Thursday, August 1, 2019
The first new musical of 2019-2020 Broadway season, “Moulin Rouge!,” is a sumptuous stage adaptation of Baz Lurhman’s film and the “spectacular spectacular” production will draw in…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 05:30PMThursday, June 13, 2019
Shortly after college I bought a one-way bus ticket, boarded with two duffel bags and no job, and moved to New York City. The metropolis I soon fell in love with looked nothing like how prim…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 02:00PMFriday, June 7, 2019
Predicting the outcome of the design categories at the Tony Awards proves a challenge every year. But if you want to perform well in our prediction contest, you’ll need to ace these tough …
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 06:00PMPlenty of attention is paid to the top races and acting categories at the Tony Awards. But if you are looking to do well in our prediction contest, you will also have to make smart decisions…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 04:00PMWe finally know which Broadway productions will perform during the 73rd Annual Tony Awards. The 2019 telecast honoring Broadway’s best and brightest will be hosted by James Corden this Sun…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 10:00AMThursday, June 6, 2019
Stephanie J. Block is the frontrunner to win Best Actress in a Musical at this Sunday’s Tonys for her dynamic embodiment of Cher in “The Cher Show.” However, Tony history is not on her…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 07:00PMWith mere days to go before the 2019 Tony Awards on Sunday June 9th, David Buchanan and I are locking in our final predictions for the play categories. Though using that word “final” is …
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 12:30PMWednesday, June 5, 2019
A second round of presenters for the 73rd Annual Tony Awards has been announced on Wednesday. These celebs will help introduce awards during the June 9th ceremony, which will be hosted once …
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 06:00PMThe 2019 Tony Awards are quickly approaching. Before the CBS ceremony hosted by James Corden on June 9, make sure to catch up with all of our interviews with this year’s nominees. Follow t…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 01:00PMTuesday, June 4, 2019
The 2019 Tony Awards are almost upon us. Before you watch the CBS ceremony hosted by James Corden on June 9, make sure to check out these 11 conversations with Tony nominees. Follow the link…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 01:00PMMonday, June 3, 2019
While the Drama Desk Awards nominate a slew of off-Broadway fare, the winners invariably come from Broadway. That was once again the case on Sunday when all but one of the 16 champs in the m…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 04:00PMThursday, May 30, 2019
The first round of presenters for the 73rd Annual Tony Awards have been announced. 12 names are featured in this list revealed on Thursday, including past Tony nominees and winners. They wil…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 03:00PMTuesday, May 28, 2019
“My intention was to always embed the choreography into the staging, so that it didn’t feel like the story stopped for a dance number,” reveals “Hadestown” choreographer David Neum…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 05:30PMFriday, May 24, 2019
“We approach it as if we’re originating the role,” reveals Jeff Daniels. The role in question is Atticus Finch in Aaron Sorkin’s stage adaptation of Harper Lee’s “To Kill a Mocki…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 11:30AMThursday, May 23, 2019
“There has been more ownership of myself because I have been playing Cher,” reveals Stephanie J. Block. The Broadway veteran earned her third Tony nomination recently for playing the pop…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 03:30PM“Everyone has an idea of what they think these icons are,” reveals Sergio Trujillo. The choreographer earned his second Tony nomination for “Ain’t Too Proud: The Life and Times of th…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 09:30AMWednesday, May 22, 2019
“You’d be a sociopath if musical theatre came naturally to you,” jokes Alex Brightman. He is referencing the highly rehearsed and precisely calibrated technical aspects underneath his …
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 11:30AMTuesday, May 21, 2019
“Original musicals are my favorite thing to do,” gushes Tony winner Casey Nicholaw. He won a Tony Award for directing the Broadway smash “Book of Mormon,” and earned his 11th Tony no…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 02:00PMMonday, May 20, 2019
“If someone said you could not do what you loved to do, how far would you go?” That’s the central question director Scott Ellis planted in his new Broadway adaptation of “Tootsie.”…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 02:30PM“I’m having to be more inventive, to be more athletic in a way, because the dancers are,” admits Warren Carlyle. The choreographer picked up his third Tony nomination for upping his ga…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 10:30AMThursday, May 16, 2019
“This is a show that is about today. It’s about what’s going on in our country now,” declares director Des McAnuff about his Broadway musical “Ain’t Too Proud: The Life and Times…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 10:30AMFriday, May 10, 2019
“I have a very strong inner Dee Dee Allen,” reveals Tony winner Beth Leavel. Dee Dee is the gloriously vain Broadway diva that Leavel portrays in “The Prom.” Her impressive comedic c…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 10:30AMThursday, May 9, 2019
“I just sort of assumed some other celebrity was attached to the project,” admits Brandon Uranowitz of the initial table read for Lanford Wilson’s “Burn This.” His assumption was w…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 10:30AMWednesday, May 8, 2019
Most pundits agree that the race for Best Director of a Musical is coming down to Rachel Chavkin (“Hadestown”) vs. Daniel Fish (“Oklahoma!”). But the inclusion of Scott Ellis (“Too…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 11:00AM“When you’re starting with a completely blank slate, it’s definitely more of a challenge,” admits book writer and lyricist Chad Beguelin. Beguelin and composer Matthew Sklar picked u…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 10:30AMFriday, May 3, 2019
When the nominations for the 2019 Tony Awards were finally announced on Tuesday, major races were shaken up by shocking omissions. Gold Derby contributors David Buchanan and Sam Eckmann got …
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 06:30PMFriday, April 26, 2019
“She’s an independent, self-made, strong woman,” declares Lilli Cooper of her character in the new musical adaptation of “Tootsie.” Cooper plays Julie Nichols in David Yazbek’s n…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 08:00PMFriday, April 19, 2019
“I am a ‘heart creature’ myself,” reveals production designer Jason Sherwood. “I like to have a personal connection to something” he says of the projects he chooses, “to find a…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 05:00PMSunday, April 14, 2019
00The Tony Awards Administration Committee met for the third time in the 2018-2019 Broadway season, and announced eligibility rulings for the 73rd Annual Tony Awards. Seven productions were …
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 03:00PMUnlike recent Broadway seasons, this year’s Tony Award race for Best Musical is wide open. This is one of the few points on which David Buchanan and myself agree. As Tony season begins to …
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 09:00AMWednesday, April 10, 2019
The winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Drama will be announced on April 15. American playwrights will surely hope to see themselves named as winner, not only for the prestige that comes with t…
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