With 36 productions eligible for this year's Tony Awards, there were plenty of names missing when nominations were announced by Jesse Tyler Ferguson and Renée Elise Goldsberry on Tuesday mo…
When the 77th Tony Awards nominations are announced this morning, those honored with recognition will have been selected by a small group of theatre professionals who commit to seeing each a…
A new musical, a musical revival and a new play with music will dominate the 2024 Tony Awards nominations, according to our official odds in 17 of the 26 categories. The latest revival of th…
The 2023-2024 Broadway season that kicked off last June with the opening of "Grey House" featured 36 productions of new and revived musicals and plays. This staggeringly crowded year " espec…
"This crazy whirlwind of a season has finally come to an end," declares Sam Eckmann as we kick off our final Tony Awards nominations predictions slugfest of 2024. We begin our conversation w…
Welcome to Tony Talk, a weekly column in which Gold Derby contributing theater editors Sam Eckmann and David Buchanan discuss the Tony Awards race. With less than a week to go before nomi…
"He is in a lot of ways an Everyman, but he's an unlikely one, and that's how I see myself, too," shares Eli Gelb about his character Grover in the new Broadway play "Stereophonic" by David …
"She's really good at honoring the original language and the original story while also sewing in the needs of today's audience," reflects Caleb Eberhardt on what is so unique about Pulitzer …
"When you wear these boots, you've got to strut," quips Tom Pecinka about the costumes he dons to transform into 1970s rock star Peter in the new Broadway play "Stereophonic." Though he has …
"I definitely delved into some music, less to create a character, a blueprint… but more to understand who their competition might have been," says Sarah Pidgeon on some of the preparation …
"I think it's just the stark reality of all the things that happened to this one person and the level of clearheaded determination she had," shares Nikki M. James of what surprised her the m…
"It's really cool to get to see a show from different perspectives," says Hannah Cruz about her unique history with the musical "Suffs." When the show played Off-Broadway at the Public Theat…
"The thing that pulled me the most is the authenticity with which the writer Susie Hinton explores what it feels like to be a teenager," reflects Danya Taymor on what resonates with her abou…
"I have Alzheimer's in my family, I have a lot of it, actually, the genetic kind that tends to trickle down through generations," shares Bekah Brunstetter about why Nicholas Sparks' "The Not…
"I actually did see the movie before getting the script, I think it was the day before," shares Joy Woods with a laugh, recalling the first time she experienced the 2004 film "The Notebook."…
"What we both shared was a love for those movies we grew up with in the 80s: the John Hughes, 'St. Elmo's Fire,' all the way through 'Less Than Zero,'" remarks Gordon Greenberg about how he …
"I wrote all the lyrics to his songs down, especially the hits, and I pasted them up on my wall and I looked for key words and ideas and images almost like a storyboard as you would a movie,…
"It shines a light on the fact that anyone's life can be special and worth remembering," reflects John Cardoza about why the musical "The Notebook" resonates with him and with audiences. The…
"Dance is my language, so it was a lot of fun," expresses Lorin Latarro about working on the revival of "The Who's Tommy," which is a show told as much through the songs by Pete Townshend as…
The nominations for the 77th Tony Awards will be announced in less than three weeks, but the lay of the land is more in flux than ever with five more plays and play revivals still to open be…
"There's a ton of vitality and joy and energy on that stage every night," beams Rick Kuperman as he describes the ensemble of "The Outsiders." He and his brother Jeff Kuperman are the choreo…
The nominations for the 77th Tony Awards will be announced in less than three weeks, but the lay of the land is ever changing because seven more musicals and musical revivals will open betwe…
Welcome to Tony Talk, a weekly column in which Gold Derby contributing theater editors David Buchanan and Sam Eckmann discuss the Tony Awards race. Following the opening of new musical "The …
"I had heard the album," shares actors Ali Louis Bourzgui about "Tommy," the 1969 concept album by The Who that inspired the Broadway musical of the same name. The actor stars in the title r…
"The world has finally caught up to Tommy Walker," declares director Des McAnuff about why the time was right to revive "The Who's Tommy" on Broadway. It has been 31 years since the original…