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Theater Mar 25, 2020 2:30 pm

2020 Tony Awards officially postponed: ‘The health and safety of the Broadway community is of the utmost importance’

The 2020 Tony Awards honoring the best in Broadway plays and musicals were in limbo as the result of the coronavirus pandemic, which forced theaters in New York City to shut their doors, and on March 25 the awards officially...

Theater Mar 24, 2020 11:00 am

Seeing double: Mary-Louise Parker and Sally Murphy could pull off Tony Awards first with dual nominations

Sam Eckmann

Mary-Louise Parker could add a second Tony Award to her mantle this year to join her 2001 trophy for "Proof." After receiving rave reviews for her performance in “The Sound Inside,” industry watchers pegged her as the early Tony frontrunner...

Theater Mar 23, 2020 6:00 am

Tony races upended: ‘Hangmen’ and ‘Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?’ announce Broadway closings

Sam Eckmann

Broadway dimmed the lights and closed up shop on Thursday, March 12, due to the recent coronavirus outbreak in New York. Insiders have since fretted over the fate of many spring shows, some of which had started previews while others...

Theater Mar 6, 2020 9:00 am

Make your early predictions for the 2020 Tony Awards nominations today

Sam Eckmann

Welcome to the most wide open Tony Awards season in recent memory. Recent Broadway seasons have produced surefire winners like “Hamilton,” “The Band’s Visit,” or “Hadestown” that robbed awards season of some suspense. But the 2020 Tony race for Best...

Tony Awards Feb 21, 2020 8:00 am

‘West Side Story’ reviews: Radically reimagined production ‘mortally divided’ but ‘bold’

David Buchanan

“West Side Story,” one of the most beloved and enduring Broadway musicals of all time, has often been seen on the Great White Way since it premiered more than sixty years ago, but never quite like this. The revolutionary musical...

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Theater Jan 31, 2020 7:00 am

2020 Tony Award eligibility rulings Round 2: ‘The Inheritance,’ ‘Slave Play,’ and more

Sam Eckmann

The Tony Awards Administration Committee met for the second time during the 2019-2020 Broadway season to discuss eligibility of eleven productions for the 2020 American Theatre Wing’s 74th Annual Tony Awards. The productions considered were: “The Great Society,” “Slave Play,”...

Theater Jan 29, 2020 6:09 am

2020 Broadway spring season preview of plays: Which will be remembered by the Tony Awards?

Jeffrey Kare

As we are now about halfway through the Broadway season, and there are currently 12 productions of plays (six new, four revivals, and two older works making their Broadway debuts) set to open this spring. Could we be seeing any...

Theater Jan 28, 2020 10:00 am

2020 Broadway spring season preview of musicals: Which will be remembered by the Tony Awards?

Jeffrey Kare

As we are now about halfway through the Broadway season, and there are currently nine productions of musicals (six new, three revivals) set to open this spring. Could we be seeing any of them contend at this year’s Tony Awards?...

Theater Oct 24, 2019 4:00 pm

2020 Tony Award eligibility rulings Round 1: ‘Betrayal,’ ‘Moulin Rouge!,’ and more

Sam Eckmann

The Tony Awards Administration Committee met for the first time during the 2019-2020 Broadway season to discuss eligibility of six productions for the 2020 American Theatre Wing's 74th Annual Tony Awards. The six discussed shows were: “Betrayal,” “Frankie and Johnny...

Tony Awards Oct 18, 2019 8:00 am

‘The Sound Inside’: ‘Stunning’ new play starring a ‘never better’ Mary-Louise Parker is an early Tony contender

David Buchanan

The Tony and Emmy-winning actress Mary-Louise Parker, who last starred on Broadway in the two-character play “Heisenberg” in 2016, returned in another two-hander play “The Sound Inside,” which opened at Studio 54 on October 17. Written by Pulitzer Prize finalist...

Tony Awards Oct 17, 2019 7:00 am

‘The Lightning Thief’: Critics strike down ‘overblown,’ ‘monotonous’ Percy Jackson musical

David Buchanan

Last season, director Stephen Brackett and librettist Joe Tracz teamed up for the musical “Be More Chill,” which found much favor with the teenage demographic of Broadway theatergoers. Just two months after that show shuttered, Brackett and Tracz return to...

Tony Awards Oct 16, 2019 8:00 am

‘The Rose Tattoo’: Marisa Tomei ‘valiant’ in ‘garbled’ Tennessee Williams revival

David Buchanan

In recent years, Roundabout Theatre Company has demonstrated a knack for pairing stellar actresses in revivals by acclaimed playwrights, including Annette Bening in Arthur Miller’s "All My Sons" (2019), Jessica Lange in Eugene O’Neill’s “Long Day’s Journey Into Night” (2016),...

Tony Awards Oct 14, 2019 9:00 am

‘Linda Vista’: Tracy Letts returns to Broadway as playwright with ‘inspired’ and ‘ruthless’ drama

David Buchanan

Although a familiar face to Broadway audiences of late as an actor, Tracy Letts (he starred in a Tony-nominated revival of “All My Sons” last season) has not had one of his plays here in almost a decade. The Pulitzer...

Tony Awards Oct 8, 2019 8:00 am

‘Slave Play’: ‘Provocative,’ ‘wrenching’ drama is strong Tony Awards contender

David Buchanan

Even though it’s early days in the 2019-2020 Broadway season, Jeremy O. Harris’s new drama “Slave Play” has just emerged as the first genuine Tony Awards contender in the play categories. After a critically-acclaimed, if not controversial, start at New...

Tony Awards Oct 2, 2019 2:00 pm

‘The Great Society’: Brian Cox portrays a ‘bellowing’ President L.B.J. in ‘lumbering,’ ‘spiritless’ play

David Buchanan

On Sunday nights, millions of viewers watch Brian Cox deliver a gargantuan performance as Logan Roy on HBO’s Emmy-winning drama series “Succession,” but eight times a week Cox steps into the shoes of the truly towering, historical figure Lyndon B....

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2020 Tony Awards officially postponed: ‘The health and safety of the Broadway community is of the utmost importance’

Seeing double: Mary-Louise Parker and Sally Murphy could pull off Tony Awards first with dual nominations

Tony races upended: ‘Hangmen’ and ‘Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?’ announce Broadway closings

Make your early predictions for the 2020 Tony Awards nominations today

‘West Side Story’ reviews: Radically reimagined production ‘mortally divided’ but ‘bold’

2020 Tony Award eligibility rulings Round 2: ‘The Inheritance,’ ‘Slave Play,’ and more

2020 Broadway spring season preview of plays: Which will be remembered by the Tony Awards?

2020 Broadway spring season preview of musicals: Which will be remembered by the Tony Awards?

2020 Tony Award eligibility rulings Round 1: ‘Betrayal,’ ‘Moulin Rouge!,’ and more

‘The Sound Inside’: ‘Stunning’ new play starring a ‘never better’ Mary-Louise Parker is an early Tony contender

‘The Lightning Thief’: Critics strike down ‘overblown,’ ‘monotonous’ Percy Jackson musical

‘The Rose Tattoo’: Marisa Tomei ‘valiant’ in ‘garbled’ Tennessee Williams revival

‘Linda Vista’: Tracy Letts returns to Broadway as playwright with ‘inspired’ and ‘ruthless’ drama

‘Slave Play’: ‘Provocative,’ ‘wrenching’ drama is strong Tony Awards contender

‘The Great Society’: Brian Cox portrays a ‘bellowing’ President L.B.J. in ‘lumbering,’ ‘spiritless’ play

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