We're nearing the closing curtain of Awards Season 2016! Last night the Drama Desk Awards were handed out. This year's big winners were Shuffle Along and She Loves Me, while the other prizes were distributed fairly evenly among this year's nominees (with the exception of School of Rock and Spring Awakening, neither of which took home any awards). Sunday is the Tony Awards and we hope…
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The Drama League Award winners are in and Hamilton grabbed the outstanding production award, plus one for creator/actor Lin-Manuel Miranda. (The show lost out to An American in Paris in last year when it played Off-Broadway, so the win has to feel like some sort of extra redemption for the creative team.) The winning revival was surprisingly not She Loves…
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If you were wondering what the Tony Awards might have looked like without Hamilton, the Outer Critics Circle Awards might be a good indication. Bright Star took home the big prize, but She Loves Me, the winner for best revival, walked away with the most wins of any show (4). Other winners included: Spring Awakening, On Your Feet!, American Psycho, Fiddler on the…
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The first set of winners are in! The Theatre World Awards has announced the 12 honorees for best Broadway or Off-Broadway debut, and that newbee Nicholas Barasch will take home the Dorothy Loudon prize and Bernadette Peters the lifetime achievement award. Many of these actors got nods from other awards committees, but will they be able to beat…
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The Drama Desk Award nominees were announced this morning and producers for Shuffle Along, which had been snubbed by the other award nominating committees, must have been pleased with the Outstanding Musical and other nods. And though neither was nominated for Outstanding Musical, American Psycho and Bright Star did get the most nominations (8 and 7, respectively), followed by Shuffle Along, School…
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Awards season for 2016 has officially begun and the first set of nominees are in: those for the 2016 Outer Critics Circle Awards. You'll see lots of repeats on this list, with American Psycho, She Loves Me, Bright Star and On Your Feet! getting the most nominations. You might notice there's one big show from this season, Hamilton, missing from this…
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Wowee. It's been a number of years since an Off-Broadway production took home so many Drama Desk Awards - meaning good things are headed to Broadway next season in the form of Hamilton. The production took home an impressive 7 Drama Desk Awards! The King and I took home the award for Outstanding Revival, with a 1-2 wins apiece for An American in…
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The 2014 Drama Desk Award winners have been announced and there seems to be little contest about who was the best of the best this season. Will the Tony Awards follow suit, or will we be surprised? Less than one week and we'll find out! Follow all of the awards coverage as we live blog, tweet, facebook or view a summary of all things…
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The 2014 Drama League Award winners have been announced and again A Gentleman’s Guide to Love & Murder and Hedwig and the Angry Inch took home prizes. Congratulations to this year’s winners! Follow all of the awards coverage as we live blog, tweet, facebook or view a summary of all things awards at The Broadway Musical Home. The winners are marked below with s. OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION OF A BROADWAY…
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The 2014 Outer Critics Circle Award winners have been announced and A Gentleman's Guide to Love & Murder ran away with a lot of the prizes, including the biggest - Outstanding New Musical! Winners will be celebrated at the 64th Annual Outer Critics Circle Awards ceremony, which will be held May 22 at 4 PM at Sardi's Restaurant. Congratulations…
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