Thursday, May 4, 2023
When Jesse Green wrote in his New York Times review of this season’s revival of “Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street” that the show had been “restored to its proper size,�…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 01:00PMTuesday, May 2, 2023
In a Broadway season bursting at the seams with critically-acclaimed production — 38 musicals, plays, and revivals opened during the 2022-2023 eligibility window — it is no surprise that…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 10:45AMWith 38 productions eligible for this year’s Tony Awards, there were plenty of names missing when nominations were announced on Tuesday morning. Among the most surprising 2023 Tony nominat…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 10:15AMWith the announcement of the Tony Awards nominations on May 2, we now know the shows and performers in contention for the 76th annual ceremony. The 40 members of the Tony nominating committe…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 10:00AMUnlike other major awards bodies, the Tony Awards decide their nominations via a committee of industry members who commit to seeing every single production that opens during the Broadway sea…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 08:30AMMonday, May 1, 2023
The 2022-2023 Broadway season that began way back last July with the opening of “The Kite Runner” featured a whopping 38 productions of new musicals, plays, and revivals. The incredibly …
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 02:00PMTwo new musicals and a starry revival will dominate the 2023 Tony Awards nominations, according to our official odds in 17 of the 26 categories. “Some Like It Hot” and “Kimberly Akimbo…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 12:00PMSunday, April 30, 2023
“Out of all the Tony categories this season, this could be the most complicated,” notes Sam Eckmann about the race for the top Broadway honor of Best Play. It’s a sentiment we share ab…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 09:00AMThursday, April 6, 2023
The contest for Best Play Revival at this year’s Tony Awards is shaping up to be a true nail-biter, even in the nominations round of voting. Five of the eligible productions — “A Doll�…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 12:15PMWednesday, April 5, 2023
The corn is as high as an elephant’s eye in Broadway’s latest musical comedy “Shucked.” The new original show is an intentionally corny riff on classic Golden Age musicals: it sets a…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 09:00AMMonday, April 3, 2023
The top honorees at the 2023 Laurence Olivier Awards were plays that focused on cultures outside of London. “My Neighbour Totoro,” which is based on the beloved Japanese film of the same…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 09:00AMTuesday, March 28, 2023
The Tony Awards contest for the top honor of Best Play is the most crowded it has been in at least a decade. A whopping 17 new dramatic works will vie for only five slots that recognize the …
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 05:00PMMonday, March 27, 2023
First “Company,” then “Into the Woods,” and now the demon barber of Fleet Street. In the year or so since legendary composer Stephen Sondheim’s death, Broadway has seen an increasi…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 11:00AMWednesday, March 22, 2023
In the lead-up to Tony nominations being announced on May 2, Sam Eckmann and I are predicting 10 of the Musical categories, where new breakout shows like “Kimberly Akimbo” and “Some Li…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 10:00AMFriday, March 10, 2023
Henrik Ibsen’s world-(in)famous play “A Doll’s House” has not been seen on Broadway in over 25 years, when Janet McTeer led a production under the direction of Anthony Page. Now, int…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 09:00AMWednesday, March 1, 2023
Two new works based on existing material dominated the nominations for the 2023 Olivier Awards, the top theatre honor in Britain. “My Neighbour Toroto” and “Standing at the Sky’s Edg…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 04:30PMFriday, December 9, 2022
Fans of the extraordinary Audra McDonald have had a long wait for her return to the Broadway stage. Yes, she did host the 2021 Tony Awards that were previously postponed by the pandemic, and…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 06:30PMWednesday, November 16, 2022
Eight months after winning the Oscar for “The Eyes of Tammy Faye,” Jessica Chastain has set her return to the Broadway stage in one of the greatest roles in the theatre. Under the direct…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 11:00AMTuesday, November 1, 2022
The first new play of the current Broadway season, a stage adaptation of Khaled Hosseini’s novel “The Kite Runner,” has closed on Broadway. A memory play that toggles back and forth be…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 10:00AMTuesday, October 25, 2022
Attention must be paid to the latest revival of Arthur Miller’s classic American family drama “Death of a Salesman,” which opened on Broadway at the Hudson Theatre on Oct. 9. Wendell P…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 08:00AMMonday, October 24, 2022
One of the world’s greatest living playwrights has returned to Broadway. Over a decade since his last effort, Tom Stoppard has come back with epic play “Leopoldstadt,” a sprawling fami…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 08:00AMWednesday, July 13, 2022
Just shy of one month ago, a revival of legendary composer Stephen Sondheim’s musical “Company” took home five Tony Awards, including the top prize for Best Revival. Now a remounting o…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 11:00AMSunday, June 12, 2022
For just the 17th time in awards history, someone has just won the EGOT. Moments ago, Jennifer Hudson received her first Tony Award as a producer of the Best Musical champ “A Strange Loop,…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 11:05PMThe 75th Tony Awards was held on Sunday, June 12 in a two-part telecast staged at Radio City Music Hall. Nominations were announced on May 9, 2022. Of the 34 eligible productions from the 20…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 07:00PMTony Awards nominations were announced on Monday, May 9 by Adrienne Warren and Joshua Henry. While the nominations for the 75th annual Tony Awards were determined by a few dozen theater pr…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 06:00PMAfter almost five decades on the Broadway stage, Patti LuPone has won her third Tony Award for her featured performance in director Marianne Elliott’s revival of Stephen Sondheim’s “Co…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 10:53AMSaturday, June 11, 2022
In the last few days of every Tony Awards season, prognosticators have the tendency to overthink some races that are likely done deals. That could be the case this year with the Featured Act…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 07:00PMFriday, June 10, 2022
The Best Original Score prize is always one of the most coveted prizes at the Tony Awards. This year, the race is also one of the most competitive, pitting Michael R. Jackson’s music and l…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 05:00PMDirector Marianne Elliott’s reimagining of Stephen Sondheim’s legendary musical “Company” will win the most Tony Awards, according to our official odds in all 26 categories. The cont…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 02:00PMAfter an extraordinary season boasting 34 musicals, plays, and revivals, Broadway will toast its nominees and crown new winners at the upcoming 75th annual Tony Awards. If predicting the win…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 12:00PMThursday, June 9, 2022
“Nothing is impossible,” remarked Patti LuPone in 1980 just moments after receiving the Tony Award for her performance in “Evita.” The role transformed the actress into a Broadway se…
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