Cue the music and light the lights! After the pandemic forced the previous Tony Awards broadcast to shift to the fall, the 75th Annual Tony Awards will return to the telecast's normal June a…
Over the weekend, Matt Reeves's "The Batman" scored big time in movie theaters with $134 million after making $57 million on Friday (including $21.7 million in preview screenings between Tue…
Three years after its last season aired, FOX has officially announced "So You Think You Can Dance" will return for Season 17 this summer. The reality TV dance competition was put on pause du…
Welcome to Oscar Experts Typing, a weekly column in which Gold Derby editors and Experts Joyce Eng and Christopher Rosen discuss the Oscar race " via Slack, of course. This week,…
Like so many of you, I had a lengthy hiatus from Broadway due to Covid, beginning the day after a part-time usher at "SIX" was diagnosed in March 2020 with the disease and Broadway began its…
Former "Batman" film actors Michael Keaton, Val Kilmer, George Clooney, Christian Bale and Ben Affleck have welcomed a new addition into their exclusive club: Robert Pattinson. The "Twilight…
"Survivor 42" contestant Chanelle Howell is ready to put her negotiation skills to good use. The 29-year-old executive recruiter from New York City believes she has the kind of background th…
Ariana DeBose just earned her first Oscar nomination for her electrifying performance as Anita in "West Side Story," Steven Spielberg's adaptation of the classic musical. The actress is on t…
How much can a "Saturday Night Live" hosting stint help an Oscar contender? Ariana DeBose is the first of this year's acting nominees to utilize "SNL" as a campaign stop for her scene-steali…
It has been eight years since Hugh Jackman notoriously hopped his way into Radio City Music Hall to host the 68th Tony Awards and even longer since he won a Tony himself. But at long last, J…
COVID has caused a lot of uncertainty around Broadway. Several shows have had to suspend performances, go on hiatus, or close permanently. And the American Theatre Wing hasn't announced key …
As of now, there is a lot of uncertainty around COVID when it comes to Broadway. Within the past couple of months, several shows had to suspend performances due to positive cases in their ca…
Something's coming, something good: Disney has finally revealed when Steven Spielberg's "West Side Story" will start streaming. One day after the musical remake received seven 2022 Oscar nom…
When the 2022 Oscars nominations are announced by Tracee Ellis Ross and Leslie Jordan on Tuesday, February 8, watch for "Dune" and "West Side Story" to dominate. These films are predicted to…
From the moment I first watched Steven Spielberg's "West Side Story," I knew I had seen something special. I immediately thought that this was, in fact, going to be the new Best Picture fron…
The "Sunday" number in Netflix's musical "tick, tick…BOOM" is nirvana for Broadway lovers because of the number of Great White Way legends who make cameos including Joel Grey, Chita Rivera…
According to Gold Derby predictions, "West Side Story" will receive 10 Oscar nominations on the morning of February 8, 2022 (see below). 20th Century Studios' remake of the 1957 Broadway …
Two weeks after the closing of her play "Clyde's," Lynn Nottage has opened a new jukebox musical about a star who needs no introduction. Penned by the two-time Pulitzer Prize-winner, "MJ The…
Like many 2021 releases with awards aspirations, Guillermo del Toro's "Nightmare Alley" had a tough time drawing audiences to theaters after its release in December. The noir drama starring …
Almost 30 years after the original "Hocus Pocus" hit theaters (and became a cult classic), Disney Plus has finally announced a sequel. "Hocus Pocus 2" is scheduled to stream on the platform …
Only 16 people have won the awards grand slam known as the EGOT (Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, Tony). They are (in chronological order of achievement) composer Richard Rodgers, actress Helen Hayes, a…
Only 16 people have won the awards grand slam known as the EGOT (Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, Tony). They are (in chronological order of achievement) composer Richard Rodgers, actress Helen Hayes, a…
Ten days after her first Broadway show ended an acclaimed run, playwright Dominique Morisseau has just opened another. The Tony-nominee penned the libretto for musical "Ain't Too Proud: The …
During the climactic rumble in "West Side Story," Riff (Mike Faist) spins away from Tony (Ansel Elgort) and right into the knife held by Bernardo (David Alvarez). Everyone is frozen in shock…
Four of our five predicted nominees for Best Costume Design at the 2022 Oscars reaped bids on January 26 for the Costume Designers Guild Awards. "Cruella," "House of Gucci" and "West Side St…