"Broadway was always the dream and I got a detour into TV," reveals Marco Pennette. The writer has amassed a successful career in television, writing for comedies like Ugly Betty, Mom, and B…
Patti LuPone recently joined the Marvel Cinematic Universe for Disney+'s Agatha All Along, in which she plays a 450-year-old Sicilian witch named Lilia Calderu. "Lilia, oh Lilia! Will you be…
Gold Derby's top news stories for April 28, 2025. Brad Pitt to star in A24 drama from Edward Berger Brad Pitt has signed on to star in The Riders, an A24-produced drama from Conclave dire…
"It feels wonderful because you invest so much of yourself in every individual show," reflects Susan Stroman on the recognition she has received for directing the new Broadway musical Smash.…
"Honestly, I feel like it hasn't quite hit me yet," admits Tatianna Córdoba. The young actress is making her Broadway debut playing the lead role of Ana in Real Women Have Curves: The Mus…
Bernadette Peters has long been heralded as one of legendary composer Stephen Sondheim's greatest interpreters. The actress originated roles in Sunday in the Park with George and Into the Wo…
Let her be your star! Robyn Hurder has been blazing a trail on New York stages for 20 years with celebrated turns in shows like A Chorus Line, Chicago, and Moulin Rouge! Now, the Tony-nomina…
"It was pulling me, it was undeniable," recalls Shannon Lewis of her desire to be a choreographer. "It was pulling me away from performing, and I was shocked to find out that I was OK with t…
It's the TV acting equivalent to Ginger Rogers dancing like Fred Astaire, only backwards and in high heels " delivering Amy Sherman-Palladino's whip-smart, high-velocity dialogue, when it's …
Kristen Bell remembers the moment she had an inkling that Nobody Wants This might hit different. Screeners of the Netflix rom-com series had been sent out to press over the summer prior to i…
Tina Landau didn't realize she was creating two pieces of theater that would speak to one another, but some of the parallels in her musicals Redwood and Floyd Collins are impossible to ignor…
Nominations for the 2025 Outer Critics Circle Awards were announced Friday by Oh, Mary! stars Cole Escola and Conrad Ricamora. Winners for these kudos, which honor Broadway and off-Broadway …
"He's a strange little man." That's how Gideon Glick described Seymour, his character in Little Shop of Horrors, to The New York Times back in 2020, but the same could be said of Tobias, the…
Annaleigh Ashford realizes there are many "fantastic crime shows" out there, but what makes Happy Face stand out is its point of view. "The majority are focused on the serial killer," she te…
"When I get out there, I'm not giving first," says Louis McCartney on the exchange of energy between him and the audience each night at Stranger Things: The First Shadow. "They're there and …
Gold Derby's top news stories for April 24, 2025. The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping casts young Haymitch Sunrise on the Reaping, the upcoming Hunger Games prequel film, has cast it…
"I'm real late to the Sondheim game, sadly," Beth Leavel tells Gold Derby as she thinks back to her first memory of a Stephen Sondheim song or show. Part of her tardiness stemmed from her fa…
"There's so few things that we can agree on as a species. Puppies and ice cream are really the only two things that come to mind, but laughing with a group of people feels really good," says…
"It boggles my mind that this is actually happening," admits Lea Salonga about the recognition she has been receiving for her performance in Stephen Sondheim's Old Friends. Hours before join…
Stranger Things: The First Shadow, the new stage prequel to the hit Emmy-winning Netflix series, has officially opened at the Marquis Theatre in New York. Directed by Stephen Daldry (The Cro…
In 1994, Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine's Passion took home four Tony Awards, including the coveted prize for Best Musical. As it stands, that was the final work by Sondheim, the late leg…
"In 17 years, I think every single cell in your body has changed over at least once. I think that I changed more than the play did," says Francis Jue in reference to the play Yellow Face. Th…
Nominations for the 2025 Drama League Awards were announced Tuesday by current Broadway stars Sarah Hyland (The Great Gatsby) and Orville Peck (Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club). Winners will be …
Last year, Broadway shining star Kara Young made Tony Awards history. Her nomination for the play Purlie Victorious was her third in as many years, as she previously received recognition for…
If you're Jennifer Simard, The Golden Girls is essential to your character work. In addition to playing Helen Sharp in the new musical Death Becomes Her, the two-time Tony Award-nominated…