Wednesday, April 30, 2025

‘Boop! The Musical’ leads 2025 Drama Desk Awards nominations; off-Broadway dominates play categories by Sam Eckmann

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 …

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Final 2025 Tony nominations predictions by show: ‘Death Becomes Her’ and ‘Oh, Mary!’ will lead by David Buchanan

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,…

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Final 2025 Tony nominations odds in 17 categories, including musicals, plays, and acting by David Buchanan

The 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…

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Tuesday, April 29, 2025

Sadie Sink on her character’s ’emotional rage’ in ‘John Proctor Is the Villain’ and her reaction to ‘Stranger Things: The First Shadow’ by David Buchanan

“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 …

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Tony Talk: Our final 2025 nominations predictions in the top 12 categories by David Buchanan

Welcome 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…

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Monday, April 28, 2025

Final 2025 Tony eligibility rulings: Jinkx Monsoon, Jeb Brown, and Bernadette Peters will compete as featured players by Sam Eckmann

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…

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Julia Knitel describes tackling triple roles in ‘Dead Outlaw’ and performing ‘a perfect musical theater song’ in the ‘weirdest’ show by David Buchanan

“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…

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‘Death Becomes Her’ writer Marco Pennette realized his Broadway dreams with the help of Hal Prince by Sam Eckmann

“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…

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‘Lilia, oh Lilia!’ Patti LuPone on her ‘Agatha All Along’ witch and ‘getting in trouble’ for spoiling Marvel secrets by Marcus James Dixon

Patti LuPone recently joined the Marvel Cinematic Universe for Disney+'s Agatha All Along, in which she plays a 450-year-old Sicilian witch named Lilia Calderu. "Lilia, oh Lilia! Will you be…

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Brad Pitt to star in new Edward Berger film, Tony honorees revealed, Cannes and Venice jury news, and more of today’s top news stories by Liam Mathews

Gold Derby's top news stories for April 28, 2025. Brad Pitt to star in A24 drama from Edward Berger Brad Pitt has signed on to star in The Riders, an A24-produced drama from Conclave direct…

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Susan Stroman on delivering a ‘big punch’ of musical comedy in ‘Smash,’ and the biggest onstage mishap of her career by David Buchanan

“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…

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Sunday, April 27, 2025

‘Real Women Have Curves’ star Tatianna Córdoba uses joy as ‘an act of resilience’ in her Broadway debut by Sam Eckmann

"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…

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Bernadette Peters could break a Tonys record with a nomination for ‘Stephen Sondheim’s Old Friends’ by David Buchanan

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 …

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‘Smash’ star Robyn Hurder dances her way through dual roles of Ivy Lynn and Marilyn Monroe: ‘This is the top of the mountain for me’ by Sam Eckmann

Let 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…

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Saturday, April 26, 2025

‘Just in Time’ choreographer Shannon Lewis is ‘deconstructing the proscenium’ with ‘potent’ movement for Jonathan Groff by Sam Eckmann

“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…

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Friday, April 25, 2025

How Amy Sherman-Palladino’s rapid-fire ‘Étoile’ dialogue kept French stars Charlotte Gainsbourg and Lou de Laáge on their toes by Scott Huver

It's the TV acting equivalent to Ginger Rogers dancing like Fred Astaire, only backwards and in high heels — delivering Amy Sherman-Palladino's whip-smart, high-velocity dialogue, when it'…

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Kristen Bell never anticipated everybody loving ‘Nobody Wants This’: ‘There’s so few times in your career when you feel that lightning thing� by Joyce Eng

Kristen Bell remembers the moment she had an inkling that Nobody Wants This might hit different. Screeners of the Netflix rom-com series had been sent out to press over the summer prior to i…

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‘Floyd Collins’ and ‘Redwood’ director Tina Landau finds parallels in the musicals that strand Jeremy Jordan and Idina Menzel in nature by Sam Eckmann

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…

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‘Death Becomes Her’ leads 2025 Outer Critics Circle Awards nominations with 12; Kit Connor receives bid over George Clooney by Sam Eckmann

Nominations 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 …

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‘Étoile’ star Gideon Glick: ‘I’ve made a career out of playing strange, interesting people’ by Debra Birnbaum

"He’s a strange little man.” That’s how Gideon Glick described Seymour, his character in Little Shop of Horrors, to The New York Times back in 2020, but the same could be said of Tobia…

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Annaleigh Ashford on how ‘Happy Face’ offers a ‘different perspective,’ and why Dennis Quaid made her ‘never eat shrimp again’ by Marcus James Dixon

Annaleigh Ashford realizes there are many "fantastic crime shows" out there, but what makes Happy Face stand out is its point of view. "The majority are focused on the serial killer," she te…

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Thursday, April 24, 2025

‘Stranger Things: First Shadow’: Louis McCartney on ‘creating a language through the movement’ to play the tortured Henry Creel by Sam Eckmann

“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 …

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‘Hunger Games’ prequel finds young Haymitch, Harvey Fierstein gets lifetime achievement Tony, ‘Hamnet’ release date, and more of today’s top by Liam Mathews

Gold Derby's top news stories for April 24, 2025. The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping casts young Haymitch Sunrise on the Reaping, the upcoming Hunger Games prequel film, has cast its …

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Beth Leavel unpacks her ‘The Ladies Who Lunch’ performance in ‘Stephen Sondheim’s Old Friends’ and reveals the ‘most difficult’ song to by David Buchanan

“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 …

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‘Oh, Mary!’ director Sam Pinkleton on the serious power of laughter: ‘The best comedy is grounded in absolute truth’ by Sam Eckmann

“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,” …

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Wednesday, April 23, 2025

‘It should be illegal how much fun I’m having’: Lea Salonga on playing Mrs. Lovett and more in ‘Stephen Sondheim’s Old Friends’ by David Buchanan

“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…

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‘Stranger Things: The First Shadow’ reviews: Critics praise the ‘visceral thrill ride,’ but lament its lack of ’emotional connection’ by Mia McNiece

Stranger Things: The First Shadow, the new stage prequel to the hit Emmy-winning Netflix series, has officially opened at the Marquis Theatre in New York. Directed by Stephen Daldry (The Cro…

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Tonys: ‘Old Friends’ would be the first Sondheim show nominated for Best Musical in 31 years by Jeffrey Kare

In 1994, Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine's Passion took home four Tony Awards, including the coveted prize for Best Musical. As it stands, that was the final work by Sondheim, the late leg…

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‘Yellow Face’ star Francis Jue on playing David Henry Hwang’s father for 17 years: ‘He was allowed to thrive until he wasn’t’ by Sam Eckmann

“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…

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Tuesday, April 22, 2025

2025 Drama League Awards nominations: 51 actors up for Distinguished Performance, ‘The Hills of California’ snubbed by Sam Eckmann

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 …

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Kara Young could make Tony Awards history — again — with a nomination for ‘Purpose’ by David Buchanan

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…

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2024-2025 BROADWAY SEASON
Jun 05, 2024: Home - Todd Haimes Theatre
Jul 30, 2024: Job - Hayes Theater
Sep 12, 2024: The Roommate - Booth Theatre
Nov 14, 2024: Tammy Faye - Palace Theatre
Nov 17, 2024: Elf - Marquis Theatre
Dec 12, 2024: Cult of Love - Hayes Theater
Dec 19, 2024: Gypsy - Majestic Theatre
Mar 17, 2025: Purpose - Hayes Theater
Apr 10, 2025: Smash - Imperial Theatre