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The Best Actor (Musical) category is wide open at this year’s Tony Awards. With no clear frontrunner, it is vital we have your predictions as to the winner of this race. Gold Der…
"It's impossible to participate on any level in 'Homeland' either as an actor or a viewer and not have it affect you," says actor Mandy Patinkin about his role in Showtime's espionage thrill…
"Finding Neverland," movie mogul Harvey Weinstein’s maiden Broadway show as lead producer, is a certified hit at the box office. However, it may have a tough time securing a crucial Be…
The British dominate the race for Best Actress in a Play for this season’s Tony Awards. The favorite to win is definitely Helen Mirren who will likely add a Tony to her collection of m…
"Looking" star Jonathan Groff reveals that he was deeply closeted when he was in "Spring Awakening" (2006) and hid it from his castmates, including Broadway co-star and BFF Lea Michele. Acco…
Who will host this year's Tony Awards? The two most recent selections are probably not available with Hugh Jackman in an active film career and Neil Patrick Harris just weeks after hosting t…
Robert Askin’s dark comedy “Hand to God” opened last week with some of the strongest reviews of any show this season, and Steven Boyer is getting major Tony buzz for his du…
Dame Angela Lansbury wins her first ever Olivier Award after an absence of nearly 40 years on the London Stage. Her trophy given on Sunday is for Best Supporting Actress in "Blithe Spirit," …
An unknown could defeat a field of superstars in the competitive Best Actor (Play) category at this year’s Tonys. Who do you think will win this competitive category? Make the best pre…
The hottest category for this year’s Tony Awards will probably be Best Musical Actress with a three-way battle for the prize. The trio of top musical ladies consists of Kelli O'Hara fo…
The smash hit musical "Hamilton" reaped a record 12 nominations for the Lucille Lortel Awards which salute the best of off-Broadway. This tuner by Tony champ Lin Manuel Miranda ("In the Heig…
Despite getting many positive reviews, "Honeymoon in Vegas" is an even bigger long shot for a Best Musical nomination at the Tony Awards now that producers announced plans yesterday to shutt…
In the first wave of predictions from our dozen Tony Awards Experts, eight of them think that the fourth remounting of Rodgers and Hammerstein's "The King and I" will win Best Musical Reviva…
In the first wave of predictions from our 11 Tony Awards Experts, eight of them think that the off-Broadway hit "Fun Home" will win Best Musical when these awards are handed out on June 7.&n…
In the first wave of predictions from our 10 Tony Awards Experts, eight of them think that the Brit hit "Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time" will win Best Play. And two are toutin…
"Glee" ended its six-season run on Fox Friday night, and while choir show fans around the globe are still wiping tears from their eyes, let's take a look back at the show's on-again, off-aga…
"The Comedians" is a hilarious expose of the TV biz. Billy Crystal and Josh Gad are brilliant. Finally, a show that could take down "Modern Family" at the Emmys!
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Jonathan Groff has become so known for his gay-sex scenes on HBO's "Looking" that "Today" host Kathie Lee Gifford accidentally, and hilariously, quipped on-air that theactor has "a lot of ba…
There are only five shows in contention for Best Musical Revial at this year's Tony Awards. Just one is running (“On the Town”); one has closed (“Side Show”); and thr…
Granted that opening song and dance and short monolog by Neil Patrick Harris had some nice moments, including his impassioned plea to fall in love with "moving pictures" (save for "Smur…
Winners of the 87th Academy Awards were revealed on Feb. 22 during the kudocast hosted by Neil Patrick Harris that aired live from the Dolby Theatre on ABC.
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Richard Horgan reports, "Gearing up for this weekend’s big show, Neil Patrick Harris, the latest Oscar host told both Ellen DeGeneres and Jimmy Kimmel Wednesday that he was secretly ho…
Four of the five Oscar nominees for Best Costume Design were in contention at the guild awards on Tuesday.
As we predicted the Oscar frontrunner, "The Grand Budapest Hotel," claimed…
Michael Musto insists he "really isn't going out on a limb" by picking "Birdman" to win Best Picture at the Oscars.
"'Birdman' won the PGA! It won the DGA!" he harrumphs to me in our pod…
David Sheward, one of the leading Tony Awards experts, has joined Gold Derby to write about these top theater kudos.This one-time executive editor of Backstage has been contributing his pred…
