The 2023-2024 Broadway season that kicked off last June with the opening of "Grey House" featured 36 productions of new and revived musicals and plays. This staggeringly crowded year " espec…
"This crazy whirlwind of a season has finally come to an end," declares Sam Eckmann as we kick off our final Tony Awards nominations predictions slugfest of 2024. We begin our conversation w…
The 2023-2024 Broadway season has been positively packed with an abundance of talent as dozens of new productions danced across New York City stages. The nominating committee for the Tony Aw…
The Tony Awards Administration Committee met for the fourth and final time during the 2023-2024 Broadway season on April 26, to discuss eligibility of 12 productions for the 77th Annual Tony…
"Every season we've had some sort of theme or inspiration for Mabel's costumes," reveals Dana Covarrubias when referencing the character played by Selena Gomez on "Only Murders in the Buildi…
Welcome to Tony Talk, a weekly column in which Gold Derby contributing theater editors Sam Eckmann and David Buchanan discuss the Tony Awards race. With less than a week to go before nomi…
"He is in a lot of ways an Everyman, but he's an unlikely one, and that's how I see myself, too," shares Eli Gelb about his character Grover in the new Broadway play "Stereophonic" by David …
"She's really good at honoring the original language and the original story while also sewing in the needs of today's audience," reflects Caleb Eberhardt on what is so unique about Pulitzer …
Nominations for the 2024 Outer Critics Circle Awards were announced on Tuesday, April 23. The stars of the hit Broadway revival of "Merrily We Roll Along," Jonathan Groff, Lindsay Mendez and…
"When you wear these boots, you've got to strut," quips Tom Pecinka about the costumes he dons to transform into 1970s rock star Peter in the new Broadway play "Stereophonic." Though he has …
"I'm always waiting for something different, a different and new challenge," reveals Anika Noni Rose. A worthy challenge arose in the form of Anton Chekhov, and the latest Broadway revival o…
"I definitely delved into some music, less to create a character, a blueprint… but more to understand who their competition might have been," says Sarah Pidgeon on some of the preparation …
"I think it's just the stark reality of all the things that happened to this one person and the level of clearheaded determination she had," shares Nikki M. James of what surprised her the m…
It only took one look at a painting for Matt Gould to know he wanted to write the musical "Lempicka," about the titular artist Tamara de Lempicka. "It's usually a really fast, visceral idea …
"I really wanted to discover what wasn't there," explains Jeremy Jordan when asked about his portrayal of the titular figure in "The Great Gatsby." The actor is embodying the enigmatic Jay G…
"It's really cool to get to see a show from different perspectives," says Hannah Cruz about her unique history with the musical "Suffs." When the show played Off-Broadway at the Public Theat…
It was out of the frying pan and into the fire last week for the 10 "So You Think You Can Dance" finalists for season 18. In "Challenge #1: Music Videos," the hopefuls were thrust into new c…
The nominees for the 2024 Drama League Awards were announced April 22, 2024, by Vanessa Williams and past Drama League winner Bebe Neuwirth. Winners will be announced during the 90th Annual …
"It's not just about setting time and space, but it's also about the dancers being time and being space," explains Camille A. Brown of her work on "Hell's Kitchen." The choreographer found t…
"The thing that pulled me the most is the authenticity with which the writer Susie Hinton explores what it feels like to be a teenager," reflects Danya Taymor on what resonates with her abou…
"It's so complicated, but I think it's so universal to all of us who've grown up," says Lindsay Mendez on the central friendships in "Merrily We Roll Along." The current Broadway revival at …
"I have Alzheimer's in my family, I have a lot of it, actually, the genetic kind that tends to trickle down through generations," shares Bekah Brunstetter about why Nicholas Sparks' "The Not…
"I try to think about what it would be like to just walk through the world with blissful confidence," explains Grace McLean when describing her portrayal of president Woodrow Wilson in "Suff…
"My dream had always been to originate something and it's really fun to just kind of make it my own," says Grant Gustin of starring in a Broadway musical. That aspiration is now a reality as…
"I actually did see the movie before getting the script, I think it was the day before," shares Joy Woods with a laugh, recalling the first time she experienced the 2004 film "The Notebook."…