These eight stars reflect on the women they look to for strength and hope during Broadway shutdown.

Tony winner Diane Paulus directs Emily Mann’s new play.

Did you know the star of TNT’s new summer series, opposite Carrie Preston and Niecy Nash, was part of the Tony-winning Coast of Utopia?

Laura Heywood knows a thing or two about social media. The woman behind the Twitter handle @BroadwayGirlNYC shares some of her favorite and most useful social media accounts run by women in theatre.

Theatre Philadelphia held its 2013 Theatre Celebration Nov. 4 at the Arden Theatre Company.

It's the biggest night of the year for the Philadelphia theatre community. Resident presentations of Miss Saigon, My Wonderful Day, The Threepenny Opera, In the Next Room and Let Me Down Easy are among productions nominated for 2011 Barrymore Awards, the ceremony of which is held Oct. 3.

Resident presentations of Miss Saigon, My Wonderful Day, The Threepenny Opera, In the Next Room and Let Me Down Easy are among productions nominated for 2011 Barrymore Awards in Philadelphia, the Theatre Alliance of Greater Philadelphia announced on Sept. 6. Tony Award winner Terrence McNally was named a Barrymore "distinguished artist."

Hello, diva lovers! As reported earlier in the week, it seems that Bernadette Peters has been approached about starring in a full scale London revival of the classic musical Gypsy. Peters is definitely interested in what would be her second “Ethel Merman” role and is currently mulling over the prospect of following in the footsteps of such former Gypsy stars as the aforementioned Merman, Angela Lansbury, Tyne Daly, and, most recently at the Paper Mill, Betty Buckley. As you know, two-time Tony winner Peters is scheduled to conclude her run in Annie Get Your Gun in September and, according to her press rep, would like a bit of a break before heading into another musical, but with Sam Mendes as the possible director, it seems like a project too exciting to dismiss. Arthur Laurents, who wrote the book to Gypsy, which features a score by Jule Styne and Stephen Sondheim, recently leaked the news at a press conference for his new autobiography, “Original Story By” (Random House). Stay tuned for more info! (Another exciting thought: a London season with both Elaine Paige in The King and I and Peters in Gypsy would be more than worth the transatlantic trip!)

Hello, diva lovers! As reported earlier in the week, it seems that Bernadette Peters has been approached about starring in a full scale London revival of the classic musical Gypsy. Peters is definitely interested in what would be her second “Ethel Merman” role and is currently mulling over the prospect of following in the footsteps of such former Gypsy stars as the aforementioned Merman, Angela Lansbury, Tyne Daly, and, most recently at the Paper Mill, Betty Buckley. As you know, two-time Tony winner Peters is scheduled to conclude her run in Annie Get Your Gun in September and, according to her press rep, would like a bit of a break before heading into another musical, but with Sam Mendes as the possible director, it seems like a project too exciting to dismiss. Arthur Laurents, who wrote the book to Gypsy, which features a score by Jule Styne and Stephen Sondheim, recently leaked the news at a press conference for his new autobiography, “Original Story By” (Random House). Stay tuned for more info! (Another exciting thought: a London season with both Elaine Paige in The King and I and Peters in Gypsy would be more than worth the transatlantic trip!)

CA's Berkeley Repertory Theatre presents the final performance of its season opener, Tony Kushner's Hydriotaphia or the Death of Dr. Browne, Oct. 31, a day earlier than planned.

CA's Berkeley Repertory Theatre opens its 1998-99 season with Tony Kushner's Hydrotaphia or the Death of Dr. Browne in a co-production with Houston's Alley Theatre, Sept. 16-Nov. 1.

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Performances continue at New York City Center through December, culminating in a special season finale on December 30.

In Playbill.com's latest feature series, we ask theatre artists to offer a selection of the stage creations that were influential to their own work. Our second edition of the series features selections from Tony Award-winning costume designer Ann Hould-Ward, who shares her list of influential fashion from stage and screen.