With the long-delayed 74th Tony Awards set for Sept. 26 at the Winter Garden and streaming on Paramount + and a CBS special, let’s take a deep dive into Tony Awards history and look back at the first decade. Broadway was bristling with excitement post World War II. Young playwrights such as Tennessee Williams, Arthur Miller and William Inge breathed new life into the Great White Way. And new talents electrifying audiences included Marlon Brando, Julie Harris and Gwen Verdon. It was the perfect time for the creation of the Tony Awards in 1947. The Antoinette Perry Awards or Theatre Excellence were named after the legendary theater actress who was co-founder of the American Theatre Wing; she had died in 1946.
The first annual Tony Awards took place on April 6, 1947 at the Waldorf Astoria and was broadcast on radio on Wor and Mutual Network radio. There was no categories for best play or musical,...
The first annual Tony Awards took place on April 6, 1947 at the Waldorf Astoria and was broadcast on radio on Wor and Mutual Network radio. There was no categories for best play or musical,...
- 9/23/2021
- by Susan King
- Gold Derby
After a 15 months delay, the 74th annual Tony Awards honoring the best of Broadway will be held September 26 on CBS and Paramount +. And there a lot of familiar faces expected at the ceremony at the Winter Garden Theatre including six-time Tony winner Audra McDonald, who is nominated for the revival of “Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune”; Jane Alexander, who won her first Tony Award 52 years ago for “The Great White Hope” and contends for “Grand Horizons”; and 90-year-old Lois Smith, who made her Broadway debut nearly 70 years ago, is up for “The Inheritance.”
The Tony Awards first ceremony, held April 6 1947 at the Grand Ballroom of the famed Waldorf-Astoria hotel in New York City, was a vastly different affair. Awards were handed out in only eight categories. Producer, director and Tony founder Brock Pemberton was the host of the evening which was broadcast on Wor and Mutual Network radio stations.
The Tony Awards first ceremony, held April 6 1947 at the Grand Ballroom of the famed Waldorf-Astoria hotel in New York City, was a vastly different affair. Awards were handed out in only eight categories. Producer, director and Tony founder Brock Pemberton was the host of the evening which was broadcast on Wor and Mutual Network radio stations.
- 8/28/2021
- by Susan King
- Gold Derby
Paramount+ has another exciting project in the works, and it features two award-winning actors!
The streamer on Monday announced the latest addition to its growing slate of Paramount+ original films, new comedyJ erry and Marge Go Large, with Bryan Cranston and Annette Bening set to star.
The flick is inspired by the true story of a retired Michigan couple who help revitalize their community by playing the Massachusetts lottery.
The film will be directed by Academy Award winner David Frankel, and principal production starts this July in Georgia.
It is written by Emmy nominee Brad Copeland.
The film is produced by Academy Award nominee Gil Netter, Levantine Films (Hidden Figures), and executive produced by Kevin Halloran (Ford v Ferrari).
Amy Baer is also attached to produce via MRC Film’s Landline Pictures, the film is the label’s first production.
Netter, Tory Metzger, and Renee Witt from Levantine Films developed...
The streamer on Monday announced the latest addition to its growing slate of Paramount+ original films, new comedyJ erry and Marge Go Large, with Bryan Cranston and Annette Bening set to star.
The flick is inspired by the true story of a retired Michigan couple who help revitalize their community by playing the Massachusetts lottery.
The film will be directed by Academy Award winner David Frankel, and principal production starts this July in Georgia.
It is written by Emmy nominee Brad Copeland.
The film is produced by Academy Award nominee Gil Netter, Levantine Films (Hidden Figures), and executive produced by Kevin Halloran (Ford v Ferrari).
Amy Baer is also attached to produce via MRC Film’s Landline Pictures, the film is the label’s first production.
Netter, Tory Metzger, and Renee Witt from Levantine Films developed...
- 6/21/2021
- by Paul Dailly
- TVfanatic
Exclusive: Alec Baldwin has inked with ICM Partners for representation in all areas.
The Oscar nominated, 3x Golden Globe winner, and 3x Emmy winner counts numerous feature and TV credits traversing both drama and comedy. He was previously a CAA client.
The Amityville, NY native who is an alum of both NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts and The Actors Studios has starred in such features as Alan Hunley in the Tom Cruise Paramount franchise Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation and Mission: Impossible – Fallout, which combined grossed $1.47 billion at the WW box office. Baldwin also made prominent cameo appearances in the Oscar winning film BlacKkKlansman and Edward Norton’s directorial noir Motherless Brooklyn. Other notable, iconic films include Beetlejuice, Working Girl, The Hunt For Red October, Glengarry Glen Ross, Pearl Harbor, The Edge, It’s Complicated and The Cooler, for which he was nominated for an Academy Award, a Golden Globe,...
The Oscar nominated, 3x Golden Globe winner, and 3x Emmy winner counts numerous feature and TV credits traversing both drama and comedy. He was previously a CAA client.
The Amityville, NY native who is an alum of both NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts and The Actors Studios has starred in such features as Alan Hunley in the Tom Cruise Paramount franchise Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation and Mission: Impossible – Fallout, which combined grossed $1.47 billion at the WW box office. Baldwin also made prominent cameo appearances in the Oscar winning film BlacKkKlansman and Edward Norton’s directorial noir Motherless Brooklyn. Other notable, iconic films include Beetlejuice, Working Girl, The Hunt For Red October, Glengarry Glen Ross, Pearl Harbor, The Edge, It’s Complicated and The Cooler, for which he was nominated for an Academy Award, a Golden Globe,...
- 5/18/2021
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
Paul Ritter, a British actor best known to American audiences for his roles in HBO’s “Chernobyl” and “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince,” has died of a brain tumor. He was 54.
Representatives for Ritter, whose other notable credits include starring on U.K. series “Friday Night Dinner” and appearing in the James Bond film “Quantum of Solace,” confirmed his death to TheWrap Tuesday.
“It is with great sadness we can confirm that Paul Ritter passed away last night,” Ritter’s agent said in a statement. “He died peacefully at home with his wife Polly and sons Frank and Noah by his side. He was 54 and had been suffering from a brain tumor. Paul was an exceptionally talented actor playing an enormous variety of roles on stage and screen with extraordinary skill. He was fiercely intelligent, kind and very funny. We will miss him greatly.”
“We are so saddened to...
Representatives for Ritter, whose other notable credits include starring on U.K. series “Friday Night Dinner” and appearing in the James Bond film “Quantum of Solace,” confirmed his death to TheWrap Tuesday.
“It is with great sadness we can confirm that Paul Ritter passed away last night,” Ritter’s agent said in a statement. “He died peacefully at home with his wife Polly and sons Frank and Noah by his side. He was 54 and had been suffering from a brain tumor. Paul was an exceptionally talented actor playing an enormous variety of roles on stage and screen with extraordinary skill. He was fiercely intelligent, kind and very funny. We will miss him greatly.”
“We are so saddened to...
- 4/6/2021
- by Jennifer Maas
- The Wrap
James McAvoy, Andrew Scott, Wendell Pierce and Toby Jones are going head-to-head for best actor in this year’s Olivier Awards, while Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Hayley Atwell, Juliet Stevenson and Sharon D Clarke have been nominated for best actress.
New musical & Juliet has nabbed nine nominations, Trevor Nunn’s Fiddler on the Roof has secured eight and Dear Evan Hansen has scored seven.
The UK awards, which celebrates the best theatre in London, will take place at the Royal Albert Hall on April 5.
Here’s the full list of play and musical nominations:
Best New Play
A Very Expensive Poison at The Old Vic
The Doctor at Almeida Theatre
Leopoldstadt at Wyndham’s Theatre
The Ocean at the End of the Lane at National Theatre – Dorfman
Best New Musical
& Juliet at Shaftesbury Theatre
Amelie The Musical at The Other Palace
Dear Evan Hansen at Noel Coward Theatre
Waitress at Adelphi Theatre...
New musical & Juliet has nabbed nine nominations, Trevor Nunn’s Fiddler on the Roof has secured eight and Dear Evan Hansen has scored seven.
The UK awards, which celebrates the best theatre in London, will take place at the Royal Albert Hall on April 5.
Here’s the full list of play and musical nominations:
Best New Play
A Very Expensive Poison at The Old Vic
The Doctor at Almeida Theatre
Leopoldstadt at Wyndham’s Theatre
The Ocean at the End of the Lane at National Theatre – Dorfman
Best New Musical
& Juliet at Shaftesbury Theatre
Amelie The Musical at The Other Palace
Dear Evan Hansen at Noel Coward Theatre
Waitress at Adelphi Theatre...
- 3/3/2020
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Producers announced today the full creative team for the Broadway bow of Steppenwolf's production of The Minutes by Tracy Letts August Osage County, Edward Albee's Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf, Arthur Miller's All My Sons, Linda Vista. The production, directed by Anna D. Shapiro August Osage County, Fish in the Dark, This Is Our Youth, will feature scenic design by David Zinn, costume design by Ana Kuzmanic, lighting design by Brian MacDevitt, sound design and original music by Andre Pluess, hair and wig design by Tom Watson, dramaturgy by Edward Sobel and casting by Caparelliotis Casting.
- 1/17/2020
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
Sally Field and Bill Pullman are bringing Arthur Miller’s play All My Sons to life.
The stars play Kate and Joe Keller, a couple dealing with a secret that might just destroy their family. The play originally opened on Broadway in 1947 and follows the Kellers after World War II as Joe is embroiled in a controversy and their oldest son Larry is still missing.
In a People exclusive clip of the play, the Keller’s youngest son Chris tells his parents Ann Deever, who was once dating Chris’s older brother Larry, has returned home after spending years in New York City.
The stars play Kate and Joe Keller, a couple dealing with a secret that might just destroy their family. The play originally opened on Broadway in 1947 and follows the Kellers after World War II as Joe is embroiled in a controversy and their oldest son Larry is still missing.
In a People exclusive clip of the play, the Keller’s youngest son Chris tells his parents Ann Deever, who was once dating Chris’s older brother Larry, has returned home after spending years in New York City.
- 1/14/2020
- by Alexia Fernandez
- PEOPLE.com
Alec Bojalad Jan 1, 2019
When you need a dose of reality with your streaming check out our list of the Best Documentaries on HBO.
Editor's Note: This post is updated monthly. Bookmark this page and come back every month to see what documentaries are being added to HBO Now and HBO Go.
Updated for January 2019. You can see a complete list of HBO new releases here.
HBO's most consistently excellent quality might be its deep roster of documentaries. At any given moment HBO has dozens of high-quality documentaries available for streaming. We've done our best here to find and present the best of the best documentaries available on HBO Now and HBO Go streaming.
It was certainly a tall task as almost every documentary by default seems excellent at first. How could anything that's presenting further context on an important or interesting real life story be anything but fascinating? Still, here...
When you need a dose of reality with your streaming check out our list of the Best Documentaries on HBO.
Editor's Note: This post is updated monthly. Bookmark this page and come back every month to see what documentaries are being added to HBO Now and HBO Go.
Updated for January 2019. You can see a complete list of HBO new releases here.
HBO's most consistently excellent quality might be its deep roster of documentaries. At any given moment HBO has dozens of high-quality documentaries available for streaming. We've done our best here to find and present the best of the best documentaries available on HBO Now and HBO Go streaming.
It was certainly a tall task as almost every documentary by default seems excellent at first. How could anything that's presenting further context on an important or interesting real life story be anything but fascinating? Still, here...
- 5/6/2017
- Den of Geek
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