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Every year, the Tony Awards manage to produce some surprise winners and this year's ceremony was no exception. Indeed, our official racetrack odds fell short in five of the two dozen categor…
For actor Michael Cerveris, playing the role of closeted and suicidal Bruce Bechdel in the musical "Fun Home" changed him "in ways I'm sure that I don't even recognize yet because I'm a slow…
"I really want a Grammy. It's terrible, isn't it. I'll have to do an audio book of some sort," said Helen Mirren in the press room after winning the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play for…
Actor Alex Sharp may have won Best Actor in a Play at the Tony Awards for his role as autistic Christopher in "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time" but he says that "you can't …
"I completely lost my mind. I don't know if that was obvious ... When they did say my name, I think it just blew me away," said actress Kelli O'Hara about finally winning her first Tony Awar…
While Broadway's best accepted their accolades at Radio City Music Hall, press eagerly awaited their arrival at, believe it or not, the Women's National Republican Club located down the bloc…
Helen Mirren reprised her Oscar-winning portrayal of Queen Elizabeth II on Broadway this season in “The Audience" and bagged her first Tony for her efforts. She won one of her four Emm…
At the 69th annual edition of the Tony Awards on Sunday, "Fun Home" dominated the musical categories while "Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time" was the most lauded …
This marked the 69th annual edition of the Tony Awards and, once again, these kudos proved to be the classiest of them all.
THE GOOD
Once again, the Tonys brought the best accept…
Congratulations to RichardR for a very impressive top score of 92% predicting the Tony Awards winners on Sunday. He actually ties with seven other Users but had the best point total of 20,21…
Andy Humm (Gay USA) is this year's best Expert at predicting the Tony Awards winners. He got an outstanding 88% correct, only missing three out of 24 categories. Those incorrect choices were…
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. Below, a breakdown of the 24 winners arranged by the four …
Okay, admit it. Sure you love to know who won the Tonys but isn't it fun to find out which shows were shut out as well. I don't mean those productions that didn't even reap nominations. Rath…
The 69th annual edition of these top theater kudos were handed out on Sunday, June 7 at New York's Radio City Music Hall and air live on CBS. Nominees were determined by 50 theater professio…
The 69th annual edition of the Tony Awards will be telecast on CBS tonight (Sunday, June 8) at 8 p.m. PT and ET. While the kudocast will go out live to TV viewers on the east coast, the show…
Two of our most dedicated theater forum posters -- David Buchanan ("Piano Mann") and Sam Eckmann -- chatted with me just hours before the Tony Awards winners are announced Sun…
Looking for a handy cheat sheet before entering our contest to predict this weekend's Tony Awards for a chance to win $100 and a place of honor on our leaderboard? Then take a look at o…
The hottest race to watch on this Sunday’s Tony Award telecast is Best Musical Actress. The main contenders are Kristin Chenoweth for her madcap movie star Lily Garland in “On th…
Sunday's Tony Awards ceremony live on CBS will feature 175 performers in one blockbuster production number. Featuring singer Josh Groban, it will be the largest single number on stage in the…
The race for Best Musical at the Tony Awards is one of the tightest in years. It could go right down to the wire on Sunday between "An American in Paris" and "Fun Home," which each reap…
The off-Broadway smash “Hamilton” won Best Musical at Sunday's Drama Desk Awards over, among others, the Tony frontrunner "An American in Paris" as well as Tony nominees "Somethi…
At last Sunday's Drama Desk Awards, “Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time” was named Best Play while Alex Sharp ("Curious Incident") and Helen Mirren …
Our Users really like the looks of the two shows -- the play "Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time" and the musical "Fun Home" -- that they are predicting will win the top Tony…
This Sunday's Drama Desk Awards could well be a preview of next Sunday's Tony Awards on the play side with almost all of the above-the-line awards going to our predicted frontrunners fo…
The 60th annual edition of these kudos took place on May 31 at the Town Hall in Manhattan.
Best Play
"You Got Older"
"Airline Highway"
"The City of Conversation"
"Between Riversi…