Whoopi Goldberg Heads Back To Broadway

Whoopi Goldberg may be taking a break from "The View." Goldberg, a co-host of ABC'S talkshow announced on the air this morning that she will appear in the Tony-nominated roller-skating musical “Xanadu” as one of the show’s evil sisters, Caliope.


Goldberg, 52, has previously been on Broadway with her own one-woman show as well as in revivals of “A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum” and “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom.”

Whoopi will look "fierce" for Tonys

Whoopi Goldberg will be hosting the Tony Awards for the first time this year - and she plans to look fierce!

E! has exclusively revealed that Project Runway winner Christian Siriano will be dressing Goldberg. Reps for the Tonys and Goldberg confirmed the news.

The Tonys will be telecast live on CBS from Radio City Hall in New York City June 15.

Goldberg has revealed some of her plans for the show that celebrates the best of Broadway. She told her co-hosts on 'The View' that she has been shooting spots in Times Square, as well as other iconic areas around Gotham.

She also told the New York Daily News that Big Apple's Mayor Bloomberg will be joining her in a skit to start the show.

"He's my friend, and who better to start the night than the mayor of New York City?" Goldberg told the paper.

The Oscar-, Emmy-, Grammy- and Tony-winner actress got her start in theater, and she has been using her clout on 'The View' to help hype the Tony Awards and some of the nominees.