Break 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…
"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 the act…
"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 something t…
"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 voters.…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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 feelin…
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 visi…
"Our first goal was to never feel a shift between spoken dialogue and song vocals, for it to all exist in the same space all the time," explains "Wicked" supervising sound editor Nancy Nugen…
The Tony Awards Administration Committee met today to confirm the eligibility status of eleven Broadway productions for the 2024-2025 season. This was the first time this season that the Ton…
The 2025 Tony Awards have announced a date and venue. After moving its annual ceremony uptown for the past two years, the kudos are set to return to Radio City Music Hall this spring. The 78…
It's a hit! A palpable hit! "Merrily We Roll Along" cleaned up at the 2024 Tony Awards, winning the coveted Best Revival of a Musical trophy. "Merrily" is now the fifth musical from composer…
"Illinoise" is something of an anomaly for a Broadway show. It is competing in the Best Musical race at the 2024 Tony Awards, but the story is told entirely through modern dance as a trio of…
When David Buchanan and I convened to debate our final predictions for the musical races at the 2024 Tony Awards, we were in clear agreement that the revival of "Merrily We Roll Along" would…
The 2023 Tony Awards stand out as a different beast from any other Tony ceremony in history. Instead of its usual home at Radio City Music Hall, the CBS telecast moved to the United Palace, …
The hit revival of "Merrily We Roll Along" and Off-Broadway sensation "Oh, Mary!" won over the LGBTQ journalists of GALECA and dominated the group's 2nd Annual Dorian Theater Awards. Winners…
The day before the 2024 Tony Awards, June 15th, will mark 40 years to the day since Kecia Lewis made her Broadway debut in "Dreamgirls." After four decades in the industry, the actress will …
"I still don't know that I have the words for it," admits Sarah Paulson as she gathers her thoughts surrounding her recent Tony nomination, "it just was and has been the most special experie…
"We needed every single step of the way to get us to Broadway. And that entire process took almost 13 years," reveals David Korins of the long journey to bring "Here Lies Love" to Broadway. …
"I just remember listening to it for the first time and being blown away by just the scale of it, the storytelling that exists inside of it and the ambition of it," recalls Justin Peck of th…
Kara Young is once again Tony-nominated for Best Featured Actress in a Play, for her hysterical and moving performance in the revival of "Purlie Victorious." It's her third nomination in tha…