"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 and …
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 it…
"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 her fa…
"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," says…
"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 before join…
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…
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…
"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. Th…
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 …
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…
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…
For 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…
Following a critically acclaimed debut in London's West End in 2023, Stranger Things: The First Shadow will have it's opening night April 22 at the Marquis Theatre in New York. This prequel …
Since premiering in 1597, William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet has endured as one of the greatest and most tragic love stories ever written. It's been performed countless times all over the …
In all of Tony Awards history, there has never once been a season in which three performers have been nominated for Best Actor in a Play for Shakespearean roles. That could very well change …
"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 putting on t…
Gold Derby's top news stories for April 15, 2025. The Four Seasons trailer unites Tina Fey, Steve Carell, and Colman Domingo Netflix released the trailer for The Four Seasons, a comed…
Welcome to Tony Talk, a column in which Gold Derby contributors Sam Eckmann and David Buchanan offer Tony Awards analysis. This week, we regroup to discuss how the Broadway…
Seventy-two years after its debut and Tony Award win for Best Play, Arthur Miller's The Crucible has received new life on Broadway. No, not in the form of a revival " the last one in 2016 st…
Gold Derby's top news stories for April 14, 2025. The Last of Us posts premiere ratings HBO shared Sunday night premiere ratings for dystopian drama The Last of Us. The Season 2 premi…
"Romeo and Juliet has featured in my life at these pivotal moments in a really funny way," Gabby Beans smiles as she considers all the times she has crossed paths with one of Shakespeare's m…
Throughout her esteemed career, Mia Farrow has earned seven Golden Globe nominations (including a win for 1964's Guns at Batasi) as well as three BAFTA bids. Yet notably she has never been r…
Natalie Venetia Belcon's journey with Buena Vista Social Club started long before she starred in the off-Broadway production of the new musical in 2023. Her parents, both professional musici…
More than a decade after it debuted on NBC, Smash has finally arrived on Broadway. Fans of the ill-fated television series that ran for two seasons may not recognize the plot of this new mus…
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…