The Drama League Awards unveiled their slate of winners at an in-person ceremony on Friday, May 17. The event was hosted by Frank Dilella at the Ziegfeld Ballroom, where attendees toasted the best of Broadway and Off-Bradway.
The biggest winner of the day was Sarah Paulson, who claimed the coveted Distinguished Performance Award for her fiery role in “Appropriate.” That play, by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, also took home the League’s trophy for Best Revival of a Play.
See 2024 Dorian Theater Awards nominations announced: LGBTQ journalists champion ‘Merrily We Roll Along,’ ‘Stereophonic,’ ‘Oh, Mary!‘
The Distinguished Performance Award is unique in that a performer may only win the award once in their career. After prevailing, they are never eligible again. The category is also a massive catch-all race that includes actors of all genders, roles of all sizes, and both Broadway and Off-Broadway productions. This year, 54 thespians were included as nominees.
Winning...
The biggest winner of the day was Sarah Paulson, who claimed the coveted Distinguished Performance Award for her fiery role in “Appropriate.” That play, by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, also took home the League’s trophy for Best Revival of a Play.
See 2024 Dorian Theater Awards nominations announced: LGBTQ journalists champion ‘Merrily We Roll Along,’ ‘Stereophonic,’ ‘Oh, Mary!‘
The Distinguished Performance Award is unique in that a performer may only win the award once in their career. After prevailing, they are never eligible again. The category is also a massive catch-all race that includes actors of all genders, roles of all sizes, and both Broadway and Off-Broadway productions. This year, 54 thespians were included as nominees.
Winning...
- 5/17/2024
- by Sam Eckmann
- Gold Derby
The Obie Awards, the venerable honors for outstanding Off Broadway and Off Off Broadway productions, is doing away with its annual ceremony and will instead use the funds to provide winners with grants ranging from $1,000-$5,000.
Heather Hitchens, the president and CEO of the American Theatre Wing, which presents the Obies, called the grants a new path forward for the awards, saying the move “genuinely reflects the ethos of the Awards as well as the Off & Off Off Broadway movements – which is to continuously evolve and meet the moment.”
Select winners of this year’s 67th Obie Awards will be announced Saturday on New York’s Spectrum News NY1 as a special presentation of the channel’s On Stage program hosted by Frank Dilella. The special airs at 7:30 p.m./Et.
“The grants and our relationship with Spectrum News NY1 will provide meaningful support, and more effective, nationwide promotion for these incredible artists,...
Heather Hitchens, the president and CEO of the American Theatre Wing, which presents the Obies, called the grants a new path forward for the awards, saying the move “genuinely reflects the ethos of the Awards as well as the Off & Off Off Broadway movements – which is to continuously evolve and meet the moment.”
Select winners of this year’s 67th Obie Awards will be announced Saturday on New York’s Spectrum News NY1 as a special presentation of the channel’s On Stage program hosted by Frank Dilella. The special airs at 7:30 p.m./Et.
“The grants and our relationship with Spectrum News NY1 will provide meaningful support, and more effective, nationwide promotion for these incredible artists,...
- 1/25/2024
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
The 8th Annual Blue Jacket Fashion Show will continue to elevate prostate cancer awareness, as stars hit the runway on Thursday, February 1, 2024, at Moonlight Studios in New York City.
Sponsored by Johnson & Johnson, the show benefits nonprofit advocacy group Zero Prostate Cancer and its efforts to raise awareness and funding to support the prostate cancer community and to improve early detection and reduce mortality. The show will be streamed live directly on ZeroCancer.org.
The Blue Jacket Fashion Show, founded by fashion designer Frederick Anderson along with Laura Miller, brings together top celebrities and media to engage in a national conversation about men’s health and prostate cancer awareness. The runway show has become an official kickoff for February Nyfw and National Cancer Prevention Month.
Event participants will include Billy Porter, Young Paris, Luis A. Miranda, Jr., Tony Award-winner J. Harrison Ghee, Wilson Cruz, Marcus Samuelsson, Don Lemon, Nigel Barker,...
Sponsored by Johnson & Johnson, the show benefits nonprofit advocacy group Zero Prostate Cancer and its efforts to raise awareness and funding to support the prostate cancer community and to improve early detection and reduce mortality. The show will be streamed live directly on ZeroCancer.org.
The Blue Jacket Fashion Show, founded by fashion designer Frederick Anderson along with Laura Miller, brings together top celebrities and media to engage in a national conversation about men’s health and prostate cancer awareness. The runway show has become an official kickoff for February Nyfw and National Cancer Prevention Month.
Event participants will include Billy Porter, Young Paris, Luis A. Miranda, Jr., Tony Award-winner J. Harrison Ghee, Wilson Cruz, Marcus Samuelsson, Don Lemon, Nigel Barker,...
- 1/23/2024
- Look to the Stars
2023 Drama League Awards winners: Annaleigh Ashford (‘Sweeney Todd’) takes Distinguished Performance
Winners of the 2023 Drama League Awards were announced on Friday, May 19, 2023, at an in-person ceremony, hosted by Emmy-winning reporter Frank Dilella at The Ziegfeld Ballroom. The Drama League Awards honor both Broadway and Off-Broadway productions from the 2022-2023 theater season.
“Leopoldstadt” asserted itself as the dominant play of the season, picking up the Best Play prize. Tom Stoppard’s drama has been perched atop Gold Derby’s Tony Awards odds since we launched the prediction center. With Tony favorite “Kimberly Akimbo” out of the running for Best Musical (the Drama League already considered that tuner for its Off-Broadway run), “Some Like it Hot” cruised to a win in that category. It prevailed over four of its fellow Tony nominees: “& Juliet,” “New York, New York,” and “Shucked.”
The Drama League bolstered the Tony prospects of “A Doll’s House” by bestowing it with the Best Revival of a Play prize. But the...
“Leopoldstadt” asserted itself as the dominant play of the season, picking up the Best Play prize. Tom Stoppard’s drama has been perched atop Gold Derby’s Tony Awards odds since we launched the prediction center. With Tony favorite “Kimberly Akimbo” out of the running for Best Musical (the Drama League already considered that tuner for its Off-Broadway run), “Some Like it Hot” cruised to a win in that category. It prevailed over four of its fellow Tony nominees: “& Juliet,” “New York, New York,” and “Shucked.”
The Drama League bolstered the Tony prospects of “A Doll’s House” by bestowing it with the Best Revival of a Play prize. But the...
- 5/20/2023
- by Sam Eckmann
- Gold Derby
Exclusive: New York’s Drama League has named Tony winner Andre DeShields, the theater district Drama Book Shop and Encores! artistic director Lear deBessonet as this year’s Special Recognition Honorees.
The special honors will be presented at the Drama League Awards annual luncheon on Friday, May 19.
Nominations for the 89th Annual Drama League Awards, covering the 2022-23 Broadway and Off Broadway season, will be announced on Tuesday, April 25.
DeShields, a Tony winner for Hadestown most recently seen on Broadway in Death of a Salesman, will receive the Drama League’s Distinguished Achievement in Musical Theater Award for “his “outstanding work on stage as part of the musical theater community.”
The Drama Book Shop, a long-running theater district book store, gathering spot and performance space that was saved from closure in 2020 when Thomas Kail, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Jeffrey Seller, and James L. Nederlander took ownership, will be honored with the Contribution to the Theater Award,...
The special honors will be presented at the Drama League Awards annual luncheon on Friday, May 19.
Nominations for the 89th Annual Drama League Awards, covering the 2022-23 Broadway and Off Broadway season, will be announced on Tuesday, April 25.
DeShields, a Tony winner for Hadestown most recently seen on Broadway in Death of a Salesman, will receive the Drama League’s Distinguished Achievement in Musical Theater Award for “his “outstanding work on stage as part of the musical theater community.”
The Drama Book Shop, a long-running theater district book store, gathering spot and performance space that was saved from closure in 2020 when Thomas Kail, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Jeffrey Seller, and James L. Nederlander took ownership, will be honored with the Contribution to the Theater Award,...
- 2/28/2023
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: UTA has signed actor Josiah Cross, a breakout of the Focus Features drama A Thousand and One, which recently world premiered to critical acclaim at the Sundance Film Festival. The leading global talent, entertainment and sports company will represent Cross in all areas, helping him to secure new opportunities across film, television, theater and more.
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Marking the feature debut of writer-director A.V. Rockwell, A Thousand and One tells the story of the unapologetic and free-spirited Ines (Teyana Taylor), who convinced that it is one last, necessary crime on the path to redemption, kidnaps six-year-old Terry (Aaron Kingsley Adetola) from the foster care system. Holding onto their secret and each other, mother and son set out to reclaim their home,...
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Marking the feature debut of writer-director A.V. Rockwell, A Thousand and One tells the story of the unapologetic and free-spirited Ines (Teyana Taylor), who convinced that it is one last, necessary crime on the path to redemption, kidnaps six-year-old Terry (Aaron Kingsley Adetola) from the foster care system. Holding onto their secret and each other, mother and son set out to reclaim their home,...
- 2/15/2023
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Frank Dilella, the host of Spectrum News NY1’s theater program On Stage and a ubiquitous presence in the Broadway community, has signed with Adam Leibner at United Talent Agency (UTA) for agency representation.
Dilella is also represented by Pamela Cooper from The Cooper Company for Management.
Dilella is familiar to New Yorkers for his celebrity interviews and reporting of the theatrical scene, and in addition to his work with NY1, he has acted as a contributing correspondent for the Tony Awards, the Olivier Awards at London’s Royal Albert Hall, Playbill, Manhattan Magazine and Broadway Direct.
He has appeared as an entertainment correspondent for Morning Joe, BBC, The Tamron Hall Show, Andy Cohen’s Watch What Happens Live, Sirius Xm Radio, CBS, NBC, CTV, and Al Jazeera TV.
Dilella executive produced and hosted the documentary Reopening: The Broadway Revival for Great Performances on PBS in January 2022. In addition,...
Dilella is also represented by Pamela Cooper from The Cooper Company for Management.
Dilella is familiar to New Yorkers for his celebrity interviews and reporting of the theatrical scene, and in addition to his work with NY1, he has acted as a contributing correspondent for the Tony Awards, the Olivier Awards at London’s Royal Albert Hall, Playbill, Manhattan Magazine and Broadway Direct.
He has appeared as an entertainment correspondent for Morning Joe, BBC, The Tamron Hall Show, Andy Cohen’s Watch What Happens Live, Sirius Xm Radio, CBS, NBC, CTV, and Al Jazeera TV.
Dilella executive produced and hosted the documentary Reopening: The Broadway Revival for Great Performances on PBS in January 2022. In addition,...
- 2/14/2023
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
This week in New York City, the Blue Jacket Fashion Show founded by fashion designer Frederick Anderson and marketer, Laura Miller, united the worlds of fashion, entertainment, sports, and healthcare to drive an open dialogue about the impact of prostate cancer.
Bill Nye and Don Lemon at Blue Jacket Fashion Show
Now in its seventh year, the fashion show featured notables including Mario Cantone, Andy Karl, Alex Lundqvist, Bill Nye, Carlos Greer, Clinton Lord, Dominic Fumusa, Don Lemon, Don Hood, Dr. Bradley Schaeffer, Dr. Evan Goldfischer, Dr. Ash Tewari, Eric West, Frank Dilella, James Aguiar, James Andrew, Kris Bennett, Les Trent, London Brown, Louis Finley, Marcus Samuelsson, Mike Woods, Musa Jackson, Nigel Barker, Omar Hernandez, Richard Thomas, Souleymane Sy Savane, Ty-Ron Mayes, Tyrone Brewer and Young Paris modeled the reimagined traditional “blue jacket” down the runway by designers including Arjona Collection, Ben Sherman, Bruno Magli Collezione, Cad & The Dandy,...
Bill Nye and Don Lemon at Blue Jacket Fashion Show
Now in its seventh year, the fashion show featured notables including Mario Cantone, Andy Karl, Alex Lundqvist, Bill Nye, Carlos Greer, Clinton Lord, Dominic Fumusa, Don Lemon, Don Hood, Dr. Bradley Schaeffer, Dr. Evan Goldfischer, Dr. Ash Tewari, Eric West, Frank Dilella, James Aguiar, James Andrew, Kris Bennett, Les Trent, London Brown, Louis Finley, Marcus Samuelsson, Mike Woods, Musa Jackson, Nigel Barker, Omar Hernandez, Richard Thomas, Souleymane Sy Savane, Ty-Ron Mayes, Tyrone Brewer and Young Paris modeled the reimagined traditional “blue jacket” down the runway by designers including Arjona Collection, Ben Sherman, Bruno Magli Collezione, Cad & The Dandy,...
- 2/3/2023
- Look to the Stars
The seventh annual Blue Jacket Fashion Show to continue elevating prostate cancer awareness will take place live on Wednesday, February 1, at Moonlight Studios in New York City.
Sponsored by Janssen Oncology, part of the Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson, the show benefits nonprofit advocacy group Zero – The End of Prostate Cancer for its efforts to raise awareness through funding to support the prostate cancer community and to improve early detection and reduce mortality. The show will be streamed live directly from ZeroCancer.org.
The Blue Jacket Fashion Show, founded by fashion designer Frederick Anderson and marketer, Laura Miller, unites the worlds of fashion, entertainment, sports, healthcare, and media to drive open dialogue about the impact of prostate cancer, with an important emphasis on racial disparities and marginalized communities.
This year, for the first time as part of this event, community members, event participants, and guests will be able...
Sponsored by Janssen Oncology, part of the Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson, the show benefits nonprofit advocacy group Zero – The End of Prostate Cancer for its efforts to raise awareness through funding to support the prostate cancer community and to improve early detection and reduce mortality. The show will be streamed live directly from ZeroCancer.org.
The Blue Jacket Fashion Show, founded by fashion designer Frederick Anderson and marketer, Laura Miller, unites the worlds of fashion, entertainment, sports, healthcare, and media to drive open dialogue about the impact of prostate cancer, with an important emphasis on racial disparities and marginalized communities.
This year, for the first time as part of this event, community members, event participants, and guests will be able...
- 1/20/2023
- Look to the Stars
Winners of the 88th Annual Drama League Awards were announced on Friday, May 20 2022 at a ceremony hosted by Emmy Award-winning journalist Frank Dilella at the Ziegfeld Ballroom. The Drama League Awards honor both Broadway and Off-Broadway productions from the 2021-2022 theater season.
Tony Awards frontrunners mostly dominated the production categories. Best Musical went to “A Strange Loop,” Best Play went to “The Lehman Trilogy,” and Best Revival of a Musical was handed to “Company.” The Second Stage Theater production of “Take Me Out” prevailed in the hotly competitive Best Revival of a Play category.
The winners of the Drama League’s inaugural categories for direction of a musical and play went to Marianne Elliott (“Company”) and Kate Whoriskey (“Clyde’s”), respectively. Elliott sits far out front in the corresponding Tony race, though Whoriskey’s triumph comes as a surprise. This frequent collaborator of Lynn Nottage failed to earn a Tony nomination,...
Tony Awards frontrunners mostly dominated the production categories. Best Musical went to “A Strange Loop,” Best Play went to “The Lehman Trilogy,” and Best Revival of a Musical was handed to “Company.” The Second Stage Theater production of “Take Me Out” prevailed in the hotly competitive Best Revival of a Play category.
The winners of the Drama League’s inaugural categories for direction of a musical and play went to Marianne Elliott (“Company”) and Kate Whoriskey (“Clyde’s”), respectively. Elliott sits far out front in the corresponding Tony race, though Whoriskey’s triumph comes as a surprise. This frequent collaborator of Lynn Nottage failed to earn a Tony nomination,...
- 5/22/2022
- by Sam Eckmann
- Gold Derby
Welcome to this week’s “Just for Variety”…
We’re just a couple days away from Liza Minnelli’s birthday, which is March 12. As I first told you, the Hollywood legend — and Variety cover star — will be feted that night with “Love Letter to Liza: A 75th Birthday Tribute Celebration,” a virtual extravaganza benefiting The Actors Fund. Close to 50 celebs are taking part, including Joel Grey, Lea DeLaria, Kristin Chenoweth, Melissa Manchester, Ben Vereen, Sandra Bernhard, Jonathan Groff, Michael Feinstein, Ute Lemper, Tony Hale, Nathan Lane, Neil Meron, Kathy Griffin and Minnelli’s sister Lorna Luft.
“The best email you’re ever going to get in your lifetime is Lily Tomlin sending you a video of her doing all her characters,” producer Daniel Nardicio says of the pre-recorded tributes. “She did all of them congratulating Liza.” Also on the bill is former “Seinfeld” star Jason Alexander, who appeared with Minnelli...
We’re just a couple days away from Liza Minnelli’s birthday, which is March 12. As I first told you, the Hollywood legend — and Variety cover star — will be feted that night with “Love Letter to Liza: A 75th Birthday Tribute Celebration,” a virtual extravaganza benefiting The Actors Fund. Close to 50 celebs are taking part, including Joel Grey, Lea DeLaria, Kristin Chenoweth, Melissa Manchester, Ben Vereen, Sandra Bernhard, Jonathan Groff, Michael Feinstein, Ute Lemper, Tony Hale, Nathan Lane, Neil Meron, Kathy Griffin and Minnelli’s sister Lorna Luft.
“The best email you’re ever going to get in your lifetime is Lily Tomlin sending you a video of her doing all her characters,” producer Daniel Nardicio says of the pre-recorded tributes. “She did all of them congratulating Liza.” Also on the bill is former “Seinfeld” star Jason Alexander, who appeared with Minnelli...
- 3/10/2021
- by Marc Malkin
- Variety Film + TV
How perfect. Netflix, The Actors Fund, Broadway Cares and American Film Institute gave “The Prom” a virtual world premiere screening on Sunday that looked a lot like the way millions of people will experience this very special film after it debuts on Netflix Dec. 11 this holiday season. With a group. “The Prom” is that kind of movie that will be watched by lots of chums and family members together, who won’t be able to resist hanging around afterward to laugh, cheer, talk about their favorite moments and celebrate its joyous spirit of inclusion and love delivered in a hugely entertaining film of Oscar-worthy perfection.
But this premiere screening group wasn’t just any gang. The webcam roundup included director Ryan Murphy and his stars Meryl Streep, Nicole Kidman, James Corden, Kerry Washington, Keegan-Michael Key, Andrew Rannells, Jo Ellen Pellman, Ariana DeBose and Kevin Chamberlin in a serious discussion and...
But this premiere screening group wasn’t just any gang. The webcam roundup included director Ryan Murphy and his stars Meryl Streep, Nicole Kidman, James Corden, Kerry Washington, Keegan-Michael Key, Andrew Rannells, Jo Ellen Pellman, Ariana DeBose and Kevin Chamberlin in a serious discussion and...
- 11/30/2020
- by Tom O'Neil
- Gold Derby
The 65th Annual Drama Desk Awards honoring the best in New York theater were announced Saturday night, with The Inheritance being named Outstanding Play and A Strange Loop taking the trophy for Outstanding Musical.
The remote ceremony was hosted by Frank Dilella. Normally, the awards are announced at a gathering of theater artists and critics in New York City. But this year, the gathering was replaced by a pre-recorded ceremony because of the Covid-19 pandemic.
The awards show had initially been scheduled to air May 31, but was postponed due to the Black Lives Matter protests in New York City.
Tonight’s ceremony aired on NY1 and streamed on NY1.com and DramaDeskAwards.com. The Drama Desk Awards recipients were decided by theater critics, journalists, editors and publishers covering theater. Read the complete list of winners below.
65th Annual Drama Desk Award Winners:
Outstanding Play
Cambodian Rock Band, by Lauren Yee,...
The remote ceremony was hosted by Frank Dilella. Normally, the awards are announced at a gathering of theater artists and critics in New York City. But this year, the gathering was replaced by a pre-recorded ceremony because of the Covid-19 pandemic.
The awards show had initially been scheduled to air May 31, but was postponed due to the Black Lives Matter protests in New York City.
Tonight’s ceremony aired on NY1 and streamed on NY1.com and DramaDeskAwards.com. The Drama Desk Awards recipients were decided by theater critics, journalists, editors and publishers covering theater. Read the complete list of winners below.
65th Annual Drama Desk Award Winners:
Outstanding Play
Cambodian Rock Band, by Lauren Yee,...
- 6/14/2020
- by Anita Bennett
- Deadline Film + TV
This new series will launch today, April 14 at 3 p.m. Edt with a live performance and conversation with acclaimed theater, TV, and film actor Tituss Burgess. In addition to performing some of his favorite musical numbers, Burgess will interview a few special friends including Tony Award winning composer Jason Robert Brown The Bridges of Madison County, The Last Five Years, renowned soprano Angel Blue The Metropolitan Opera's Porgy Bess, and other surprise guests. As part of the program, Burgess will also be interviewed by Emmy award-winning journalist Frank Dilella, host of Spectrum News NY1's On Stage, and together they will take questions via social media from the viewing audience.
- 4/14/2020
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
The 72nd annual Tony Awards honoring the year’s best on Broadway are set for Sunday at Radio City Music Hall in New York, airing on CBS and hosted by Sara Bareilles and Josh Groban. Here’s how to catch all the action.
The three-hour CBS broadcast will air live on the East Coast at 8 Pm Et, but is tape delayed in the West so will air at 8 Pm Pt. Live streaming will also be available in select markets via the CBS All Access subscription service. CBS, of course, has aired the Tonys every year since 1978, and just re-upped a deal that will see the show stay on the network through 2026. Ricky Kirshner and Glenn Weiss of White Cherry Entertainment return as executive producers of the broadcast, and Weiss will direct for a 19th consecutive year.
In New York, NY1’s On Stage will offer up its annual coverage with...
The three-hour CBS broadcast will air live on the East Coast at 8 Pm Et, but is tape delayed in the West so will air at 8 Pm Pt. Live streaming will also be available in select markets via the CBS All Access subscription service. CBS, of course, has aired the Tonys every year since 1978, and just re-upped a deal that will see the show stay on the network through 2026. Ricky Kirshner and Glenn Weiss of White Cherry Entertainment return as executive producers of the broadcast, and Weiss will direct for a 19th consecutive year.
In New York, NY1’s On Stage will offer up its annual coverage with...
- 6/10/2018
- by Patrick Hipes
- Deadline Film + TV
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