Monday, June 9, 2025
Welcome to Tony Talk, a column in which Gold Derby contributors Sam Eckmann and David Buchanan offer Tony Awards analysis. Mere hours after the 2025 Tonys, we reconvene to dissect the …
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 01:45PMFriday, June 6, 2025
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 predict…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 05:50PMAfter 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…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 04:22PMThursday, June 5, 2025
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 season, we debate…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 11:30AMMonday, June 2, 2025
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 competit…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 02:00PMFriday, May 30, 2025
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 be…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 12:30PMMonday, May 26, 2025
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 June 8, we offe…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 01:00PMWednesday, May 21, 2025
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…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 04:00PMSaturday, May 17, 2025
“It literally hit me like a ton of bricks,” says Tom Francis about the moment he finally realized that he earned a Tony Award nomination for his performance in Sunset Boulevard. The feel…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 12:00PMFriday, May 16, 2025
“Right now, we need joy. We need to be in a space with other human beings who are having a joyful experience,” says director Saheem Ali about why the new Broadway musical Buena Vista Soc…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 12:30PMWednesday, May 14, 2025
Welcome to Tony Talk, a column in which Gold Derby contributors Sam Eckmann and David Buchanan offer Tony Awards analysis. With less than a month until the 2025 Tony ceremony on June 8…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 02:00PMTuesday, May 13, 2025
“They’d be silly not to be skeptical, but luckily this movie just happens to have one of the best fan bases,” says Noel Carey, one-half of the Tony-nominated composing team responsible…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 04:00PM“I hadn’t read it since college,” says playwright Kimberly Belflower of Arthur Miller’s iconic play The Crucible. She drew inspiration for John Proctor Is the Villain from that 1953 …
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 02:41PMMonday, May 12, 2025
“It really feels like the most personal show to me,” reveals David Yazbek about his new musical Dead Outlaw. The composer has written music and lyrics for six Broadway productions and ha…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 01:53PMFriday, May 9, 2025
“I’m not sure anyone’s going to like this, it is such a big swing and such a departure from that original production,” Jamie Lloyd remembers thinking about his remounting of Sunset B…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 08:29PMMonday, May 5, 2025
Just four days after earning a Tony Award nomination for Best Play and five more citations for its cast members, Purpose has just won the prestigious Pulitzer Prize for Drama. Today's announ…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 05:30PMWelcome to Tony Talk, a column in which Gold Derby contributors Sam Eckmann and David Buchanan offer Tony Awards analysis. Days after the 2025 Tony nominations were announced, we recon…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 01:37PMFriday, May 2, 2025
Within hours of the announcement of the 78th annual Tony Awards nominations, hundred of Gold Derby users made their first predictions about which productions, performers, and creatives will …
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 02:40PMWednesday, April 30, 2025
A new musical and two original plays will lead the 2025 Tony Awards nominations, according to Gold Derby's official odds in 17 categories ahead of Thursday's announcement. Death Becomes Her,…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 09:30AMThe 2024-25 Broadway season, which kicked off last June with a revival of the play Home and concluded with the openings of musicals Dead Outlaw and Real Women Have Curves this past Sunday, f…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 08:00AMTuesday, April 29, 2025
“When I first read The Crucible, I think it was in high school, and I was just trying to make it through the year, honestly” shares Sadie Sink with a laugh. The actress stars in the new …
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 06:30PMWelcome to Tony Talk, a column in which Gold Derby contributors Sam Eckmann and David Buchanan offer Tony Awards analysis. This week we discuss our (almost) final 2025 nominations pred…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 03:00PMMonday, April 28, 2025
“I became completely obsessed with this show as soon as I read the script,” shares Julia Knitel about the new Broadway musical Dead Outlaw. The show centers on the shocking, unbelievably…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 05:00PM“It feels wonderful because you invest so much of yourself in every individual show,” reflects Susan Stroman on the recognition she has received for directing the new Broadway musical Sm…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 12:00PMSunday, April 27, 2025
Bernadette Peters has long been heralded as one of legendary composer Stephen Sondheim’s greatest interpreters. The actress originated roles in Sunday in the Park with George and Into the …
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 02:00PMThursday, April 24, 2025
“I’m real late to the Sondheim game, sadly,” Beth Leavel tells Gold Derby as she thinks back to her first memory of a Stephen Sondheim song or show. Part of her tardiness stemmed from …
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 01:50PMWednesday, April 23, 2025
“It boggles my mind that this is actually happening,” admits Lea Salonga about the recognition she has been receiving for her performance in Stephen Sondheim’s Old Friends. Hours befor…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 05:00PMTuesday, April 22, 2025
Last year, Broadway shining star Kara Young made Tony Awards history. Her nomination for the play Purlie Victorious was her third in as many years, as she previously received recognition for…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 10:00AMWednesday, April 16, 2025
In all of Tony Awards history, there has never once been a season in which three performers have been nominated for Best Actor in a Play for Shakespearean roles. That could very well change …
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 05:27PMTuesday, April 15, 2025
Welcome to Tony Talk, a column in which Gold Derby contributors Sam Eckmann and David Buchanan offer Tony Awards analysis. This week, we regroup to discuss how the Broadway arrivals of…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 02:00PMSeventy-two years after its debut and Tony Award win for Best Play, Arthur Miller’s The Crucible has received new life on Broadway. No, not in the form of a revival — the last one in 201…
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