391 stories by "Paul Sheehan"
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…
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 three…
“Shuffle Along” reaped 10 Tony Awards nominations, including a bid for Best Musical. It recounts the backstage drama of mounting the 1921 musical revue of the same na…
The Tony Awards were handed out on Sunday, June 12 at New York’s Beacon Theater and aired on CBS (live in the east, delayed in the west). Presiding over the 70th annual …
The 70th annual edition of the Tony Awards will be telecast on CBS tonight (Sunday, June 12) at 8 p.m. PT and ET. While the kudocast will go out live to TV viewers on the east coast, the …
Anne Hathaway prevailed in her rap battle with James Corden in the “Drop the Mic” sketch from his late night talker Tuesday (watch above). She had stopped by to promote her up…
Barbra Streisand just announced a mini-tour this summer in support of her new album “Encore: Movie Partners Sing Broadway,” which pairs her with some of Hollywood’s b…
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 best in th…
While the headline news about this morning's 70th Annual Tony Awards nominations coalesces around the record-breaking 16Â nominations received by "Hamilton," there are plenty of other surp…
So who decided that “Hamilton” merited a record-breaking 16 Tony Awards nominations while a trio of musicals warranted only one apiece? The 47 members of the nominating commit…
“Hamilton” set a new Tony Awards record, earning 16 bids when nominations for the 70th annual edition of these kudos were announced Tuesday morning. That eclipses the benchmark s…
Nominations for the 70th annual Tony Awards will be announced on Tuesday (May 3) at 8:30 a.m. ET from the Diamond Horseshoe at the Paramount Hotel in midtown Manhattan. Two of the original c…
The 70th annual edition of these top theater kudos will be handed out on Sunday, June 12 at New York’s Beacon Theater and air live on CBS. Nominees were determined by 50 theat…
“Hamilton” is poised to lead the Tony Awards nomination count on Tuesday by a landslide, having won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama earlier this month. But while “Hamilt…
The Atlantic Theater Company production of Rajiv Joseph's play "Guards at the Taj" dominated the Lucille Lortel Awards, winning four prizes including Best Play over, among others, current…
It has been a good day for Alexander Hamilton. This morning came word that the first-ever Treasury secretarty is likely to stay on the face of the $10 bill. And now comes the news that the s…