Carol Burnett is unstoppable. The coolest 91-year-old in show biz, Burnett is a contender for her 25th Emmy nomination for her role as Norma Dellacorte, the powerful maven of Palm Beach soci…
Rick Elice first encountered the story of "Water for Elephants" around 18 years ago when he read the novel in his book club. As a former creative director at an advertising agency who handle…
Tony Award winner Roger Bart is no stranger to reinventing iconic movie characters thanks to his celebrated runs in "The Producers" and "Young Frankenstein." The actor scored another Tony no…
"We represent this beautiful, beautiful play and this beautiful company," says Maryann Plunkett on how she and Dorian Harewood, her costar in the new musical "The Notebook," feel about their…
"I wasn't prepared for how much it really meant to me," admits Maria Friedman on her first ever Tony Award nomination for directing the hit revival of "Merrily We Roll Along." This recogniti…
"I thought at least once, I should try a brand new play," reveals Jessica Lange of her return to Broadway in "Mother Play." The acclaimed actress won a Tony Award for her portrayal of Mary T…
"I was sleeping when the nominations happened because I just didn't expect to get one," confesses Sky Lakota-Lynch about the morning of the 2024 Tony Awards nominations. When he heard that h…
Corey Stoll leapt at the chance to work with director Lila Neugebauer on "Appropriate," but admits that he wasn't sold on his character Bo initially. "I think I was still judging the charact…
"Broadway was so not on my radar in any way," reflects Juliana Canfield about what she was envisioning when she signed on to do the play "Stereophonic" Off-Broadway last fall. In the months …
"This show was an idea that started before I was ever nominated for any Tony," says Kelli O'Hara about her role of Kirsten in "Days of Wine and Roses" that has earned her the eighth Tony Awa…
The Drama League Awards unveiled their slate of winners at an in-person ceremony on Friday, May 17. The event was hosted by Frank DiLella at the Ziegfeld Ballroom, where attendees toasted th…
"It's shock, disbelief, excitement, you want to throw up, and happiness," exclaims Amber Iman as she recounts the emotions she felt after learning that she earned her first ever Tony nominat…
Celia Keenan-Bolger received her fifth Tony nomination for "Mother Play," but beyond her own recognition, she is most excited that she gets to navigate awards season alongside her nominated …
Twenty years since making her Broadway debut in "Hairspray," Leslie Rodriguez Kritzer is finally a Tony nominee. "I just screamed," admits the actress as she recalls seeing her name splashed…
The Season 11 semi-finals took place on "The Masked Singer" Wednesday, May 15. After singing their hearts out for panelists Robin Thicke, Jenny McCarthy Wahlberg, Ken Jeong and Rita Ora, …
"It was a certain sense of elation," reveals Jim Parsons when recounting the emotions around his first Tony nomination. The actor scored this recognition for his performance in "Mother Play"…
They're gonna be popular. On Wednesday, Universal released the first full trailer for Jon M. Chu's blockbuster adaptation of the musical smash "Wicked" starring Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Gran…
Jerry Herman's musical "Hello, Dolly!" dominated the 18th Tony Awards which took place at the New York Hilton on May 24, 1964. "Hello, Dolly!" entered the ceremony with 11 nominations and wa…
Warner Bros. Discovery and DC Films may currently be in production on the first of the studio's rebooted and reimagined superhero franchise pictures, but that doesn't mean executives can't m…
GALECA: The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics unveiled nominations for their 2nd annual Dorian Theater Awards on Monday, March 13. GALECA's 39-member theater wing decided this season's …
"This show means the world to me for all kinds of reasons," reflects Will Brill about "Stereophonic," the new play on Broadway that has earned the actor his first Tony Award nomination. He h…
"To have this recognition at the end of that journey is really quite astounding and rewarding and humbling," reflects Brian d'Arcy James on his Tony Award nomination for "Days of Wine and Ro…
Winners of the 2024 Lucille Lortel Awards, honoring outstanding achievements in Off-Broadway theater, were announced on Sunday, May 5, in a ceremony at NYU Skirball. The show was hosted by R…
Welcome to Tony Talk, a weekly column in which Gold Derby contributing theater editors David Buchanan and Sam Eckmann discuss the Tony Awards race. In the hours after the announcement of …
At the beginning of Act Two of "Merrily We Roll Along," Jonathan Groff, Daniel Radcliffe, Lindsay Mendez and other ensemble members sing "It's A Hit!," celebrating the successful opening of …