When the 77th Tony Awards nominations are announced this morning, those honored with recognition will have been selected by a small group of theatre professionals who commit to seeing each and every eligible production that opened during the 2023-2024 season. They are thus able to make informed decisions on what shows, performers and creatives should earn the spotlight of New York theatre’s top honor.
This past season, 60 theatre professionals saw all 36 eligible musicals, play, and revivals and will select the nominees in 26 competitive categories.
Below, see a complete list of the 2023-2024 Tony Awards nominating committee members, including their professions plus past Tony nominations and wins. Some of these nominators may have to recuse themselves prior to voting if they have a conflict, such as if a production that they worked is eligible for a nomination this year.
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This past season, 60 theatre professionals saw all 36 eligible musicals, play, and revivals and will select the nominees in 26 competitive categories.
Below, see a complete list of the 2023-2024 Tony Awards nominating committee members, including their professions plus past Tony nominations and wins. Some of these nominators may have to recuse themselves prior to voting if they have a conflict, such as if a production that they worked is eligible for a nomination this year.
Watch 2024 Tony Awards nominations slugfest: Final predictions in 17 competitive categories
Warren Adams,...
- 4/30/2024
- by David Buchanan
- Gold Derby
Tucker Carlson’s Media Career Sets the Stage For many, Tucker Carlson is a household name in political commentary. His journey through the media landscape has been marked by significant milestones. Before his April firing, Carlson was Fox’s top-rated host, which speaks volumes about his influence and reach. His departure from Fox News came amid a whirlwind of media personnel changes, highlighting the volatile nature of such careers. Carlson has teamed up with Neil Patel and Justin Wells to launch the Tucker Carlson Network online at TuckerCarlson.com, indicating a strategic pivot to an independent media presence. The Appeal of Subscription Services...
- 12/25/2023
- by Steve Delikson
- TVovermind.com
Tucker Carlson launched his own subscription streaming service on Monday, an extension of the former Fox News host’s interview programming on Elon Musk’s X.
Tucker Carlson Network costs $9 a month, or $72 annually, and will be accessible through Carlson’s website. It will house at least five different programs by midweek, including interviews, short-form videos, and monologues, according to the Wall Street Journal.
Carlson, fired by Fox News in April in the wake of the $787.5 million settlement with Dominion Voting Systems over defamatory coverage of the 2020 election, has been airing commentary in videos posted to Twitter since May.
According to Carlson’s website, the subscription not only includes exclusive content and interviews but also “a direct line to Tucker and his team.”
“We are the sworn enemies of lying, pomposity, smugness, and groupthink,” the website reads. “We believe the corporate media is broken beyond repair, and the only way...
Tucker Carlson Network costs $9 a month, or $72 annually, and will be accessible through Carlson’s website. It will house at least five different programs by midweek, including interviews, short-form videos, and monologues, according to the Wall Street Journal.
Carlson, fired by Fox News in April in the wake of the $787.5 million settlement with Dominion Voting Systems over defamatory coverage of the 2020 election, has been airing commentary in videos posted to Twitter since May.
According to Carlson’s website, the subscription not only includes exclusive content and interviews but also “a direct line to Tucker and his team.”
“We are the sworn enemies of lying, pomposity, smugness, and groupthink,” the website reads. “We believe the corporate media is broken beyond repair, and the only way...
- 12/11/2023
- by Natalie Korach
- The Wrap
Tucker Carlson is asking fans to fork over $72 for a charter one-year subscription to his new streaming video service — which his site says is “days away” from launching.
Carlson officially announced the direct-to-consumer service, at tuckercarlson.com, in a post Saturday on X (formerly Twitter). After he was fired in April 2023 from Fox News Channel, where he had been a fixture for more than a decade, Carlson has been producing a right-wing talk show distributed on Elon Musk’s X.
“Hey, it’s Tucker Carlson! We’ve been out of work for seven or eight months now. Hard to know, time flies when you’re unemployed,” Carlson says in a video clip promoting his new streaming site. “But actually, we’ve been working in secret and producing an awful lot of material for months now — interviews, et cetera — and all of it has now found its way to tuckercarlson.com.
Carlson officially announced the direct-to-consumer service, at tuckercarlson.com, in a post Saturday on X (formerly Twitter). After he was fired in April 2023 from Fox News Channel, where he had been a fixture for more than a decade, Carlson has been producing a right-wing talk show distributed on Elon Musk’s X.
“Hey, it’s Tucker Carlson! We’ve been out of work for seven or eight months now. Hard to know, time flies when you’re unemployed,” Carlson says in a video clip promoting his new streaming site. “But actually, we’ve been working in secret and producing an awful lot of material for months now — interviews, et cetera — and all of it has now found its way to tuckercarlson.com.
- 12/10/2023
- by Todd Spangler
- Variety Film + TV
Ain’t No Mo star and playwright Jordan E. Cooper, Kpop composer Helen Park, and Ojibwe and Oneida performance artist Ty Defoe are among the new members of the Tony Award nominating committee.
The trio are among 25 new members of the 2023-2024 committee announced today by the Tony Awards Administration Committee. Other newcomers include Dear Evan Hansen composer Benj Pasek, writer-director Miranda Haymon, actors Jason Tam, Bob Balaban and Adam Chanler-Berat, and Flying Over Sunset lyricist Michael Korie.
The 2023-2024 committee of the Tony nominators will include 60 members, each of whom serve a three-year term. The Tony Awards are presented by The Broadway League and the American Theatre Wing.
The 2023-2024 Nominating Committee includes:
Warren Adams – Director/Choreographer/Producer
Becky Ann Baker – Actor
Bob Balaban** – Actor/Producer/Director/Writer
Pun Bandhu – Actor/Producer
Danielle Barlow** – Theatre Administrator
Sarah Benson** – Director
Rick Boynton** – Creative Producer, Chicago Shakespeare Theater
Christopher Burney – Producer...
The trio are among 25 new members of the 2023-2024 committee announced today by the Tony Awards Administration Committee. Other newcomers include Dear Evan Hansen composer Benj Pasek, writer-director Miranda Haymon, actors Jason Tam, Bob Balaban and Adam Chanler-Berat, and Flying Over Sunset lyricist Michael Korie.
The 2023-2024 committee of the Tony nominators will include 60 members, each of whom serve a three-year term. The Tony Awards are presented by The Broadway League and the American Theatre Wing.
The 2023-2024 Nominating Committee includes:
Warren Adams – Director/Choreographer/Producer
Becky Ann Baker – Actor
Bob Balaban** – Actor/Producer/Director/Writer
Pun Bandhu – Actor/Producer
Danielle Barlow** – Theatre Administrator
Sarah Benson** – Director
Rick Boynton** – Creative Producer, Chicago Shakespeare Theater
Christopher Burney – Producer...
- 7/10/2023
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
The Tony Awards has added new members to its nominating committee, including Ain’t No Mo star and playwright Jordan E. Cooper and Kpop composer Helen Park, who have both been outspoken about the need for change within the industry.
Other new members joining for the 2023-2024 Broadway season include The Greatest Showman and Dear Evan Hansen songwriter Benj Pasek, actor Bob Balaban, actor and playwright Adam Chanler-Berat, interdisciplinary artist Ty Defoe and director Miranda Haymon.
The Tony Awards nominating committee is typically younger and more diverse than the larger Tony Awards voting body. However, the addition of Cooper and Park is particularly notable, as both had shows this past season that posted early closing notices and have spoken out about the need for Broadway to improve how it markets to and welcomes diverse audiences (Kpop is about competing Korean pop bands, while Ain’t No Mo’ follows a series...
Other new members joining for the 2023-2024 Broadway season include The Greatest Showman and Dear Evan Hansen songwriter Benj Pasek, actor Bob Balaban, actor and playwright Adam Chanler-Berat, interdisciplinary artist Ty Defoe and director Miranda Haymon.
The Tony Awards nominating committee is typically younger and more diverse than the larger Tony Awards voting body. However, the addition of Cooper and Park is particularly notable, as both had shows this past season that posted early closing notices and have spoken out about the need for Broadway to improve how it markets to and welcomes diverse audiences (Kpop is about competing Korean pop bands, while Ain’t No Mo’ follows a series...
- 7/10/2023
- by Caitlin Huston
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
K Asif’s musical masterpiece ‘Mughal-e-Azam’ completes over 60 glittering years in 2022 but its influence on popular culture, theatre, and cinema refuses to fade away. Feroz Abbas Khan’s ‘Mughal-e-Azam: The Musical’ is a soulful and spectacular tribute to the classic and does complete justice to its stature and majesty.
For over 6 years, the lavishly mounted musical has travelled the world and won over legions of fans, but the pandemic proved to be challenging for its cast and crew. In its 18th season, it will now return once again to grace the Mumbai stage after a span of two difficult years due to the pandemic. Fourteen shows of ‘Mughal-e-Azam: The Musical’ will be staged between 21st and 30th October 2022 at Bal Gandharva Rang Mandir, Bandra West, Mumbai.
Director Feroz Abbas Khan says, “Our country and the people have gone through a lot during these two years of the pandemic. The worst...
For over 6 years, the lavishly mounted musical has travelled the world and won over legions of fans, but the pandemic proved to be challenging for its cast and crew. In its 18th season, it will now return once again to grace the Mumbai stage after a span of two difficult years due to the pandemic. Fourteen shows of ‘Mughal-e-Azam: The Musical’ will be staged between 21st and 30th October 2022 at Bal Gandharva Rang Mandir, Bandra West, Mumbai.
Director Feroz Abbas Khan says, “Our country and the people have gone through a lot during these two years of the pandemic. The worst...
- 9/16/2022
- by Glamsham Editorial
- GlamSham
Mumbai, Sep 16 (Ians) Feroz Abbas Khan’s ‘Mughal-e-Azam: The Musical’ is all set to return to the stage in Mumbai after two years due to the pandemic.
Fourteen shows of ‘Mughal-e-Azam: The Musical’ will be staged between October 21 and 30 at Bal Gandharva Rang Mandir, Bandra West, Mumbai.
Director Feroz Abbas Khan said: “Our country and the people have gone through a lot during these two years of the pandemic. The worst is now behind us and all of us can finally come together to celebrate music, poetry, and timeless, magical stories once again. I feel this is the perfect time for ‘Mughal-e-Azam: The Musical’ to return to Mumbai where we will kick off our 18th season.”
Deepesh Salgia, who steers the Creative and Strategic Vision of ‘Mughal-e-Azam: The Musical’ added: “With Mughal-e-Azam, Shapoorji Pallonji has worked with K Asif in 1950s and now with Feroz Abbas Khan. In every season,...
Fourteen shows of ‘Mughal-e-Azam: The Musical’ will be staged between October 21 and 30 at Bal Gandharva Rang Mandir, Bandra West, Mumbai.
Director Feroz Abbas Khan said: “Our country and the people have gone through a lot during these two years of the pandemic. The worst is now behind us and all of us can finally come together to celebrate music, poetry, and timeless, magical stories once again. I feel this is the perfect time for ‘Mughal-e-Azam: The Musical’ to return to Mumbai where we will kick off our 18th season.”
Deepesh Salgia, who steers the Creative and Strategic Vision of ‘Mughal-e-Azam: The Musical’ added: “With Mughal-e-Azam, Shapoorji Pallonji has worked with K Asif in 1950s and now with Feroz Abbas Khan. In every season,...
- 9/16/2022
- by Glamsham Bureau
- GlamSham
Feroz Abbas Khan’s ‘Mughal-e-Azam: The Musical’ is all set to return to the stage in Mumbai after two years due to the pandemic.
Fourteen shows of ‘Mughal-e-Azam: The Musical’ will be staged between October 21 and 30 at Bal Gandharva Rang Mandir, Bandra West, Mumbai.
Director Feroz Abbas Khan said: “Our country and the people have gone through a lot during these two years of the pandemic. The worst is now behind us and all of us can finally come together to celebrate music, poetry, and timeless, magical stories once again. I feel this is the perfect time for ‘Mughal-e-Azam: The Musical’ to return to Mumbai where we will kick off our 18th season.”
Deepesh Salgia, who steers the Creative and Strategic Vision of ‘Mughal-e-Azam: The Musical’ added: “With Mughal-e-Azam, Shapoorji Pallonji has worked with K Asif in 1950s and now with Feroz Abbas Khan. In every season, this musical has...
Fourteen shows of ‘Mughal-e-Azam: The Musical’ will be staged between October 21 and 30 at Bal Gandharva Rang Mandir, Bandra West, Mumbai.
Director Feroz Abbas Khan said: “Our country and the people have gone through a lot during these two years of the pandemic. The worst is now behind us and all of us can finally come together to celebrate music, poetry, and timeless, magical stories once again. I feel this is the perfect time for ‘Mughal-e-Azam: The Musical’ to return to Mumbai where we will kick off our 18th season.”
Deepesh Salgia, who steers the Creative and Strategic Vision of ‘Mughal-e-Azam: The Musical’ added: “With Mughal-e-Azam, Shapoorji Pallonji has worked with K Asif in 1950s and now with Feroz Abbas Khan. In every season, this musical has...
- 9/16/2022
- by Glamsham Bureau
- GlamSham
[Warning: The below contains Major spoilers for Dickinson, Season 3, Episode 4, “This is my letter to the World.”] Dickinson continues to enchant in its third and final season, and despite the continuing horrors of War, the latest episode saw Emily (Hailee Steinfeld) transported to New York City where she meets Walt Whitman (Billy Eichner) and ends up having a magical time. “Emily was reading Leaves of Grass, and [in] this fantasy sequence, she goes to a Civil War hospital in New York City and meets Walt Whitman, who then takes her to Pfaff’s beer cellar,” production designer Neil Patel shares. And just like most of the show’s elements, which are based on historical fact, the beer cellar location and its dreamy free-thinking crowd were in fact inspired by the real Pfaff’s. It “was a famous intellectual [hotspot], often called the first New York hipster bar, which was located in lower Broadway above Bleecker Street,” Patel adds. “So, we ...
- 11/12/2021
- TV Insider
For the first season of the Apple TV+ series “Dickinson,” creator Alena Smith and her team were given a Peabody Award in part for the delightful way the comedy uses the life of Emily Dickinson (played by Hailee Steinfeld) to discuss modern issues like identity and equality. But despite the successful debut, Smith and the “Dickinson” team did not rest on their laurels.
“Season 2 was so absolutely different tonally and each character grew quite a bit from Season 1,” star Jane Krakowski, who plays Mrs. Dickinson on the show, told Gold Derby in an interview this year. “Initially, that was a bit like, ‘Can you explain why they made these changes?’ [Alena] had answers for every bit of it and guided our characters where they were going to start Season 2. I think Season 2 is better than Season 1 because of it.”
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“Season 2 was so absolutely different tonally and each character grew quite a bit from Season 1,” star Jane Krakowski, who plays Mrs. Dickinson on the show, told Gold Derby in an interview this year. “Initially, that was a bit like, ‘Can you explain why they made these changes?’ [Alena] had answers for every bit of it and guided our characters where they were going to start Season 2. I think Season 2 is better than Season 1 because of it.”
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- 6/23/2021
- by Christopher Rosen
- Gold Derby
A version of this story about “Dickinson” first appeared in the Comedy & Drama Series issue of TheWrap’s awards magazine.
“If you take care of the small things, the big things take care of themselves,” poet Emily Dickinson once said, and designing a cheeky narrative surrounding her young life is absolutely no different. The AppleTV+ comedy “Dickinson” is tonally unlike most rooted-in-biography television series–a ribald, purposefully anachronistic creation, where men call each other “bro” and “dude” set against a pristine, period-specific backdrop yielding a true fidelity to the lives of its subjects, especially headstrong young Emily (Hailee Steinfeld). It’s not for nothing that half of the cast of Netflix’s “Big Mouth” has appeared on the show at some point.
But production designer Neil Patel insists that history always informs the creators. “Every show has its rules, and then the rules are meant to be broken. Our rule...
“If you take care of the small things, the big things take care of themselves,” poet Emily Dickinson once said, and designing a cheeky narrative surrounding her young life is absolutely no different. The AppleTV+ comedy “Dickinson” is tonally unlike most rooted-in-biography television series–a ribald, purposefully anachronistic creation, where men call each other “bro” and “dude” set against a pristine, period-specific backdrop yielding a true fidelity to the lives of its subjects, especially headstrong young Emily (Hailee Steinfeld). It’s not for nothing that half of the cast of Netflix’s “Big Mouth” has appeared on the show at some point.
But production designer Neil Patel insists that history always informs the creators. “Every show has its rules, and then the rules are meant to be broken. Our rule...
- 6/22/2021
- by Jason Clark
- The Wrap
Neil Patel, an author and marketer, got some attention Thursday after a Tuesday video explaining why he doesn’t read books picked up traction among agitated Twitter users.
“The only books I read are kids’ books and that’s to my daughter. People talk about reading books. You know what? I wrote a book and I was even a New York Times best-selling author, but here’s the thing: Most books that you see in a book store, they’re written a year to two years before they were actually published and they go through this really long process,” he said in the video.
Patel pointed out that any information that isn’t outdated can be found on YouTube, which delivers information faster than a book does. He suggested watching videos, reading blogs and getting information from social media rather than reading books.
Twitter users had a fit. The video...
“The only books I read are kids’ books and that’s to my daughter. People talk about reading books. You know what? I wrote a book and I was even a New York Times best-selling author, but here’s the thing: Most books that you see in a book store, they’re written a year to two years before they were actually published and they go through this really long process,” he said in the video.
Patel pointed out that any information that isn’t outdated can be found on YouTube, which delivers information faster than a book does. He suggested watching videos, reading blogs and getting information from social media rather than reading books.
Twitter users had a fit. The video...
- 6/10/2021
- by Lindsey Ellefson
- The Wrap
Dickinson
In the second season of the Apple TV+ series, Emily Dickinson (Hailee Steinfeld) and her family go to the opera in Boston to see La Traviata. “It’s an important episode because Emily conflates the character Violetta with [best friend, sister-in-law and romantic interest] Sue. That became a big production design idea,” explains production designer Neil Patel. “Sue’s set [her parlor at the Evergreens] echoes Violetta’s parlor in La Traviata.”
The ornate set was built in the lobby of Loew’s Jersey Theatre, a movie palace-style theater in Jersey City that opened in 1929. “It was a ...
In the second season of the Apple TV+ series, Emily Dickinson (Hailee Steinfeld) and her family go to the opera in Boston to see La Traviata. “It’s an important episode because Emily conflates the character Violetta with [best friend, sister-in-law and romantic interest] Sue. That became a big production design idea,” explains production designer Neil Patel. “Sue’s set [her parlor at the Evergreens] echoes Violetta’s parlor in La Traviata.”
The ornate set was built in the lobby of Loew’s Jersey Theatre, a movie palace-style theater in Jersey City that opened in 1929. “It was a ...
Dickinson
In the second season of the Apple TV+ series, Emily Dickinson (Hailee Steinfeld) and her family go to the opera in Boston to see La Traviata. “It’s an important episode because Emily conflates the character Violetta with [best friend, sister-in-law and romantic interest] Sue. That became a big production design idea,” explains production designer Neil Patel. “Sue’s set [her parlor at the Evergreens] echoes Violetta’s parlor in La Traviata.”
The ornate set was built in the lobby of Loew’s Jersey Theatre, a movie palace-style theater in Jersey City that opened in 1929. “It was a ...
In the second season of the Apple TV+ series, Emily Dickinson (Hailee Steinfeld) and her family go to the opera in Boston to see La Traviata. “It’s an important episode because Emily conflates the character Violetta with [best friend, sister-in-law and romantic interest] Sue. That became a big production design idea,” explains production designer Neil Patel. “Sue’s set [her parlor at the Evergreens] echoes Violetta’s parlor in La Traviata.”
The ornate set was built in the lobby of Loew’s Jersey Theatre, a movie palace-style theater in Jersey City that opened in 1929. “It was a ...
When traveling back in time to tell tales that are set in previous decades, or even centuries ago, scripted storytellers often take liberties in their world-building. They might use modern elements, from music to colloquialisms, to reflect how the show’s themes are still relevant to today’s audience and also give that audience something comfortable to latch onto. However, the same cannot be said for production designers.
“We want the audience to believe it and not be distracted by it,” says “Dickinson” production designer Neil Patel. “Partly because of the contemporary language and music, we are very mindful about being in period and very detailed about it, so we at least try to avoid any intentional anachronisms.”
“You are the guardian of the period, as it were,” adds “Bridgerton” production designer Will Hughes-Jones.
Both “Dickinson” and “Bridgerton” are set in the 1800s, with the former following the life and...
“We want the audience to believe it and not be distracted by it,” says “Dickinson” production designer Neil Patel. “Partly because of the contemporary language and music, we are very mindful about being in period and very detailed about it, so we at least try to avoid any intentional anachronisms.”
“You are the guardian of the period, as it were,” adds “Bridgerton” production designer Will Hughes-Jones.
Both “Dickinson” and “Bridgerton” are set in the 1800s, with the former following the life and...
- 6/2/2021
- by Danielle Turchiano
- Variety Film + TV
How do today’s top production designers delicately balance visual aesthetic and practicality when designing sets? What do they wish they knew when they first started out as designers about the ups and downs of their craft? And which classic films do they revisit and love the most as examples of impeccable production design?
These were just some of the questions answered by three top TV production designers when they joined Gold Derby’s special “Meet the Btl Experts” Q&a event with key 2021 guild and Emmy contenders Watch our full group chat with James McGowan (“The Challenge: Double Agents” and “The Real World Homecoming: New York”), Neil Patel (“Dickinson”) and Paul Cripps (“Ted Lasso”) above. Click on each name above to view each person’s individual interview.
“It’s quite a difficult thing to design for both on-camera and the physical space,” admits Cripps about the balance between visual...
These were just some of the questions answered by three top TV production designers when they joined Gold Derby’s special “Meet the Btl Experts” Q&a event with key 2021 guild and Emmy contenders Watch our full group chat with James McGowan (“The Challenge: Double Agents” and “The Real World Homecoming: New York”), Neil Patel (“Dickinson”) and Paul Cripps (“Ted Lasso”) above. Click on each name above to view each person’s individual interview.
“It’s quite a difficult thing to design for both on-camera and the physical space,” admits Cripps about the balance between visual...
- 5/20/2021
- by Rob Licuria
- Gold Derby
“We are going for something vibrant and almost psychedelic at some level,” reveals production designer Neil Patel about his distinctive, elaborate designs for the sophomore season of Apple TV+’s hit period comedy “Dickinson.” “We use the word ‘luminous,’ where we’re going for something that glows when it is lit for camera and trying to avoid any dull flatness that you might associate with the Victorian period,” he says.
We talked with Patel as part of Gold Derby’s special “Meet the Btl Experts” Q&a event with key 2021 guild and Emmy contenders. Watch our interview above.
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In “Dickinson,” Oscar nominee Hailee Steinfeld stars as poet Emily Dickinson, re-imagining the life and times of the literary icon as she rebels against the gender norms of 19th century America. The show is intentionally anachronistic in its language, tone and music, as it captures...
We talked with Patel as part of Gold Derby’s special “Meet the Btl Experts” Q&a event with key 2021 guild and Emmy contenders. Watch our interview above.
See Exclusive Video Interview: Hailee Steinfeld (‘Dickinson’)
In “Dickinson,” Oscar nominee Hailee Steinfeld stars as poet Emily Dickinson, re-imagining the life and times of the literary icon as she rebels against the gender norms of 19th century America. The show is intentionally anachronistic in its language, tone and music, as it captures...
- 5/20/2021
- by Rob Licuria
- Gold Derby
Four top TV production designers will reveal secrets behind their projects when they join Gold Derby’s special “Meet the Btl Experts” Q&a event with key 2021 guild and Emmy contenders this month. Each person will participate in two video discussions to premiere on Thursday, May 13, at 5:00 p.m. Pt; 8:00 p.m. Et. We’ll have a one-on-one with our senior editor Rob Licuria and a group chat with Rob and all of the group together.
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“The Challenge” and “The Real World”: James McGowan
McGowan’s career has included “RuPaul’s Drag Race,” “Ex on the Beach,...
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This “Meet the Experts” panel welcomes the following 2021 guild and Emmy contenders:
“The Challenge” and “The Real World”: James McGowan
McGowan’s career has included “RuPaul’s Drag Race,” “Ex on the Beach,...
- 5/5/2021
- by Chris Beachum and Rob Licuria
- Gold Derby
Neil Patel works as a production designer on Dickinson.
We had a chance to catch up with him following the Dickinson Season 2 finale on Friday, Feb. 26.
Read on to find out what Neil had to say about production design during Season 2, the challenges of transforming modern-day pieces into the 19th century, and what lies ahead for Dickinson Season 3.
So what goes into production design for Dickinson?
Well, we are a period show. We build the majority of the show you see. So, in Season 2, we have two houses – the Evergreens house, which we built this season and is Sue and Austin’s, and the [Dickinson] Homestead, which we built in Season 1 and is the Dickinson's family's home.
We build the interiors on a soundstage. Then we build a partial version of the exteriors in a place called Bethpage Village, where we have some other exterior sites and extend them with visual...
We had a chance to catch up with him following the Dickinson Season 2 finale on Friday, Feb. 26.
Read on to find out what Neil had to say about production design during Season 2, the challenges of transforming modern-day pieces into the 19th century, and what lies ahead for Dickinson Season 3.
So what goes into production design for Dickinson?
Well, we are a period show. We build the majority of the show you see. So, in Season 2, we have two houses – the Evergreens house, which we built this season and is Sue and Austin’s, and the [Dickinson] Homestead, which we built in Season 1 and is the Dickinson's family's home.
We build the interiors on a soundstage. Then we build a partial version of the exteriors in a place called Bethpage Village, where we have some other exterior sites and extend them with visual...
- 3/10/2021
- by Jessica Lerner
- TVfanatic
Tucker Carlson’s top-rated Fox News Channel hour has hit record ratings highs in recent months amid the rising tide for news networks as the presidential election draws near. Record ratings usually means record revenue for ad-supported TV shows.
But “Tucker Carlson Tonight” has never been more difficult to monetize for the news network amid today’s polarized political environment. Advertisers face heavy pressure to stay away from his show for what his critics say is a tendency to fan racist rhetoric. Carlson says he has the backing of Fox News barons Rupert Murdoch and Lachlan Murdoch, which means that his show isn’t going away and he doesn’t care if that prospect horrifies those who have been working for his demise.
In a lengthy interview, Carlson tells Variety he’s spent months in the trenches “fighting a never-ending assault to take us off the air” by critics who...
But “Tucker Carlson Tonight” has never been more difficult to monetize for the news network amid today’s polarized political environment. Advertisers face heavy pressure to stay away from his show for what his critics say is a tendency to fan racist rhetoric. Carlson says he has the backing of Fox News barons Rupert Murdoch and Lachlan Murdoch, which means that his show isn’t going away and he doesn’t care if that prospect horrifies those who have been working for his demise.
In a lengthy interview, Carlson tells Variety he’s spent months in the trenches “fighting a never-ending assault to take us off the air” by critics who...
- 8/19/2020
- by Brian Steinberg
- Variety Film + TV
Kaitlan Collins is the latest player in the saga of “Twitter apologies for something offensive I said years ago”. The CNN reporter recently received backlash when tweets with gay slurs resurfaced.
The Log Cabin Republicans dug up Collins’ tweets from 2011 where she used the word “fag” and said that she didn’t know if she wanted to room with a lesbian. The tweets were in response to other tweets so the context isn’t clear. Still, she used the derogatory word and came off as homophobic. It was enough for her to get a backlash.
When the tweets resurfaced, Collins did not waste time to send out an apology.
“When I was in college, I used ignorant language in a few tweets to my friends,” Collins wrote.” It was immature but it doesn’t represent the way I feel at all. I regret it and apologize.”
Prior to joining CNN as a White House correspondent,...
The Log Cabin Republicans dug up Collins’ tweets from 2011 where she used the word “fag” and said that she didn’t know if she wanted to room with a lesbian. The tweets were in response to other tweets so the context isn’t clear. Still, she used the derogatory word and came off as homophobic. It was enough for her to get a backlash.
When the tweets resurfaced, Collins did not waste time to send out an apology.
“When I was in college, I used ignorant language in a few tweets to my friends,” Collins wrote.” It was immature but it doesn’t represent the way I feel at all. I regret it and apologize.”
Prior to joining CNN as a White House correspondent,...
- 10/8/2018
- by Dino-Ray Ramos
- Deadline Film + TV
The scene of “Paradise Blue,” Dominique Morisseau’s black-and-bluesy play, is the Paradise Club, a drink and dance joint in Paradise Valley, the entertainment district of Detroit‘s black community known in 1949 as Blackbottom. The drinks are strong, the rooms are cheap, and you can hear live music by terrific jazzmen like Blue, who plays a mean trumpet when he isn’t too depressed to lift his horn to his lips.
Program notes inform us that Paradise Valley is not long for this world, doomed to fall under the wrecking-ball projects that would soon “urban-renew” the entire black community out of existence. That bit of background lends a good deal of perspective to the play, and it’s too bad that the playwright didn’t make it integral to her plot-thin drama. Lacking that kind of thematic core, the play restricts itself to being an atmospheric but insubstantial slice of dramatic life.
Program notes inform us that Paradise Valley is not long for this world, doomed to fall under the wrecking-ball projects that would soon “urban-renew” the entire black community out of existence. That bit of background lends a good deal of perspective to the play, and it’s too bad that the playwright didn’t make it integral to her plot-thin drama. Lacking that kind of thematic core, the play restricts itself to being an atmospheric but insubstantial slice of dramatic life.
- 5/15/2018
- by Marilyn Stasio
- Variety Film + TV
The conservative website The Daily Caller has canceled a planned “regular column” by conservative provocateur Milo Yiannopoulos after just one post and fired its opinion editor over the matter. In a statement, Daily Caller co-founder and publisher Neil Patel distanced himself from the entire Milo venture and insisted that the regular column idea was never official. “Contrary to some recent news reports The Daily Caller did not hire Milo Yiannopoulos,” Patel told TheWrap. “He is not working for us. He has never worked for us. He does not have a regular column with us. Yiannopoulos published a single op-ed on The.
- 11/6/2017
- by Jon Levine
- The Wrap
After searching for two days for a missing 16-month-old in Illinois, authorities found the toddler’s dead body underneath a couch inside her home, People confirms.
The child’s death is considered suspicious and authorities had been investigating the girl’s mother for alleged neglect, the Will County Sheriff’s Office said in a news release.
The agency had visited the family’s Joliet Township home just hours before the toddler was reported missing, but found no immediate threat to the child’s safety, a Department of Children and Family Services spokesperson said in an email to the Chicago Tribune.
The child’s death is considered suspicious and authorities had been investigating the girl’s mother for alleged neglect, the Will County Sheriff’s Office said in a news release.
The agency had visited the family’s Joliet Township home just hours before the toddler was reported missing, but found no immediate threat to the child’s safety, a Department of Children and Family Services spokesperson said in an email to the Chicago Tribune.
- 4/28/2017
- by KC Baker
- PEOPLE.com
K. Asif’s Mughal-e-Azam starring Prithviraj Kapoor, Dilip Kumar and Madhubala, which was the most expensive film made at the time (in 1960), is still considered the greatest Indian motion picture ever and now, we have some good news for fans of the eternal love story.
Acclaimed director Feroz Abbas Khan, known for his award-winning film Gandhi, My Father and successful plays like ‘Tumhari Amrita’, ‘Salesman Ramlal’ and ‘Mahatma Vs Gandhi’, will soon helm ‘Mughal-e-Azam’, a Broadway-style musical play, which will be a tribute to the original film and is being prepared on a grand scale to be performed at the Ncpa (National Centre For Performing Arts), where it will play daily from October 21 till first week of November for a limited engagement of two weeks followed by the staging in end November for another two weeks into December at Siri Fort Auditorium in New Delhi.
Readers will be delighted to...
Acclaimed director Feroz Abbas Khan, known for his award-winning film Gandhi, My Father and successful plays like ‘Tumhari Amrita’, ‘Salesman Ramlal’ and ‘Mahatma Vs Gandhi’, will soon helm ‘Mughal-e-Azam’, a Broadway-style musical play, which will be a tribute to the original film and is being prepared on a grand scale to be performed at the Ncpa (National Centre For Performing Arts), where it will play daily from October 21 till first week of November for a limited engagement of two weeks followed by the staging in end November for another two weeks into December at Siri Fort Auditorium in New Delhi.
Readers will be delighted to...
- 9/13/2016
- by Press Releases
- Bollyspice
Britain has a long, long history of staging comic conventions. The first one was held in a Birmingham hotel in 1968 which had a young Alan Moore as a guest. The success of the event paved the way for overseas guests to jump across the pond such as Frank Miller, Jim Steranko, and the late Gil Kane and appear at various events in the country.
As Ukcac became a well known convention amongst fans and creators across Britain. Held at various parts of the country, it was the stomping ground of various British creators, such guests included Will Eisner and John Buscema it gained recognition as convention organisers staged the prestigious Eagle Awards, which many Bronze age enthusiasts will recall Uncanny X-Men and Master of Kung Fu winning best dramatic comic book.
Although there was a slow period, where the focus at events was celebrity and anime but a resurgence soon...
As Ukcac became a well known convention amongst fans and creators across Britain. Held at various parts of the country, it was the stomping ground of various British creators, such guests included Will Eisner and John Buscema it gained recognition as convention organisers staged the prestigious Eagle Awards, which many Bronze age enthusiasts will recall Uncanny X-Men and Master of Kung Fu winning best dramatic comic book.
Although there was a slow period, where the focus at events was celebrity and anime but a resurgence soon...
- 3/2/2015
- by Neil Patel
- SoundOnSight
On Friday, President Barack Obama made a speech from the White House Rose Garden announcing a change in immigration policy, but before he finished his remarks, reporter Neil Munro from The Daily Caller interrupted him with a question.
Obama told Munro to hold his question. Later in his speech, when Obama felt that he had answered Munro's question, he said, "The next time I prefer you let me finish my statements before the question... I didn't ask for an argument. I'm answering your question."
Munro later released a statement regarding the incident. "I always go to the White House prepared with questions for our president. I timed the question believing the president was closing his remarks, because naturally I have no intention of interrupting the President of the United States. I know he rarely takes questions before walking away from the podium. When I asked the question as he finished his speech,...
Obama told Munro to hold his question. Later in his speech, when Obama felt that he had answered Munro's question, he said, "The next time I prefer you let me finish my statements before the question... I didn't ask for an argument. I'm answering your question."
Munro later released a statement regarding the incident. "I always go to the White House prepared with questions for our president. I timed the question believing the president was closing his remarks, because naturally I have no intention of interrupting the President of the United States. I know he rarely takes questions before walking away from the podium. When I asked the question as he finished his speech,...
- 6/15/2012
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Pop2it
On Tuesday, April 3rd, Primary Stages Casey Childs, Founder amp Executive Producer Andrew Leynse, Artistic Director Elliot Fox, Managing Director celebrated opening night of The Morini Strad, a new play by Willy Holtzman Sabina. Directed by Casey Childs, the cast features Michael Laurence Krapp39, Broadway's Talk Radio, Opus at Primary Stages, Tony nominee Mary Beth Peil The Good Wife, Dawson's Creek, The King and I, and celebrated violin soloist Hanah Stuart Chicago Symphony Hall, Zankel Hall. The production features a set design by Neil Patel, costume design by David C. Woolard, lighting design by Mary Louise Geiger, original music and sound design by Lindsay Jones, and projection design by Jan Hartley.The limited engagement plays through April 28 at Primary Stages at 59E59 Theaters.Check out photos from the celebration below...
- 4/4/2012
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
The Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center today announces several additions to the creative team for Wonderland: Alice's New Musical Adventure. According to producer Judith Lisi, president and CEO of Tbpac, Marguerite Derricks will choreograph the production and Ron Melrose will serve as music supervisor and provide vocal and dance arrangements as well as incidental music. Susan Hilferty, Neil Patel and Paul Gallo will design the costumes, sets and lights respectively, while Jon Weston will design the sound and Sven Ortel will design video and projections.
- 7/27/2009
- BroadwayWorld.com
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