Jill Wagner

Kinky Boots and Vanya And Sonia And Masha And Spike are among the big winners of the 79th Annual Drama League Awards announced today in New York City. Kinky Boots took Distinguished Production of a Musical and Vania And Sonia And Masha And Spike was named Distinguished Production of a Play. Other winners include Pippin, Distinguished Revival of a Musical; and Who’s Afraid Of Virginia Woolf, Distinguished Revival of a Play. Nathan Lane received the Distinguished Performance Award, presented by Debra Messing. Others honored include Bernadette Peters who nabbed the Distinguished Achievement in Musical Theatre Award; Madison Square Garden Entertainment and the Rockettes received the Unique Contribution to the Theatre Award and Jerry Mitchell was honored with The Founders Award for Excellence in Directing. Click over for the complete list: DISTINGUISHED PRODUCTION OF A PLAY Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike Lincoln Center Theatre/Golden Theatre by Christopher Durang Directed by Nicholas Martin Joey Parnes, Larry Hirschhorn, Joan Raffe/Jhett Tolentino, Martin Platt and David Elliot, Pat Flicker Addiss, Catherine Adler, John O’Boyle, Joshua Goodman, Jamie deRoy/Richard Winkler, Cricket Hooper Jiranek/Michael Palitz, Mark S. Golub and David S. Golub, Radio Mouse Entertainment, Shadowcatcher Entertainment, Mary Cossette/Barbara Manocherian, Megan Savage/Meredith Lynsey Schade, Hugh Hysell/Richard Jordan, Cheryl Wiesenfeld/Ron Simons, S.D. Wagner, John Johnson, producers, in association with McCarter Theatre Center and Lincoln Center Theater * * * DISTINGUISHED REVIVAL OF A MUSICAL Pippin Music Box Theatre Book by Roger O. Hirson, Music and Lyrics by Stephen Schwartz Directed by Diane Paulus Barry and Fran ... Read More »

The conclusion of the Dance Moms reunion centered on "new moms" Kristie Ray and Jackie Lucia airing their grievances with the original cast members. But things took a nasty turn when rival dance teacher Cathy came out guns blazing in her quest to take down the Abby Lee Dance Company.  OK! News: 'Dance Moms' Reunion: The 5 Biggest Arguments From Part 1 Here's the best (or worst?) one-liners of the night: "You have a lot of thunder to give!" --Cathy to Abby while claiming her jab wasn't about Abby being a "large woman" but rather because she was acting like a brat "It's probably going to shock her pantyhose right off, although she doesn't have pantyhose, oh, and she didn't shave either!" --Cathy to Christi while touching her bare legs. Christi protested saying she's had laser hair removal, which prompted Cathy's next insult... "It's not working for you babe. You've got stubble!" --On a positive note, Cathy followed up by complimenting Christi's daughter, Chloe OK! News: Watch the Most Insane 'Dance Moms' Moments from This Season "You don't get better sitting on your butt!" --Abby to Kelly, seizing the opportunity to slam her daughter Paige "Look at your poor, pathetic mother over there. You've disgraced her." --Abby to Cathy OK! News: When Dance Moms Live Tweet... 9 Of Their Best One-Liners! "Crap like you should be shoved down the toilet!" --Abby to Cathy "I think that all of you ladies are really very tacky." --Cathy to the Dance Moms OK! News: 'Dance Moms' Exclusive! OK! Chats With a Former Abby Lee Miller Student "She's a hot mess in the group dance and she messes up every group dance she's in." --Jill to Kristie Ray about daughter Asia's performances with the ALDC "I don't want my daughter in the world record for turning" --Melissa taking a dig at Jackie's daughter Sophia for breaking the Guinness World Record of 36 consecutive pirouettes [Side note: Sophia was performing live on Dancing With The Stars opposite the airing of Dance Moms. Wonder how Melissa felt about that!] Was Cathy out of line with her insults to Abby? Or was Abby just getting what she deserved? Let us know in the comments below or tweet us @OKmagazine. Photo credit:  Lifetime TV