Lauren Graham’s Broadway production, Guys and Dolls, came to a close last weekend. Many of us never had a chance to see the production. However, two video clips surfaced today of Lauren Graham performing Guys and Dolls. Obviously someone in the audience had their camera handy! The first video features the scene and song, ‘Adelaide’s Lament’, while the next is the performance, ‘Sue Me.’

And here’s one more video of Lauren Graham taking her very last stage exit from the Nederlander Theater last weekend: Read more

Kelly Bishop (Emily Gilmore on Gilmore Girls) got her big break in the Broadway production A Chorus Line in the 1970s - she even won the 1976 Tony Award as “Best Supporting or Featured Actress (Musical)” for her role.

A little digging by one of the readers of this site produced a video of Kelly Bishop singing “At the Ballet”, one of her numbers from A Chorus Line. I thought you’d enjoy seeing it!

Thanks Sara!

News broke today that Lauren Graham’s Broadway revival of Guys and Dolls will be coming to a close on June 14th, just days away! Guys and Dolls opened in March, to mixed reviews. On June 14th, the show will have played 113 performances and 28 preview performances at the Nederlander Theatre.

Although this revival of Guys and Dolls will close on Broadway, they are planning to take it on a national tour during 2010-2011 (likely with new casting). The announcement comes just days after the Tony Awards, where Guys and Dolls was nominated, but did not win, for “Best Revival of a Musical.”

Weekly ticket sales for Guys and Dolls have had the theater at about 60% capacity, earning $9.6 million in its time on Broadway. Likely the box office figures played heavily in the decision to close down the show.

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Photo Credit: GuysAndDollsBroadway.com

Melissa McCarthy (Sookie on Gilmore Girls) is currently starring in the Groundlings production Enchanted Forest, which will be playing at the Groundling Theater in LA through to July 18. This comedy show is directed by Roy Jenkins and features a collection of skits by Groundlings members.

Melissa McCarthy, who has been with Groundlings for more than 10 years, delivers in the skit “Soft Butt Firm”. LA Weekly describes the skit with:

“Soft Butt Firm” finds Melissa McCarthy on-target as a sugar-tongued huckster of her recently acquired product — a superabsorbent toilet paper.

You can buy tickets to see Melissa in this comedy show here. Read more

Michael Winters (Taylor Doose on Gilmore Girls) is currently starring as Prospero in the Seattle Shakespeare Company production of William Shakespeare’s The Tempest, which is playing from June 4 - 28th.

In The Tempest, Prospero (Michael Winters) is a banished sorcerer and rightful Duke of Milan. He uses his magical powers to punish and forgive his enemies when he raises a tempest (violent storm) to drive them ashore to an island. That island’s native inhabitants, Ariel and Caliban, aid or hinder Prospero’s work. While vengeance is what Prospero seeks, he discovers instead that love and forgiveness are the most potent magic of all.

In an interview with the Seattle Times, Michael Winters shares that he’s acted in 10 of Shakespeare’s plays in the past, though The Tempest is a new one for him and that the part was hard to learn: Read more

Lauren Graham attended the Tony Awards last night at Radio City Music Hall in New York. Lauren and Guys and Dolls co-star Oliver Platt introduced their co-stars to perform “Sit Down You’re Rockin’ the Boat”, one of the musical numbers in the production.

Guys and Dolls was one of the contenders for “Best Revival in a Musical”, though they didn’t take home the win.

Lauren Graham is photographed wearing a beautiful green gown arriving at the 63rd Annual Tony Awards at Radio City Music Hall in New York City last night. Lauren presented an award, and her Guys and Dolls production was up for “Best Revival of a Musical.” Sadly, the winner in that category was for Hair.

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A behind-the-scenes video from Lauren Graham’s Broadway production, Guys and Dolls was recently released. In the video, Tituss Burgess takes you directly to Lauren Graham’s dressing room, where she’s just all smiles. It’s cute.

Don’t forget, Lauren Graham will be at the Tony Awards on Sunday to present an award and also to *hopefully* win as part of the “Best Revival of a Musical” category. Cross your fingers for her!

Kelly Bishop (Emily Gilmore on Gilmore Girls) will be at the Luna Stage for one night only to perform A Song at Twilight.

On June 6th at 8pm, Kelly Bishop joins Maryann Punkett, Jake Robards and Paxton Whitehead for a staged reading of one of Noel Coward’s final plays, A Song at Twilight. The play depicts an elderly writer confronted by his former mistress with the facts about his past life - facts he’d prefer to forget.

You can buy tickets for the event here.

Image: Newscom ; Via Broadway World

Lauren Graham, who recently performed at the Tony Awards Preview Concert, has also joined the list of presenters on June 7th for the Tony Awards. Neil Patrick Harris will the host of this year’s Tony Awards.

The Tony Awards will be broadcast on CBS on June 7th at 8/7c. As well as presenting, Lauren Graham will be there to support Guys and Dolls, which is nominated for “Best Revival of a Musical.” The Tony Awards Preview Concert, in which Lauren Graham performed with Guys and Dolls co-star Kate Jennings, will be shown across the US starting on May 31st (mostly showing on June 6th). You can see here for more details.

Of course, you can count on GilmoreGirlsNews.com to have videos from both nights as soon as they become available! If you liked this post, follow GilmoreNews on Twitter!

Photo Credit: GuysAndDollsBroadway.com ; Thanks Michael!