Monday, May 12, 2025
“It really feels like the most personal show to me,†reveals David Yazbek about his new musical Dead Outlaw. The composer has written music and lyrics for six Broadway production…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 01:53PMFriday, May 9, 2025
“I’m not sure anyone’s going to like this, it is such a big swing and such a departure from that original production,†Jamie Lloyd remembers thinking about his remo…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 08:29PMMonday, May 5, 2025
Just four days after earning a Tony Award nomination for Best Play and five more citations for its cast members, Purpose has just won the prestigious Pulitzer Prize for Drama. Today's announ…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 05:30PMWelcome to Tony Talk, a column in which Gold Derby contributors Sam Eckmann and David Buchanan offer Tony Awards analysis. Days after the 2025 Tony nominations were announc…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 01:37PMFriday, May 2, 2025
Within hours of the announcement of the 78th annual Tony Awards nominations, hundred of Gold Derby users made their first predictions about which productions, performers, and creatives will …
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 02:40PMWednesday, April 30, 2025
A new musical and two original plays will lead the 2025 Tony Awards nominations, according to Gold Derby's official odds in 17 categories ahead of Thursday's announcement. Death Becomes Her,…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 09:30AMThe 2024-25 Broadway season, which kicked off last June with a revival of the play Home and concluded with the openings of musicals Dead Outlaw and Real Women Have Curves this past Sunday, f…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 08:00AMTuesday, April 29, 2025
“When I first read The Crucible, I think it was in high school, and I was just trying to make it through the year, honestly†shares Sadie Sink with a laugh. The actress stars in …
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 06:30PMWelcome to Tony Talk, a column in which Gold Derby contributors Sam Eckmann and David Buchanan offer Tony Awards analysis. This week we discuss our (almost) final 2025 nomi…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 03:00PMMonday, April 28, 2025
“I became completely obsessed with this show as soon as I read the script,†shares Julia Knitel about the new Broadway musical Dead Outlaw. The show centers on the shocking, unbe…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 05:00PM“It feels wonderful because you invest so much of yourself in every individual show,†reflects Susan Stroman on the recognition she has received for directing the new Broadway mu…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 12:00PMSunday, April 27, 2025
Bernadette Peters has long been heralded as one of legendary composer Stephen Sondheim’s greatest interpreters. The actress originated roles in Sunday in the Park with George and Into…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 02:00PMThursday, April 24, 2025
“I’m real late to the Sondheim game, sadly,†Beth Leavel tells Gold Derby as she thinks back to her first memory of a Stephen Sondheim song or show. Part of her tardiness …
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 01:50PMWednesday, April 23, 2025
“It boggles my mind that this is actually happening,†admits Lea Salonga about the recognition she has been receiving for her performance in Stephen Sondheim’s Old Friends…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 05:00PMTuesday, April 22, 2025
Last year, Broadway shining star Kara Young made Tony Awards history. Her nomination for the play Purlie Victorious was her third in as many years, as she previously received recognition for…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 10:00AMWednesday, April 16, 2025
In all of Tony Awards history, there has never once been a season in which three performers have been nominated for Best Actor in a Play for Shakespearean roles. That could very well change …
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 05:27PMTuesday, April 15, 2025
Welcome to Tony Talk, a column in which Gold Derby contributors Sam Eckmann and David Buchanan offer Tony Awards analysis. This week, we regroup to discuss how the Broadway…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 02:00PMSeventy-two years after its debut and Tony Award win for Best Play, Arthur Miller’s The Crucible has received new life on Broadway. No, not in the form of a revival — the last …
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 12:24PMMonday, April 14, 2025
“Romeo and Juliet has featured in my life at these pivotal moments in a really funny way,†Gabby Beans smiles as she considers all the times she has crossed paths with one of Sha…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 03:30PMNatalie Venetia Belcon’s journey with Buena Vista Social Club started long before she starred in the off-Broadway production of the new musical in 2023. Her parents, both professional…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 11:00AMFriday, April 11, 2025
More than a decade after it debuted on NBC, Smash has finally arrived on Broadway. Fans of the ill-fated television series that ran for two seasons may not recognize the plot of this new mus…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 11:52AMTuesday, April 8, 2025
At 95 years of age, an incredibly spry Betty Boop has made her Broadway debut. The iconic cartoon character introduced in 1930 has made the leap from page to stage featuring newcomer Jasmine…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 03:57PMWelcome to Tony Talk, a column in which Gold Derby contributors Sam Eckmann and David Buchanan offer Tony Awards analysis. Following the opening of Good Night, and Good Luc…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 01:00PMMonday, April 7, 2025
Welcome to Tony Talk, a column in which Gold Derby contributors Sam Eckmann and David Buchanan offer Tony Awards analysis. No, your eyes do not deceive you! We are in fact …
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 08:15PMFriday, April 4, 2025
Twenty years after bringing the story of newsman Edward R. Murrow and his efforts to thwart Sen. Joseph McCarthy and the Red Scare to the screen in Good Night, and Good Luck — a work …
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 11:04AMTuesday, April 1, 2025
Welcome to Tony Talk, a column in which Gold Derby contributors Sam Eckmann and David Buchanan offer Tony Awards analysis. Join us as we take you inside the Palace Theatre …
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 04:19PMSix new Broadway productions opened in March, inaugurating the spring season and foreshadowing the 12 additional openings to come before Tony Awards nominations are announced. See below for …
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 11:00AMMonday, March 31, 2025
Welcome to Tony Talk, a column in which Gold Derby contributors Sam Eckmann and David Buchanan offer Tony Awards analysis. On the heels of The Picture of Dorian Gray's opening night, we r…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 08:00AMTuesday, March 25, 2025
Welcome to Tony Talk, a column in which Gold Derby contributors David Buchanan and Sam Eckmann offer Tony Awards analysis. This week we take you inside the Hayes Theatre to discuss one…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 09:00AMFriday, March 14, 2025
Welcome to Tony Talk, a column in which Gold Derby contributors Sam Eckmann and David Buchanan offer Tony Awards analysis. Now that more than 700 users have weighed in with their…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 09:00AMFriday, March 7, 2025
Welcome to Tony Talk, a column in which Gold Derby contributors Sam Eckmann and David Buchanan offer Tony Awards analysis. Before the deluge of plays and musicals set to open ahe…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 08:00AM 
