The Tony Awards celebrating the 2017-18 Broadway season are still a week away but the derby for next year's trophies has already begun with the opening of "The Boys in the Band," the first p…
Edward Albee won three Pulitzer Prizes over the course of his distinguished career, with two of those award-winning plays ("A Delicate Balance," "Seascape") bowing on Broadway during his lif…
Just a day after a spring Nor'easter blew through New York City, a much more permanent ice storm began to brew on Broadway as "Frozen," the high-profile stage adaptation of Disney's billion-…
Jan Maxwell, a beloved mainstay of New York City theater, died on Feb. 11 at the age of 61. Over the course of her illustrious career, in which she appeared in 13 Broadway and numerous Off-B…
In a season already chock-full of starry Broadway debuts, Nov. 30 might have marked the biggest to date as Oscar-nominated Uma Thurman ("Pulp Fiction") bowed at the Hudson Theatre in the new…
Only a year-and-a-half after his Broadway bow as a playwright, Steve Martin ("Bright Star") has returned to the Great White Way with a new comedy "Meteor Shower,"which opened at the Booth Th…
Last year, the small and intimate musical "The Band's Visit," based on the 2007 independent film of the same name, opened Off-Broadway at the Atlantic Theater Company. The show, which earned…
In 2013, playwright Ayad Akhtar won the Pulitzer Prize for "Disgraced," which went on to bow on Broadway in 2014 and earn a Best Play nomination at the 2015 Tony Awards. His follow-up play, …
In 1988, the original production of David Henry Hwang's groundbreaking play "M. Butterfly" earned the admiration of critics and audience, won three Tony Awards out of seven nominations, and …
Jake Gyllenhaal may have missed out on a chance to win a Tony Award for his performance in the recent revival of Stephen Sondheim's masterpiece musical "Sunday in the Park With George" (the …
After an initial bow Off-Broadway in 1991 and a starry, Oscar-nominated movie adaptation in 1996 starring Meryl Streep and Diane Keaton, Scott McPherson's "Marvin's Room" has finally debuted…
In a year in which dystopian narratives have dominated literature and television, it's only fitting that "1984," a stage adaptation of George Orwell's classic novel of the same name, officia…
In the five weeks between Tony Awards nominations being announced on May 2 and Sunday's ceremony, the Best Actress in a Play contest has gone from predictable to nail-biter. With a overwhelm…
On the eve of the 71st Tony Awards on June 11, Gold Derby's in-house trio of theater prognosticators " executive editor Paul Sheehan and contributing writers David Buchanan and Sam Eckmann" …
In the weeks leading up to this year's Tony Awards nominations, new drama "Sweat" seemed to be the show to beat in the Best Play category, not only because it marks the long-awaited Broadway…
After victories at both the Outer Critics Circle Awards and Sunday’s Drama Desk Awards, Kevin Kline appears to be the clear frontrunner for the Best Actor in a Play Tony Award for his …
Theater veteran Johanna Day has only made four appearances on Broadway over the course of her long stage career, but she clearly has impeccable taste. Each one of Day's outings on the Great …
Gold Derby's in-house trio of Tony Awards prognosticators " executive editor Paul Sheehan, contributing writer Sam Eckmann, and myself " met via webcam to discuss our reactions to the May 2 …
For the last three years running at the Tony Awards, one of the five Best Actress in a Play nominees reaped her bid for a closed production. Last year, Laurie Metcalf earned her th…
Tony-winner John Guare's ("Two Gentleman of Verona") acclaimed play "Six Degrees of Separation," a finalist for the 1991 Pulitzer Prize, has returned to Broadway, opening at the Ethel Barrym…
Seldom does a pairing of actress and role feel so intrinsically perfect as Bette Midler and Dolly Gallagher Levi, the titular character in Jerry Herman's classic musical comedy "Hello, Dolly…
After a beleaguered preview period marred by technical malfunctions and an injury, the new musical "Groundhog Day" based on the 1993 film of the same name opened on Monday, April 17. Directe…
In 2006, composer Scott Frankel, lyricist Michael Korie, and playwright Doug Wright teamed up to create the musical "Grey Gardens," one of the most praised original musicals in recent theatr…
In the six decades since "Present Laughter" debuted on Broadway in 1947, Noël Coward's farce has been revived five times including the new production starring Oscar winner Kevin …
In 2001, the whimsical French film "Amélie" captivated audiences and earned five Oscar nominations, including Best Foreign Language Film. On April 3, a musical adaptation of the movie starr…