"Romeo and Juliet has featured in my life at these pivotal moments in a really funny way," Gabby Beans smiles as she considers all the times she has crossed paths with one of Shakespeare's m…
Throughout her esteemed career, Mia Farrow has earned seven Golden Globe nominations (including a win for 1964's Guns at Batasi) as well as three BAFTA bids. Yet notably she has never been r…
Natalie Venetia Belcon's journey with Buena Vista Social Club started long before she starred in the off-Broadway production of the new musical in 2023. Her parents, both professional musici…
More than a decade after it debuted on NBC, Smash has finally arrived on Broadway. Fans of the ill-fated television series that ran for two seasons may not recognize the plot of this new mus…
The Tony Awards Administration Committee met on April 10 to determine the eligibility status of eight Broadway productions ahead of the 2025 Tony Awards. This is the third administration mee…
Two years ago, Alex Newell and J. Harrison Ghee both made history as the first nonbinary actors to win Tony Awards for their performances in Shucked and Some Like It Hot…
Helen J Shen is having a whirlwind year on stage. The 25-year-old actress made her Broadway debut " and earned rave reviews " for the hit new musical Maybe Happy Ending, which opened in Nove…
Break out your Dungeons & Dragons dice and heat up those Eggo waffles! Broadway is about to be taken over by the Upside Down. After winning the U.K.'s Olivier Award for Best New Play, St…
"She jokes that she wrote me into being," says Marjan Neshat of English playwright Sanaz Toossi. The pair frequently refer to themselves as creative soulmates. It's fitting then that the act…
At 95 years of age, an incredibly spry Betty Boop has made her Broadway debut. The iconic cartoon character introduced in 1930 has made the leap from page to stage featuring newcomer Jasmine…
Welcome to Tony Talk, a column in which Gold Derby contributors Sam Eckmann and David Buchanan offer Tony Awards analysis. Following the opening of Good Night, and Good Luc…
Welcome to Tony Talk, a column in which Gold Derby contributors Sam Eckmann and David Buchanan offer Tony Awards analysis. No, your eyes do not deceive you! We are in fact …
At the 1960 Tony Awards, the original Broadway productions of Gypsy and Once Upon a Mattress were among the nominees for Best Musical. This year, their latest incernations are in co…
Rapunzel can no longer blame her wicked mother for keeping her in the dark " this time, it might be Snow White's fault. This week news broke that Disney's plans for a live-action remake of T…
Audra McDonald is poised to make history... again. According to Gold Derby's current predictions, the Broadway legend will win Best Actress in a Musical for her portrayal of Rose in Gypsy at…
"I think addiction is the best way to describe being stuck in a sin," explains Cult of Love author Leslye Headland, "because I don't see sin as like a transgression. I see sin as something t…
Twenty years after bringing the story of newsman Edward R. Murrow and his efforts to thwart Sen. Joseph McCarthy and the Red Scare to the screen in Good Night, and Good Luck " a work that ea…
"Everyone knows Louise! Nobody likes her, but everyone knows her," asserts Cole Escola's demented Mary Todd Lincoln in Oh, Mary! Though sentiment might not exactly ring true for Tony voters.…
According to our current combined predictions, Sarah Snook is the frontrunner to win Best Actress in a Play at this year's Tony Awards. She's in contention for her Broadway debut starring in…
Pink goes good with green, but it might be pink versus green at the Emmys. With confirmation that Cynthia Erivo's appearance as quintuplets is in the Season 2 premiere of Poker Face, that me…
She's off to see the wizard. Universal closed its blockbuster CinemaCon panel on Wednesday with the world premiere of the first trailer for Wicked: For Good. The sequel picks up some time af…
In her Broadway debut, Tala Ashe embodied the struggle of a woman caught between two cultures. The actress portrayed Elham in the new play English by Sanaz Toossi. A bright medical student i…
Welcome to Tony Talk, a column in which Gold Derby contributors Sam Eckmann and David Buchanan offer Tony Awards analysis. Join us as we take you inside the Palace Theatre …
Six new Broadway productions opened in March, inaugurating the spring season and foreshadowing the 12 additional openings to come before Tony Awards nominations are announced. See below for …
Welcome to Tony Talk, a column in which Gold Derby contributors Sam Eckmann and David Buchanan offer Tony Awards analysis. On the heels of The Picture of Dorian Gray's opening night, we r…