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"A Christmas Carol" has won the 2021 Tony Award for Best Original Score, marking the first time in Tony Awards history that a non-musical play has claimed this category. A historic moment he…
"A Christmas Carol" has won a whopping five Tony Awards. It swept the design categories for plays, winning costume, lighting, scenic and sound. It also prevailed for Best Score. This marks t…
As predicted, Lois Smith won the Tony Award for Featured Actress in a Play for her moving turn in Matthew Lopez's "The Inheritance." Not only is this the veteran actress' first career Tony w…
"Moulin Rouge!" and "Slave Play" are predicted to carry the top show categories at the 74th Annual Tony Awards this Sunday, September 26 in a multi-platform ceremony on Paramount+ and CBS. T…
Do you need a refresher before locking in your final predictions for the 2021 Tony Awards? It's understandable given the lengthy Broadway shutdown due to the pandemic. If you can believe it,…
Stephen Sondheim is widely regarded as one of the greatest composers in musical theatre. He has claimed eight Tony Awards (more trophies than any other composer), eight Grammy Awards, and ev…
Nearly a year after nominations were announced, the 74th Annual Tony Awards are set for September 26. The bulk of the awards honoring the best of the 2019-2020 Broadway season will be handed…
"It took me to some really unexpected places," reveals Heidi Schreck of her show "What the Constitution Means to Me." The idea of a play about her teenage years as a constitutional debater c…
"It started at a lunch in 1989," recalls producer Todd Black of his long standing collaboration with Denzel Washington. Back then, Black had just seen "Glory" and was eager to work with the …
The date for the 2020 Tony Awards ceremony (or wait, is it the 2021 Tony Awards now?), remains shrouded in mystery. Voting is already underway however. With the announcement that Tony voters…
"Ma Rainey's Black Bottom" premiered in limited theatrical release on November 20, 2020 before streaming on Netflix December 18, 2020. It is an adaptation of the celebrated play of the same …
"In theater, every job is intertwined," explains composer and sound designer Daniel Kluger. As a creative who wears many hats in the industry, he knows this fact better than most. Kluger bec…
"I strongly believe that sound design and music have to operate hand in hand with each other," explains Lindsay Jones. He serves as sound designer and composer for Jeremy O. Harris' buzzy dr…
"There was a lot on our shoulders with this production," admits Blair Underwood of the Broadway revival of "A Soldier's Play." Despite winning the Pulitzer Prize after an Off-Broadway mounti…
"I was really taken aback by how much I was delighted and disturbed by the play," explains Ato Blankson-Wood of "Slave Play." The actor scored his first ever Tony nomination for his work as …
Hours after the nominations for the 2020 Tony Awards were finally unveiled on October 15, I sat down with another Broadway buff, David Buchanan, to dish all the surprises and snubs. We also …
The nominations for the 2020 Tony Awards announced on October 15 honor the best of the shortened Broadway season. Plenty of theatre artists had much to celebrate as James Monroe Iglehart ree…
With the 2020 Tony Awards delayed by the global pandemic, it's been months since nominators have seen this season's contenders. So here's a last minute Tonys wish list. A reminder of outstan…
Nominations for the 74th Annual Tony Awards will be announced on Thursday, October 15. Tony winner James Monroe Iglehart ("Aladdin") will host the announcement on the official Tony Awards Yo…
With the 2020 Tony Awards going virtual this fall, all eyes are on the prospective nominees. Just four musicals were able to open before the newly announced February eligibility cutoff, so t…
The 2020 Tony Awards may represent a shortened Broadway season, but there is a wealth of contenders to consider for the play categories. Fall and winter on the rialto is chock full of non-mu…
Good News: The 2020 Tony Awards will be held virtually this fall, giving the shuttered Broadway industry a desperately needed shot of good will. Bad news: Only four new musicals opened befor…
If you're confused as to who is actually able to compete for the newly announced virtual Tony Awards this fall, you're not alone. The Tony Awards Administration Committee announced a new cut…
The Tony Awards Administration Committee met on Thursday for the third and final time to discuss eligibility of the 74th Annual Tony Awards. They discussed all of the plays and musicals that…
The Pulitzer Prizes join a slew of other awards bodies that have now postponed their kudos thanks to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. Thankfully, this highly esteemed group isn't going to w…