Is Uptown the New Downtown? Tony Nominations Praise Broadway’s Experimental...
We can thank productions like 'The Band's Visit' for paving the way for this year's uptown migration of risky, dazzling downtown shows.
View ArticleTony Award Predictions: Will 2019’s Experimental Turn Reap Rewards?
Historically, Tony voters reward stars, snobby hits and anything that opened in the spring. What will that mean for this year's unconventional contenders? Here are our predictions.
View Article75 Minutes Before Curtain With Alex Brightman as He Gets Into Demon Mode
Alex Brightman walks us through preparing to take the stage as Beetlejuice each night, a process that involves old Robin Williams standup routines.
View ArticleFor Ali Stroker, Winning a Tony Was Just the Start of an ‘Epic and...
Ali Stroker made history in June when she became the first actor who uses a wheelchair to win a Tony. That was just the beginning.
View Article‘Hangmen’ Star Tracie Bennett on Doing Dark Comedy With the Master, Martin...
Tracy Bennett turns to dark comedy in Martin McDonagh's' 'Hangmen,' a far cry from her Tony-nominated last outing on Broadway playing Judy Garland in 'End of the Rainbow.'
View ArticleMoving Tributes to Nick Cordero Shared by Lin-Manuel Miranda, Ben Stiller and...
Broadway star Nick Cordero, who passed away after spending months in the hospital battling coronavirus, was remembered by friends Lin-Manuel Miranda, Ben Stiller and Josh Gad.
View ArticleWhat’s at Stake in the 2020 Tony Awards
The Tonys have a key platform in a moment of monumental shifts. Will the awards show rise to the occasion?
View Article‘Slave Play’ Defines the 2020 Tony Nominations With an Astonishing 12 Nods
Jeremy O. Harris' play has had people talking ever since its debut last fall, and now it's earned 12 Tony nominations.
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Terrence McNally’s Final Gift: Laughter, Tears and a Message From Another...
Terrence McNally’s final gift to friends, fans and theater industry folk was his own memorial, which he concocted and cast in the days before his death. His widower, producer Tom Kirdahy, executed it...
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Tommy Tune, Living Legend (and Landmark), Gets a Tribute in Dance, Talk and...
I once found myself sitting behind Tommy Tune at the theater. “Don’t worry,” he told me. “I fold up like a deckchair.” And that’s just what he did as a considerate member of the audience. Broadway’s...
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Bittersweet 16: Victoria Clark is 62 Going on 16 in ‘Kimberly Akimbo’
Actors sometimes catch heat for not acting their age—specifically, for acting younger than their years—but Kimberly Akimbo takes that tendency to a bizarre new level. This quirky, compelling musical...
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David Threlfall Brings Super High-Definition Accuracy to His Tony Nominated...
Chances are excellent you won’t associate David Threlfall, now holding forth as the bar-owner with the belligerent bluster at the Golden Theater in Martin McDonagh’s Hangmen, with his previous...
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Mark Rylance on Playing A Golf Club Wielding Don Quixote in ‘The Phantom of...
Mark Rylance—now, Sir Mark Rylance, if you will—is no stranger to superlatives. All the august groups—Tonys, Oscars, Oliviers—have thrown prizes at him for decades. Best Actor. Best Supporting Actor....
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What Terrence McNally Understood About the Enduring Power of Theater
As the deaths from coronavirus stack up all over the world, no one will be immune from grief: whether mourning friends of friends, favorite entertainers or strangers who led lives halfway across the...
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Julie White Gets Loud—and Tony Nominated—in the Broadway Farce ‘POTUS’
Julie White’s performance in POTUS begins at High C—with the C-word—and continues in italics for the next 110 minutes. A considerate journalist might think twice before interrupting her vocal rest...
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All the Best Looks from the 2022 Tony Awards Red Carpet
It’s been a difficult few years for Broadway amid the coronavirus pandemic, but after a two-year hiatus, the Tony Awards returned to its usual summer slot last night. The 2022 Tony Awards took place...
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Audra McDonald Is Broadway’s Busiest (And Most Awarded) Star
So, how goes it these days at Casa Swenson-McDonald? “Well,” sighs Audra McDonald with well-earned weariness, “there’s been lots of coming and going this weekend—and very little sleep.” She spent...
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How Do You Solve a Problem Like the 2023 Tony Awards?
The Writer’s Guild of America does not usually affect the Broadway world directly. However, the Tony Awards, the televised CBS broadcast and Paramount + streaming event that crowns the winners of the...
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The Best Red Carpet Fashion from the 2023 Tony Awards
The theater industry’s biggest night is finally here—that’s right, it’s time for the 76th annual Tony Awards, celebrating the best musicals and plays on Broadway. Ariana DeBose, who helmed last year’s...
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‘Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune’: How a Reagan-Era Rom-Com Holds Up
In this Reagan-era two-hander, a man and a woman have just made noisy, vigorous love on her pull-out couch. For her, it was a casual hook-up, no big deal. They’re coworkers: He’s a short-order cook...
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