Dozens will spread joy on screen this screen, including Amber Riley, Michael Urie, and Vanessa Hudgens.

The NY awards combine Broadway and Off-Broadway.

Here is a survey of recent cast album releases (and significant Broadway-related releases), and a schedule of those announced for the balance of 1999.

Hello, diva lovers! Well, I must admit it was a bit daunting to open a blank Word Perfect document this past Tuesday morning to attempt to write a millennium-based diva column while finishing our January subscription issue and starting our February theatre edition. At one point I decided I would just write a regular weekly column and not deal with the approaching 2000 mark, but then I thought I would simply list many of the women of the musical theatre/cabaret worlds who have brightened our lives throughout the past few decades. So, in alphabetical order, here they are. (I’m sure I’ve left out many of your favorites, so please excuse any omission!) Following this grand diva list are more detailed thoughts and musings about some (but not all) 25 of my very favorite gals (alphabetically, of course). I hope you enjoy reading this column, and may the New Year bring every diva lover out there much joy and happiness, and may it also be diva-filled!

Hello, diva lovers! Well, I must admit it was a bit daunting to open a blank Word Perfect document this past Tuesday morning to attempt to write a millennium-based diva column while finishing our January subscription issue and starting our February theatre edition. At one point I decided I would just write a regular weekly column and not deal with the approaching 2000 mark, but then I thought I would simply list many of the women of the musical theatre/cabaret worlds who have brightened our lives throughout the past few decades. So, in alphabetical order, here they are. (I’m sure I’ve left out many of your favorites, so please excuse any omission!) Following this grand diva list are more detailed thoughts and musings about some (but not all) 25 of my very favorite gals (alphabetically, of course). I hope you enjoy reading this column, and may the New Year bring every diva lover out there much joy and happiness, and may it also be diva-filled!

Stars from stage and screen were part of the four-hour May 17 taping of Oprah Winfrey's upcoming May 23 and 24 broadcasts at Chicago's United Center, which seats more than 20,000 people.

The original production opened on Broadway at the Ford Center for the Performing Arts January 18, 1998.

Michael McElroy and Phylicia Rashad open Off-Broadway in Blue in 2001.

Films will also feature Ruth Negga, André Holland, Jesse Eisenberg, Martha Plimpton, Reed Birney, and more.

Richard Sabellico directs and choreographs the limited engagement.

50 actors have been nominated in the coveted Distinguished Performance Award category.

Playbill.com correspondent Ben Rimalower offers a collection of the essential power ballads from Broadway musicals.