Bebe Neuwirth

For "Stories with Piano #3," Neuwirth and her music partner Scott Cady ("He plays piano, I sing," Neuwirth said. "Together we tell stories.") culled songs from across the musical theater landscape, covering everyone from Stephen Sondheim to Kurt Weill to Kander and Ebb (she even throws some Tom Waits and Edith Piaf in there for good measure). Read More

Bleak house rites The acclaimed Irish playwright Enda Walsh wrote the book for the Tony-nominated musical Once. In his 2006 play The Walworth Farce, a father drags his two sons into a nightly reenactment of how they got from Ireland to their London tenement flat, complete with costumes and props. Read More

Neuwirth's stance makes sense to anyone who only knows her as Lilith, the icy, monotone psychiatrist and eventual wife of Kelsey Grammer's Frasier Crane — the iconic role that made Neuwirth famous on the beloved sitcom "Cheers."Read More

The Classic Stage Company's production of Shakespeare's bauble A Midsummer Night's Dream has an eye-catching set and an eye-catching cast in various stages of undress. Read More

It's a tough life being a Broadway standby — knowing a part backward and forward, exhibiting months, even years of patience while literally waiting in the wings for your chance to play the role you're backing up for the star of the show. Read More

The woods of Athens are in full bloom at Classic Stage Company, where a colorful production of Shakespeare favorite A Midsummer Night's Dream has taken root. Read More

The theater world was fixated this week on Tuesday's announcement of the Tony nominations, which should prove a box office boon for much-nominated shows like Once , Newsies , and Peter and the Starcatcher. Read More

'I can't do it alone," Bebe Neuwirth sang between high kicks and shimmies in her Tony-winning performances as Velma Kelly in "Chicago."Read More

With the help of theater icons like Liza Minnelli and Bebe Neuwirth , the Dramatists Guild Fund will honor legendary composer John Kander at their upcoming 50th Anniversary Gala. The celebration, hosted by Jon Cryer, will be held at the Mandarin Oriental New York on June 3. Read More

Naught shall go ill on April 29, when the Classic Stage Company production of Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream , starring Bebe Neuwirth and Christina Ricci , opens off-Broadway. Read More