318 stories by "David Buchanan"
Seventeen years after its Broadway debut, musical "Caroline, or Change" has returned in what critics describe as an "electrifying" production. The show is set in 1960s Louisiana and centers …
Last week, "Is This a Room" opened on Broadway to rave reviews as one half of a repertory production that also features Tony-nominee Lucas Hnath's "Dana H." This companion piece, of sorts, o…
"The Lehman Trilogy" has had a protracted journey to Broadway. Not quite as long as the nearly two centuries of history that the play chronicles, of course, but what began in London in 2018 …
Back in March 2020, the Bob Dylan songbook musical "Girl From the North Country" opened on Broadway on March 5, just one week before theaters shut down due to the coronavirus pandemic. Now m…
Back in February, the new play "Thoughts of a Colored Man" installed its marquee at the Golden Theatre, an encouraging sign almost a year into the coronavirus pandemic that the frost on Broa…
The long-awaited reopening of Broadway has just welcomed one of its most unique offerings of the season with the debut of new drama "Is This a Room." One of a duo of transcript plays to bow …
Ten years after making his Broadway debut as an actor in "The Book of Mormon," Douglas Lyons just took his first bow as a playwright with "Chicken & Biscuits," which opened at the Circle…
Twenty years after Ruben Santiago-Hudson first brought the town of Lackawanna, New York to life Off-Broadway, his autobiographical play "Lackawanna Blues" has arrived on Broadway. The solo s…
In March of last year, the new musical "Six" was literally minutes away from opening on Broadway when the coronavirus pandemic halted its performance. Eighteen months later, the musical by L…
As our exclusive odds predicted, "Moulin Rouge!" won 10 of its 13 Tony Awards races, including the top prize, Best Musical. It also claimed the awards for Best Director (Alex Timbers), Best …
Heading into Sunday night's Tony Awards, Tom Hiddleston looked like a lock for the Best Actor in a Play award. The Emmy-nominated actor and star of Marvel movies and the "Loki" series on Dis…
On his seventh try, Danny Burstein finally has a Tony Award. The beloved Broadway veteran claimed his career-first trophy for his featured performance in "Moulin Rouge! The Musical." The win…
The long-delayed 74th Tony Awards was held on Sunday, September 26 in a two-part telecast staged at the Winter Garden theater. Six-time Tony winner Audra McDonald hosted a ceremony on Paramo…
Broadway has just reopened after shuttering on March 13, 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. To mark the return of the rialto, the 74th annual Tonys were handed out on Sunday, September 26 at…
Two decades ago Mary-Louise Parker won her first Tony Award for her enthralling performance in David Auburn's "Proof." Five Broadway appearances later, Parker is on the cusp of winning the s…
Almost 30 years after earning his first Tony Awards nomination for portraying Jackie Robinson in the musical "The First," David Alan Grier may finally take home his first trophy. Nominated t…
"Slave Play" made history back in October when it received 12 Tony Awards nominations, the most ever for a play. Five of those citations recognize members of its stellar ensemble, including …
Five years ago, Lin Manuel-Miranda's "Hamilton" won 11 Tony Awards, just one shy of the record held by "The Producers." In the years since, landslide sweeps in the musical categories have be…
Almost 18 months after the last new show opened on Broadway " the musical "The Girl from the North Country," which bowed on March 5, 2020 " the New York theatre community celebrated the rial…
"The plays are really where it's at in terms of races," Sam Eckmann declares to kick off the first of our 2021 Tony Awards predictions slugfest. Though we don't yet know the date when the wi…
When Golden Globes nominations were announced, Jane Levy beat our odds and landed a slot in the Best TV Comedy/Musical Actress category. The singing star of NBC's musical comedy "Zoey's E…
In the Golden Globes race for Best Comedy/Musical Series, a category that will most likely boast shows about a riches-to-rags family saga, Catherine the Great and a cadre of vampires, there …
Netflix's "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom" is slated to have a big morning when Golden Globes nominations are announced on Feb. 3, with predicted bids for Best Film Drama, Drama Actress (Viola Dav…
Four years ago Bryan Cranston pulled off a huge upset at the Screen Actors Guild Awards in the TV movie/limited series acting category, winning for HBO's "All the Way." Lightning could strik…
In an unprecedented year for the Broadway community, the Tony Awards just gifted theatre fans with a reason to celebrate: Jeremy O. Harris' audacious and brilliant "Slave Play" now holds the…