How do you turn a grinding peace deal into a sellout show that's up for seven Tony awards? Easy, says JT Rogers. Just violate your heroes " and stir in some Noël Coward"If you had told me…
The 2016-2017 Broadway season has been an unusually strong one for straight plays. So it is only fitting that the race for Best Play remains in flux just hours before ballots are due on Frid…
Oslo star Jennifer Ehle recalls the night she won her first Tony Award.
Tony winner Jefferson Mays, who is also a 2017 Tony nominee, remembers the night he won and the hilarious misunderstanding when he got out of his limo.
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 …
The 62nd annual Drama Desk Awards were announced Sunday night, with top awards going to Come From Away for best musical and Oslo for best play. The best musical and play revival honors went …
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 frontrun…
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The musical "Come From Away," the play "Oslo," and Bette Midler in a hit revival of "Hello, Dolly!" were among the top winners at Sunday's Drama Desk Awards, one of a se…
Bette Midler and the Broadway revival in which she stars, “Hello, Dolly!,” were among the Tony nominees anointed by the Drama Desk Awards, which also handed another top play crow…
2017 DRAMA DESK AWARDs (winners in bold) Outstanding PlayIf I Forget, by Steven Levenson, Roundabout Theatre CompanyIndecent, by Paula Vogel, Vineyard TheatreA Life, by Adam B…
The political drama specialist marvels at how a talky, three-hour play about back-channel peace negotiations between Israel and Palestine became an unlikely Broadway hit that's now being dev…
Lea DeLaria hosted the ceremony at Webster Hall on May 22.
Off-Broadway celebrated its best May 22 at the 62nd annual Obie Awards, capping off a stellar year of downtown and off-the-beaten-path theater in New York. Hosted again by Obie- and SAG-winn…
'The Band's Visit' wins in the musical category, and individual awards go to Matthew Broderick, Michael Urie, Amy Ryan and Bobby Cannevale.
Three 2017 Best Play Tony Award nominees whose Broadway runs were preceded by off-Broadway productions—Oslo, Indecent and Sweat—each won Obie Awards on May 22 in a cere…
Oslo and The Band’s Visit got lots of love at the 62nd Annual Obie Awards, as these two shows have gotten throughout the theater award season. But they had lots of company, with Underg…
“Oslo” scored yet another playwriting trophy — as well as an ensemble acting honor — on its way to the Tonys, taking one of two 2017 Obie Awards for best new American…
The Obie Awards, founded in 1955 by the Village Voice to the nascent off-Broadway theater movement, recognized the original production of Oslo currently a contender for the best play Tony af…
The 62nd annual ceremony took place May 24.
Based on the true story of the underground Middle East peace negotiations, Rogers’ Broadway debut barrels onto the scene.
The Drama League does not distinguish between Broadway and off-Broadway when doling out honors. However, all five of its winners " four productions and an individual performance " are frontr…
Three years after taking Broadway by storm as the D'Ysquith clan second Tony nomination, Jefferson Mays is back His current role as OSLO'sTerje Rod-Larsen has earned him his third nomination…
The celebration, held at Feinsteins/54 Below May 18, also brought special citations to Paula Vogel, Taylor Mac, and Ruben Santiago-Hudson.
Just yesterday, the New York Drama Critics' Circle gathered to honor their2017 awardwinners at Feinstein's54 Below- BestPlayOslo and Best Musical The Band's Visit. The award for best play ca…