Wednesday, May 31, 2017
Theater veteran Johanna Day has only made four appearances on Broadway over the course of her long stage career, but she clearly has impeccable taste. Each one of Day’s outings on the Grea…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 11:30AMWednesday, May 3, 2017
Gold Derby’s in-house trio of Tony Awards prognosticators — executive editor Paul Sheehan, contributing writer Sam Eckmann, and myself — met via webcam to discuss our reactions to the …
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 08:00AMSunday, April 30, 2017
For the last three years running at the Tony Awards, one of the five Best Actress in a Play nominees reaped her bid for a closed production. Last year, Laurie Metcalf earned her third To…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 11:50AMWednesday, April 26, 2017
Tony-winner John Guare’s (“Two Gentleman of Verona”) acclaimed play “Six Degrees of Separation,” a finalist for the 1991 Pulitzer Prize, has returned to Broadway, opening at the Et…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 03:30PMFriday, April 21, 2017
Seldom does a pairing of actress and role feel so intrinsically perfect as Bette Midler and Dolly Gallagher Levi, the titular character in Jerry Herman’s classic musical comedy “Hello, D…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 10:00AMTuesday, April 18, 2017
After a beleaguered preview period marred by technical malfunctions and an injury, the new musical “Groundhog Day” based on the 1993 film of the same name opened on Monday, April 17. Dir…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 10:00AMFriday, April 7, 2017
In 2006, composer Scott Frankel, lyricist Michael Korie, and playwright Doug Wright teamed up to create the musical “Grey Gardens,” one of the most praised original musicals in recent th…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 08:30AMThursday, April 6, 2017
In the six decades since “Present Laughter” debuted on Broadway in 1947, Noël Coward’s farce has been revived five times including the new production starring Oscar winner Kevin Kl…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 09:00AMTuesday, April 4, 2017
In 2001, the whimsical French film “Amélie” captivated audiences and earned five Oscar nominations, including Best Foreign Language Film. On April 3, a musical adaptation of the movie s…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 02:30PMMonday, March 27, 2017
After nearly a quarter-century as a playwright, Pulitzer Prize winner Lynn Nottage has finally made her Broadway debut by way of new drama “Sweat,” which opened at Studio 54 on March 2…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 08:30AMTuesday, February 7, 2017
Jake Gyllenhaal just can’t seem to catch a break with American awards shows. After missing out on an Oscar nomination two weeks ago for his performance in “Nocturnal Animals,” Gyl…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 07:30PMTuesday, January 10, 2017
“Sweat,” one of the most critically acclaimed plays of New York’s fall season, will open on Broadway this spring. The show, a timely chronicle of the lives of union factory workers in…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 11:30AMThursday, December 29, 2016
“Sunday in the Park with George,” one of only nine musicals to win the prestigious Pulitzer Prize for Drama, will return to Broadway this spring with Oscar-nominee Jake Gyllenhaal (“B…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 04:40AMThursday, November 3, 2016
Last month, six new Broadway productions announced that they will be joining the already-bountiful 2016-17 season. The calendar below details the opening dates for each of the 34 productions…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 06:45PM“Oh, Hello on Broadway,” a new stage play starring Nick Kroll and John Mulaney as their sketch comedy characters Gil Faizon and George St. Geegland respectively, recently opened on Broad…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 11:10AMA new mounting of “Les Liaisons Dangereuses” starring Janet McTeer and Liev Schreiber opened on Broadway on October 30. Adapted from a 1782 French epistolary novel, the show follows form…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 06:40AMTuesday, October 18, 2016
A new production of Anton Chekhov’s final play “The Cherry Orchard,” with a modernized text by Tony-winning playwright Stephen Karam (“The Humans”), opened on Broadway on Oct. 16…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 07:18AMMonday, October 17, 2016
“Holiday Inn: The New Irving Berlin Musical,” an adaptation of the beloved 1942 film in which Bing Crosby introduced “White Christmas,” opened on the rialto recently. This t…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 06:07AMFriday, October 14, 2016
“Heisenberg,” a new play by Tony winner Simon Stephens (“The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime”), opened on Broadway on Oct. 13 to generally positive reviews followi…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 03:29PMMonday, October 3, 2016
“The Encounter,” the first play to open in the 2016-2017 Broadway season, also holds the distinction of being its most unique entry. Using advanced sound design, “The Encounter” chro…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 07:35AMThursday, September 29, 2016
Although we are five months into the year-long Tony Awards season, only one contender has opened — the first rialto revival of the 1983 Best Musical winner “Cats.” Anothe…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 08:59AMTuesday, June 14, 2016
Hours after the 2016 Tony Awards, Gold Derby’s in-house Tony trio – Executive Editor Paul Sheehan, contributing writer Sam Eckmann and myself – met via webcam with contributing write…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 11:49AMSaturday, June 11, 2016
“Hamilton” made Tony Awards history with a record-breaking 16 nominations, surpassing the previous total of 15 set by “The Producers” in 2001 and tied by “Billy Elliot” in 2009. …
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 03:55PMFriday, June 10, 2016
With only a few days until this year’s Tony Awards ceremony, Gold Derby’s in-house Tony trio — Executive Editor Paul Sheehan, contributor Sam Eckmann and myself — c…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 05:46AMThursday, June 9, 2016
With only a few days until this year’s Tony Awards ceremony, Gold Derby’s in-house Tony trio — Executive Editor Paul Sheehan, contributor Sam Eckmann and myself — c…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 10:00AMMonday, May 9, 2016
At last, Christine Baranski finally has a bonafide Emmy-caliber showcase for “The Good Wife” after seven years and 156 episodes of playing attorney Diane Lockhart. The one-time winner f…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 05:51PMTuesday, May 3, 2016
Following the announcement of the Tony Awards nominations on Tuesday, Gold Derby’s in-house Tonys trio — Executive Editor Paul Sheehan, contributor Sam Eckmann and myself …
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 11:09PMMonday, May 2, 2016
Anyone who thinks actors can only convincingly play younger on stage has yet to watch Sutton Foster in TV Land’s hit show “Younger.” The two-time Tony winner (“Thorou…
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