Sunday night’s 70th anniversary of the Tony Awards proved once again that the best awards telecast out there, but no awards telecast is ever without a few shortcomings. Below, th…
Two performers " Cynthia Erivo and Daveed Diggs " won Tony Awards for their Broadway debuts on Sunday night. These victories put them in a freshman club that now has 92 members. Erivo, wh…
When a reporter compared Lin-Manuel Miranda to Stephen Sondheim and William Shakespeare in the 2016 Tony Awards press room, the actor-composer explained, “I spent seven years writing t…
“Shuffle Along” reaped 10 Tony Awards nominations, including a bid for Best Musical. It recounts the backstage drama of mounting the 1921 musical revue of the same na…
The Tony Awards were handed out on Sunday, June 12 at New York’s Beacon Theater and aired on CBS (live in the east, delayed in the west). Presiding over the 70th annual …
The Tony Awards were held at the Beacon Theater on the Upper West Side of Manhattan on Sunday, June 12, but the press gathered around the corner at the Jewish Community Center on Amsterdam A…
The 70th annual edition of the Tony Awards will be telecast on CBS tonight (Sunday, June 12) at 8 p.m. PT and ET. While the kudocast will go out live to TV viewers on the east coast, the …
I often find that the design categories for plays at the Tony Awards are the easiest to predict. Oftentimes there is one show with the grandest or most obvious achievement in design, as with…
The design categories at the Tony Awards may not be the most exciting races to casual viewers but guessing the correct winners could be the key to prevailing in Gold Derby's prediction conte…
"Hamilton" made Tony Awards history with a record-breaking 16 nominations, surpassing the previous total of 15 set by "The Producers" in 2001 and tied by "Billy Elliot" in 2009. Despite achi…
“I was really inspired by the amount of people who watched this and said, ‘This is an amazing piece of history. I appreciate it being told,'” reveals Anika Noni Rose as we …
Our 13 Tony Awards experts have weighed in with their predictions in all 24 categories. These journalists, who cover the Broadway beat year-round, are all lined up behind “HamiltonR…
With only a few days until this year’s Tony Awards ceremony, Gold Derby’s in-house Tony trio — Executive Editor Paul Sheehan, contributor David Buchana and myself …
With only a few days until this year’s Tony Awards ceremony, Gold Derby’s in-house Tony trio — Executive Editor Paul Sheehan, contributor Sam Eckmann and myself ̵…
With only a few days until this year’s Tony Awards ceremony, Gold Derby’s in-house Tony trio — Executive Editor Paul Sheehan, contributor Sam Eckmann and myself ̵…
James Corden‘s “Carpool Karaoke” on “The Late Late Show” has become a viral success. So, it’s no surprise that the CBS talk show host, tapped to host t…
Meryl Streep has mastered accents and excelled in comedy, drama, singing and dancing, winning three Oscars out of a record 19 nominations, but even still it’s a stretch to see her p…
"The thing I love about 'Crazy Ex-Girlfriend' is that we constantly set up clichés, to smash them right in front of you" declares actress Donna Lynne Champlin during our lively webcam ch…
Disney has announced a new version of “Mary Poppins” starring Emily Blunt as the title character more than 50 years after Julie Andrews won an Oscar for her iconic performance…
At the Tonys, the Best Director (Play) award usually goes to the helmer of either the Best Play or Best Play Revival winner. Indeed, since the Play Revival category was created in 1994…
If you're a theatre nerd like me, you likely spend opening nights parsing through reviews to find out how the latest Broadway show fared with the critics. Amidst the cacophony of voices, you…
Anne Hathaway prevailed in her rap battle with James Corden in the “Drop the Mic” sketch from his late night talker Tuesday (watch above). She had stopped by to promote her up…
We are predicting that Jessica Lange will win the Tony Award for Best Actress (Play) for her heartbreaking performance as the drug-addicted Mary Tyrone in Eugene O’Neill‘s …
During our recent webcam chat (watch above), "Grease:Live" Â choreographer Zach Woodley readily admitted, "Taking something that everyone's so familiar with and trying to make it your own …
Gold Derby Executive Editor Paul Sheehan reaped the highest score (89%) among the 10 experts predicting Tony Award nominations at Gold Derby. Four pundits tied for second place (84%): Brian …