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BroadwayWorld's Richard Ridge was thrilled to sit down and speak with nearly all of this year's Tony Award nominees at the official Tonys Meet & Greet on May 1, 2013, and we will be bringing you special coverage on all of them throughout the awards season.

A clip show is a lot like a visit home for Thanksgiving. It's a necessary annual event at which we feast on the familiar.

It's been a busy season on Broadway for playwright Douglas Carter Beane. In addition to penning the new adaptation of Rodgers and Hammerstein's Cinderella that opened last month, his new play The Nance , starring Nathan Lane in the title role, opened on Monday in a Lincoln Center Theatre production directed by Jack O'Brien at the Lyceum Theatre.

Most comedians will willingly admit their comedy is informed by a less than ideal upbringing, and it's consequently not difficult to see why many stand-ups eventually try their hand at decidedly serious material.