Three months after making history as the first Black man to win the Oscar for Best Costume Design for his work on Wicked, Paul Tazewell scored the Tony Award on Sunday for Best Costume Desig…
The 2025 Tony Awards were doled out in style Sunday night as three-time Oscar nominee Cynthia Erivo hosted from Radio City Music Hall in New York City. Heading into the ceremony, Buena Vista…
At last year's Tony Awards, Danya Taymor took Broadway's biggest night by surprise with her victory for directing Best Musical winner The Outsiders. Only 18 Gold Derby users were predicting …
After five weeks of furious debate since Tony Award nominations were announced, over 1,000 people have made their winner predictions at Gold Derby. New musical Maybe Happy Ending will lead a…
Broadway's biggest night is back " and it's sure to be packed with star power, dazzling performances, and fierce competition. The 2025 Tony Awards, celebrating the best of live theater, is a…
Welcome to Tony Talk, a column in which Gold Derby contributors Sam Eckmann and David Buchanan offer Tony Awards analysis. In the final week of the 2024-2025 Broadway seaso…
Patti LuPone, the legendary and often outspoken three-time Tony Award winner, has found herself at the center of a major controversy following remarks made in a The New Yorker interview publ…
For the first time since the Tony Award nominations were announced, Nicole Scherzinger has taken the lead in Gold Derby's odds to win Best Actress in a Musical. In this incredibly competitiv…
Maybe Happy Ending won big at the 69th annual Drama Desk Awards on Sunday night, earning a total of six trophies at the only awards show to recognize talent from Broadway, off-Broadway and o…
Winners of the 2025 Drama Desk Awards were announced at a ceremony on June 1, hosted by Debra Messing and Tituss Burgess. These awards are unique in that Broadway, off-Broadway, and off-off …
Gold Derby's top news stories for June 2, 2025. Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale debuts teaser trailer After six seasons of TV and two movies, the Crawley family are back for what appears to …
"I'm just, at a very base level, always so grateful to be getting to do this " that is the true win," confesses newly minted Tony nominee Darren Criss. The actor is recognized for his perfor…
In a pivotal scene in Branden Jacobs-Jenkins' Purpose, Solomon Jasper, a Civil Rights icon, describes to his son Nazareth his newfound appreciation for beekeeping. Part of the appeal of bees…
"Theater-making is about the impossible," says Paul Tazewell. The legendary costume designer " who earlier this year made history as the first Black man to win the Oscar for Best Costume Des…
"Anything I produce, I believe, needs to be serving a kind of social and cultural need. I want to produce works that in some way meet a moment," Broadway producer Tom Kirdahy tells Gold Derb…
Playwright Jonathan Spector describes his arrival on Broadway as a "wild" and "out of body" experience. Not only did he make his mainstream debut with Eureka Day, a comedy about vaccine mand…
Camille A. Brown had the musical Gypsy in her bones from a young age. So when director George C. Wolfe needed a choreographer who could bring a new perspective to the show, instead of the of…
"She had a lot of physical offers, which is so great as a designer to be able to respond to," Marg Horwell tells Gold Derby about working with Sarah Snook on The Picture of Dorian Gray. Horw…
In 1995, the original Broadway staging of Sunset Boulevard won seven Tony Awards, including Best Musical. That marked the last time an Andrew Lloyd Webber show won a Best Production accolade…
Welcome to Tony Talk, a column in which Gold Derby contributors Sam Eckmann and David Buchanan offer Tony Awards analysis. Two weeks away from the 2025 Tony ceremony on Jun…
"I will admit, on the first day of the read-through of the new Act 3, I had a minor panic attack," recounts Laura Donnelly of bringing the play The Hills of California to New York. Donnelly …
"They have completely different personalities, like you're talking to different people," says Derek McLane of the musicals Death Becomes Her and Just in Time. The scenic designer is a two-ti…
With less than three weeks until the 78th annual Tony Awards, the Gold Derby odds have shown some movement, reflecting momentum shifts in the race based on industry buzz and following the an…
"The jokes are always so strong, but the surprising thing is that people have been so moved by the show as well," says Conrad Ricamora of the hit new play Oh, Mary! The actor stars opposite …
"I think it's all about making sure that you're building a world for an audience ... and that you're making sure they're on the emotional ride that you want them to be on," explains Maybe Ha…