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I thought I was safe to boldly pronounce my initial 2024 Tony Awards predictions, but then Sufjan Stevens appeared to stomp all over them. As David Buchanan and I convened to discuss where w…
"I was really looking to create something kind of in the style of Noel Coward, but with a feminist twist," explains playwright Sandy Rustin of "The Cottage." She took her first stab at the s…
The actors from the current revival of Stephen Sondheim and George Furth's "Merrily We Roll Along" have skyrocketed in Gold Derby's combined odds for the 2024 Tony Awards nominations. The pr…
After stepping onto the scene last season, GALECA: The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics, has announced key dates and details for the 2nd Annual Dorian Theater Awards. Along with import…
Since their inception, the directing categories at the Tony Awards have mostly been a boys' club. Not only are the vast majority of winners men, but so are most (and in many years, all) of t…
Gold Derby's 2024 Tony Awards nominations predictions center is open for business and ready for your best prognostications. This season, 15 plays will jockey for Broadway's top honors. The 2…
Gold Derby's 2024 Tony Awards nominations predictions center is now open and ready to forecast which shows will prevail in a highly competitive season. A whopping 20 musicals compete for Bro…
The Lucille Lortel Awards hold a special place in the New York theater community as the only awards body in the city to exclusively honor Off-Broadway. This year's ceremony will be held on S…
The Baker. Marvin. Rabbi. Three iconic roles created by beloved stage veteran Chip Zien. The last of those three comes from "Harmony," the new musical from Barry Manilow and Bruce Sussman, w…
The Tony Awards Administration Committee met for the first time during the 2023-2024 Broadway season on November 30, to discuss eligibility of 10 productions for the 77th Annual Tony Awards …
"Just getting my hands on the music was a big eye-opening experience for me," recalls Alex Lacamoire of the first time he heard the score to "Sweeney Todd" as a teenager. After serving as th…
The Tony Awards will once again find a new home for the 2024 ceremony. The 77th Annual Tony Awards will broadcast live from The David H. Koch Theater at Lincoln Center for the Performing Art…
Bill Groom has provided sumptuous, period-accurate sets for the entire run of "The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel," but the final season of the Amazon comedy required the designer to go big with his …
"When I first heard that this was the direction it was going, and then got the scripts and songs, I was in heaven," admits Christopher Gattelli of "Schmigadoon!" Season 2. The choreographer …
If you watched host Ariana DeBose dance her way through the stellar opening number at the 2023 Tony Awards, you may have wondered: who is that woman playing the piano in the lobby of the Uni…
Tom Stoppard won the Best Play trophy for "Leopoldstadt" at the 2023 Tony Awards. This is his fifth win in the category, breaking his own Tony record. The theater legend maintains an impress…
Two performers broke new ground when it comes to gender diversity at the Tony Awards. J. Harrison Ghee and Alex Newell are the first ever openly nonbinary acting winners at the Tony Awards. …
Casey Nicholaw has become synonymous with the modern Broadway showstopper thanks to his signature high energy dance numbers. So it may come as a surprise to many theater fans that until this…
Plenty of attention is dedicated to the Best Musical race during Tony Awards season, but how confident are you in predicting the design categories? These four races consistently yield surpri…
Broadway insiders are always quick to offer their predictions for the big races at the Tony Awards, but if you're aiming for a top score in our Tony Awards prediction contest you'll need to …
Best Musical is arguably the most coveted trophy of the Tony Awards, and the race this year has narrowed down to two beloved contenders. I am joined by fellow Broadway fanatic David Buchanan…
"I think it makes for a more fruitful and varied and rich orchestration when you have people with different skill sets and musical backgrounds and vocabularies collaborating on the same thin…
"It grabbed my heart and just shook it," reveals Audra McDonald of Adrienne Kennedy's searing play "Ohio State Murders." The six-time Tony Award winner initially participated in a reading of…
"Steve would always say this as a comedy, and I find Mrs. Lovett to surely and truly be the clown as she was written to be," says Annaleigh Ashford of her character in the Broadway revival o…
"The moment before it happens, you're like, okay, this is another year of not hearing your name and then just preparing yourself mentally for it not to hear it," says NaTasha Yvette Williams…