Glenn Davis has a special relationship with Purpose..., and it's not just that it's the play that earned him his first Tony nomination. As the co-Artistic Director of Steppenwolf Theatre Com…
Welcome to Tony Talk, a column in which Gold Derby contributors Sam Eckmann and David Buchanan offer Tony Awards analysis. Mere hours after the 2025 Tonys, we reconvene to …
Downtown cabaret star Cole Escola won best actor in a play for their deranged, repressed and over-the-top ahistorical version of Mary Todd Lincoln in "Oh Mary!," beating such Hollywood stars…
Both 'Gypsy' and the George Clooney-fronted 'Good Night, and Good Luck' were shut out despite landing five nominations apiece.
Branden Jacobs-Jenkins won the 2025 Tony Awards for Best Play.
Kara Young has won the 2025 Tony Award for Featured Actor in a Play
Purpose has taken home the 2025 Tony Award for Best Play. The Pulitzer Prize-winning drama by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins and directed by Phylicia Rashad marks Jacobs-Jenkins' second Ton…
Purpose wins the Tony Award for Best Play at The 78th Annual Tony Awards® Watch The 78th Annual Tony Awards® now on CBS and Paramount+ with Showtime …
Kara Young has made Broadway history with her second consecutive Tony Award win. She earned Best Featured Actress in a Play for her performance in Purpose, becoming the first Black performer…
Playwright Branden Jacobs-Jenkins won a Tony back-to-back with his 2024 win for Appropriate.
Branden Jacobs-Jenkins is on a roll! Purpose has won the 2025 Tony Award for Best Play! Jacobs-Jenkins' play beat out fellow nominees English, Oh, Mary!, The Hills of California, and John Pr…
Kara Young has won the 2025 Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play for her performance in Purpose. Young beat out fellow nominees Tala Ashe for English, Jessica Hecht for Eureka Day,…
"Purpose" won't best play at the 78th annual Tony Awards, "Eureka Day" best play revival, Sunset Blvd best revival of a musical. Below the list of winners: (Here's a guide to the entire B…
"Purpose," directed by Howard's own Phylicia Rashad is nominated for "Outstanding Broadway Play," while alumni and educator Gary Edwin Robinson ...
Besides playing a disgraced politician in Branden Jacobs-Jenkins' family drama, Davis is also a head of Steppenwolf Theatre Company.
Purpose was recently extended eight weeks and now runs through August 31 at Broadway's Helen Hayes Theatre. The following interview has been edited ...
Before she sets foot in Radio City Music Hall this Sunday, actor Kara Young will have already made Tony Award history by becoming the first Black person to receive Tony acting nominations in…
This season's biggest surprise and delight is poised to make a clean sweep. The post 2025 Tony Awards: Predicting the Likely Winners, from 'Maybe Happy Ending' to 'Purpose' appeared first on…
Kara Young has made history with her 2025 Tony Award nomination.
"What an amazing artist," Phylicia Rashad, director of "Purpose," says in introducing cast member Alana Arenas, who received a 2025 Theatre World Award for her Broadway debut as the explosiv…
Right now, the weighty project on her mind is Broadway's celebrated "Purpose," Branden Jacobs-Jenkins' drawing-room drama at the Helen Hayes Theater ...
Branden Jacobs-Jenkins loves actors"especially "bona fide theater actors" like the powerhouse cast in his six-time-Tony-nominated production of Purpose, directed by Phylicia Rashad and playi…