Thursday, May 1, 2025
Audra McDonald has broken a new Tony record, becoming the most-nominated performer in Broadway history. Her nomination as the iconic Mama Rose in the latest production of Gypsy marks the 11t…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:32AMWednesday, August 21, 2024
From BroadwayWorld's Archive: Watch this video, as Audra McDonald and Kenny Leon talk all about the new play Ohio State Murders, which will be the first show to play at the newly renamed Jam…
SOURCE: YouTube at 06:18AMWednesday, July 31, 2024
From BroadwayWorld's Archive: Tomorrow, Goodman Theatre’s streaming-in-real-time Live series continues with Ohio State Murders by Obie Award-winning playwright Adrienne Kennedy.
SOURCE: YouTube at 10:06AMTuesday, June 11, 2024
From BroadwayWorld's Archive: Ohio State Murders officially opens tonight on Broadway. Starring Emmy, Grammy, and Six-time Tony Award winner Audra McDonald and directed by Tony Award win…
SOURCE: YouTube at 04:18AMFrom BroadwayWorld's Archive: BroadwayWorld was on the red carpet for opening night of Ohio State Murders, which is running on Broadway at the James Earl Jones Theatre. In this video, watch …
SOURCE: YouTube at 04:18AMThursday, February 15, 2024
Throughout the month of February, The Broadway Show is celebrating some of the theater industry’s most influential Black artists. This week, the spotlight is on director Kenny Leon.
Leon …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:36PMWednesday, December 6, 2023
Samm-Art Williams’ Tony-nominated play, Home, originally staged by the legendary Negro Ensemble Company in 1979, will return to Broadway in 2024. Helmed by Tony Award-winning director Ken…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:36PMFriday, June 23, 2023
Is the Theater Back to its Pre-pandemic Pleasures?
By Elyse Sommer
There are indeed signals for optimism that the worst of the pandemic is over, at least in the theater. Long shuttere…
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 05:29PMMonday, June 5, 2023
Winners of the 2023 Broadway.com Choice Awards were honored at a private reception at 48 Lounge on June 1. Voted on by you, the fans, attendees picked up their trophies and celebrated before…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:02PM“It grabbed my heart and just shook it,” reveals Audra McDonald of Adrienne Kennedy’s searing play “Ohio State Murders.” The six-time Tony Award winner initially participated in a …
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 01:30PMTuesday, May 30, 2023
When writer Suzanne Alexander (Audra McDonald) returns to her alma mater as a guest speaker, a dark mystery unravels. Adrienne Kennedy’s Ohio State Murders is an intriguing and unusual sus…
SOURCE: YouTube at 08:15PMWednesday, May 24, 2023
Every year since Broadway.com launched in 2000, we have asked you to pick your favorites of the season in the annual Broadway.com Audience Choice Awards. The results are in, and Into the Wo…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:18PMTuesday, May 16, 2023
Joshua Satine in Leopoldstadt. Photo: Joan Marcus
The cast of Some Like it Hot. Photo: Marc J. Franklin
The Outer Critics Circle (OCC),
the official organization of writers on New York…
SOURCE: reflectionsinthelight.blogspot.com at 10:29AMFriday, May 12, 2023
Tony Award winners Audra McDonald (Ohio State Murders), Ben Platt (Parade) and more will present the esteemed awards at the 89th Annual Drama League Awards.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:02PMWednesday, May 10, 2023
The New York Drama Critics’ Circle (NYDCC) announced that Tom Stoppard’s Leopoldstadt is the Best Foreign Play of the 2022-2023 season. The honors were decided upon at the organization�…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:02AMSaturday, May 6, 2023
And so it’s begun. The last show of Broadway’s 2022-23 season—a revival of The Sign in Sidney Brustein’s Window,Lorraine Hansberry’s 1964 meditation on white allyship—opened on …
SOURCE: Broadway & Me at 08:48AMTuesday, May 2, 2023
With “Ohio State Murders,” the 10-time Tony nominee hopes people took away a better understanding of the destructive power of racism.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 03:32PMThe Killing Eve star is in competition for best actress, while musical Some Like It Hot picks up the most nominations overall, with 13
Jodie Comer has been nominated for a Tony award for her…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:48AMFriday, April 28, 2023
Nominees have been announced for the 2023 Drama Desk Awards, honoring artistic excellence on Broadway, Off-Broadway and Off-Off-Broadway. Winners will be announced the week of May 29. The 6…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:02PMThursday, April 27, 2023
Shows With Multiple Nominations: Shucked: 12 – Some Like it Hot: 8 – Into the Woods: 6 – New York, New York: 6 – Life of Pi: 5 – Love: 5 –Merrily We Roll Along: 5 – Ohio…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 02:11PMBroadway musical New York, New York leads the pack with twelve nominations, followed by Some Like It Hot with ten nods. Downstate and Leopoldstadt lead the plays, with six nominations each.
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SOURCE: reflectionsinthelight.blogspot.com at 07:20AMThursday, April 6, 2023
The contest for Best Play Revival at this year’s Tony Awards is shaping up to be a true nail-biter, even in the nominations round of voting. Five of the eligible productions — “A Doll�…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 12:15PMThursday, March 23, 2023
The play was scheduled to close in February.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 07:54AMFriday, February 3, 2023
Broadway Update: Leslie Odom, Jr. Stars in Purlie Victorious
By: David Sheward
February 3, 2023: Tony winner Leslie Odom, Jr. (Hamilton) will star in a revival of Ossie Davis' comedy Pur…
SOURCE: theaterlife at 10:12AMWednesday, February 1, 2023
Broadway's biggest honors will be handed out June 11 at the United Palace Theatre in New York City.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:35AMThe Tony Awards Administration Committee has made eligibility decisions for 20 Broadway productions for the 2022-2023 season. This was the first time the committee met to decide the eligibil…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:21AMTony and Grammy Award winner and Academy and Emmy Award nominee Leslie Odom, Jr. will star in a new Broadway production of the classic American comedy Purlie Victorious: A Non-Confederate Ro…
SOURCE: Theatrely at 09:30AMSunday, January 15, 2023
By: David Sheward
January 15, 2023: The celebrated African-American playwright Adrienne Kennedy makes her belated Broadway debut with a mystifying, powerful production of her 1991 work Oh…
SOURCE: theaterlife at 06:26PM(David Smith’s article appeared in the Guardian, 1/14; via Pam Green; Photo: KPOP, Almost Famous, Ohio State Murders. Composite: Getty; Handout.) A slew of well-reviewed productions have…
SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 03:19PMLandmark playwright Adrienne Kennedy made her long-awaited Broadway debut with the production.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:00AMSaturday, January 14, 2023
A slew of well-reviewed productions have closed with poor ticket sales while blockbusters dominate the market
With ineffable talents and six Tony awards, Audra McDonald is box-office gold. B…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:28AM