Sunday, April 29, 2012
Entertainment Weekly offers its final Tony nominee predictions: "... whose names will be called when Kristin Chenoweth and Jim Parsons announce the nominations this Tuesday at 8:30 a.m.…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 05:36PMFriday, April 27, 2012
Nominations for this year's Drama Desk Awards are divided almost evenly between Broadway (74) and off-Broadway (76) fare. However, if the past is any indication, almost a…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 01:22PMOur Experts are divided over the winner of the Best Actress (Play) race at the Tony Awards.
Six of them are predicting that Tracie Bennett will win for reprising her Olivier-n…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 10:08AMAll of our Experts predict Philip Seymour Hoffman will win Best Actor (Play) for headlining the fourth rialto revival of 1949 Tony champ "Death of a Salesman." Hoffman, who lost th…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 09:24AMThe race for Best Actor (Musical) is a close one with two Broadway newcomers -- Jeremy Jordan ("Newsies") and Steve Kazee ("Once") -- jostling for the lead. Jordan, who p…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 08:09AMAll but one of our Experts agree that Audra McDonald is on track to take home her fifth Tony Award for her lead performance in the musical "Porgy and Bess." This Broadway darling o…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 07:49AMThursday, April 26, 2012
Our Experts are split about which new work will win Best Play at the Tony Awards on June 10.
Six of our dozen Experts are backing last year's Pulitzer Prize champ "Clybourn…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 11:41AMThe new tuner "Newsies" is the clear frontrunner in the race for Best Musical at the upcoming Tony Awards. All but two of our Experts are predicting this musical, based o…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 10:46AMTuesday, April 24, 2012
Like the Outer Critics Circle and the Drama Desk, the Drama League does not distinguish between Broadway and off-Broadway when doling out honors. However, with so many shows and pe…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 03:18PMMonday, April 23, 2012
Eight day before the nominations for the Tony Awards are announced, the Outer Critics Circle have weighed in with contenders for their kudos. (Full list of nominations here.)
Members of …
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 12:35PMSunday, April 22, 2012
Why April is Broadway's busiest month: "Three productions opened last week, and seven more are opening this week — accounting for about 25 percent of all new shows in the 2011…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 05:44PMFriday, April 20, 2012
Our nine Experts are split almost evenly about the winner of Best Play at the Tony Awards.
Five of them are backing last year's Pulitzer Prize champ "Clybourne Park," …
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 02:14PMThe Drama League prepares for the 78th Annual Drama League Awards. From the press release: "The Drama League (Executive Director, Gabriel Shanks) has gathered together a team of Broadwa…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 01:51PMTuesday, April 17, 2012
Carlos Santana doesn't let his Grammys inside his house: "I look around here in my office with the Grammys and other trophies. I'm grateful -- but grateful they're not at my…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 03:28PMMonday, April 16, 2012
"The play is fast. It's very verbal. It takes very sharp turns very quickly," said Hugh Dancy about the original play "Venus in Fur" currently on Broadway. "I lo…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 02:22PM"Matilda," the tuner edition of the Roald Dahl classic children's book, swept the Olivier Awards Sunday winning a record seven gongs, including Best Musical. It broke by one th…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 10:11AMFriday, April 13, 2012
Johnny Depp jammed with Marilyn Manson at the Golden Gods Awards: "Johnny Depp's life took a pretty different turn after he moved to L.A. with his band The Kids to try his hand at r…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 05:12PMThursday, April 12, 2012
Will Tom Hanks make his Broadway debut in a Nora Ephron play? "The piece, 'Stories About McAlary,' centers on the life of Pulitzer Prize-winning [New York] Post columnist Mike M…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 12:48PMWednesday, April 11, 2012
Blair Underwood makes his Broadway debut this month playing one of the most legendary yet challenging characters in theater history - the brooding, emotionally abusive, working class Stanley…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 06:31PMCould "Modern Family" star Eric Stonestreet become "Justified" villain? "Showrunner Graham Yost says Stonestreet's a fit for the show 'because he's a Kan…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 05:23PMSunday, April 8, 2012
Who will win the Pulitzer Prize for drama? "Last year at this time, as Playbill was polling theatre pundits about possible recipients of the 2011 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, many assumed …
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 05:03PMSaturday, April 7, 2012
"Evita" opens to generally positive reviews: "Though some reviewers did not warm to [Ricky Martin] in the lead role, many seem to agree Olivier Award-winning Elena Roger is a …
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 04:54PMWednesday, April 4, 2012
When Gold Derby launches its new weekly live Emmy show in conjunction with UStream next Monday, April 9, "Derby Talk" will include three Emmy superstars:
* Debra Messing, who …
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 09:53PMSunday, April 1, 2012
Emmy Rossum is surprised how relaxed she has become with the raunchy, explicit and unabashedly profane side of Showtime hit "Shameless." "You can't imagine ever getting co…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 08:43PMFriday, March 30, 2012
Nominations for the 27th annual edition of the Lucille Lortel Awards were announced Thursday. The original off-Broadway production of the tuner "Once," based on the 2006 Oscar-winn…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 11:10AMThursday, March 22, 2012
Patrick Stewart will host the Peabody Awards: "Tony Award nominee Patrick Stewart will host the 71st annual George Foster Peabody Awards ceremony May 21 at the Waldorf Astoria in New Yo…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 06:51PMFriday, March 16, 2012
Oscar-nominees David Strathairn annd Jessica Chastain will appear together on Broadway: "Written by Ruth Goetz & Augustus Goetz, 'The Heiress' will be directed by Tony Award…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 05:26PMTuesday, March 13, 2012
Hugh Jackman smashed house records when he brought his one-man show to Broadway in the fall. Patti LuPone and Mandy Patinkin, who starred in the original 1980 production of "Evita,…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 11:57PMIndiewire makes its 2012 Emmy predictions: "The nominations have the potential to represent a extremely strong season of television, from drama ('Breaking Bad,' 'Homeland…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 06:43PMThe race for Best Musical Actor pits two-time Tony champ Matthew Broderick ("Nice Work If You Can Get It") against four-time nominee Raul Esparza ("Leap of Fait…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 12:14PMSaturday, March 10, 2012
Vulture sets out to name the best TV drama of the last 25 years in tournament form. "Breaking Bad" vs. "Friday Night Lights" in the quarter-finals: "It is, of course…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 11:34PM 
