Thursday, June 1, 2023
“The moment before it happens, you’re like, okay, this is another year of not hearing your name and then just preparing yourself mentally for it not to hear it,” says NaTasha Yvette Wi…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 11:30AM“Who better to know how the American dream turns into the American nightmare than an African American family?,” asks Wendell Pierce. The actor earned a Tony nomination, his first as a pe…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 10:30AMWednesday, May 31, 2023
“I wanted to make sure that it was as seamless as possible,” explains “Schmigadoon!” re-recording mixer Vicki Lemar. Creating just the right sound mix for the Apple TV+ musical comed…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 05:30PMTuesday, May 30, 2023
“I knew that we were going in a darker turn this year,” says “Schmigadoon!” production designer Jamie Walker McCall. “But still it was important to still have the fun liveliness of…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 01:30PMSaturday, May 27, 2023
“It was a major challenge,” admits Bill Sherman on working with the wide variety of music used in “& Juliet.” He and collaborator Dominic Fallacaro created the orchestrations for…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 03:00PMFriday, May 26, 2023
“We don’t know a lot about these female characters,” says Betsy Wolfe of the women in the plays of William Shakespeare. The prospect of “filling in the gaps” of these women intrigu…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 05:30PMThursday, May 25, 2023
“It is such a show about Blackness, and it’s so special for me to have been able to bring part of myself to the work in this way,” explains “Ain’t No Mo” sound designer Taylor Wi…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 06:30PMTuesday, May 23, 2023
“I think it was sort of a long time coming,” admits Jessica Stone of her transition to directing. She worked as an actor for years, with seven Broadway performance credits under her belt…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 12:30PMMonday, May 22, 2023
“To be recognized, particularly in this year, it’s massive,” admits scenic designer Scott Pask. He earned two Tony nominations for Scenic Design of a Musical for the new tuners “Shuc…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 06:30PM“If I was going to repurpose and reinvent Max’s music, it also made sense to reinvent the story,” reveals “& Juliet” writer David West Read. He took on the daunting task of com…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 03:30PMSaturday, May 20, 2023
Winners of the 2023 Drama League Awards were announced on Friday, May 19, 2023, at an in-person ceremony, hosted by Emmy-winning reporter Frank DiLella at The Ziegfeld Ballroom. The Drama Le…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 07:00PMFriday, May 19, 2023
When Jefferson Mays wanted to perform a solo version of “A Christmas Carol,” scenic designer Dane Laffrey knew right away that it wasn’t going to be a simplistic approach with an actor…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 04:30PM“It’s rare that lightning in a bottle happens, but it did with this show. It’s wild,” exclaims Sean Hayes of “Good Night, Oscar.” The actor received a Tony Award nomination for h…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 12:30PMWednesday, May 10, 2023
“I’m quite a light and silly person in my real life, so this is much more the way that I am in friends,” reveals Aaron Tveit of his character in “Schmigadoon!” He portrays Topher i…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 11:30AMTuesday, May 9, 2023
“The whole point of the piece to me is that if we don’t grapple with the trauma and the history of our past, we are bound to repeat it,” explains Michael Arden of “Parade.” The dir…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 05:30PMSaturday, April 29, 2023
Another busy Broadway season has drawn to a close and Tony nominations are just days away. David Buchanan joins me in a rousing slugfest to sift through what musicals will be remembered at t…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 07:30PMFriday, April 28, 2023
The Tony Awards Administration Committee met on April 28, for the third and final time during the 2022-2023 Broadway season, to discuss the eligibility of 11 productions for the 76th Annual …
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 03:45PMThursday, April 27, 2023
Marchánt Davis can’t seem to keep away from the Belasco Theatre. He starred in Jordan E. Cooper’s “Ain’t No Mo’” at the 44th street haunt in December, and now just a few months …
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 11:30AMThe tone of “Fat Ham” runs the gamut from heavy drama to absurd humor, but Calvin Leon Smith admits, “don’t get the immediate gratification of laughter.” The actor portrays Larry i…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 10:30AMWednesday, April 26, 2023
“I really felt like theater was a family,” reveals Andrew T. MacKay. The composer has worked extensively on film, but his contributions to “Life of Pi” mark his first foray into comp…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 05:30PM“One thing that I’ve always strived for…is to be a healer,” reveals Chris Herbie Holland. Lucky for him then, that his character Tio in James Ijames’ “Fat Ham” is the person re…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 04:30PMThe Outer Critics Circle (OCC), the official organization of writers on New York theatre for out-of-town newspapers and national publications, today announced the nominees for the 72nd Annua…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 02:00PM“I’m one of those people who will always have to find something to laugh about,” reveals playwright and actor Jordan E. Cooper. During the summer of 2016, he was reeling from the killi…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 11:30AMAlex Joseph Grayson sees the Broadway revival of “Parade” as a chance to grow “more relaxed and more present as a performer.” The actor plays Jim Conley in the Michael Arden-helmed p…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 10:30AMTuesday, April 25, 2023
The Drama League today announced the nominations for the 2023 Drama League Awards. Honoring achievements on and Off-Broadway, the nominations were announced this morning by Roger Bart (“Ba…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 03:45PM“I’m a nerd first,” Colton Ryan quickly points out. In that sense, the actor is having the time of his life on his two recent projects which have connected him with legends in the indu…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 12:30PM“I don’t think I’m done creating this part! It’s still an exploration,” reveals Victoria Clark in reference to the title character of “Kimberly Akimbo.” In this new musical fro…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 11:30AMMonday, April 24, 2023
“The play is about family, identity and memory,” reveals Brandon Uranowitz when asked to synthesize the epic scope of Tom Stoppard’s “Leopoldstadt.” Having grown up Jewish within a…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 12:30PMFriday, April 21, 2023
“I’m not exaggerating when I say that I grew up on Neil Diamond,” reveals Will Swenson. “He’s my Dad’s favorite singer of all time. So it was just fed to us with our breakfast, p…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 01:30PMThursday, April 20, 2023
“We’re going after so many deep truths,” reveals Arian Moayed of the current revival of “A Doll’s House.” Director Jamie Lloyd has staged Amy Herzog’s new adaptation on a mostl…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 05:30PMWhen the pandemic shifted production schedules of two long-gestating projects, Crystal Lucas-Perry found herself performing in two powerful works back-to-back in her debut season on Broadway…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 03:30PM 
