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Thursday, February 23, 2017

Tony Awards poll results: Who do you want to host the 2017 ceremony? by Sam Eckmann

There has been no official announcement regarding who will inherit hosting duties for the 71st annual Tony Awards, but that hasn’t stopped us from voicing our own opinions. We asked our re…

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Saturday, February 11, 2017

Who do YOU think should host the 2017 Tony Awards? [POLL] by Sam Eckmann

Sure, the 2017 Tony Awards aren’t until Sunday June 11 but by this time last year, we already knew who would host Broadway’s biggest night: James Corden was announced on February 2…

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Monday, October 10, 2016

EGOT champ Scott Rudin could win three more Tony Awards this Broadway season by Sam Eckmann

At the 2016 Tony Awards, Scott Rudin was the lead producer on two top Tony winners. “The Humans” claimed Best Play and “A View from the Bridge” snagged Best Play Revival. Not surpris…

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Saturday, June 11, 2016

Tony Awards 2016 predictions: Toughest 3 musical categories made easy by Sam Eckmann

The design categories at the Tony Awards may not be the most exciting races to casual viewers but guessing the correct winners could be the key to prevailing in Gold Derby’s prediction con…

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Tony Awards 2016 predictions: Toughest 3 play categories made easy by Sam Eckmann

I often find that the design categories for plays at the Tony Awards are the easiest to predict. Oftentimes there is one show with the grandest or most obvious achievement in design, as with…

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Friday, June 10, 2016

[WATCH] Tony Awards predictions preview: Creative arts races are key to winning our contest by Sam Eckmann

With only a few days until this year’s Tony Awards ceremony, Gold Derby’s in-house Tony trio — Executive Editor Paul Sheehan, contributor David Buchana and myself —…

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Monday, May 30, 2016

Tony Awards 2016: Best Director (Play) could split from top races for only third time ever by Sam Eckmann

At the Tonys, the Best Director (Play) award usually goes to the helmer of either the Best Play or Best Play Revival winner. Indeed, since the Play Revival category was created in 1994, th…

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Thursday, May 26, 2016

Matt Windman’s ‘The Critics Say …’ is a must-read book for theater awards fans by Sam Eckmann

If you’re a theatre nerd like me, you likely spend opening nights parsing through reviews to find out how the latest Broadway show fared with the critics. Amidst the cacophony of voices, y…

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Monday, May 2, 2016

Tony Awards voters: Attention must be paid to these 4 performances from plays by Sam Eckmann

Just as I did with the four musical acting categories, here are a quartet of performances on the play side that warrant consideration by the Tony Awards nominating committee, which is meeti…

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Hey, Tony Awards nominations committee: Remember these 4 performances by Sam Eckmann

As the 50 members of the Tony Awards nominating committee come together on Monday to vote on the best of the Broadway season, it’s time to remind them of performers who are sitting “on t…

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