In 1988, the original production of David Henry Hwang's groundbreaking play "M. Butterfly" earned the admiration of critics and audience, won three Tony Awards out of seven nominations, and …
Jake Gyllenhaal may have missed out on a chance to win a Tony Award for his performance in the recent revival of Stephen Sondheim's masterpiece musical "Sunday in the Park With George" (the …
After an initial bow Off-Broadway in 1991 and a starry, Oscar-nominated movie adaptation in 1996 starring Meryl Streep and Diane Keaton, Scott McPherson's "Marvin's Room" has finally debuted…
In a year in which dystopian narratives have dominated literature and television, it's only fitting that "1984," a stage adaptation of George Orwell's classic novel of the same name, officia…
In the five weeks between Tony Awards nominations being announced on May 2 and Sunday's ceremony, the Best Actress in a Play contest has gone from predictable to nail-biter. With a overwhelm…
On the eve of the 71st Tony Awards on June 11, Gold Derby's in-house trio of theater prognosticators " executive editor Paul Sheehan and contributing writers David Buchanan and Sam Eckmann" …
In the weeks leading up to this year's Tony Awards nominations, new drama "Sweat" seemed to be the show to beat in the Best Play category, not only because it marks the long-awaited Broadway…
After victories at both the Outer Critics Circle Awards and Sunday’s Drama Desk Awards, Kevin Kline appears to be the clear frontrunner for the Best Actor in a Play Tony Award for his …
Theater veteran Johanna Day has only made four appearances on Broadway over the course of her long stage career, but she clearly has impeccable taste. Each one of Day's outings on the Great …
Gold Derby's in-house trio of Tony Awards prognosticators " executive editor Paul Sheehan, contributing writer Sam Eckmann, and myself " met via webcam to discuss our reactions to the May 2 …
For the last three years running at the Tony Awards, one of the five Best Actress in a Play nominees reaped her bid for a closed production. Last year, Laurie Metcalf earned her th…
Tony-winner John Guare's ("Two Gentleman of Verona") acclaimed play "Six Degrees of Separation," a finalist for the 1991 Pulitzer Prize, has returned to Broadway, opening at the Ethel Barrym…
Seldom does a pairing of actress and role feel so intrinsically perfect as Bette Midler and Dolly Gallagher Levi, the titular character in Jerry Herman's classic musical comedy "Hello, Dolly…
After a beleaguered preview period marred by technical malfunctions and an injury, the new musical "Groundhog Day" based on the 1993 film of the same name opened on Monday, April 17. Directe…
In 2006, composer Scott Frankel, lyricist Michael Korie, and playwright Doug Wright teamed up to create the musical "Grey Gardens," one of the most praised original musicals in recent theatr…
In the six decades since "Present Laughter" debuted on Broadway in 1947, Noël Coward's farce has been revived five times including the new production starring Oscar winner Kevin …
In 2001, the whimsical French film "Amélie" captivated audiences and earned five Oscar nominations, including Best Foreign Language Film. On April 3, a musical adaptation of the movie starr…
After nearly a quarter-century as a playwright, Pulitzer Prize winner Lynn Nottage has finally made her Broadway debut by way of new drama "Sweat," which opened at Studio 54 on March 2…
Jake Gyllenhaal just can’t seem to catch a break with American awards shows. After missing out on an Oscar nomination two weeks ago for his performance in "Nocturnal Animals," Gylle…
"Sweat," one of the most critically acclaimed plays of New York's fall season, will open on Broadway this spring. The show, a timely chronicle of the lives of union factory workers in Rea…
"Sunday in the Park with George," one of only nine musicals to win the prestigious Pulitzer Prize for Drama, will return to Broadway this spring with Oscar-nominee Jake Gyllenhaal ("Broke…
Last month, six new Broadway productions announced that they will be joining the already-bountiful 2016-17 season. The calendar below details the opening dates for each of the 34 productions…
"Oh, Hello on Broadway," a new stage play starring Nick Kroll and John Mulaney as their sketch comedy characters Gil Faizon and George St. Geegland respectively, recently opened on Broadway …
A new mounting of "Les Liaisons Dangereuses" starring Janet McTeer and Liev Schreiber opened on Broadway on October 30. Adapted from a 1782 French epistolary novel, the show follows former l…
A new production of Anton Chekhov's final play "The Cherry Orchard," with a modernized text by Tony-winning playwright Stephen Karam ("The Humans"), opened on Broadway on Oct. 16. This…