For Tony winner Bob Martin, March 11 will likely go down as the trickiest day of of his entire career. He wrote the book for two new musicals this season: Boop! The Musical and Smash, with c…
Following a critically acclaimed debut in London's West End in 2023, Stranger Things: The First Shadow will have it's opening night April 22 at the Marquis Theatre in New York. This prequel …
Since premiering in 1597, William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet has endured as one of the greatest and most tragic love stories ever written. It's been performed countless times all over the …
In all of Tony Awards history, there has never once been a season in which three performers have been nominated for Best Actor in a Play for Shakespearean roles. That could very well change …
"It really feels like she's such a big part of me," says Jasmine Amy Rogers of her character Betty Boop in the new Broadway tuner Boop! The Musical, "so it doesn't feel like I'm putting on t…
Gold Derby's top news stories for April 15, 2025. The Four Seasons trailer unites Tina Fey, Steve Carell, and Colman Domingo Netflix released the trailer for The Four Seasons, a comed…
Welcome to Tony Talk, a column in which Gold Derby contributors Sam Eckmann and David Buchanan offer Tony Awards analysis. This week, we regroup to discuss how the Broadway…
Seventy-two years after its debut and Tony Award win for Best Play, Arthur Miller's The Crucible has received new life on Broadway. No, not in the form of a revival " the last one in 2016 st…
Gold Derby's top news stories for April 14, 2025. The Last of Us posts premiere ratings HBO shared Sunday night premiere ratings for dystopian drama The Last of Us. The Season 2 premi…
"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…