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Will wonders never cease? BroadwayHD.com will livestream a performance of the Roundabout Theater Company's She Loves Me on June 30. Based on the play Parfumerie, which also se…
Sometimes, the best parts of the Tony Awards happen during the dress rehearsal or the commercial breaks " the unguarded, off-the-cuff moments between the host and the audience that aren't pl…
How do you tame The Taming of the Shrew? It has the usual early-Shakespeare problems: clunky exposition, overwrought plotting, huge dropped stitches. (The framing device, laboriously introdu…
In remembrance of the victims of Sunday's horrific shooting at an Orlando gay nightclub, Tituss Burgess appeared at a rally held Monday at the historic Stonewall Inn. There, Burgess sang Wes…
The Hamilton halo lifted Sunday night's Tony Awards to its biggest TV audience in 15 years. Per preliminary Nielsen data, the 70th annual kudofest drew 8.7 million viewers from 8 to 11 p.m.,…
If you made the mistake of missing last night's Tony Awards, you would be forgiven for kicking yourself this morning. The show put the Oscars to shame when black actors swept the musical-the…
Bill Murray has spent enough time at other people's parties that he's now eligible for a party of his own. The Kennedy Center has announced that Murray will receive the 19th annual Mark Twai…
Even though it did not beat the record of The Producers " which swept 12 categories in a weak season in 2001 " Hamilton's scarfing up of 11 wins, out of 16 nominations, was obviously the big…
When Vulture ran into lyricist Sheldon Harnick on the Tony Awards' red carpet, we asked who would be presenting him with his lifetime-achievement award that evening. "I have no idea. Obama, …
After delivering his moving "love is love is love is love is love" sonnet while accepting the Tony Award for Best Original Score, Hamilton creator Lin-Manuel Miranda told Vulture how he came…
Normally, two parties own Tony Awards night: the official gala at the Plaza and O&M's legendary, rollicking, celebrity-studded after-party that goes until the wee hours. But this year, a…
In the same year as the #OscarsSoWhite controversy, history had its eyes on the 70th annual Tony Awards. Between the casts of Hamilton and The Color Purple, black performers swept the musica…
Do you think Rachel Bloom looked up from her air flute at any point while shooting this week's Lip Sync Battle and thought, "Goddamn it, if only we did covers?" From the looks of the promo, …
Aside from funding television as we know it for several decades, what have commercials ever done for us? Nothing! Less than nothing, in fact. During last night's broadcast of the Tony Awards…
In case you didn't realize that Hamilton had an advantage going into this year's Tonys, the cast's spot was prefaced by an introduction from Barack and Michelle Obama. Compared to the grand …
You didn't think the Tony Awards were going to end without a spoof of presidential candidates Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton, did you? Here to skewer our presidential hopefuls are Andrew R…
Who's the host of the 70th annual Tony Awards? He's "that chubby dude from Into the Woods," the late night host with the best pipes, Tony Award winner for One Man, Two Guvnors, a h…
Cynthia Erivo, the breakout star of The Color Purple, won a Tony for Lead Actress in a Musical tonight. The only reason you might conceivably be surprised about that news is if you've been l…
The Hamiltonys went pretty much as expected, with Hamilton taking home 11 Tony awards Sunday night " just one shy of tying The Producers' record of 12. And no one was a prouder papa tha…
The Tony Awards were in a tough position: Early Sunday morning, the country experienced the deadliest mass shooting in the its history, with 50 dead and 53 wounded at a gay nightclub in Orla…
Did you know that James Corden has a theater background, and a Tony of his own? Corden made it his duty to remind the audience of his varied musical talents with a wide-ranging medley of pre…
Lin-Manuel Miranda won the award for Best Score for Hamilton, and in lieu of a traditional speech, delivered a poem about love for his wife and the need for love in the wake of tragedy, no d…
Look, it's hard to put food on the table when you're a struggling actor in New York. Sure, you dream of being a marquee name on the Great White Way, but if you need to pay your rent, you tak…
History has its eyes on the Tonys this year, as Hamilton enters the ceremony with a record 16 Tony nominations. A record 13 awards is out of reach now that the award for scenic design went t…
Tonight's Tony Awards (CBS, 8pm) may end up being heavy on foregone conclusions, since, as our theater critic Jesse Green breaks down down in his predictions, the beloved juggernaut Hamilton…