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Tuesday, July 23, 2024

Triple Crown of Acting: Who scored Emmy, Oscar and Tony nominations in the same year? [PHOTOS] by Matthew Stewart

In January 2018 – less than eight months after she won her first Tony Award for “A Doll’s House, Part 2” – Laurie Metcalf was given her first shot at an Oscar thanks to her work in…

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Wednesday, April 10, 2024

Three cheers for Helen Mirren: The only winner of the British and American Triple Crowns of Acting by Matthew Stewart

“The Audience” – a play about Queen Elizabeth II and her various prime ministers – was a landmark in the career of Helen Mirren. This 2013 reprisal of her Oscar and BAFTA winning rol…

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Monday, April 8, 2024

British Triple Crown of Acting: Meet the 8 performers who have won BAFTA Film and TV Awards plus Oliviers by Matthew Stewart

The 1976 establishment of the Society of West End Theatre Awards (renamed the Laurence Olivier Awards in 1984) signaled the introduction of the British entertainment industry’s own acting …

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Friday, April 5, 2024

Triple Crown of Acting: Meet the 24 performers who have won Oscars, Emmys and Tonys by Matthew Stewart

At the fifth annual Primetime Emmy Awards in 1953, Helen Hayes won the Best Actress award, thereby becoming the first performer to ever achieve the Triple Crown of Acting. This past Oscar an…

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Saturday, January 21, 2023

Where does Ariana DeBose’s Oscar-winning performance rank in terms of screen time? by Matthew Stewart

Over the past half decade, film academy members have demonstrated a clear preference for lengthy featured male performances while generally being drawn to comparatively shorter female ones. …

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Wednesday, March 24, 2021

SAG Awards nominee profile: Daveed Diggs (‘Hamilton’) would be the 5th to win Tony and Screen Actors Guild for same role by Matthew Stewart

Since the first Screen Actors Guild Awards ceremony in 1995, only four performers have nabbed trophies for roles that had previously earned them Tony wins. Brian Dennehy (“Death of a Sales…

SOURCE: Gold Derby at 03:01PM
Saturday, March 13, 2021

Oscars mystery solved: What type of source material wins Best Adapted Screenplay? by Matthew Stewart

There are many different types of existing works from which a film’s screenplay can be adapted, and the academy has honored scripts built from just about every source material imaginable. …

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Saturday, February 27, 2021

Leslie Odom Jr. poised to reap two Oscar nominations for ‘One Night in Miami’ by Matthew Stewart

When “Mudbound” brought Mary J. Blige Oscar bids for acting and songwriting (“Mighty River”) in 2018, a trail was blazed and an annual tradition began. In 2019, Lady Gaga won for pen…

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2024-2025 BROADWAY SEASON
Jun 05, 2024: Home - Todd Haimes Theatre
Jul 11, 2024: Oh, Mary! - Lyceum Theatre
Jul 30, 2024: Job - Hayes Theater
Sep 12, 2024: The Roommate - Booth Theatre
Nov 14, 2024: Tammy Faye - Palace Theatre
Nov 17, 2024: Elf - Marquis Theatre
Dec 12, 2024: Cult of Love - Hayes Theater
Dec 19, 2024: Gypsy - Majestic Theatre
Mar 17, 2025: Purpose - Hayes Theater
Apr 10, 2025: Smash - Imperial Theatre