BROADWAY BEAR OFFERING FREDDY BENSON AS RUPRECHT BEAR

Broadway Bears is an auction featuring a cuddly chorus line of one-of-a-kind teddy bears, each meticulously outfitted in original, handmade costumes by Broadway's leading costume designers and representing memorable characters from plays and musicals, past and present.  This year Broadway Bears is featuring a Freddy Benson as Ruprecht Bear signed by Norbert Leo Butz and Gregg Barnes.
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BROADWAY.COM INTERVIEWS JONATHAN PRYCE

With his distinctively silky voice, Jonathan Pryce is a natural for playing charming con man Lawrence Jameson in Dirty Rotten Scoundrels . And the Welsh-born actor—who's been away from Broadway for 15 years since his Tony Award-winning run as the Engineer in Miss Saigon —swears he's up for the naughty humor and high jinks of the hit musical.
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PLAYBILL.COM'S BRIEF ENCOUNTER with JONATHAN PRYCE

Time was, Welsh actor Jonathan Pryce was most widely known as a classical actor who tackled Shakespeare's major roles. His musical theatre career is a recent development
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ON THE SCENE JONATHAN PRYCE JOINS DIRTY ROTTEN SCOUNDRELS

Video featuring Opening night celebration for new Dirty Rotten Scoundrels star Jonathan Pryce.
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DIRTY TALENTED SCOUNDREL - DA BUTZ CHARMS BROADWAY

When Norbert Leo Butz - whose less-than-euphonic name has been the bane of his career - rose to accept the 2005 Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical, he blurted, "I want to thank God, because there's no way someone with my name from South St. Louis should be standing here at Radio City holding one of these without divine intervention."...
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FRONT & CENTER - SHERIE RENE SCOTT

TheaterMania.com interviews Sherie Rene Scott.
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BROADWAY.COM INTERVIEWS NORBERT LEO BUTZ

If you don't think Norbert Leo Butz has got the stuff of a Broadway star, you haven't seen the actor strut his great, big personality in Dirty Rotten Scoundrels...
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2005 TONY AWARD FOR NORBERT LEO BUTZ

Norbert Leo Butz won the 2005 Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical! Here's a photo of Norbert performing at the Tonys...

DIRTY ROTTEN SCOUNDRELS WINS 4 BROADWAYWORLD.COM AWARDS!

Dirty Rotten Scoundrels once again come up on top, winning yet another audience poll. After more than 100,000 votes were cast, DIRTY ROTTEN SCOUNDRELS won the following at 3rd Annual Broadwayworld.com Awards:

BEST MUSICAL

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE - David Yazbek

BEST LEADING ACTOR IN A MUSICAL - Norbert Leo Butz

BEST FEATURED ACTOR IN A MUSICAL - Gregory Jbara

DIRTY ROTTEN SCOUNDRELS WINS 3 BROADWAY.COM AUDIENCE AWARDS!

With more than 150,000 votes cast in the 5th Annual Broadway.com Audience Awards, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels won FAVORITE NEW MUSICAL, FAVORITE ACTOR (MUSICAL) - Norbert Leo Butz, and FAVORITE ON STAGE PAIR - John Lithgow and Norbert Leo Butz

CONGRATULATIONS TO NORBERT LEO BUTZ!

Norbert has waon the Drama Desk Award for Best Actor in a Musical, as well as the Astaire Award for Outstanding Male Dancer of the Year. Norbert has already won the 2005 Drama League Award for Distinguished Performance as well as the 2005 Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Actor in a Musical!

SCOUNDRELS NOMINATED FOR 11 TONY AWARDS!

Dirty Rotten Scoundrels received nominations in the following categories...

BEST MUSICAL
BEST LEADING ACTOR IN A MUSICAL - John Lithgow
BEST LEADING ACTOR IN A MUSICAL - Norbert Leo Butz
BEST LEADING ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL - Sherie Rene Scott
BEST FEATURED ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL - Joanna Gleason
BEST DIRECTOR OF A MUSICAL - Jack O'Brien
BEST CHOREOGRAPHY - Jerry Mitchell
BEST LIGHTING DESIGN OF A MUSICAL - Kenneth Posner
BEST ORCHESTRATIONS - Harold Wheeler
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE - David Yazbek
BEST BOOK OF A MUSICAL - Jeffrey Lane

The awards ceremony will be held at Radio City Music Hall on Sunday, June 5, and broadcast live on CBS television from 8pm to 11pm.

DIRTY ROTTEN SCOUNDRELS WINS DRAMA LEAGUE AWARD!

Dirty Rotten Scoundrels took home the 2005 Drama League Award for Best Musical!

AN INTERVIEW WITH GREG JBARA
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels doesn't just represent Greg's return to the stage, it also marks his return to his favorite city in the world. "For me, it was sort of a gift, a miracle job" says Greg describing his current role in Scoundrels . "I used to sit at home in Los Angeles, and go to all the web sites about Broadway, look at the Times Square web cam, and look at the people walking around at 4 o'clock in the morning. Then I'd pan over to Howard Johnson's, and I'd pan over to the Marquee where I spent I lot of time in New York, and I just missed the place."...
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NOT ROTTEN AT ALL!
Simply put, here is a musical comedy that hits on all cylinders. Half a dozen potential Tony nominees stock the leads and second leads, not to mention production values that are as stunning as they are hilarious. One can only hope that the rest of this season's new offerings will be as equally impressive...
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OPENING NIGHT PHOTOS AND VIDEO
Broadway.com has posted photos and video from the opening of Dirty Rotten Scoundrels. Click here for the photos and click here for the video!

Quotable Quotes: Dishing with the Company of Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
Quotes from the actors and creative team behind Dirty Rotten Scoundrels. Taken from the opening night party at Copacabana. Read more on Broadway.com

PLAYBILL ON OPENING NIGHT: Teamwork and Schemework
You know the con is on when you pick up your Playbill at the Imperial and find on the title page in teeny tiny type 29 dirty rotten producers. Thoroughly legitimate legit types like Marty Bell, David Brown, Chase Mishken, Jay Harris, Dede Harris, Roy Furman and Harvey Weinstein are punctuated by improbables like Florenz Ziegfeld, David Belasco and The Entire Prussian Army-a merry bunch of moneybags, these...
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THE LEADING MEN: Pros & Cons (Q&A with Norbert Leo Butz)
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Jeffrey Lane and David Yazbek's new musical about con men, is such good clean fun that it might as well be called Scam-a-lot...
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Interview with John Lithgow
Sometimes the strain of birthing a big Broadway musical can be seen on the desperate faces of the actors, but John Lithgow, star of Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, glides through his show looking like the cat who ate the canary. The role of a suave con artist seems tailor-made for the 6'4" actor, who proved he's game for anything during his five-year run as alien high commander Dick Solomon in 3rd Rock from the Sun, a role that brought him three Emmys... Read more on Broadway.com

Celebrities Flock to Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels just started performance at Broadway's Imperial Theatre, but celebrities are already flocking to see the engaging new musical. The company was pleased to see the likes of Alan Alda, Joan Rivers, Marion Ross and other famous folks in the audience--and backstage! Just think of how many stars will be visiting the cast before the opening on March 3!... Read more and see pics

Creators of Dirty Rotten Scoundrels Answer the Question,
"Isn't It Romantic?"
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, the new musical comedy about two competing con men let loose in the French Riviera, isn't a love story in the traditional sense, but the men of the title do romance one another... Read more

Fool's Gold
At one of the first rehearsals of Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, director Jack O'Brien told the assembled cast that the show they were about to embark on was all about the thrill of gambling, the adrenaline rush of taking huge chances. The director then confessed that he had never had much interest in Vegas. "I gamble with myself," said O'Brien... Read more