Malkovich, who celebrates his birthday December 9, co-starred with Gary Sinise in the 1982 Steppenwolf production at Cherry Lane Theatre.

The 30th anniversary broadcast is hosted by Joe Mantegna and Mary McCormack.

Sinise will reflect on his book Grateful American: A Journey from Self to Service at the February 18 events.

The PBS broadcast is again hosted by Joe Mantegna and Gary Sinise.

The PBS broadcast is again hosted by Joe Mantegna and Gary Sinise.

The annual event is broadcast live on PBS.

The Tony-nominated director of Sam Shepard's Buried Child and co-founder of Chicago's Steppenwolf Theatre talks about his start in the theatre.

Playbill.com offers a look at the history of the rules determining which plays are considered revivals for the Tony Awards.

Here is a list of shows announced to open on Broadway during the 2000- 2001 season and beyond. (Information as of Aug. 23, 2000.) Schedule subject to change. For more details, please see separate news stories on each show. The 2000-2001 Broadway season began June 1, 2000. The 2000-2001 Tony season began May 4, 2000.

FROM THE SPECIAL TONY PLAYBILL

The Emmy Awards for achievement in television were given Sept. 8 in Pasadena, CA, and many artists with prime theatrical credits were prominent among the winners -- and losers.

Last season wasn't a good one for director Frank Galati. After shepherding the promising Lynn Ahrens-Stephen Flaherty project Seussical from it's inception, he was jettisoned from the show during its tumultuous Boston tryout—a remarkable circumstance for the man behind such Tony winning Broadway triumphs as The Grapes of Wrath and Ragtime. But hope springs eternal and this fall Galati will begin work on another huge, Broadway-bound musical, John Kander and Fred Ebb's The Visit, based on the Friedrich Durrenmatt morality play. And Galati even found a way to end 2000-2001 on a positive note. After a 12 year break, he has returned to acting, taking a lead role in Michael Healey's The Drawer Boy at the Steppenwolf Theatre Company in Chicago, where he in an ensemble member. The show, which also stars John Mahoney, recently extended until June 16. Galati spoke to Playbill On Line about his experience working on Seussical, his hopes for The Visit and why he decided to stride the boards once more.

Last season wasn't a good one for director Frank Galati. After shepherding the promising Lynn Ahrens-Stephen Flaherty project Seussical from it's inception, he was jettisoned from the show during its tumultuous Boston tryout—a remarkable circumstance for the man behind such Tony winning Broadway triumphs as The Grapes of Wrath and Ragtime. But hope springs eternal and this fall Galati will begin work on another huge, Broadway-bound musical, John Kander and Fred Ebb's The Visit, based on the Friedrich Durrenmatt morality play. And Galati even found a way to end 2000-2001 on a positive note. After a 12 year break, he has returned to acting, taking a lead role in Michael Healey's The Drawer Boy at the Steppenwolf Theatre Company in Chicago, where he in an ensemble member. The show, which also stars John Mahoney, recently extended until June 16. Galati spoke to Playbill On Line about his experience working on Seussical, his hopes for The Visit and why he decided to stride the boards once more.

Trucks and equipment are already rolling in for CBS-TV's "The Late Show With David Letterman" and its scheduled broadcast from the stage of Chicago's Steppenwolf Theatre, Friday, Nov. 15. This is the third of the show's four stops around the country.