Anaïs Mitchell’s Hadestown ruled the 73rd annual Tony Awards winning eight of the 14 awards they were nominated for including Best Musical and Best Direction of a Musical. The Sam Mendes-directed The Ferryman also won big winning four awards including Best Play and Best Direction.
Other big winners of the evening included Ali Stroker for her groundbreaking role in Oklahoma!, which also won Best Revival of a Musical. To add to that, Boys in the Band took home the trophy for Best Revival of a Play.
Acting accolades went to Bryan Cranston for Best Leading Actor in a Play for Network while The Waverly Gallery’s Elaine May took home the Tony for Best Leading Actress in a Play. On the musical side, Tootsie’s Santino Fontana won for Best Leading Actor in a Musical and The Cher Show’s Stephanie J. Block for the Best Leading Actress in a Musical.
Other big winners of the evening included Ali Stroker for her groundbreaking role in Oklahoma!, which also won Best Revival of a Musical. To add to that, Boys in the Band took home the trophy for Best Revival of a Play.
Acting accolades went to Bryan Cranston for Best Leading Actor in a Play for Network while The Waverly Gallery’s Elaine May took home the Tony for Best Leading Actress in a Play. On the musical side, Tootsie’s Santino Fontana won for Best Leading Actor in a Musical and The Cher Show’s Stephanie J. Block for the Best Leading Actress in a Musical.
- 6/10/2019
- by Dino-Ray Ramos
- Deadline Film + TV
It was showtime for Catherine O’Hara on the Tony Awards red carpet Sunday night.
The actress, 65, showed up at Radio City Musical Hall for Broadway’s biggest night wearing a black and white stripe gown reminiscent of one her character Delia Deetz wore in the 1988 comedy classic, Beetlejuice.
Of course, the choice was intentional, as O’Hara is at the Tony Awards to introduce a production number from the musical adaptation of Beetlejuice, which is up for eight trophies including Best Musical at Sunday’s show.
Tim Burton’s cult classic is reborn in the deliciously dark and hilarious new musical,...
The actress, 65, showed up at Radio City Musical Hall for Broadway’s biggest night wearing a black and white stripe gown reminiscent of one her character Delia Deetz wore in the 1988 comedy classic, Beetlejuice.
Of course, the choice was intentional, as O’Hara is at the Tony Awards to introduce a production number from the musical adaptation of Beetlejuice, which is up for eight trophies including Best Musical at Sunday’s show.
Tim Burton’s cult classic is reborn in the deliciously dark and hilarious new musical,...
- 6/10/2019
- by Dave Quinn
- PEOPLE.com
The new musical “Hadestown” emerged as an early winner at Sunday’s Tony Awards, picking up eight prizes, including for director Rachel Chavkin, composer Anaïs Mitchell and featured actor André De Shields.
Meanwhile, Jez Butterworth’s Irish-set drama “The Ferryman” earned four awards, including Best Play as well as one for director Sam Mendes.
“Glee” alum Ali Stroker made history as the first actor in a wheelchair to win the Tony Award, for her turn as the flirty Ado Annie in the Best Musical Revival winner “Oklahoma!” “This award is for every kid who has a disability, a limitation or a challenge who has been waiting to see themselves represented in this arena,” she said just minutes after belting out “I Cain’t Say No” from the Rodgers & Hammerstein classic.
At 87, Elaine May won her first acting Tony for her lead performance in the Kenneth Lonergan revival “The Waverly Gallery,...
Meanwhile, Jez Butterworth’s Irish-set drama “The Ferryman” earned four awards, including Best Play as well as one for director Sam Mendes.
“Glee” alum Ali Stroker made history as the first actor in a wheelchair to win the Tony Award, for her turn as the flirty Ado Annie in the Best Musical Revival winner “Oklahoma!” “This award is for every kid who has a disability, a limitation or a challenge who has been waiting to see themselves represented in this arena,” she said just minutes after belting out “I Cain’t Say No” from the Rodgers & Hammerstein classic.
At 87, Elaine May won her first acting Tony for her lead performance in the Kenneth Lonergan revival “The Waverly Gallery,...
- 6/9/2019
- by Thom Geier
- The Wrap
Broadway's biggest night is just around the bend Before we officially celebrate the Tony Awards, the nominees gathered last night to salute the 2019 Tony Honorees, which this year includeLifetime Achievement in the Theatre Rosemary Harris, Terrence McNally, Harold Wheeler Special Tony Awards Marin Mazzie, Sonny Tilders and Creature Technology Company, Jason Michael Webb Regional Theatre Tony Award TheatreWorks Silicon Valley Palo Alto, CA Isabelle Stevenson Tony Award Judith Light Tony Honors for Excellence in the Theatre Broadway Inspirational Voices - Michael McElroy, Peter Entin, Fdny Engine 54, Ladder 4, Battalion 9, Joseph Blakely Forbes.
- 6/4/2019
- by Monroe George
- BroadwayWorld.com
The complete list of nominations for the 2019 Tony Awards has been released. This year, Hadestown leads all nominees with a total of 14 nominations including Best Musical. Other serious Tony contenders this year are Ain’t Too Proud – The Life and Times of The Temptations which is nominated for 12 awards and Tootsie which garnered 11 nominations.
In Plays, The Ferryman and To Kill a Mockingbird each received 9 nominations, tied for most in Plays and fourth overall. The Ferryman is up for Best Play, while Jeff Daniels is up for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play for his role in To Kill a Mockingbird.
The nominees were announced live today from the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts at Lincoln Center by two-time Tony winner Bebe Neuwirth and Tony nominee Brandon Victor Dixon. Neuwirth garnered the Tony Award in 1986 for Best Featured Actress in a...
In Plays, The Ferryman and To Kill a Mockingbird each received 9 nominations, tied for most in Plays and fourth overall. The Ferryman is up for Best Play, while Jeff Daniels is up for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play for his role in To Kill a Mockingbird.
The nominees were announced live today from the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts at Lincoln Center by two-time Tony winner Bebe Neuwirth and Tony nominee Brandon Victor Dixon. Neuwirth garnered the Tony Award in 1986 for Best Featured Actress in a...
- 4/30/2019
- by Matt Bishop
- Age of the Nerd
Two-time Tony winner Bebe Neuwirth and two-time Tony nominee Brandon Victor Dixon are revealing the 2019 Tony Awards nominations this morning in a live event that begins at 8:30 Am Et/5:30 Am Pt from the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts at Lincoln Center.
The Tonys, presented by the Broadway League and the American Theatre Wing, honor the best on Broadway in 26 competitive categories for productions that opened during the 2018-2019 season (on or before the April 25 cut-off date).
Last year, the musicals Mean Girls and SpongeBob SquarePants led the field with 12 nominations apiece; another tuner, though, The Band’s Visit, eventually led all winners with 10 trophies including Best Musical. The American debut of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child paced new plays with 10 nominations, winning five. The revival of Angels in America had a strong showing with 11 nominations, the most in Tony history for a play.
This...
The Tonys, presented by the Broadway League and the American Theatre Wing, honor the best on Broadway in 26 competitive categories for productions that opened during the 2018-2019 season (on or before the April 25 cut-off date).
Last year, the musicals Mean Girls and SpongeBob SquarePants led the field with 12 nominations apiece; another tuner, though, The Band’s Visit, eventually led all winners with 10 trophies including Best Musical. The American debut of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child paced new plays with 10 nominations, winning five. The revival of Angels in America had a strong showing with 11 nominations, the most in Tony history for a play.
This...
- 4/30/2019
- by Patrick Hipes and Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
The late Marin Mazzie, who starred in Broadway’s Passion, Ragtime and the 2000 revival of Kiss Me, Kate, among many stage productions, will receive a Special Tony Award this year, the Tony administration committee announced today.
Mazzie, who died of ovarian cancer last September, was one of three Special Tony Award recipients announced today. The 2019 Tony Award nominations will be announced tomorrow morning.
Also set to receive the special honors are Sonny Tilders and Creature Technology Company, being recognized for their creation of the massive Kong puppet for Broadway’s King Kong; and Broadway musical director and arranger Jason Michael Webb (Choir Boy). The Special Tony Awards recognize outstanding contributions to the theater and theater community.
“We are honored to recognize these three Special Tony Awards this season,” said Heather Hitchens, President of the American Theatre Wing, and Charlotte St. Martin, president of The Broadway League. “These artists have demonstrated outstanding passion and dedication.
Mazzie, who died of ovarian cancer last September, was one of three Special Tony Award recipients announced today. The 2019 Tony Award nominations will be announced tomorrow morning.
Also set to receive the special honors are Sonny Tilders and Creature Technology Company, being recognized for their creation of the massive Kong puppet for Broadway’s King Kong; and Broadway musical director and arranger Jason Michael Webb (Choir Boy). The Special Tony Awards recognize outstanding contributions to the theater and theater community.
“We are honored to recognize these three Special Tony Awards this season,” said Heather Hitchens, President of the American Theatre Wing, and Charlotte St. Martin, president of The Broadway League. “These artists have demonstrated outstanding passion and dedication.
- 4/29/2019
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
Let’s get this straight: It’s all about the puppet, stupid.
The main attraction of King Kong, now officially open for awestruck audiences at the art deco Broadway Theatre in New York City, is naturally the much-anticipated 20 foot tall, 2,000 pound wonder of the world that’s been shipped in from Australia for all of us to admire. And it doesn’t disappoint. Except when it does.
Critics, of course, will lament the death of our musical tradition (yet again) with the eruption of King Kong onto the sacred Broadway...
The main attraction of King Kong, now officially open for awestruck audiences at the art deco Broadway Theatre in New York City, is naturally the much-anticipated 20 foot tall, 2,000 pound wonder of the world that’s been shipped in from Australia for all of us to admire. And it doesn’t disappoint. Except when it does.
Critics, of course, will lament the death of our musical tradition (yet again) with the eruption of King Kong onto the sacred Broadway...
- 11/9/2018
- by Jerry Portwood
- Rollingstone.com
Broadway’s beast is offering a peek at its beauty: Check out the photo below of King Kong‘s Christiani Pitts, seen in costume and with the big ape for the first time.
Pitts (A Bronx Tale) plays Ann Darrow, the character made famous by Fay Wray in the 1933 film (and later played by Jessica Lange and Naomi Watts on the big screen). Written by Jack Thorne with a score by Marius de Vries and songs by Eddie Perfect, King Kong is directed and choreographed by Drew McOnie.
King Kong begins previews at the Broadway Theatre on Friday, October 5, with an opening on Thursday, November 8.
Kong, a 20-foot-tall, 2,000-pound mix of animatronics and puppetry, is designed by Sonny Tilders. Check out the behind-the-scenes video above for a good look at the creature.
Co-starring with Pitts are Eric William Morris as Carl Denham, and Erik Lochtefeld as Lumpy. The musical is...
Pitts (A Bronx Tale) plays Ann Darrow, the character made famous by Fay Wray in the 1933 film (and later played by Jessica Lange and Naomi Watts on the big screen). Written by Jack Thorne with a score by Marius de Vries and songs by Eddie Perfect, King Kong is directed and choreographed by Drew McOnie.
King Kong begins previews at the Broadway Theatre on Friday, October 5, with an opening on Thursday, November 8.
Kong, a 20-foot-tall, 2,000-pound mix of animatronics and puppetry, is designed by Sonny Tilders. Check out the behind-the-scenes video above for a good look at the creature.
Co-starring with Pitts are Eric William Morris as Carl Denham, and Erik Lochtefeld as Lumpy. The musical is...
- 9/24/2018
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
Jacob Burns Film Center to Host Special Screening of King Kong Before It Comes to Broadway This Fall
This August 21, the Jacob Burns Film Center Pleasantville, NY will be screening the original 1933 classic King Kong before it comes alive on Broadway this fall. Following the screening will be a QampA with the Musical Creative Team, including Olivier Award-winning director amp choreographer Drew McOnie, Helpmann Award-winning set amp projection designer Peter England, Helpmann Award-winning creature designer Sonny Tilders and lead producer amp Global Creatures CEO Carmen Pavlovic, the discussion will be moderated by four-time Tony-winning Broadway producer Dori Berinstein.
- 8/8/2018
- by TV News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
Walking With Dinosaurs is featured in USA Today, now on stands nationwide. Go behind the scenes with creative director Sonny Tilders, director Scott Faris, performer Daniel Fanning, and the dinosaurs themselves to learn more about the new national tour of the Arena Spectacular, launching this weekend at Brooklyn's Barclays Center through July 20, next week at New Jersey's Prudential Center July 23-27, and traveling to more than 20 cities across North America. Click below to watch the interview...
- 7/17/2014
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
Out swings Spider-Man, and in swings a giant monkey puppet?
King Kong, a musical spectacle that premiered in June 2013 in Melbourne, Australia, will reportedly go ape on Broadway this December at the Foxwoods Theatre, where the big-budget Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark shuttered earlier this month, according to The New York Times. However, in a statement to EW, producers of King Kong said: “Plans for the Broadway production of King Kong are not confirmed at this time. We hope to have details about the future of the show shortly.”
It’s long been expected that Kong would follow Spidey into the Foxwoods,...
King Kong, a musical spectacle that premiered in June 2013 in Melbourne, Australia, will reportedly go ape on Broadway this December at the Foxwoods Theatre, where the big-budget Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark shuttered earlier this month, according to The New York Times. However, in a statement to EW, producers of King Kong said: “Plans for the Broadway production of King Kong are not confirmed at this time. We hope to have details about the future of the show shortly.”
It’s long been expected that Kong would follow Spidey into the Foxwoods,...
- 1/28/2014
- by Marc Snetiker
- EW.com - PopWatch
After five years of development and six months of rehearsals, the multi-million-dollar stage musical adaptation of King Kong is now playing (check out our earlier article for tons of info), and the show's creators unveiled the full-size Kong in a preview of a scene from the show, including the musical number “Full Moon Lullaby,” which you can watch below (courtesy of Australian site Theatre People): King Kong on Stage: Full Moon Lullaby The Australia-based King Kong is directed by Daniel Kramer, with an international cast featuring over 40 actors, singers, dancers and circus performers, as well as the one-ton, six-meter-tall Kong designed by Sonny Tilders (creator of the live arena events “Walking With Dinosaurs” and “How to Train Your Dragon”) and operated by master puppeteer Peter Wilson. King Kong is now playing at Melbourne's Regent Theatre, and you can see more images, videos and updates at the show's official site.
- 6/20/2013
- by Gregory Burkart
- FEARnet
One of the most anticipated stage debuts in recent Australian history has just been revealed as creature Designer Sonny Tilders' incredible 6 metre, 1.1 tonne silverback King Kong made his public debut today at Melbourne's Regent Theatre ahead of his first preview performance on 28 May. Check out two numbers below form the press preview, including 'Full Moon Lullaby' featuring Kong and Esther Hannaford as Ann Darrow Music by Marius de Vries and Lyrics by Michael Mitnick, and 'The Chase' featuring Kong with Music by Marius de Vries sampling Justice's 'Genesis'.
- 5/27/2013
- by BroadwayWorld TV
- BroadwayWorld.com
Melbourne, Australia will be the home to an amazing upcoming production of King Kong and this one is a musical, performed live on stage with an 18-foot tall animatronic Kong puppet. Check this out!
The official commercial for the show is below (as well as a talk with creature creator Sonny Tilders, of Walking With Dinosaurs) and it gives you a pretty good look at the amazing puppet. There is also a look at some of the musical talent assembled for the show, including Sarah McLachlan, Justice and The Avalanches. The production opens this summer and ticket information, as well as all the details about the show can be found on the official website, KingKongLiveOnStage.com.
From the Press Release
Opening June 2013 at Melbourne's Regent Theatre, the premiere of King Kong will be a landmark theatrical event. This video gives the world the first look at our leading man - a six-metre tall silverback gorilla!
The official commercial for the show is below (as well as a talk with creature creator Sonny Tilders, of Walking With Dinosaurs) and it gives you a pretty good look at the amazing puppet. There is also a look at some of the musical talent assembled for the show, including Sarah McLachlan, Justice and The Avalanches. The production opens this summer and ticket information, as well as all the details about the show can be found on the official website, KingKongLiveOnStage.com.
From the Press Release
Opening June 2013 at Melbourne's Regent Theatre, the premiere of King Kong will be a landmark theatrical event. This video gives the world the first look at our leading man - a six-metre tall silverback gorilla!
- 3/8/2013
- by Doctor Gash
- DreadCentral.com
The creators of the first-ever musical adaptation of King Kong promise “the most ambitious theatrical event of the decade,” with a multi-million dollar production blending new technology and ancient puppetry to bring the massive Kong to life onstage. Five years in the making, the Australia-based show is directed by Daniel Kramer, with an international cast featuring over 40 actors, singers, dancers and circus performers, as well as a one-ton, six-meter-tall Kong designed by Sonny Tilders, whose company Global Creatures created the mind-blowing live arena events “Walking With Dinosaurs” and “How to Train Your Dragon.” Unlike effects guru Carlo Rambaldi's famously failed attempt at creating a life-sized Kong for the 1976 film version, Tilders' new creation taps into his own background in bringing dinosaurs and dragons to life in real-time. “It was going to be the most complex creature we ever made,” he said of the half-robot, half-marionette Kong design, which will...
- 3/5/2013
- by Gregory Burkart
- FEARnet
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