It's the year of the gender bending Tony nominee. Yesterday the 2013 Tony Awards nominations were announced and the Cyndi Lauper-scored drag queen caper Kinky Boots led the pack with 13 nominations.

The award winning Broadway musical ‘Once’ began a one week run in Dublin’s Gaiety theatre last Friday, as part of the European Premiere of the show.

‘Once’ the little Irish Broadway show that could won eight Tony awards on Sunday night and swept most of the Broadway accolades.

The 'How I Met Your Mother' star will take control of proceedings at the annual ceremony, which recognizes the best of Broadway theatre, for a third time and he can't wait to helm the show again.

The irreverent musical comedy, “The Book of Mormon” was named best musical at the 2011 American Theatre Wing's Tony Awards, among the nine awards bestowed on the show last night. Also Irish American Frances McDormand walked away with the award for best actress for her role in “Good People”.

"Pretty soon they’ll be turning its name to 'Spider-Man: Turn Off the Lawsuits.'" This being just one of the jokes cracked about the cursed Broadway show "Spider-Man: Turn off the Dark" , made by Tony Awards host Neil Patrick Harris last night.

The musical comedy – devised by the creators of 'South Park' – has earned a total of 14 nods, including for Best Musical, Best Direction and Best Score.

Sean Hayes, the gay actor best known for his role as Jack McFarland in NBC hit sitcom "Will & Grace" stunned the audience at last night’s Tony Awards by kissing Kristin Chenoweth on-stage at the awards.

Irish dancers, Samuel Beckett and an Irish-American ogre represent the Irish theater contingent in this year’s Tony Award nominations.