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The iBroadway team has been giddy over the addition of every theater fan’s fave blog to our News section on the iPhone app. Now you can catch up on The Craptacular wherever you are, on the train, headed for a night on the town, or in line at TKTS.

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Discounted tickets! Contests! Oh my!

That’s right, you asked, and you shall receive. We’ve hooked up with Rock of Ages so you can rock out this winter with discounted tickets, AND even enter on our website to WIN 2 TICKETS to the show! Our friends at Voca People have also offered us a discounted rate. Check out these deals on the app and the website!

One small step for iBroadway

We’ve recruited 2 fabulous iBroadway correspondents! You know them as Patty & Emily. That’s right, we’ve taken these YouTube wonders and want to bring them to theatre style Justin Bieber status. We’ll be sending them to shows, openings and events so that you can laugh in awe at their hilarious and wonderful reviews that real theatre fans can appreciate! See their first iBroadway review for On a Clear Day You Can See Forever below!

Patty & Emily Review On A Clear Day You Can See Forever

And remember, the iBroadway iPhone app is free, fun and what every theater fan should have. We are constantly striving to make it the #1 app for Broadway fans around the globe, and thanks to you, we have reached over 70,000 dowloads! Huzzah!

We hope you had a fantastic year. In a year with such great theater, both on and off-Broadway, we’re glad you have chosen to use iBroadway for your Broadway tickets, information, videos, and more.  We have strived to create a platform that is not only easy to use, but has all the features that you are looking for, without having to look too hard for them.

On behalf of the whole iBroadway team, may your holiday be filled with the same thrills, joy, suspense, tears, and laughter that live theater provides for theater-goers everywhere.

We look forward to an even better 2012 with even more content!

Watch the Question & Answer segment with these amazing playwrights Doug Wright, José Rivera, Paul Rudnick and Moisés Kaufman

Video streaming by Ustream

Nikki M. James wins for Best Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical

Hugh Jackman and Neil Patrick Harris have a Tony Host-off

Frances McDormand’s Jean Jacket Loves the Beacon Theatre

Patti LuPone

Glenn Close

Kurt Hummel (Chris Colfer)

Shirley Bassey

Elaine Paige

The Winner of the 2011 Drama League Awards are:

Distinguished Production of a Play
*War Horse | Lincoln Center Theatre

Distinguished Production of a Musical
*The Book of Mormon | Eugene O’Neill Theatre

Distinguished Revival of a Play
*The Normal Heart | John Golden Theatre

Distinguished Revival of a Musical
*Anything Goes | Roundabout Theatre Company

The Drama League also paid tribute to the season’s best performers by including the nominees of The Distinguished Performance Award on a dais. Winner of The Distinguished Performance  is Mark Rylance.

*Mark Rylance, Jerusalem and La Bête

For more information visit www.dramaleague.org.

OUTSTANDING NEW BROADWAY PLAY
Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo
Good People
The Motherf**ker With the Hat
*War Horse

OUTSTANDING NEW BROADWAY MUSICAL
*The Book of Mormon
Priscilla Queen of the Desert
Sister Act
Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown

OUTSTANDING NEW OFF-BROADWAY PLAY
Blood From a Stone
Kin
*Other Desert Cities
The Other Place

OUTSTANDING NEW OFF-BROADWAY MUSICAL
Freckleface Strawberry
In Transit
*The Kid
Tomorrow Morning

OUTSTANDING NEW SCORE
(Broadway or Off-Broadway)
*The Book of Mormon
Catch Me If You Can
Sister Act
Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown

OUTSTANDING REVIVAL OF A PLAY
(Broadway or Off-Broadway)
Born Yesterday
The Importance of Being Earnest
The Merchant of Venice
*The Normal Heart

OUTSTANDING REVIVAL OF A MUSICAL
(Broadway or Off-Broadway)
*Anything Goes
How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
Hello Again
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

OUTSTANDING DIRECTOR OF A PLAY
*Marianne Elliott & Tom Morris, War Horse
Emma Rice, Brief Encounter
Anna D. Shapiro, The Motherf**cker With the Hat
Daniel Sullivan, Good People

OUTSTANDING DIRECTOR OF A MUSICAL
Rob Ashford, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
Kathleen Marshall, Anything Goes
*Casey Nicholaw & Trey Parker, The Book of Mormon
Jerry Zaks, Sister Act

OUTSTANDING CHOREOGRAPHER
Rob Ashford, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
Ross Coleman, Priscilla Queen of the Desert
*Kathleen Marshall, Anything Goes
Casey Nicholaw, The Book of Mormon

OUTSTANDING SET DESIGN
(Play or Musical)
Desmond Heeley, The Importance of Being Earnest
Derek McLane, Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo
*Neil Murray, Brief Encounter
Todd Rosenthal, The Motherf**ker With the Hat

OUTSTANDING COSTUME DESIGN
(Play or Musical)
Lez Brotherston, Sister Act
*Tim Chappel & Lizzie Gardiner, Priscilla Queen of the Desert
Desmond Heeley, The Importance of Being Earnest
Lizz Wolf, Baby It’s You!

OUTSTANDING LIGHTING DESIGN
(Play or Musical)
*Paule Constable, War Horse
Natasha Katz, Sister Act
David Lander, Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo
Malcolm Rippeth, Brief Encounter

OUTSTANDING ACTOR IN A PLAY
Reed Birney, The Dream of the Burning Boy
Bobby Cannavale, The Motherf**ker With the Hat
Joe Mantello, The Normal Heart
Al Pacino, The Merchant of Venice
*Mark Rylance, Jerusalem

OUTSTANDING ACTRESS IN A PLAY
*Nina Arianda, Born Yesterday
Edie Falco, The House of Blue Leaves
Judith Light, Lombardi
*Frances McDormand, Good People
Laurie Metcalf, The Other Place

OUTSTANDING ACTOR IN A MUSICAL
Norbert Leo Butz, Catch Me If You Can
*Josh Gad, The Book of Mormon
Daniel Radcliffe, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
Tony Sheldon, Priscilla Queen of the Desert
Aaron Tveit, Catch Me If You Can

OUTSTANDING ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL
Victoria Clark, Sister Act
*Sutton Foster, Anything Goes
Beth Leavel, Baby It’s You!
Patina Miller, Sister Act
Donna Murphy, The People in the Picture

OUTSTANDING FEATURED ACTOR IN A PLAY
*Brian Bedford, The Importance of Being Earnest
Evan Jonigkeit, High
Stacy Keach, Other Desert Cities
Seth Numrich, War Horse
Yul Vázquez, The Motherf**ker With the Hat

OUTSTANDING FEATURED ACTRESS IN A PLAY
Renée Elise Goldsberry, Good People
Linda Lavin, Other Desert Cities
Estelle Parsons, Good People
Alison Pill, The House of Blue Leaves
*Elizabeth Rodriguez, The Motherf**ker With the Hat

OUTSTANDING FEATURED ACTOR IN A MUSICAL
Colin Donnell, Anything Goes
*Adam Godley, Anything Goes
Chester Gregory, Sister Act
John Larroquette, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
John McMartin, Anything Goes

OUTSTANDING FEATURED ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL
*Laura Benanti, Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown
Nikki M. James, The Book of Mormon
Patti LuPone, Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown
Marla Mindelle, Sister Act
Laura Osnes, Anything Goes

OUTSTANDING SOLO PERFORMANCE
Daniel Beaty, Through the Night
Mike Birbiglia, My Girlfriend’s Boyfriend
*John Leguizamo, Ghetto Klown
Michael Shannon, Mistakes Were Made

JOHN GASSNER AWARD
(Presented for an American play, preferably by a new playwright)
Amy Herzog, After the Revolution
*Matthew Lopez, The Whipping Man
David West Read, The Dream of the Burning Boy
Kim Rosenstock, Tigers Be Still

SPECIAL ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS
Ellen Barkin for her Outstanding Broadway Debut in The Normal Heart

Adrian Kohler with Basil Jones for Handspring Puppet Company
Puppet Design, Fabrication and Direction for
War Horse

The 2010-11 Outer Critics Circle Executive/Nominating Committee includes Simon Saltzman (President), Mario Fratti (Vice-President), Patrick Hoffman (Corresponding Secretary), Stanley L. Cohen (Treasurer), Glenn Loney (Historian & Member-at-Large), Rosalind Friedman (Recording Secretary) and Aubrey Reuben, Thomás Gentile & Harry Haun (Members-at-Large).

Outer Critics Circle is the organization of writers covering New York theatre for out-of-town newspapers, national publications and other media beyond Broadway. Celebrating its 61st season, the members of the Outer Critics Circle are affiliated with more than 90 newspapers, magazines, radio and television stations, and theatre publications in America and abroad.

It’s finally here.  Tony Award Nominations will be announced at 8:30 AM EST.  Watch it live here.

Click here to watch the 2011 Tony Awards Nominations Announcements Live!

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