The winners for the Theatre World Awards are in, with recognition for performances in the musicals My Fair Lady, Once on This Island, SpongeBob SquarePants and Hello, Dolly!. This year's Lifetime Achievement will go to the incomparable Victor Garber! The ceremony will take place on June 4. Congrats to all of this year's recipients. Join the conversation, bookmark our awards page, subscribe…
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Some award years are more hard to predict than others, but this year, all of the awards seem to be going to the same set of shows and people...with Come From Away, Hello, Dolly!, Andy Karl, Bette Midler, Gavin Creel and Jenn Colella taking home the big prizes at last night's Drama Desk Awards. For the plays, Hollywood actors cleaned up again,…
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The Drama League Award winners have been announced and Dear Evan Hansen and it's leading man, Ben Platt, and Hello, Dolly! and its leading lady, Bette Midler, took home the big prizes! The next winners announcement will be the 2017 Drama Desk Award winners. Will Dear Evan Hansen win that, too, or will the Outstanding Musical prize go to Come From Away? We'll just have to wait…
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The Outer Critics Circle Award winners have been announced! Come From Away was selected as this year's most outstanding new Broadway Musical and Hello, Dolly! as outstanding revival. Both productions also received 5 nominations. The selections also featured many a Hollywood actor (Kevin Kline, Laura Linney, Bette Midler, Danny DeVito and Cynthia Nixon) and singled out the incredible performances this year by Andy Karl, Gavin…
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The list of Tony noms is in and we couldn't be more excited! Natasha, Pierre And The Great Comet Of 1812 is at the head of the nominee pack, with 12 nominations, followed by Hello, Dolly!, with 10. The most coveted prize will be a showdown between Come From Away, Dear Evan Hansen, Groundhog Day, and Natasha, Pierre And The Great Comet Of…
This morning, the Drama Desk Award nominees were announced and Hello, Dolly! led the pack, with 10 total nominations, followed closely by Come From Away and Anastasia who received 9 each. Oftentimes, the Drama Desk nominees are the most closely aligned to those selected by the Tonys...will that be the case this year, or will there be some big surprises? We…
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The Outer Critics Circle Award nominees are in! Of the Broadway musicals, Anastasia received the greatest number of nominations (13), followed by Hello, Dolly! (10), Come From Away (7), Groundhog Day (5), A Bronx Tale (4), War Paint (4), and Bandstand, Holiday Inn and Natasha, Pierre And The Great Comet Of 1812 of 1812 all with 3 a piece. The winners for the Outer Critics Circle Awards will be announced…
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The reviews for Hello, Dolly! are in, and Broadway loves Bette! In the middle of a brassy, bouncy, in-your-face-like-it's-the-golden-age-of-musicals musical, there stands the incomparable Bette Midler performing her take on the famed matchmaker Dolly Levi. Calculated comedy is the name of the game here, and Bette plays it better than anyone. She's smart, sharp, and…
Well, a musical might not have taken home the Pulitzer this year (big congrats to Lynn Nottage's Sweat, which did!), but we are here now and so excited to announce the list of nominees for the 2017 Drama League Awards, which includes more than a few musicals. We recommend bookmarking our awards page, which will…
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It's been an exciting couple of months on Broadway with more excitement on the way -- A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder closed after a hugely successful run and Dames at Sea closed after a very paltry run, plus lots of fantastic shows opened on broadway to rave reviews! There have also been lots of announcements about shows that are…
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