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! -BREAK- This FX…
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. -BREAK- Keep r…
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…
This year's clear frontrunner for Best Production Design at the Oscars -- 'The Grand Budapest Hotel" -- is also way ahead in our predictions for the winners of the Art Directors Guild A…
British works dominate the field in the 2014-15 race for Best Play at the Tony Awards. The current frontrunner is "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time," Simon Stephens's ad…
Unlike most years, there is no clear frontrunner for the Best Musical Tony Award for 2014-15. Last season, the battle lines were clearly drawn between "A Gentlemen’s Guide to Love and …
Neil Patrick Harris is hosting the Oscars in February, but if all goes well for him at the Grammys next month, the Oscar will be the last prize he needs to finish his EGOT. -BREAK- O…
With whopping 2/11 odds, "Birdman" is the overwhelming favorite to win the Golden Globe for Best Musical/Comedy Picture, but are we underestimating "Into the Woods" (ranked third with 20/1 o…
We are predicting that the screen version of the Tony-winning tuner "Into the Woods" will take home at least two Oscars -- Best Costume Design and Best Production Design. One viewing of the …
Emily Blunt is the clear frontrunner to win a Golden Globe for Best Actress (Comedy/Musical) for her turn in the Disney hit tuner "Into the Woods." However, with the Globes not given out til…
"Rob (Marshall), with his theater background, approaches this in a very different way from any other director I’ve ever worked with,” says sound editor Renee Tondelli, who was ta…
Join the feisty discussion going on right now in our infamous message boards where Hollywood stars, directors, execs and other honchos hide behind cyber-nicknames. Sample comments below with…
"I don’t think everything lends itself to be a movie," admits "Into the Woods" writer James Lapine in a new podcast with Gold Derby (listen below). "Sometimes people will adapt plays o…