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Our Experts are in complete agreement that Bryan Cranston will Best Actor (Play) at the Tony Awards on June 8 for his performance as Lyndon Johnson in “All the Way.” This&nb…
Michael Musto and I agree that, yes, there are a lot of solid frontunners to win the Tonys. "All the Way" seems destined to go all the way in the races for Best Play and Actor (Bryan Cransto…
Our Experts are divided about which remounting will win Best Play Revival at the Tony Awards on June 8.
Seven of our 14 Experts are predicting that "Twelfth Night" will t…
HBO held its New York City premiere for "The Normal Heart" at the Ziegfeld Theater on Monday, May 12. Walking the red carpet were a number of the film's stars, including Mark Ruffalo, Matt B…
"This is so classic Gold Derby," Jesse Tyler Ferguson exclaimed at the "Modern Family" Season 5 wrap party when we asked him if he wanted to take down co-stars Eric Stonestreet and Ty Burrel…
Whoopi Goldberg once told talk show host Larry King that she was giving up acting. She took the moderator's position on ABC daytimer "The View" soon after in 2007 and didn't think she would …
Neil Patrick Harris says he was ''totally flummoxed'' Friday as he received the Drama League's Distinguished Performance award for playing a German transgender rock star in ''Hedwig and the …
"It was a more personal project for me," says Ryan Murphy of directing HBO's "The Normal Heart," based on the play by Larry Kramer. "I was 15 in 1981 [when the AIDS outbreak began]; I grew u…
Just like last year, this year's Daytime Emmy acting reels are being made available for public viewing online. This year's roundup of episode submissions began today with Best Younger Actor.…
Like the Outer Critics Circle, the Drama League does not distinguish between Broadway and off-Broadway when doling out honors. However, all five of its winners -- four productions and a…
The first of the precursor prizes for the Tonys, the Outer Critics Circle Awards, revealed their winners on Monday. Both of our Tony frontrunners for new productions -- the tuner "A Gen…
Winners for the 64th annual Outer Critics Circle Awards were revealed on May 13. Honorees will be feted at Sardi's on May 22. (Read full report here.)
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"Act One"…
Our Experts are unanimous about which remounting of a tuner will take Best Musical Revival at the Tony Awards on June 8.
All 10 of our Experts are predicting that "Hedwig and …
Our Experts are all but unanimous about which new tuner will take Best Musical at the Tony Awards on June 8.
Eight of our nine Experts are predicting that "A Gentleman's Guide…
Our Experts are split about which new work will win Best Play at the Tony Awards on June 8.
Six of our nine Experts are predicting that "All the Way" will go the distance. This pol…
This season's revival of "The Glass Menagerie" reaped seven Tony Awards nominations. That it tied with "Twelfth Night" for the most bids among plays was commendable enough. Making this recog…
Gold Derby's very own Paul Sheehan was best among a dozen Experts in predicting the 2014 Tony Awards nominations that were announced Tuesday. He achieved 95% correct (essentially a perfect s…
Congratulations to our site User J F Petsche, who earned 95% correctly predicting the 2014 Tony Awards nominees. He tied with seven other Users -- Ted_Stevenson, jkramer, patmerck, LarryGevi…
It is always surprising to see the depth and breadth of support for some shows at the Tony Awards and the limited appeal of others.
Which ones with multiple nominations did the bes…
With 38 productions in contention for this year's Tony Awards, there were plenty of surprises in Tuesday's nominations announcement.
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The Tony Awards nominations were announced Tuesday morning. Among new tuners, "A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder" leads with 10 bids. And of the new plays on Broadway, "Act One" re…
The 68th annual edition of these top theater kudos will be handed out on Sunday, June 8 at New York's Radio City Music Hall and air live on CBS. Nominees were determined by 44 theater profes…
Ten of our dozen Experts are predicting that "A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder" will win Best Musical at the Tony Awards on June 8. Nominations for the 68th annual edition of…
Kelli O'Hara has reaped a Tony bid for each of her most recent four appearances on the Broadway stage, beginning with her featured work in "The Light in the Piazza" in 2005 and continuing wi…
Neil Patrick Harris, who has won three Emmys as host of the Tony Awards, is tipped to take to the stage this year as a winner of theater's top honors.
He is the overwhelming favori…