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Theater Mar 7, 2025 5:00 am

Tony Talk: Idina Menzel may secure fourth nom for ‘Redwood,’ while Pulitzer winner ‘English’ aims for Best Play

Welcome to Tony Talk, a column in which Gold Derby contributors Sam Eckmann and David Buchanan offer Tony Awards analysis. Before the deluge of plays and musicals set to open ahead of Tony Awards...

Theater Mar 6, 2025 2:17 pm

2025 Tony Awards predictions: Earliest odds favor ‘Death Becomes Her’ and ‘Oh, Mary!’ while Best Actress heats up

David Buchanan

Since Gold Derby started taking predictions for the 2025 Tony Awards nominations, hundreds of users have made their preliminary picks. This season 21 musicals and musical revivals and 21 plays...

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Theater Mar 6, 2025 10:30 am

2025 Tony Awards: These 10 female Broadway vets deserve consideration for Lifetime Achievement Award

Jeffrey Kare

With this year’s Tonys coming up on June 8, the American Theatre Wing will soon be announcing its Lifetime Achievement Award recipient. The honor has gone to veteran stage performers,...

Theater Mar 5, 2025 2:30 pm

2025 Tony Awards: These 10 male Broadway vets deserve consideration for next Lifetime Achievement Award

Jeffrey Kare

The American Theatre Wing will soon be announcing the Tonys' Lifetime Achievement Award recipient. It traditionally goes to veteran stage performers, directors, choreographers, playwrights, songwriters, producers, and designers. In some...

Film Feb 12, 2025 10:00 pm

2025 Artios Awards: Casting Society honors ‘Wicked,’ ‘A Complete Unknown,’ ‘Emilia Pérez,’ ‘Conclave,’ ‘Wild Robot’

Ray Richmond

The Casting Society (CSA) announced its 40th Annual Artios Awards winners in feature film, television (scripted and unscripted), short films, commercials, and theater on Wednesday, honoring Oscar top contenders and...

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Theater Feb 9, 2025 6:00 am

2025 Broadway spring musical preview: ‘Boop!,’ ‘Smash,’ ‘Old Friends,’ and 9 more

Jeffrey Kare

We’re about halfway through the 2024-25 Broadway season, and there are 12 productions of musicals (nine new, one revival, two older works making their main stem debuts) set to open...

Theater Feb 7, 2025 8:00 am

2025 Broadway spring preview of plays includes ‘Othello,’ ‘Good Night, and Good Luck,’ and 6 others

Jeffrey Kare

We’re about halfway through the 2024-25 Broadway season, and there are eight productions of plays (six new, two revivals) set to open this spring. Could any of them contend at...

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Theater Feb 6, 2025 6:00 am

Tony Talk: Plays ‘Oh, Mary!’ and ‘The Hills of California,’ actor Kit Connor are on track for nominations

David Buchanan, Sam Eckmann

Welcome to Tony Talk, a column in which Gold Derby contributors Sam Eckmann and David Buchanan offer Tony Awards analysis. With only three months to go until the 2025 nominations are announced, we’ve...

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Theater Jan 19, 2025 9:00 am

Tony Talk: Musicals ‘Gypsy,’ ‘Maybe Happy Ending,’ and ‘Sunset Blvd’ look strong at midpoint of Broadway season

David Buchanan, Sam Eckmann

Welcome to Tony Talk, a column in which Gold Derby contributors Sam Eckmann and David Buchanan offer Tony Awards analysis. With only four months to go until the 2025 nominations are announced,...

Theater Jan 18, 2025 3:00 am

2025 Tony Awards: ‘Eureka Day’ crashes revival race, ‘Wonderful World’ may make history

Sam Eckmann

The Tony Awards Administration Committee met on Jan. 16 to assess the eligibility of 11 Broadway productions ahead of the 2025 Tony Awards. This is the second time that the...

Film Dec 30, 2024 8:00 am

16 worst awards moments of 2024, from Jo Koy’s Globes to double Emmys to Taylor Swift’s inevitable Grammy

Charles Bright

We tune in to awards ceremonies for the soaring moments — the history-making wins, upset victories, redemption stories, heartfelt speeches, and killer performances. But mixed in with all those highs...

Film Dec 30, 2024 6:00 am

22 best awards moments of 2024, from ‘Hacks’ surprise to Ryan Gosling at Oscars to Tracy Chapman with Luke Combs

Charles Bright

Nothing like awards ceremonies to put the show in show business. From the Grammys (Tracy Chapman and Luke Combs, Miley Cyrus, Joni Mitchell) and Tonys (Merrily We Roll Along) to...

Theater Dec 11, 2024 2:06 pm

Elton John’s ‘Tammy Faye’ closed early on Broadway: Does religious musical have a prayer at the Tonys?

David Buchanan

This week, Elton John’s “Tammy Faye” musical closed on Broadway after only 24 previews and 29 regular performances. Although the show, about the rise and fall of televangelist Tammy Faye...

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Theater Dec 5, 2024 1:51 pm

‘Sunset Blvd’ revival could surpass Tony nominations of original 1994 Broadway production

David Buchanan

30 years ago Andrew Lloyd Webber’s musical “Sunset Boulevard” opened on Broadway, capping off a tumultuous journey from the West End which included the unceremonious replacement of its lead Patti...

Theater Nov 21, 2024 1:01 pm

Will Robert Downey Jr. earn a 2025 Tony nomination for ‘McNeal’ following 2024 Emmy and Oscar wins?

David Buchanan

Over the past 10 years Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Ayad Akhtar has batted a thousand at the Tony Awards. Both of his past Broadway outings -- “Disgraced” in 2014 and “Junk”...

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