311 stories by "David Buchanan"
Twenty years after Ruben Santiago-Hudson first brought the town of Lackawanna, New York to life Off-Broadway, his autobiographical play "Lackawanna Blues" has arrived on Broadway. The solo s…
In March of last year, the new musical "Six" was literally minutes away from opening on Broadway when the coronavirus pandemic halted its performance. Eighteen months later, the musical by L…
As our exclusive odds predicted, "Moulin Rouge!" won 10 of its 13 Tony Awards races, including the top prize, Best Musical. It also claimed the awards for Best Director (Alex Timbers), Best …
Heading into Sunday night's Tony Awards, Tom Hiddleston looked like a lock for the Best Actor in a Play award. The Emmy-nominated actor and star of Marvel movies and the "Loki" series on Dis…
On his seventh try, Danny Burstein finally has a Tony Award. The beloved Broadway veteran claimed his career-first trophy for his featured performance in "Moulin Rouge! The Musical." The win…
The long-delayed 74th Tony Awards was held on Sunday, September 26 in a two-part telecast staged at the Winter Garden theater. Six-time Tony winner Audra McDonald hosted a ceremony on Paramo…
Broadway has just reopened after shuttering on March 13, 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. To mark the return of the rialto, the 74th annual Tonys were handed out on Sunday, September 26 at…
Two decades ago Mary-Louise Parker won her first Tony Award for her enthralling performance in David Auburn's "Proof." Five Broadway appearances later, Parker is on the cusp of winning the s…
Almost 30 years after earning his first Tony Awards nomination for portraying Jackie Robinson in the musical "The First," David Alan Grier may finally take home his first trophy. Nominated t…
"Slave Play" made history back in October when it received 12 Tony Awards nominations, the most ever for a play. Five of those citations recognize members of its stellar ensemble, including …
Five years ago, Lin Manuel-Miranda's "Hamilton" won 11 Tony Awards, just one shy of the record held by "The Producers." In the years since, landslide sweeps in the musical categories have be…
Almost 18 months after the last new show opened on Broadway " the musical "The Girl from the North Country," which bowed on March 5, 2020 " the New York theatre community celebrated the rial…
"The plays are really where it's at in terms of races," Sam Eckmann declares to kick off the first of our 2021 Tony Awards predictions slugfest. Though we don't yet know the date when the wi…
When Golden Globes nominations were announced, Jane Levy beat our odds and landed a slot in the Best TV Comedy/Musical Actress category. The singing star of NBC's musical comedy "Zoey's E…
In the Golden Globes race for Best Comedy/Musical Series, a category that will most likely boast shows about a riches-to-rags family saga, Catherine the Great and a cadre of vampires, there …
Netflix's "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom" is slated to have a big morning when Golden Globes nominations are announced on Feb. 3, with predicted bids for Best Film Drama, Drama Actress (Viola Dav…
Four years ago Bryan Cranston pulled off a huge upset at the Screen Actors Guild Awards in the TV movie/limited series acting category, winning for HBO's "All the Way." Lightning could strik…
In an unprecedented year for the Broadway community, the Tony Awards just gifted theatre fans with a reason to celebrate: Jeremy O. Harris' audacious and brilliant "Slave Play" now holds the…
With the announcement of the Tony Awards nominations on October 15, we now know the shows and performers in contention but we still don't know when the winners will be announced. The Tonys h…
Tony Awards nominations are always tricky to predict, but this year's shortlist of Broadway's best and brightest proves even more challenging to wrangle thanks to the coronavirus-shortened s…
Every Tony Awards nominations morning features thrilling surprises and shocking omissions, and even in a year with an unfortunately thinner slate of shows due to COVID-19, theatre fans will …
"West Side Story," one of the most beloved and enduring Broadway musicals of all time, has often been seen on the Great White Way since it premiered more than sixty years ago, but never quit…
The Tony and Emmy-winning actress Mary-Louise Parker, who last starred on Broadway in the two-character play "Heisenberg" in 2016, returned in another two-hander play "The Sound Inside," whi…
Last season, director Stephen Brackett and librettist Joe Tracz teamed up for the musical "Be More Chill," which found much favor with the teenage demographic of Broadway theatergoers. Just …
In recent years, Roundabout Theatre Company has demonstrated a knack for pairing stellar actresses in revivals by acclaimed playwrights, including Annette Bening in Arthur Miller's "All My S…