Thursday, May 1, 2025
Together, wherever they go! Broadway favorites Audra McDonald and Danny Burstein both earned Tony nominations for their performances in the latest revival of Gypsy. In doing so, they have ea…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 06:13PMWith today's announcement of the Tony Awards nominations, Daniel Dae Kim has made history as the first AAPI nominee in the Lead Actor in a Play category. Kim was recognized for his performan…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 10:34AMWednesday, April 30, 2025
Nominations for the 69th annual Drama Desk Awards were announced Wednesday by Tony- and Grammy-nominated actor Norm Lewis. Winners will be announced on June 1, at a ceremony taking place at …
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 02:05PMMonday, April 28, 2025
The Tony Awards Administration Committee met for the fourth and final time this season to determine the eligibility status of 12 Broadway productions ahead of the 2025 Tony Awards nomination…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 05:27PM“Broadway was always the dream and I got a detour into TV,” reveals Marco Pennette. The writer has amassed a successful career in television, writing for comedies like Ugly Betty, Mom, a…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 03:00PMSunday, April 27, 2025
"Honestly, I feel like it hasn't quite hit me yet," admits Tatianna Córdoba. The young actress is making her Broadway debut playing the lead role of Ana in Real Women Have Curves: The Music…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 04:00PMLet her be your star! Robyn Hurder has been blazing a trail on New York stages for 20 years with celebrated turns in shows like A Chorus Line, Chicago, and Moulin Rouge! Now, the Tony-nomina…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 01:00PMSaturday, April 26, 2025
“It was pulling me, it was undeniable,” recalls Shannon Lewis of her desire to be a choreographer. "It was pulling me away from performing, and I was shocked to find out that I was OK wi…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 01:00PMFriday, April 25, 2025
Tina Landau didn't realize she was creating two pieces of theater that would speak to one another, but some of the parallels in her musicals Redwood and Floyd Collins are impossible to ignor…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 01:00PMNominations for the 2025 Outer Critics Circle Awards were announced Friday by Oh, Mary! stars Cole Escola and Conrad Ricamora. Winners for these kudos, which honor Broadway and off-Broadway …
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 12:33PMThursday, April 24, 2025
“When I get out there, I'm not giving first,” says Louis McCartney on the exchange of energy between him and the audience each night at Stranger Things: The First Shadow. "They're there …
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 08:29PM“There's so few things that we can agree on as a species. Puppies and ice cream are really the only two things that come to mind, but laughing with a group of people feels really good,” …
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 08:00AMWednesday, April 23, 2025
“In 17 years, I think every single cell in your body has changed over at least once. I think that I changed more than the play did,” says Francis Jue in reference to the play Yellow Face…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 01:00PMTuesday, April 22, 2025
Nominations for the 2025 Drama League Awards were announced Tuesday by current Broadway stars Sarah Hyland (The Great Gatsby) and Orville Peck (Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club). Winners will be …
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 01:38PMFriday, April 18, 2025
If you're Jennifer Simard, The Golden Girls is essential to your character work. In addition to playing Helen Sharp in the new musical Death Becomes Her, the two-time Tony Award-nominated a…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 02:00PMFor Tony winner Bob Martin, March 11 will likely go down as the trickiest day of of his entire career. He wrote the book for two new musicals this season: Boop! The Musical and Smash, with c…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 12:00PMWednesday, April 16, 2025
“It really feels like she's such a big part of me,” says Jasmine Amy Rogers of her character Betty Boop in the new Broadway tuner Boop! The Musical, “so it doesn't feel like I'm puttin…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 10:00AMFriday, April 11, 2025
The Tony Awards Administration Committee met on April 10 to determine the eligibility status of eight Broadway productions ahead of the 2025 Tony Awards. This is the third administration mee…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 11:45AMThursday, April 10, 2025
Helen J Shen is having a whirlwind year on stage. The 25-year-old actress made her Broadway debut — and earned rave reviews — for the hit new musical Maybe Happy Ending, which opened in …
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 06:00PMBreak out your Dungeons & Dragons dice and heat up those Eggo waffles! Broadway is about to be taken over by the Upside Down. After winning the U.K.'s Olivier Award for Best New Play, St…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 04:36PMWednesday, April 9, 2025
“She jokes that she wrote me into being,” says Marjan Neshat of English playwright Sanaz Toossi. The pair frequently refer to themselves as creative soulmates. It’s fitting then that t…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 11:00AMFriday, April 4, 2025
“I think addiction is the best way to describe being stuck in a sin,” explains Cult of Love author Leslye Headland, “because I don't see sin as like a transgression. I see sin as somet…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 12:00PMThursday, April 3, 2025
“Everyone knows Louise! Nobody likes her, but everyone knows her,” asserts Cole Escola’s demented Mary Todd Lincoln in Oh, Mary! Though sentiment might not exactly ring true for Tony v…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 01:00PMWednesday, April 2, 2025
In her Broadway debut, Tala Ashe embodied the struggle of a woman caught between two cultures. The actress portrayed Elham in the new play English by Sanaz Toossi. A bright medical student i…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 12:00PMThursday, March 27, 2025
Michael Urie earned consistent laughter in the recent revival of Once Upon a Mattress thanks to the mannered way in which his infantilized Prince Dauntless called for his mother. “But Maw…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 04:10PMWednesday, March 26, 2025
Hadi Tabbal made his Broadway debut in the Pulitzer Prize winning play English by Sanaz Toossi. His character Omid is one of several Iranian adults who spend their time in an English class a…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 02:00PMWednesday, March 19, 2025
Christopher Gattelli had choreographed 17 previous Broadway shows, winning a Tony Award for Newsies. But this season's Death Becomes Her marks his first time directing, in addition to crafti…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 07:27PMThursday, March 13, 2025
David Henry Hwang was already a Pulitzer Prize finalist for his comedy Yellow Face back in 2007, but the acclaimed play only just landed on Broadway this season courtesy of Roundabout Theate…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 05:00PMSaturday, January 18, 2025
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 committee has met…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 06:00AMMonday, December 23, 2024
Wicked has more than defied gravity since sweeping into theaters last month. Fans are swooning, and deeply moved, by the origin story of the witches of Oz, and the movie’s writers are feel…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 10:00AMMonday, November 25, 2024
Whether it’s the bombing of London in World War II, a former cartel boss bursting into song, or a gravity defying witch of Oz, finely crafted sound design is essential in completing the vi…
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