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318 stories by "David Buchanan"

'The Skin of Our Teeth' reviews: Revival of Thornton Wilder play is 'profound' and 'exuberant' but 'dated' by David Buchanan

Eighty years after Thornton Wilder's Pulitzer Prize-winning "The Skin of Our Teeth" debuted on Broadway, the sprawling work has returned to the New York stage in a lavish production at Linco…

SOURCE: Gold Derby at 3:00pm on May 6, 2022

2022 Tony predictions by show: 'Company,' 'The Music Man,' 'The Lehman Trilogy' will lead by David Buchanan

Two musical revivals will dominate the 2022 Tony Awards nominations, according to our official odds in 17 of the 25 categories. "Company" and "The Music Man" will each earn at least seven bi…

SOURCE: Gold Derby at 9:30am on May 6, 2022

2022 Tonys predictions: Complete odds for 75th annual Tony Awards nominations by David Buchanan

Broadway came roaring back from its long winter of coronavirus closures with 34 musicals, plays, and revivals opening in the 2021-2022 season. If that whopping number of eligible productions…

SOURCE: Gold Derby at 9:00am on May 6, 2022

'Mr. Saturday Night' stage adaptation spotlights Billy Crystal's 'charm' in a 'diverting' musical by David Buchanan

Time has finally caught up with Billy Crystal, at least in terms of his age and the age of his character in "Mr. Saturday Night." The 1992 film found the young Crystal playing decades older …

SOURCE: Gold Derby at 12:00pm on May 4, 2022

Pulitzer-winning musical 'A Strange Loop' bows on Broadway: An 'amazing feat' with a 'remarkable' Jaquel Spivey by David Buchanan

Every so often, a musical arrives on Broadway that fundamentally changes the art form. Just as rarely, a musical will take home the Pulitzer Prize for Drama, which has only happened 10 times…

SOURCE: Gold Derby at 11:00am on May 3, 2022

'Hangmen' reviews: 'Whirlwind' dark comedy from Martin McDonagh boasts killer performances by David Buchanan

Two years after its premature pandemic closure, Martin McDonagh's play "Hangmen" has slipped the proverbial noose and returned to Broadway in a plot twist you might think McDonagh wrote hims…

SOURCE: Gold Derby at 12:00pm on April 27, 2022

'Funny Girl' reviews: Critics went 'mild' not wild over the musical's long-awaited return to Broadway by David Buchanan

For all those people who have been dying to hear the music that makes me you dance once again on a Broadway stage, "Funny Girl" has finally returned after a 58-year absence. Beanie Feldstein…

SOURCE: Gold Derby at 9:00am on April 27, 2022

'for colored girls' reviews celebrate 'riveting' Broadway revival and 'resplendent' Kenita R. Miller by David Buchanan

Forty-six years after the original production of Ntozake Shange's legendary choreopoem "for colored girls who have considered suicide/ when the rainbow is enuf," a sterling revival has retur…

SOURCE: Gold Derby at 3:00pm on April 26, 2022

'How I Learned to Drive': First Broadway production showcases a 'crushing' Mary-Louise Parker by David Buchanan

Twenty five years after the Off-Broadway debut of Paula Vogel's Pulitzer Prize-winning play "How I Learned to Drive," the contemporary American classic has at long last made its bow on Broad…

SOURCE: Gold Derby at 6:00pm on April 20, 2022

'The Minutes' reviews: 'Astonishing' Tracy Letts play features shocking satire and starry ensemble by David Buchanan

In a Broadway season teeming with exciting plays, musicals, and revivals, a dramatization of a small city council meeting may sound dull. Perhaps in the hands of a lesser playwright than Pul…

SOURCE: Gold Derby at 11:00am on April 20, 2022

'American Buffalo' reviews: 'Beautifully' acted revival overshadowed by David Mamet controversy by David Buchanan

Over two years after its slated pre-pandemic bow, the fourth production of David Mamet's "American Buffalo" has arrived on Broadway. The nearly 50-year-old play takes place in a junk shop ow…

SOURCE: Gold Derby at 12:00pm on April 18, 2022

'Birthday Candles' reviews: Under-baked play features an 'exceptionally moving' Debra Messing by David Buchanan

Almost a decade after her Broadway debut, Emmy-winner Debra Messing has returned to the New York stage in new play "Birthday Candles," which taps into her gifts of comedy and sentimentality.…

SOURCE: Gold Derby at 9:00am on April 12, 2022

'Take Me Out' reviews: 'Provocative' revival poised to hit home run at Tony Awards by David Buchanan

The ensemble of Second Stage Theatre's revival of "Take Me Out" has waited over two years for the first pitch of this baseball drama on Broadway, but after the lengthy pandemic delay the rem…

SOURCE: Gold Derby at 10:00am on April 6, 2022

'Paradise Square' reviews: 'Overwrought' new historical musical stars an 'amazing' Joaquina Kalukango by David Buchanan

Broadway's mad dash to the Tony Award nominations began on April 3 with the opening of original musical "Paradise Square," the first of 17 new productions set to bow this month. Set during t…

SOURCE: Gold Derby at 1:00pm on April 5, 2022

'Plaza Suite' returns to Broadway with an 'exuberant' Sarah Jessica Parker in an otherwise 'overlong' production by David Buchanan

Twenty-five years after her last appearance on Broadway, Sarah Jessica Parker has returned to the stage in the first revival of Neil Simon's "Plaza Suite." For her long-awaited bow, Parker h…

SOURCE: Gold Derby at 6:00pm on March 29, 2022

2022 Tony Awards slugfest: 20 productions vie for places in Play races [WATCH] by David Buchanan

"It's been a great season for Black playwrights," Sam Eckmann says as he introduces Gold Derby's first slugfest of the 2022 Tony Awards season. A whopping 20 new plays and play revivals are …

SOURCE: Gold Derby at 9:00am on March 21, 2022

'The Music Man' reviews: Critics find trouble in Hugh Jackman's River City in 'cautious' revival by David Buchanan

It has been eight years since Hugh Jackman notoriously hopped his way into Radio City Music Hall to host the 68th Tony Awards and even longer since he won a Tony himself. But at long last, J…

SOURCE: Gold Derby at 9:30am on February 14, 2022

'MJ The Musical' reviews: Myles Frost 'mesmerizing' as Michael Jackson, but musical is 'surface-skimming' by David Buchanan

Two weeks after the closing of her play "Clyde's," Lynn Nottage has opened a new jukebox musical about a star who needs no introduction. Penned by the two-time Pulitzer Prize-winner, "MJ The…

SOURCE: Gold Derby at 9:00am on February 3, 2022

'Skeleton Crew' reviews: 'Commanding' Phylicia Rashad leads this 'moving' Dominique Morisseau play by David Buchanan

Ten days after her first Broadway show ended an acclaimed run, playwright Dominique Morisseau has just opened another. The Tony-nominee penned the libretto for musical "Ain't Too Proud: The …

SOURCE: Gold Derby at 9:00am on January 28, 2022

'Flying Over Sunset' closes on Broadway: Will Tony voters remember this 'delectable' but 'bewildering' new musical? by David Buchanan

Cary Grant back on Broadway? For five weeks this winter, the debonaire actor treaded the boards again in spirit in the form of Tony Yazbeck, who portrayed the Golden Age movie star in the mu…

SOURCE: Gold Derby at 5:00pm on January 17, 2022

'Company' returns to Broadway reimagined in a 'sublime' production that honors the late Stephen Sondheim's 'indelible' score by David Buchanan

Over fifty years after its debut on Broadway in 1970, Stephen Sondheim's genre-redefining musical "Company" has returned in a reimagined production by Tony Award-winning director Marianne El…

SOURCE: Gold Derby at 3:00pm on December 11, 2021

'Mrs. Doubtfire' reviews: Stage musical 'predictable' and 'pandering,' but Rob McClure is 'vivacious' by David Buchanan

Almost thirty years after Robin Williams played "Mrs. Doubtfire" on the big screen, a musical adaptation has bowed on Broadway. The farcical plot follows divorced father Daniel, who dress…

SOURCE: Gold Derby at 8:00am on December 10, 2021

'Clyde's' reviews: Uzo Aduba hailed for return to Broadway in 'delightful' new play by Lynn Nottage by David Buchanan

It has been almost five years since playwright Lynn Nottage made her Broadway debut with "Sweat" and almost 10 since Uzo Aduba last appeared on a Broadway stage. They both return, triumphant…

SOURCE: Gold Derby at 9:15am on November 24, 2021

'Trouble in Mind' reviews: Alice Childress' 'exemplary,' 'eye-opening' play an early Tony Awards Best Revival contender by David Buchanan

Many plays and musicals have had to wait a long year and a half to open on Broadway, with premieres delayed because of the coronavirus pandemic. But none are more overdue than Alice Childres…

SOURCE: Gold Derby at 9:30am on November 19, 2021

'Diana, The Musical' reviews: 'Cold and crass' new show fails to live up to its beloved subject by David Buchanan

Diana, Princess of Wales has been portrayed in no shortage of high profile works of fiction this past year, from her introduction on the fourth season of Netflix's "The Crown" to Pablo Larra…

SOURCE: Gold Derby at 10:45am on November 18, 2021
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