Broadway’s 3 Billy Elliots dance off with 2009 Astaire Awards

August 3rd, 2009 NEW YORK - American rocker Billy Joel is reportedly keen to win his ex-wife Katie Lee back. Sources have revealed that Joel is completely distraught over the June break-up, and he's doing everything he can to win her back.

July 23rd, 2009 NEW YORK - Billy Joel, who ended his four-year marriage to wife Katie Lee last month, is said to be dating former "The Young and the Restless" star Alex Donnelley. The NYPost.com has reported that Joel met Donnelly through friends backstage at a recent Washington D.C.

July 22nd, 2009 'Billy Elliot' begins its tour in Chicago in MarchNEW YORK — "Billy Elliot" will begin dancing across North America next March. Producers of the Tony-winning best musical say the show will begin its tour in Chicago, opening for an extended run at the Ford Center for the Performing Arts, Oriental Theatre.

June 24th, 2009 NEW YORK - Singer Billy Joel missed his daughter Alexa Ray Joel's Father's Day performance in hometown Hamptons. However, mother Christie Brinkley and half-brother, Jack, 11, were by her side, singing and dancing along at the concert.

June 22nd, 2009 NEW YORK - If sources are to be believed, singer Billy Joel and his third wife Katie Lee parted ways after they couldn't agree on when to start a family. "Billy wanted to get going now.

June 8th, 2009 Best Tony Award ratings since 2006NEW YORK — Tony Awards organizers can be pleased about a winning night at the television turnstiles. Broadway's big night was seen by 7.45 million people.

June 8th, 2009 'Billy Elliot' takes Tony for best musicalNEW YORK — "Billy Elliot" has won the Tony as Broadway's best musical. The show about a British coal miner's son who dreams to dance was the biggest musical hit of the season.

June 8th, 2009 Partial list of winners of 2009 Tony AwardWinners of the 2009 American Theatre Wing's Tony Awards, announced Sunday. PLAY: "God of Carnage." REVIVAL OF A MUSICAL: "Hair." BOOK OF A MUSICAL: Lee Hall, "Billy Elliot, The Musical." ORIGINAL SCORE (MUSIC AND/OR LYRICS) WRITTEN FOR THE THEATRE: "Next to Normal." REVIVAL OF A PLAY: "The Norman Conquests." SPECIAL THEATRICAL EVENT: "Liza's at The Palace." PERFORMANCE BY A LEADING ACTOR IN A PLAY: Geoffrey Rush, "Exit the King." PERFORMANCE BY A LEADING ACTRESS IN A PLAY: Marcia Gay Harden, "God of Carnage." PERFORMANCE BY A LEADING ACTOR IN A MUSICAL: David Alvarez, Trent Kowalik, and Kiril Kulish, "Billy Elliot, The Musical." PERFORMANCE BY A LEADING ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL: Alice Ripley, "Next to Normal." PERFORMANCE BY A FEATURED ACTOR IN A PLAY: Roger Robinson, "Joe Turner's Come and Gone." PERFORMANCE BY A FEATURED ACTRESS IN A PLAY: Angela Lansbury, "Blithe Spirit." PERFORMANCE BY A FEATURED ACTOR IN A MUSICAL: Gregory Jbara, "Billy Elliot, The Musical." PERFORMANCE BY A FEATURED ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL: Karen Olivo, "West Side Story." SCENIC DESIGN OF A PLAY: Derek McLane, "33 Variations." SCENIC DESIGN OF A MUSICAL: Ian MacNeil, "Billy Elliot, The Musical." COSTUME DESIGN OF A PLAY: Anthony Ward, "Mary Stuart." COSTUME DESIGN OF A MUSICAL: Tim Hatley, "Shrek The Musical." LIGHTING DESIGN OF A PLAY: Brian MacDevitt, "Joe Turner's Come and Gone." LIGHTING DESIGN OF A MUSICAL: Rick Fisher, "Billy Elliot, The Musical." SOUND DESIGN OF A PLAY: Gregory Clarke, "Equus." SOUND DESIGN OF A MUSICAL: Paul Arditti, "Billy Elliot, The Musical." DIRECTION OF A PLAY: Matthew Warchus, "God of Carnage." DIRECTION OF A MUSICAL: Stephen Daldry, "Billy Elliot, The Musical." CHOREOGRAPHY: Peter Darling, "Billy Elliot, The Musical." ORCHESTRATIONS: Martin Koch, "Billy Elliot, The Musical"; Michael Starobin and Tom Kitt, "Next to Normal." SPECIAL TONY AWARD FOR LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT IN THE THEATRE: Jerry Herman.

June 8th, 2009 List of winners of 2009 Tony AwardWinners of the 2009 American Theatre Wing's Tony Awards, announced Sunday. BOOK OF A MUSICAL: Lee Hall, "Billy Elliot, The Musical." SCENIC DESIGN OF A PLAY: Derek McLane, "33 Variations." SCENIC DESIGN OF A MUSICAL: Ian MacNeil, "Billy Elliot, The Musical." COSTUME DESIGN OF A PLAY: Anthony Ward, "Mary Stuart." COSTUME DESIGN OF A MUSICAL: Tim Hatley, "Shrek The Musical." LIGHTING DESIGN OF A PLAY: Brian MacDevitt, "Joe Turner's Come and Gone." LIGHTING DESIGN OF A MUSICAL: Rick Fisher, "Billy Elliot, The Musical." SOUND DESIGN OF A PLAY: Gregory Clarke, "Equus." SOUND DESIGN OF A MUSICAL: Paul Arditti, "Billy Elliot, The Musical." CHOREOGRAPHY: Peter Darling, "Billy Elliot, The Musical." ORCHESTRATIONS: Martin Koch, "Billy Elliot, The Musical"; Michael Starobin and Tom Kitt, "Next to Normal." SPECIAL TONY AWARD FOR LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT IN THE THEATRE: Jerry Herman.

June 8th, 2009 What shows won what awards at the 2009 TonysThe prizes won Sunday by plays and musicals at the 2009 Tony Awards. "Billy Elliot" (10): musical; actor-musical; director-musical; book-musical; choreography; featured-actor musical; sets-musical; lighting-musical; sound-musical; orchestrations (tie).

June 8th, 2009 NEW YORK - Billy Elliot, the unlikely British musical about a miner's son with a passion for ballet, dominated the Tony Awards, scooping up 10 prizes, including the coveted prize for best musical. The Tony for best play went Sunday night to the searing marital comedy "God of Carnage" by Yasmina Reza while the remake of the musical "Hair" won the prize for best revival of a musical.

June 7th, 2009 'Billy Elliot,' 'God of Carnage' look toward TonysNEW YORK — "Billy Elliot" dominated the early going at Sunday night's Tonys, collecting six awards, including best book of a musical and choreography. The show also received design prizes for sets, lighting, sound and a tie with "Next to Normal" for best orchestrations.

June 1st, 2009 B'way's big question: How many Tonys for 'Billy'?NEW YORK — The big question seems to be: How many Tonys will "Billy Elliot" take home? If the Broadway theater gods are appeased Sunday, June 7, at Radio City Music Hall, "Billy Elliot" could win as many as 13 Tonys, which would be a record, besting the dozen collected by "The Producers" in 2001. The British musical received 15 nominations, although in the featured-acting categories it has performers competing against each other.

May 14th, 2009 Neil Patrick Harris set to host Tony Awards showNEW YORK — From Doogie to Barney to Tony. Neil Patrick Harris will host the 2009 Tony Awards, honoring the best of the Broadway season.

May 4th, 2009 'Ruined' gets top Lortel off-Broadway play prizeNEW YORK — Productions set in Africa have taken the top Lucille Lortel Awards for the best of off-Broadway. "Ruined," Lynn Nottage's drama of survival set against the backdrop of an African civil war, has received the prize for best play, while "Fela!" (FAY'-la) was chosen best musical.