Versatile artist of the stage, screen dies
Edinburgh Theatre Festival Tony Tanner as Sergei Diaghliev in his one-man show. The Tony and Drama Desk Award-nominated director and choreographer for the original Broadway production of Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice’s Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat has died. Tony Tanner died on Sept. 8 in his Los...
Famed actress Dame Diana Rigg dies of cancer
(NBC via wikimedia commons) Diana Rigg Actress Dame Diana Rigg, a renowned English performer who played roles such as Emma Peel in The Avengers and Olenna Tyrell in Game of Thrones, has died at age 82. In addition to these roles, the late stage...
Audiences have spoken. Do you agree?
The best musical of the decade? Hamilton. The best Broadway play of the decade? Harry Potter and the Cursed Child. The aforementioned accolades do not come from critics or judges from within the industry. Rather, fans of live theater presented the honors. Throughout August, “BroadwayWorld” opened voting to its...
Tony Awards to take place online this year
Tony Awards officials have decided that this year’s ceremony, the 74th annual event, will take place online this fall. For the moment, further details are unavailable. Earlier this year, presenters put the ceremony on hold due to the pandemic. This past March, it forced all Broadway theaters, — and most...
Prominent lighting designer dies of cancer
Howell Binkley One of Broadway’s most renowned lighting designers, a two-time Tony Award winner who also received nominations for many other awards, died on Friday. Howell Binkley was 64. He succumbed to lung cancer at a hospital in Jacksonville, N.C., his wife, Joyce Storey, confirmed on Facebook. Binkley’s designs...
Musical wunderkind wows critics, audiences
Photo courtesy of Joshua Turchin Out of all of the instruments he plays, Joshua Turchin likes the piano best. By AARON KRAUSE Joshua Turchin plays a dozen or so instruments. In addition, he wrote the book and lyrics, and composed the music, to an original, award-winning, Broadway-bound musical which...
Broadway star dies from Coronavirus at 41
Photo by Charles Giuliano Nick Cordero Tony Award-nominated actor Nick Cordero, an imposing and beloved Broadway performer who played tough guy roles in musicals such as Bullets Over Broadway, Waitress, and A Bronx Tale, has died following a lengthy and grueling battle with the coronavirus. Cordero died on July...
Broadway will not re-open in 2020
Theater fans will have to wait until at least sometime next year to resume attending live Broadway performances. The Broadway League announced on Monday that they have suspended performances in New York City through the remainder of 2020 due to COVID-19. As a result, Broadway theaters are offering refunds...
Inaugural ceremony honors Black theater artists
A new celebration honoring Black theater artists and contributors on Broadway and Off-Broadway will make its debut on Friday, June 19. It’s the day that Broadway Black, a multimedia organization which highlights Black theater artists’ achievements, will premiere the Antonyo Awards at 7 p.m. EST on June 19. You can...
Drama Desk Awards winners announced
The winners are in for the 65th Annual Drama Desk Awards. This annual ceremony honors the best in Broadway, off and off-off-Broadway theater for the year that just passed. This year, the presentations took place virtually during a special presentation of Spectrum News NY1’s On Stage, hosted...