, shows do not play on Monday, and the shows and theatres are said to be "dark" on that day. Actors and the crew in these shows tend to regard Sunday evening through Tuesday evening as their "weekend". The Tony award presentation ceremony is usually held on a Sunday evening in June to fit into this schedule.

In recent years, some shows have moved their Tuesday show time an hour earlier to 7 pm. The rationale for the move was that fewer tourists took in shows midweek, so the Tuesday attendance in particular depends on local audience members. The earlier curtain therefore allows suburban patrons time after a show to get home by a reasonable hour. Some shows, especially those produced by Disney, change their performance schedules fairly frequently, depending on the season, in order to maximize access to their targeted audience.

Personnel

Both musicals and stage plays on Broadway often rely on casting well-known performers in leading roles to draw larger audiences or bring in new audience members to the theatre. Actors from movies and television are frequently cast for the revivals of Broadway shows or are used to replace actors leaving a cast. There are still, however, performers who are primarily stage actors, spending most of their time "on the boards", and appearing in television and in screen roles only secondarily. As Patrick Healy of the ''New York Times'' noted, "Broadway once had many homegrown stars who committed to working on a show for a year, as Nathan Lane has for ''The Addams Family''. In 2010, some theater heavyweights like Mr. Lane were not even nominated; instead, several Tony Awards were given for productions that were always intended to be short-timers on Broadway, given that many of their film-star performers had to move on to other commitments." According to an article by Mark Shenton, "One of the biggest changes to the commercial theatrical landscape – on both sides of the Atlantic – over the past decade or so is that sightings of big star names turning out to do plays has gone up; but the runs they are prepared to commit to has gone down. Time was that a producer would require a minimum commitment from his star of six months, and perhaps a year; now, the 13-week run is the norm."

The minimum size of the Broadway orchestra is governed by an agreement with the musicians union (Local 802, American Federation of Musicians) and the League of American Theatres and Producers. For example, the agreement specifies the minimum size of the orchestra at the Minskoff Theatre to be 18, at the Music Box Theatre to be 9.

Producers and theatre owners

Most Broadway producers and theatre owners are members of The Broadway League (formerly "The League of American Theatres and Producers"), a trade organization that promotes Broadway theatre as a whole, negotiates contracts with the various theatrical unions and agreements with the guilds, and co-administers the Tony Awards with the American Theatre Wing, a service organization. While the League and the theatrical unions are sometimes at loggerheads during those periods when new contracts are being negotiated, they also cooperate on many projects and events designed to promote professional theatre in New York.

The three non-profit theatre companies with Broadway theatres (''"houses"'') belong to the League of Resident Theatres and have contracts with the theatrical unions which are negotiated separately from the other Broadway theatre and producers. (Disney also negotiates apart from the League, as did Livent before it closed down its operations.) However, generally, shows that play in any of the Broadway houses are eligible for Tony Awards (see below).

The majority of Broadway theatres are owned or managed by three organizations: the Shubert Organization, a for-profit arm of the non-profit Shubert Foundation, which owns seventeen theatres (it recently retained full ownership of the Music Box from the Irving Berlin Estate); The Nederlander Organization, which controls nine theatres; and Jujamcyn, which owns five Broadway houses.

Runs

Most Broadway shows are commercial productions intended to make a profit for the producers and investors (''"backers"'' or ''"angels"''), and therefore have open-ended runs (duration that the production plays), meaning that the length of their presentation is not set beforehand, but depends on critical response, word of mouth, and the effectiveness of the show's advertising, all of which determine ticket sales. Investing in a commercial production carries a varied degree of financial risk. Shows do not necessarily have to make a profit immediately. If they are making their "nut" (weekly operating expenses), or are losing money at a rate which the producers consider acceptable, they may continue to run in the expectation that, eventually, they will pay back their initial costs and become profitable. In some borderline situations, producers may ask that royalties be temporarily reduced or waived, or even that performers — with the permission of their unions — take reduced salaries, in order to prevent a show from closing. Theatre owners, who are not generally profit participants in most productions, may waive or reduce rents, or even lend a show money in order to keep it running. (In one case, a theatre owner lent a foundering show money to stay open, even though the production had to move to another owner's theatre because of a previous booking at the original house.)

Some Broadway shows are produced by non-commercial organizations as part of a regular subscription season—Lincoln Center Theatre, Roundabout Theatre Company, and Manhattan Theatre Club are the three non-profit theatre companies that currently have permanent Broadway venues. Some other productions are produced on Broadway with "limited engagement runs" for a number of reasons, including financial issues, prior engagements of the performers or temporary availability of a theatre between the end of one production and the beginning of another. However, some shows with planned limited engagement runs may, after critical acclaim or box office success, extend their engagements or convert to open-ended runs. This was the case with 2007's ''August: Osage County'' and 2009's ''God of Carnage''.

Historically, musicals on Broadway tend to have longer runs than "straight" (i.e. non-musical) plays. On January 9, 2006, ''The Phantom of the Opera'' at the Majestic Theatre became the longest running Broadway musical, with 7,486 performances, overtaking ''Cats''.

Audience

Attending a Broadway show is a common tourist activity in New York. The TKTS booths sell same-day tickets (and in certain cases next-day matinee tickets) for many Broadway and Off-Broadway shows at a discount of 25%, 35%, or 50%. The TKTS booths are located in Duffy Square, in Times Square, in Lower Manhattan, and in Brooklyn. This service run by Theatre Development Fund makes seeing a show in New York more affordable. Many Broadway theatres also offer special student rates, same-day "rush" or "lottery" tickets, or standing-room tickets to help ensure that their theatres are as full, and their "grosses" as high as possible.

Total Broadway attendance was 12.11 million in calendar year 2010 compared to 11.88 million in 2009. By way of comparison, London's West End theatre reported total attendance of 14.3 million for major commercial and grant-aided theatres in central London for 2009.

Off-Broadway and US tours

The classification of theatres is governed by language in Actors' Equity Association contracts. To be eligible for a Tony, a production must be in a house with 500 seats or more and in the Theatre District, which criteria define Broadway theatre. Off Broadway and Off-Off-Broadway shows often provide a more experimental, challenging and intimate performance than is possible in the larger Broadway theatres. Some Broadway shows, however, such as the musicals ''Hair'', ''Little Shop of Horrors'', ''Spring Awakening'', ''Next to Normal'', ''Rent'', ''Avenue Q'', and ''In the Heights'', began their runs Off Broadway and later transferred onto Broadway, seeking to replicate their intimate experience in a larger theatre.''

After (or even during) successful runs in Broadway theatres, producers often remount their productions with a new cast and crew for the Broadway national tour, which travels to theatre in major cities across the country—the bigger and more successful shows may have several of these touring companies out at a time, some of them "sitting down" in other cities for their own long runs. Smaller cities are eventually serviced by "bus and truck" tours, so-called because the cast generally travels by bus (instead of by air) and the sets and equipment by truck. Tours of this type, which frequently feature a reduced physical production to accommodate smaller venues and tighter schedules, often play "split weeks" (half a week in one town and the second half in another) or "one-nighters", whereas the larger tours will generally play for one or two days per city at a minimum. The Touring Broadway Awards, presented by The Broadway League, honor excellence in touring Broadway.

Awards

Broadway productions and artists are honored by the annual Antoinette Perry Awards (commonly called the "Tony Awards, or "Tony") which are awarded by the American Theatre Wing and The Broadway League, beginning in 1947. The Tony is Broadway's most prestigious award, even compared to the Academy Awards for Hollywood productions. Their importance has increased since the annual broadcast on television began. In a strategy to improve the television ratings, celebrities are often chosen to host the show, like Rosie O'Donnell, some with little or no connection to the theatre. The latest Tony Awards ceremony was held on June 12, 2011. Other awards given to Broadway productions include the Drama Desk Award, presented since 1955, and the New York Drama Critics' Circle awards, first given in 1936.

List of Broadway theatres

If no show is currently running, the play listed is the next show planned (dates marked with an *).

If the next show planned is not announced, the applicable columns are left blank.

Capacity is based on the capacity given for the respective theatre at the Internet Broadway Database.

Current show ''Chicago (musical) ''Man and Boy'' ''Relatively Speaking'' ''An Evening with Patti LuPone and Mandy Patinkin'' ''War Horse (play) ''Fat Pig'' ''Other Desert Cities'' ''Baby It's You (musical) ''Sister Act (musical) ''Godspell'' ''Stick Fly'' ''Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark'' ''Master Class'' ''Wicked (musical) ''Seminar'' ''Rock of Ages (musical) ''How to Succeed in Business without Really Trying'' ''Billy Elliot the Musical'' ''The Mountaintop'' ''Lysistrata Jones'' ''Chinglish'' ''The Addams Family (musical) ''The Phantom of the Opera (1986 musical) ''Follies'' ''The Lion King (musical) ''Private Lives'' ''Mary Poppins (musical) ''Book of Mormon (musical) ''Priscilla Queen of the Desert (musical) ''Porgy and Bess'' ''Bonnie & Clyde (musical) ''Memphis (musical) ''Catch Me If You Can (musical) ''Anything Goes'' ''Hair (musical) ''Jersey Boys'' ''Mamma Mia!''

Theatre	|	Address	Capacity	Openingdate	Closingdate
Ambassador Theatre (New York)	Ambassador Theatre	Chicago'' ||	West 49th Street (#219)	1120	1996-11-14November 14, 1996	Open-ended
American Airlines Theatre	|	West 42nd Street (#229)	740	2011-09-09October 9, 2011*	2011-11-27November 27, 2011
Brooks Atkinson Theatre	|	West 47th Street (#256)	1109	2011-10-20October 20, 2011*	Open-ended
Ethel Barrymore Theatre	|	West 47th Street (#243)	1096	2011-11-21November 21, 2011*	2012-01-13January 13, 2012
Vivian Beaumont Theatre (at Lincoln Center)	War Horse'' ||	West 65th Street (#150)	1105	2011-04-14April 14, 2011	Open-ended
Belasco Theatre	|	West 44th Street (#111)	1040	2011–2012 season
Booth Theatre	|	West 45th Street (#222)	806	2011-11-03 November 3, 2011*	2012-01-08January 8, 2012
Broadhurst Theatre	Baby It's You'' ||	West 44th Street (#235)	1218	2011-04-27 April 27, 2011	2011-09-04September 4, 2011
The Broadway Theatre	Sister Act: The Musical'' ||	Broadway (#1681-@52nd)	1761	2011-04-20 April 20, 2011	Open-ended
Circle in the Square Theatre	|	West 50th Street (#235)	776	2011-11-07* November 7, 2011*	Open-ended
Cort Theatre	|	West 48th Street (#138)	1102	2011-12-08December 8, 2011*	Open-ended
Foxwoods Theatre	|	West 42nd Street (#213)	1829	2011-06-14 June 14, 2011	Open-ended
Samuel J. Friedman Theatre	|	West 47th Street (#261)	650	2011-07-07July 7, 2011	2011-09-04September 4, 2011
Gershwin Theatre	Wicked'' ||	West 51st Street (#222)	1933	2003-10-30October 30, 2003	Open-ended
John Golden Theatre	|	West 45th Street (#252)	805	2011-11-20November 20, 2011*	Open-ended
Helen Hayes Theatre	Rock of Ages'' ||	West 44th Street (#240)	597	2009-04-07April 7, 2009	Open-ended
Al Hirschfeld Theatre	|	West 45th Street (#302)	1437	2011-03-27 March 27, 2011	Open-ended
Imperial Theatre (Broadway)	Imperial Theatre	|	West 45th Street (#249)	1435	2008-11-13November 13, 2008	Open-ended
Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre	|	West 45th Street (#242)	1101	2011-10-13October 13, 2011*	2012-01-15 January 15, 2012
Walter Kerr Theatre	|	West 48th Street (#219)	947	2011-12-14December 14, 2011*	Open-ended
Longacre Theatre	|	West 48th Street (#220)	1095	2011-10-11October 27, 2011*	Open-ended
Lunt-Fontanne Theatre	The Addams Family'' ||	West 46th Street (#205)	1509	2010-04-08April 8, 2010	December 31, 2011
Lyceum Theatre (New York)	Lyceum Theatre	|	West 45th Street (#149)	943
Majestic Theatre (Broadway)	Majestic Theatre	The Phantom of the Opera'' ||	West 44th Street (#247)	1609	1988-01-26January 26, 1988	Open-ended
Marquis Theatre	|	Broadway (#1535-@45th)	1615	2011-08-07September 12, 2011 *	2011-12-21December 30, 2011
Minskoff Theatre	The Lion King'' ||	West 45th Street (#200)	1710	1997-11-13November 13, 1997	Open-ended
Music Box Theatre	|	West 45th Street (#239)	1025	2011-11-17November 17, 2011*	2012-02-05February 5, 2012
Nederlander Theatre	|	West 41st Street (#208)	1232
New Amsterdam Theatre	Mary Poppins '' ||	West 42nd Street (#214)	1801	2006-11-16November 16, 2006	Open-ended
Eugene O'Neill Theatre	Book of Mormon'' ||	West 49th Street (#230)	1108	2011-03-24 March 24, 2011	Open-ended
Palace Theatre, New York	Palace Theatre	Priscilla Queen of the Desert'' ||	Broadway (#1564-@46th)	1743	2011-03-20 March 20, 2011	Open-ended
Richard Rodgers Theatre	|	West 46th Street (#226)	1380	2012-01-12January 12, 2012*	Open-ended
Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre	Bonnie & Clyde'' ||	West 45th Street (#236)	1093	2011-12-01December 1, 2011*	Open-ended
Shubert Theatre (Broadway)	Shubert Theatre	Memphis'' ||	West 44th Street (#225)	1468	2009-10-19October 19, 2009	Open-ended
Neil Simon Theatre	Catch Me If You Can'' ||	West 52nd Street (#250)	1428	2011-04-10April 10, 2011	September 4, 2011
Stephen Sondheim Theatre	|	West 43rd Street (#124)	1055	2011-04-07 April 7, 2011	Open-ended
St. James Theatre	Hair'' ||	West 44th Street (#246)	1710	2011-07-13 July 13, 2011	2011-09-10 September 10, 2011
Studio 54	|	West 54th Street (#254)	1006
August Wilson Theatre	|	West 52nd Street (#245)	1222	2005-11-06November 6, 2005	Open-ended
Winter Garden Theatre	|	Broadway (#1634-@50th)	1498	2001-10-18October 18, 2001	Open-ended

Upcoming productions

The following have been announced as future Broadway productions. The theatre in which they will run is either not yet known or currently occupied by another show.

''Annie'' – (theatre unknown)

''Big Fish'' - (theatre unknown)

''Death of a Salesman'' – March 2012 (Ethel Barrymore Theatre) ''Detroit'' – Fall 2011 (theatre unknown) ''End of the Rainbow'' - April 3, 2012 (an unknown Shubert theatre) ''Evita'' – April 2012 (Marquis Theatre) ''Funny Girl'' – (unknown) ''Jesus Christ Superstar'' – Neil Simon Theatre ''(rumored)'' ''Love Never Dies'' – (theatre unknown) ''Nice Work If You Can Get It'' - (theatre unknown) ''On a Clear Day You Can See Forever'' - December 11, 2011 (St. James Theatre) ''Rebecca'' - April 22, 2012 (an unknown Shubert Theatre) ''The Road to Mecca'' - January 17, 2012 (American Airlines Theatre) ''Sweet Bird of Youth'' - Fall 2011 (Theatre unknown) ''A Streetcar Named Desire'' - (theatre unknown) ''Venus in Fur'' - November 2011 (Samuel J. Friedman Theatre) ''Wit'' - January 26, 2012 (Samuel J. Friedman Theatre) ''The Wizard Of Oz'' – (theatre unknown) ''You Can't Take It with You'' – (unknown) ''Yank!'' – Fall 2011 (theatre unknown) ''Zorba'' – (unknown)

References

External links

;General

Broadway.com

The Houses of Broadway

The Internet Broadway Database

StageAgent.com

Playbill.com

BroadwayWorld.com

TheaterMania.com

;Reviews:

Did He Like It, Ben Brantley

;Awards and service organizations

Tony Awards

Touring Broadway Awards

American Theatre Wing

Theatre Communications Group

Theatre Development Fund

Youth Theatre Development Group

;Producers and Unions

The Broadway League (formerly the League of American Theatres and Producers)

Actors' Equity Association

The Dramatists Guild of America

Stage Directors and Choreographers Society

American Federation of Musicians

IATSE

Association of Theatrical Press Agents & Managers

;News, information and ticket sources

Metrony.com

Broadway.tv

Broadway Show Guide

I Love New York Theater

Information in Spanish about Broadway

TicketNews's Broadway Section

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Andrew Russell Garfield (born August 20, 1983) is an American-English actor who has appeared in radio, theatre, film, and television. His early roles include the films ''Lions for Lambs'', ''The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus'', and ''Boy A'', which garnered him the 2007 BAFTA Television Award for "Best Actor".

Garfield achieved wider recognition and critical acclaim for his role in the 2010 Academy Award-winning film ''The Social Network'', for which he received two BAFTA nominations and a Golden Globe nomination. He has been cast as Peter Parker/Spider-Man in the franchise's reboot, ''The Amazing Spider-Man''. Garfield is a dual citizen of the U.S. and the UK

Early life

Garfield was born in Los Angeles, to an English mother from Essex and an American father from California. His family moved to England when he was three years old. Garfield is Jewish and was raised in a "middle class home". His parents ran a small interior design business; his father, Richard, later became head coach of the Guildford City Swimming Club, and his mother is a teaching assistant at a nursery school. He also has an older brother who is a doctor. Garfield was raised in Surrey, England and was a gymnast during his early years. He attended Priory Preparatory School in Banstead and later City of London Freemen's School in nearby Ashtead, before training at the Central School of Speech and Drama, from which he graduated in 2004.

Career

Garfield started taking acting classes in Guildford when he was fifteen, and appeared in a youth theatre production of ''Bugsy Malone''. He also joined a small youth theatre workshop group in Epsom, and began working primarily as a stage actor. In 2004, he won a MEN Theatre Award for his performance in ''Kes'' at Manchester's Royal Exchange Theatre (where he also played Romeo the year after), and won the outstanding newcomer award at the Evening Standard Theatre Awards 2006.

Garfield made his British television debut in 2005, appearing in the Channel 4 teenage drama ''Sugar Rush''. In October 2007, he was named one of ''Variety'''s "10 Actors to Watch", and in November 2007, appeared in the ensemble drama ''Lions for Lambs'', playing an American university student. Also that month, he starred in the Channel 4 drama ''Boy A'', for which he won the 2008 BAFTA for Best Actor. In 2008, he had a minor role in the film ''The Other Boleyn Girl'', and was named one of the shooting stars at the Berlin International Film Festival.

Garfield appeared in ''Vogue'''s December 2009 issue, modeling alongside Lily Cole, in a photographed retelling of ''Hansel and Gretel''. Also that year, Garfield had a supporting role in the Terry Gilliam film ''The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus'' and the ''Red Riding'' television trilogy. In 2010 he co-starred in the British film based on the novel by Japanese-born British author Kazuo Ishiguro, ''Never Let Me Go'', as well as in David Fincher's ''The Social Network'', alongside Brenda Song, Justin Timberlake and Jesse Eisenberg, about the founders of Facebook. For the film, he received two BAFTA award nominations (for "Best Actor in a Supporting Role" and the "BAFTA Rising Star"). On December 14, 2010, ''The Social Network'' received six nominations for the 68th annual Golden Globe Awards, four of which it won, including Best Motion Picture-Drama, on January 16, 2011. Garfield was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role.

On August 5, 2010, Garfield appeared briefly as Terry Gilliam's assistant in the Arcade Fire webcast pre-show at Madison Square Garden. On September 12, 2010, he co-presented at the 2010 MTV VMAs with Jesse Eisenberg and Justin Timberlake.

Garfield has been chosen to play Spider-Man opposite Emma Stone in Marc Webb's Spider-Man reboot. Filming began in December 2010, and the film is scheduled for a July 3, 2012 release date.

Filmography

Title	Year	Role	Notes
''Lions for Lambs''	2007	Todd Hayes
! scope="row"	2007	Jack Burridge / Eric Wilson	British Academy Television Award for Best Actor
''''	2008	Francis Weston	Credit only
''''	2009	Anton
! scope="row"	2010	Tommy
''''	2010	Eduardo Saverin	}}Nominated – Teen Choice Awards for Choice Movie Scene Stealer Male
! scope="row"	2010	Sheldon	Short film
''''	2012		''Post Production''

Television credits

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Stage credits

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Radio credits

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References

External links

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Coordinates	43°06′00″N90°08′10″N
name	Jeremy Jordan
background	solo_singer
birth name	Donald Henson
born	September 19, 1973Hammond, Indiana
occupation	Actor, Singer
genre	New Jack Swing, R&B;, Alternative Rock
years active	1993–present
label	Giant Records }}

Jeremy Jordan (born September 19, 1973 in Hammond, Indiana) is an American actor and singer.

Biography

In 1993, Jordan released ''Try My Love'' on Giant Records. The album yielded the international hit singles, "The Right Kind Of Love" (#5 Billboard Hot 100 Airplay, #14 Billboard Hot 100 Singles, #4 Billboard Top 40 Mainstream, #22 Billboard Rhythmic Top 40), and "Wannagirl"(#11 Billboard Top 40 Mainstream, #24 Billboard Rhythmic Top 40, #28 Billboard Hot 100). "The Right Kind of Love" was certified platinum selling over a million copies and peaked just inside the top 20 of the Billboard Hot 100. Jordan's debut album and Wannagirl were certified gold.

Additionally, "My Love Is Good Enough" and "Try My Love" were featured in the film ''Airborne''. "The Right Kind Of Love" music video was featured during the end credits of ''Beverly Hills, 90210'' and was also on the television series' soundtrack. His popularity, music wise, peaked with concerts around the globe.

A remix album, ''Jeremy The Remix'', was released to overseas markets in late 1993.

Since 1994, Jordan transitioned into acting and has appeared in a number of films including ''Never Been Kissed'' with Drew Barrymore, as well as independent films ''Leaving Las Vegas'' with Nicolas Cage, ''Julian Po'' with Christian Slater, and ''Nowhere'' directed by Gregg Araki.

In 2009, Jordan released a new song entitled "Forgotten People." The song and video are about homeless people.

Actor

2010: ''The Absent''

2010: ''Raspberry & Lavender: Diaries of a Lavender Girl''

1999: ''Never Been Kissed''

1999: ''Storm of the Century''

1999: ''Dreamers''

1998: ''Falling Sky''

1997: ''Julian Po''

1997: ''SUBWAYStories: Tales from the Underground''

1997: ''Nowhere''

1997: ''Gun''

1997: ''Skeletons''

1996: ''Twisted Desire''

1996: ''Bio-Dome''

1996: ''Poolboy''

1995: ''Live Nude Girls''

1995: ''Leaving Las Vegas''

1994: ''ABC Afterschool Specials''

Discography

Albums

1993: ''Try My Love'' (April 13, 1993)

''Tracks'' #Interlude (Jeremy Jordan) - 1:26 #My Love Is Good Enough (Robbie Nevil; Steve Dubin) - 4:56 #Wannagirl (Keith Thomas; Tony Haynes) - 4:29 #The Right Kind Of Love (Lotti Golden; Robbie Nevil; Tommy Faragher) - 4:33 #Try My Love (Nick Mundy) - 4:55 #Do It To The Music (Al B. Sure!; Kyle West) - 4:35 #A Different Man (Dave Simmons; Emanuel Officer; John Howcott) - 4:54 #Lovin' On Hold (Donald Parks; Emanuel Officer; John Howcott) 4:31 #I Wanna Be With You (Darcy Touré; Donald Parks; Emanuel Officer; John Howcott) - 4:36 #Girl You Got It Goin' On (B. Wild; Rhett Lawrence; Tony Haynes) - 3:38 #Show Me Where It Hurts (Laythan Armor; Robbie Nevil) - 4:28 #My Name Is J.J. (Al B. Sure!) - 4:32 #It's Alright (This Love Is For Real) (Lotti Golden; Robbie Nevil; Tommy Faragher) - 3:50

1993: ''Jeremy The Remix'' (1993)

''Tracks'' #The Right Kind Of Love [Main Mix No Rap] - 4:09 #The Right Kind Of Love [Sex Mix] - 4:31 #The Right Kind Of Love [Rock Solo] #The Right Kind Of Love [Quiet Storm Mix] - 5:45 #Wannagirl [Preferredgirl Pop Mix] #Wannagirl [A Cappella Mix] #Wannagirl [Streetgirl Instrumental] #Try My Love [Radio Version] #Try My Love [Vocal Breakdown]

Singles Release Dates

The Right Kind Of Love - November 5, 1992

Wannagirl - July 1, 1993

My Love Is Good Enough - May 12, 1994

Singles

Year	!Song	Billboard Hot 100	!width="40"	!Album
	"The Right Kind Of Love"
	"Wannagirl"
	"Try My Love"
	"My Love Is Good Enough"
	"A Girl Named Happiness (Never Been Kissed)"			''Never Been Kissed: Music From The Motion Picture''

References

External links

Jeremy Jordan Acting Reel

[ Jeremy Jordan] at Allmusic

Jeremy Jordan at Discogs

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Coordinates	43°06′00″N90°08′10″N
name	Liza Minnelli
birth name	Liza May Minnelli
birth date	March 12, 1946
birth place	Hollywood, California, U.S.
spouse	Peter Allen (1967–1974; divorced) Jack Haley, Jr. (1974–1979; divorced) Mark Gero (1979–1992; divorced) David Gest (2002–2007; divorced)
years active	1949–present
occupation	actress, singer
genre(s)	Traditional pop, Jazz, Broadway, Pop rock
label(s)	Capitol Records (1964-1966), A&M; Records (1968-1973), Columbia Records (1977), Decca Label (2010-Present) }}

Liza May Minnelli (born March 12, 1946) is an American actress and singer. She is the daughter of singer and actress Judy Garland and film director Vincente Minnelli.

Already established as a nightclub singer and musical theatre actress, she first attracted critical acclaim for her dramatic performances in the movies ''The Sterile Cuckoo'' (1969) and ''Tell Me That You Love Me, Junie Moon'' (1970). Minnelli rose to international stardom for her appearance as Sally Bowles in the 1972 film version of the Broadway musical ''Cabaret'', for which she won the Academy Award for Best Actress.

While film projects such as ''Lucky Lady'', ''A Matter of Time'' and ''New York, New York'' were less favorably received than her stage roles, Minnelli became one of the most versatile, highly regarded and best-selling entertainers in television, beginning with ''Liza with a Z'' in 1972, and on stage in the Broadway productions of ''Flora the Red Menace, The Act'' and ''The Rink''. Minnelli also toured internationally and did shows such as ''Liza Minnelli: At Carnegie Hall'', ''Frank, Liza & Sammy: The Ultimate Event'', and ''Liza Live from Radio City Music Hall''.

She starred in ''Liza's Back'', in 2002. She had guest appearances in the sitcom ''Arrested Development'' and had a small role in the movie ''The OH in Ohio'', while continuing to tour internationally. In 2008/09, she performed the Broadway show ''Liza's at The Palace...!'' which earned a Tony Award for Best Special Theatrical Event.

Minnelli has won a total of three Tony Awards awards, including a Special Tony Award. She has also won an Oscar, an Emmy Award, two Golden Globes and a Grammy Legend Award for her contributions and influence in the recording field, along with many other honors and awards. She was one of the few entertainers who have won an Oscar, Emmy, Grammy, and Tony Award.

Early life

Minnelli was born in Hollywood, California, to Vincente Minnelli and Judy Garland. Her mother had a history in film, music, and a role in the vaudeville act "The Gumm Sisters". Her father was a film director. She attended New York City's Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts and Chadwick School. Her first performing experience on film was at age three where she appeared in the final scene of the 1949 musical ''In the Good Old Summertime''. The film starred Garland and Van Johnson.

Minnelli's half-sister and brother from Garland's marriage to Sid Luft are Lorna and Joey Luft. She also has another half-sister, Christiane Nina Minnelli (nicknamed Tina Nina), from her father's second marriage.

Minnelli's godparents were Kay Thompson and Ira Gershwin.

Career

Theatre

Minnelli began performing professionally at age 17, in 1963, in an Off-Broadway revival of the musical ''Best Foot Forward'', for which she received the Theatre World Award. The next year, her mother invited Minnelli to perform with her at the London Palladium. She turned to Broadway at 19, and in 1965 she became the youngest woman ever to win a leading actress Tony Award for ''Flora the Red Menace''. It was the first time she worked with the musical duo John Kander and Fred Ebb.

Music

Minnelli began as a nightclub singer as an adolescent, making her professional nightclub debut at the age of 19 at the Shoreham Hotel in Washington, D.C.. She later appeared in other clubs and on stage in Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Chicago, Miami and New York City. Her success as a live performer led to her recording several albums at Capitol Records: ''Liza! Liza!'' (1964), ''It Amazes Me'' (1965) and ''There Is a Time'' (1966). In her early years, she recorded traditional pop standards as well as show tunes from various musicals that she starred in. Because of this fact, William Ruhlmann named her “Barbra Streisand's little sister”. The Capitol albums ''Liza! Liza!'', ''It Amazes Me'', and ''There Is A Time'' were reissued on the two-CD compilation ''The Capitol Years'' in 2001, in their entirety.

From 1968 up to the 1970s, she also recorded more contemporary material according to classic pop songs with her albums ''Liza Minnelli'' (1968), ''Come Saturday Morning'' and ''New Feelin''' (both 1970) from A&M; Records. She released ''The Singer'' (1973) and ''Tropical Nights'' (1977) from Columbia Records.

In 1989 Minnelli collaborated with Pet Shop Boys on ''Results'', an electronic dance-style album. The release hit the top 10 in the UK and also charted in the US, spawning four singles: ''Losing My Mind''; ''Don't Drop Bombs''; ''So Sorry, I Said''; and ''Love Pains''. Initially released on VHS titled ''Visible Results'', the clips were later issued on a bonus DVD included in the 2005 remastered and expanded edition of the album. Later that year she performed ''Losing My Mind'' live at the Grammys ceremony before receiving a Grammy Legend Award (the first Grammy Legend Awards were issued in 1990 to Liza Minnelli, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Smokey Robinson and Willie Nelson). With this award, she became one of only 12 other entertainers – in a list that includes Whoopi Goldberg, Barbra Streisand and Mel Brooks among others – to win an Emmy, Grammy, Tony Award and Academy Award.

In April 1992 Minnelli performed ''We Are The Champions'' with the surviving members of the rock band Queen at ''The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert''.

In 1996, Minnelli released a new studio album titled ''Gently''. It was a recording of jazz standards and also included some contemporary songs such as the cover of ''Does He Love You'' which she performed as a duet with Donna Summer. This album brought her a Grammy nomination for Best Traditional Pop Vocal Performance. Minnelli was nominated in 2009 for Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album for her studio recording ''Liza's at the Palace...!'', based on her hit Broadway show.

In May 2010, Playbill.com reported Minnelli would be releasing an album on the Decca Records label entitled ''Confessions'', which was released on September 21, 2010

In 2006, Minnelli appeared on My Chemical Romance's album ''The Black Parade'', providing backing vocals and singing a solo part with Gerard Way on the track "Mama".

Film

Her first appearance on film is as the baby in the very last shot of her mother's film, ''In the Good Old Summertime'' (1949).

Her first credited film role was as the love-interest in Albert Finney's only film as director and star, ''Charlie Bubbles'' (1967).

In 1969 she appeared in Alan J. Pakula's first feature film, ''The Sterile Cuckoo'' (1969), as “Pookie Adams”, a needy, eccentric teenager. Her performance won her her first Academy Award nomination. She played another eccentric character the following year in ''Tell Me That You Love Me, Junie Moon'', directed by Otto Preminger. In 1972, Minnelli appeared in perhaps her best-known film role, as Sally Bowles in the movie version of ''Cabaret''. She said that one of the things she did to prepare was to study photographs of classic actresses Louise Glaum and Louise Brooks and the dark-haired ladies of that time. Minnelli won the Best Actress Academy Award for her performance, along with a Golden Globe Award. This made her the only Oscar-winning child of Oscar-winning parents.

Following the success of ''Cabaret'', Bob Fosse and Minnelli teamed up for ''Liza with a ‘Z’. A Concert for Television'', a made-for-television special. The program aired two times on TV and was not seen again until a DVD release in 2006.

Minnelli worked with her father in the 1976 ''A Matter of Time'', costarring Ingrid Bergman. After severe editing and cutting, done by the studio, with no input from Vincente, the film was neither a commercial nor a critical success .

Her appearance opposite Robert De Niro in the 1977 musical drama film, ''New York, New York'' however, gave Minnelli her best known signature song. Frank Sinatra released a successful cover version (for his ''Trilogy: Past Present Future'' album) two years later and used it as his signature song as well, sometimes even duetting with Minnelli live on stage.

After her performance as leading lady to Dudley Moore in 1981's hit film ''Arthur'', Minnelli made fewer film appearances although she returned to the big screen in 1991 for ''Stepping Out'', a musical dramedy.

Most recently she made an appearance in the movie ''Sex and the City 2 (2010)'' as herself.

Television

During the early days of television in the 1950s Minnelli appeared as a child guest on Art Linkletter's show and in 1959 sang and danced with Gene Kelly on his first television special. She was a guest star in one episode of the popular Ben Casey television series starring Vince Edwards and was a frequent guest on chat shows of the day including numerous appearances on shows hosted by Jack Paar, Merv Griffin, Mike Douglas, Joe Franklin, Dinah Shore and Johnny Carson. During the 1960s she made several guest appearances on ''Rowan & Martin's Laugh In'' as well as other variety shows including ''The Ed Sullivan Show'', ''The Hollywood Palace'', as well as ''The Judy Garland Show''. In 1964 she appeared as Minnie in her first television dramatic role in the episode "Nightingale for Sale" on Craig Stevens's short-lived CBS series, ''Mr. Broadway''.

Recently, Minnelli has made guest appearances on such shows as ''Arrested Development'', ''Law & Order: Criminal Intent'' and ''Drop Dead Diva''. In the UK she has appeared on the Ruby Wax, Graham Norton and Jonathan Ross shows and in October 2006 participated in a comedy skit on the Charlotte Church Show and was featured on the Michael Parkinson Show. Set to be a guest judge on Australian Idol 2009 on the October 18, 2009. She appeared on ''The Joy Behar Show'' of September 1, 2010.

In November 2009, American Public Television aired "Liza's at the Palace", taped from September 30 – October 1, 2009 in Las Vegas at the MGM Grand's Hollywood Theatre. The executive producers of the taping, Craig Zadan and Neil Meron, previously were involved with the 2005 rerelease of 1972's Emmy and Peabody Award winning "Liza with a 'Z'".

Later career

She returned to Broadway in 1997, taking over the title role in the musical ''Victor/Victoria'', replacing Julie Andrews. In his review, ''New York Times'' critic Ben Brantley commented, “her every stage appearance is perceived as a victory of show-business stamina over psychic frailty. She asks for love so nakedly and earnestly, it seems downright vicious not to respond.”

After a serious case of viral encephalitis in 2000, doctors predicted that she would spend the rest of her life in a wheelchair and would perhaps not even be able to speak again. However, she refused to accept this and with the help of vocal and dance lessons (most notably Sam Harris, Angela Bacari), which she still takes daily, managed to recover and returned to the stage in 2001 when asked by long time friend Michael Jackson to perform at Madison Square Garden in New York City where she sang "Never Never Land" and the televised "You Are Not Alone" at the Michael Jackson: 30th Anniversary Special concert produced by soon to be husband David Gest. Gest was so impressed with her stamina and ability to stun audiences that he produced her in ''Liza's Back'' in spring 2002 performing to rave reviews in London and New York City. (Most noted in that tour was a tribute to her mother. After years of declining fans' pleas for her to sing Garland's signature song, "Over The Rainbow", she concluded Act 1 with the final refrain of her mother's famous anthem, to an instant ovation.) Among performing her classic hits, other numbers unreleased in the album version included "I Believe You" by The Carpenters, a rap version of "Liza With A 'Z'", "Yes", and Mary J. Blige's "Family Affair".

In 2004 and 2005 she appeared as a recurring character on the critically acclaimed, Emmy Award-winning TV sitcom ''Arrested Development'' as “Lucille Austero”, the lover of both the sexually and socially awkward “Buster Bluth” and Buster's brother “GOB”.

In September 2006, she made a guest appearance on the long-running NBC drama ''Law & Order: Criminal Intent'', in ''Masquerade'', a Halloween-themed episode, broadcast on Tuesday, October 31, 2006. She also completed guest vocals on My Chemical Romance's 2006 concept album ''The Black Parade,'' portraying “Mother War”, a dark conception of the main character's mother, in the song ''Mama''.

For years, Minnelli had wanted to record a collection of songs that her godmother Kay Thompson had performed in her nightclub act. In 2007, she added some of Thompson's songs to her latest tour to introduce them to audiences.

Minnelli returned to Broadway in a new solo concert at the Palace Theatre called ''Liza's at The Palace...!'' which ran from December 3, 2008, through January 4, 2009. In her second act she performed a series of numbers created by Kay Thompson. The reviews noted that while her voice was ragged at times, and her movements no longer elastic, the old magic was still very much present—from first to last, Minnelli had audiences cheering and applauding and begging for more. The show was subsequently staged at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas on September 30 and October 1, 2009, at which time it was filmed for broadcast on public television and a February 2010 DVD and Blu-ray release.

On January 10, 2009, Minnelli made a rare live TV appearance in a surprise cameo on NBC's ''Saturday Night Live'', playing the best friend of “Penelope” (Kristin Wiig). On January 26, 2009, she made an appearance on ''The View'', singing ''I Would Never Leave You'' from her new CD ''Liza's at The Palace...!''. She was also interviewed by the cast of ''The View''.

She was a character in the Australian musical ''The Boy from Oz'' starring Hugh Jackman. In the show's Broadway production, she was portrayed by Stephanie J. Block.

In October 2009, Minnelli toured Australia, and appeared on ''Australian Idol'' as a mentor and guest judge.

In February 2010, Minnelli appeared in a Snickers commercial along with Aretha Franklin.

Minnelli made a cameo appearance in the May 2010 release of ''Sex and the City 2''.

She also made a starring appearance in December 2010 in NBC's ''The Apprentice''.

Personal life

Marriages

Minnelli has been married (and divorced) four times. Her first marriage was to Peter Allen (full name Peter Allen Woolnough) on March 3, 1967. Australian-born Allen was Judy Garland's protégé in the mid-1960s. They divorced on July 24, 1974.

Later that year, she married Jack Haley, Jr., a producer and director, on September 15, 1974. His father, Jack Haley, was Garland's costar in ''The Wizard of Oz.'' They divorced in April 1979.

Minnelli was married to Mark Gero, a sculptor and stage manager, from December 4, 1979 until their divorce in January 1992.

She was married to David Gest, a concert promoter, from March 16, 2002, until they divorced in April 2007. (They separated in July 2003.)

Minnelli also had a relationship with Desi Arnaz Jr., the son of Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz.

Minnelli has no children; one pregnancy left her with a hiatal hernia as a result of the medical steps taken to try to save the baby.

Philanthropy

Minnelli has, throughout her lifetime, served various charities and causes which she considers very important. She served on the board of directors of The Institutes for The Achievement of Human Potential (IAHP) for 20 years, a nonprofit educational organization that introduces parents to the field of child brain development. She also dedicated much time to amfAR, The Foundation for AIDS Research. In 2007, she stated in an interview with Palm Springs Life magazine, “AmfAR is important to me because I’ve lost so many friends that I knew [to AIDS]”. In 1994, she recorded the Kander & Ebb tune "The Day After That" and donated the proceeds to AIDS research. That same year she performed the song in front of thousands in Central Park at the 25th anniversary of the Stonewall riots.

Filmography

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Television movies

''The Dangerous Christmas of Red Riding Hood'' (1965)

''The Princess and the Pea'' (1984, episode of the television anthology ''Faerie Tale Theatre'')

''A Time to Live'' (1985)

''Sam Found Out: A Triple Play'' (1988)

''Parallel Lives'' (1994)

''The West Side Waltz'' (1995)

Specials

''Judy and Liza at the Palladium'' (1964, with Judy Garland)

''Liza'' (1970)

''Liza with a ‘Z’. A Concert for Television'' (1972)

''Love from A to Z'' (1974, with Charles Aznavour)

''Goldie and Liza Together'' (1980, with Goldie Hawn)

''An Evening with Liza Minnelli'' (1980)

''Liza in London'' (1986)

''Minnelli on Minnelli: Liza Remembers Vincente'' (1987, documentary)

''Frank, Liza & Sammy: The Ultimate Event'' (1989, with Frank Sinatra and Sammy Davis, Jr.)

''Liza Live from Radio City Music Hall'' (1992)

''Liza & Friends: A Tribute to Sammy Davis, Jr.'' (1993, with Charles Aznavour, Tom Jones, Jerry Lewis, and Cliff Richard)

Discography

Stage productions

''Wish You Were Here'' (1961) (Hyannis, Massachusetts)

''Take Me Along'' (1961) (Hyannis, Massachusetts)

''Flower Drum Song'' (1961) (Hyannis, Massachusetts)

''The Diary of Anne Frank'' (1961–1962) (Tour)

''Best Foot Forward'' (1963) (Off-Broadway)

''Carnival!'' (1964) (Paper Mill Playhouse)

''Time Out For Ginger'' (1964) (Bucks County Playhouse)

''The Fantasticks'' (1964) (Tour)

''Flora the Red Menace'' (1965) (Broadway)

''The Pajama Game'' (1966) (Tour)

''Liza'' (1974) (one woman show, Broadway)

''Chicago'' (1975) (replacement for Gwen Verdon from Aug–Sep. 1975, Broadway)

''The Act'' (1977–1978) (Broadway)

''Are You Now or Have You Ever Been?'' (1978) (guest appearance, Off-Broadway)

''The Owl and the Pussycat'' (1978–1979) (Martha Graham Ballet/London and Lincoln Center/New York City)

''By Myself'' (1983) (one woman show, Los Angeles and London)

''The Rink'' (1984) (Broadway)

''Love Letters'' (1994) (Coconut Grove Playhouse, Miami)

''Victor/Victoria'' (1997) (vacation replacement for Julie Andrews, Broadway)

''Minnelli on Minnelli'' (1999–2000) (concert show, Broadway, Palace Theater)

''Liza's Back!'' (2002) (concert show, New York and London)

''Liza's at the Palace...!'' (2008–2009) (concert show, Broadway, Palace Theater)

Awards and honors

Film awards

Academy Awards

1970 nominated: Best Actress in a Leading Role(''The Sterile Cuckoo'')

1973 won: Best Actress in a Leading Role (''Cabaret'')

Minnelli has the distinction of being the only Academy Award winner whose parents were both Academy Award winners (her father won as Best Director for ''Gigi'' and her mother received an honorary Oscar for ''The Wizard of Oz'').

British Academy of Film and Television Arts

1971 nominated: Film Most Promising Newcomer to Leading Film Roles (''The Sterile Cuckoo'')

1973 won: Best Actress (''Cabaret'')

Golden Globe Awards

1970 nominated: Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama (''The Sterile Cuckoo'')

1973 won: Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy (''Cabaret'')

1976 nominated: Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy (''Lucky Lady'')

1978 nominated: Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy (''New York, New York'')

1982 nominated: Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy (''Arthur'')

Television awards

Emmy Awards

1973 won: Outstanding Single Program – Variety and Popular Music (''Liza with a 'Z'. A Concert for Television'')

1973 nominated: Outstanding Achievement by a Supporting Performer in a Variety Show or a Special (''A Royal Gala Variety Performance'')

1980 nominated: Outstanding Variety or Music Program (''Goldie and Liza Together'')

1987 nominated: Outstanding Informational Special (''Minnelli on Minnelli: Liza Remembers Vincente'')

1993 nominated: Outstanding Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program (''Liza Live from Radio City Music Hall'')

Golden Globe Awards

1986 won: Best Actress in a Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television (''A Time to Live'')

Recording awards

Grammy Awards

1997 nominated: Best Traditional Pop Vocal Performance (''Gently'')

2010 nominated: Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album (''Liza's at The Palace...!'')

Grammy Hall of Fame Award

2008 inducted (''Cabaret. Original Soundtrack Recording'')

Grammy Living Legend Award 1990 won: Grammy Living Legend Award for Contributions and Influence in the Recording Field

Stage awards

Drama Desk Awards

1984 nominated: Outstanding Actress in a Musical (''The Rink'')

2009 won: Drama Desk Special Award for “her role as a beloved American musical theater icon, for her enduring career of sustained excellence, and her glorious performance in ''Liza's at The Palace...!''”

Independent Theatre Reviewers Association

2009 won: Best Female Theatrical Performance (''Liza's at The Palace...!'')

Theatre World Award

1963 won: Outstanding Off-Broadway Debut (''Best Foot Forward'')

Tony Awards

1965 won: Best Leading Actress in a Musical (''Flora the Red Menace'')

1974 won: Special Tony Award for “adding lustre to the Broadway season”

1978 won: Best Leading Actress in a Musical (''The Act'')

1984 nominated: Best Leading Actress in a Musical (''The Rink'')

The show ''Liza's at The Palace...!'' itself won the Tony Award for Best Special Theatrical Event in 2009.

Miscellaneous Honors

Hasty Pudding Theatricals

1973: Hasty Pudding Woman of the Year

Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation

2005: Vanguard Award, for “her contributions to increased visibility and understanding of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community”

Mercy College (New York) 2007: Honorary Doctorate, “for her charitable activities and a career that has spanned five decades and multiple genres”

Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays

2010: Straight for Equality in Entertainment Award, for “her lifelong support of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people.”

Other appearances

Minnelli appears in the song "Mama" on the My Chemical Romance album ''The Black Parade''. She added her vocals to the song from a separate studio while members of the band listened via satellite.

See also

List of persons who have won Academy, Emmy, Grammy, and Tony Awards

References

Further reading

Leigh, Wendy (1993), ''Liza: Born a Star''. E. P. Dutton

Mair, George (1996), ''Under the Rainbow: The Real Liza Minnelli''. Carol Publishing

Schechter, Scott (2004), ''The Liza Minnelli Scrapbook''. Kensington Books/Citadel Press * See Free Preview at Amazon.com

Spada, James (1983), ''Judy and Liza''. Doubleday

External links

Official Minnelli Site

Liza Minnelli at TVGuide.com

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