Winners of the 2025 Drama League Awards were announced today in a ceremony hosted by Emmy-winning NY1 reporter Frank DiLella at the Ziegfeld Ballroom. In a competitive year for theater award…
Gold Derby's top news stories for May 16, 2025. Ralph Fiennes to play President Snow in The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping Ralph Fiennes, coming off his Oscar-nominated turn in Conc…
"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 Social …
"Making theater, especially musicals, can feel super mysterious and alchemical. You're looking for energy and you're trying to get lightning in a bottle," says Dane Laffrey of the process of…
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 ceremo…
"I'm new to this," says an excited Joy Woods when asked about what she's looking forward to at the upcoming Tony Awards ceremony. "I will just be taking in everything." The actress earned…
"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 for b…
"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 drama an…
Paul Tazewell recently made history as the first Black man to win the Oscar for Best Costume Design for his work on Wicked. Now, he's currently the frontrunner to win Best Costume Design of …
Apple TV+ will submit seven cast members from Disclaimer for Emmy consideration, Gold Derby has learned. Kevin Kline as Stephen Brigstocke, a retired teacher and author, will submit in Be…
Gold Derby's top news stories for May 12, 2025. Netflix announces premiere date for Too Much, Lena Dunham's TV return Golden Globe-winning Girls creator and star Lena Dunham is returning …
"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 has ea…
Just in Time star Jonathan Groff in currently in second place in Gold Derby's Tony Awards predictions for Best Actor in a Musical, only behind fellow Glee alum Darren Criss for Maybe Happy E…
"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 Boulevard…
Wicked keeps on defying expectations. The Oscar-winning film adaptation of the popular Broadway musical earned a leading 15 nominations today from the Golden Trailer Awards. Note that these …
Over the course of 25 years, Scott Ellis has been nominated at the Tony Awards for directing nine times, but has never emerged victorious. This year, he earned three more bids for producing:…
According to Gold Derby's current predictions, the husband-and-wife team of Justin Peck and Patricia Delgado are the frontrunners to win Best Choreography for Buena Vista Social Club at t…
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…
Welcome 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 announc…
Every Friday, Gold Derby rounds up some of the best stories of the week from our friends across the web. Maybe you missed these, maybe you were too busy to read them at the time, maybe you b…
Gold Derby's top news stories for May 2, 2025. Ruth Buzzi dies at 88 Comedian Ruth Buzzi died May 1 at her home in Texas. She was 88. Buzzi was best known for her work on the 1968-73 sketch …
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 …
The 2025 Tony Awards nominations were announced on Thursday morning and made waves with its snubs and surprises. Out of all the nominees spread across 26 categories, there are 22 fascinating…
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…
Congratulations to Gold Derby user Michael_Griswold for an excellent score of 84.71 percent in predicting the 2025 Tonys nominations on Thursday. Our top scorer finished just ahead of three …