Since 1999, Broadway Cares/Equity Fight Aids has released 21 editions of its annual Broadway Carols for a Cure album. In keeping with the organization’s mission, the proceeds of Carols for a Cure (in addition to BCEFA’s other fundraisers like Broadway Bares) go to the fighting of AIDS and the support of people living with AIDS…
Continue reading ➞ Broadway Carols for a Cure Vol. 21: Album Review
The biggest day for theatre nerds around the world -- the Tony Awards -- has come and gone. We loved following the awards with you throughout the night, here, on the website and on Twitter and Facebook and can't wait to do it again next year. _____________________ The full list of this year's nominees appears below. As…
The Drama Desk winners are in -- at the head of the pack were Hadestown and Tootsie and the new play The Ferryman, all with 4 awards each, but The Prom won the Outstanding Musical prize, it's only Drama Desk Award. Here's the full list of nominees, with stars next to the winners: Outstanding Play The Ferryman Fairview Lewiston/Clarkston Usual…
Continue reading ➞ AWARDS SEASON 2019: Drama Desk Award Winners
The Outer Critics Circle Awards winners have been announced and Hadestown was gifted with 6 total awards, including that for Outstanding New Broadway Musical. The other multiple award-winning musicals were Tootsie, The Cher Show and King Kong. Congratulations to all of this year's winners, who will recieve their awards at the dinner presentation on May 23 at Sardi’s. Here's…
Continue reading ➞ AWARDS SEASON 2019: Outer Critics Circle Awards Winners
They're finally here! The 2019 Tony nominations are in with Hadestown leading the pack with 14 total nominations, followed by Ain't Too Proud and Tootsie with 12 and 11, respectively. Beetlejuice, which has been snubbed by most of the other awards, got 8 nominations, including that for Best Musical, and the critically-acclaimed production of The…
Continue reading ➞ AWARDS SEASON 2019: Tony Award Nominations
The Broadway version of Beetlejuice is now open, but the critics seem to wish it would go back to the underworld. Alex Brightman is a total star as Beetlejuice, bringing energy and his own punk-rock take on the character, and the set and effects are amazing... but that's really where the fun ends. The script seems hellbent…
Nearly all the nominations are in...and oftentimes the Drama Desk nominations are the strongest indicators of which shows might get this year's Tony nods. At the head of the pack for the Drama Desk is the new revival of Oklahoma!, with 12 total nominations, followed closely behind by the critically-acclaimed Tootsie. (You'll notice that missing…
Continue reading ➞ AWARDS SEASON 2019: Drama Desk Award Nominations
The nominations for the Outer Critics Circle Awards are in, Hadestown leading the pack with 12 nominations, followed by Tootsie , with 10 nominations. Winners will be announced May 13, with a gala awards dinner presentation on May 23 at Sardi’s. The OCC nominations are often in line with Tony voter's. Do you think these ought to be this…
Continue reading ➞ AWARDS SEASON 2019: Outer Critics Circle Awards Nominations
The first big crop of nominees for this season are in with nods to critical favorites like Oklahoma!, fan favs like Be More Chill, and flops that closed quickly like Head Over Heels Who'll take home the big prizes? Find out May 17 at 11:30 am. Outstanding Production of a Broadway or Off-Broadway Musical Ain't Too…
Continue reading ➞ AWARDS SEASON 2019: Drama League Award Nominations
We are always really excited when January hits and it's time for BroadwayCon. But 2019 was a little bit different. This year, we were not in the huge Javits Convention Center, but at the New York Hilton Midtown, where the very first BroadwayCon began. It was a homecoming for a lot of us and the…
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