“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 11:30AM“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 02:00PM“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 10:30AM“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 10:30AM“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 10:30AM“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 10:30AMMost 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 10:30AMWhen 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 06:30PM“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 08:00PM“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 05:00PM00The 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 09:00AMThe 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…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 06:00PM“I became obsessed,” admits Vanessa Hudgens of her love for “Rent.” After performing in the show at a Hollywood Bowl performance in 2010, she “fell in love with the community and f…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 12:00PM“Playing the character is literally a dream come true” says George Salazar of his character Michael in “Be More Chill” the new musical from Joe Iconis and Joe Tracz. Salazar’s Mich…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 06:00PM“I’ve kind of found this perfect balance” says Orfeh in regards to adapting roles from beloved films. The actress currently stars as Kit De Luca in “Pretty Woman: The Musical,” and…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 02:00PMThe Off-Broadway League announced nominations for the 34th Annual Lucille Lortel Awards on April 3rd. As the first nominations announcement of the theatre awards season, several Tony Award h…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 03:30PMThe new musical “The Prom” won over industry folks with its big heart and bevy of Broadway insider jokes. But many wondered where each member of the ensemble cast would compete at this y…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 03:00PMGold Derby’s 2019 Tony Awards prediction center is now open! Broadway productions must open by an April 25th cutoff date in order to be eligible for Tony consideration. So it’s time to m…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 03:30PMThe 2019 Tony Awards may be months away, but the Tony Awards Administration Committee is busy determining category placement for shows from the 2018-2019 Broadway season. The committee met f…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 02:30PMThe Tony Awards give out four top awards each year: Best Play, Best Play Revival, Best Musical, and Best Musical Revival. These are the most coveted categories for producers hoping a win wil…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 03:00PMThe Tony Awards Administration Committee met for the first time in the 2018-2019 Broadway season, and announced the first round of Tony Awards eligibility rulings. Seven productions were dis…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 03:00PMIt took a decade for Broadway royalty Kelli O’Hara to snag her first Tony Award win. But shortly after that success on her home turf, O’Hara may be on the way to her first Emmy Award tha…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 05:00PMPredicting 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 12:00PMPlenty 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 11:30AMThis year’s Tony Awards race for Best Actress in a Musical is turning into a nail-biter. Competition was so fierce that the nominating committee found an extra slot in the category. On…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 06:00PMBroadway fans bemoaned the lack of leading men in musicals this year with only five eligible for consideration at the Tony Awards. While Paul Alexander Nolan (“Escape to Margaritaville…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 03:00PM“It becomes a very personal experience to each audience member,” reveals Katrina Lenk of her Broadway musical “The Band’s Visit.” Lenk portrays Dina, an Israeli woman who befriends…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 02:30PMThere was plenty to cheer about when the 2018 Tony Awards nominations were announced on May 1. Deserving performers like Michael Cera (“Lobby Hero”), Deborah Findlay (“The …
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