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Ogunquit Playhouse has released new photos of its production of High Society, the Matt Lenz-directed musical with Cole Porter’s timeless tunes. The production runs July 24 thru August 23 in Ogunquit, Maine. Led by Robyn Hurder, Andrew Durand, and Max Ckayton, the cast of 22 features 12 performers returning to the Ogunquit Playhouse stage. The cast also features Ari Groover (Tina- the Tina Turner Musical), Sydney Morton (Op’s The Hunchback of Notre Dame) as Liz Imbrie, Charlie Franklin (Broadway’s Floyd Collins) as George Kittredge, Sara Gettelfinger as Margaret Lord, Mike McGowan (Op’s A Little Night Music) as Seth Lord, and Bryan Batt as Uncle Willie. The ensemble includes Joshua...

Today, at the packed panel celebrating Hazbin Hotel and Helluva Boss as the “Hellaverse” universe at San Diego Comic-Con, Prime Video announced Hazbin Hotel Season 2 will premiere on October 29, and that seasons one and two of Helluva Boss, previously released on YouTube, will be coming to Prime Video on September 10, along with a brand new special episode.

The new episode previewed, titled “Mission: Zero,” follows the I.M.P. as they plan their very first assassination. The original episode will be available exclusively on Prime Video for 45 days before being made available on YouTube. Hazbin Hotel and Helluva Boss will be available on Prime Video in more than 240 countries and territories worldwide.

The creator of the Hellaverse, Vivienne Medrano, was joined on stage by Richard Horvitz and Brandon Rogers from Helluva Boss and Erika Henningsen and Amir Talai from Hazbin Hotel, where they shared exciting announcements.

Patrick Stump (Fall Out Boy) is cast as “Abel,...

Prime Video has announced during the first official Hellaverse panel at San Diego Comic-Con 2025 that Hazbin Hotel will officially return for Season 2 on October 29, just in time for spooky season. Created by Vivienne “VivziePop” Medrano, the breakout adult animated musical-comedy has captivated fans with its mix of dazzling animation, Broadway-caliber songs, and a devilishly clever take on redemption in the depths of Hell. The updated logo for Season 2 also heralds a VoxTek takeover, as was teased in the Season 1 finale.

Where Season 1 of 'Hazbin Hotel' Left Off

The first season of Hazbin Hotel followed Charlie Morningstar (Erika Henningsen), the idealistic princess of Hell, as she sought to rehabilitate sinners and give them a second chance at salvation through her hotel. By the end of the season, Charlie’s mission faced mounting challenges, not just from Hell’s powerful overlords and her own doubts about whether her dream is achievable,...

Ogunquit Playhouse has released new footage from rehearsals for High Society, the Matt Lenz-directed musical with Cole Porter’s timeless tunes. At Uncle Willie's pre-wedding party, Dex (Max Clayton) and Cholly (Ari Groover) bring the guests and servants to their feet for a rousing rendition of Cole Porter's "Now You Has Jazz." The production runs July 24 thru August 23 in Ogunquit, Maine. Also led by Robyn Hurder and Andrew Durand, the cast of 22 features 12 performers returning to the Ogunquit Playhouse stage. The cast will also feature Sydney Morton (Op’s The Hunchback of Notre Dame) as Liz Imbrie, Charlie Franklin (Broadway’s Floyd Collins) as George Kittredge, Sara Gettelfinger as Margaret Lord, Mike McGowan (Op’s A...

Ogunquit Playhouse has revealed the full cast and creative for the reimagining of High Society, directed by Matt Lenz, with Cole Porter’s timeless tunes, which begins performances Thursday, July 24 with a limited run through August 23, 2025. The cast of 22 features 12 performers returning to the Ogunquit Playhouse stage. Joining the previously announced Max Clayton as C.K. Dexter Haven and Tony Award nominee Robyn Hurder as Tracy Lord, is 2025 Tony Award nominee Andrew Durand as Macaulay “Mike” Connor. The cast of High Society will also feature Ari Groover (Broadway’s Tina: The Tina Turner Musical) as Cholly Knickerbocker, Sydney Morton (Op’s The Hunchback of Notre Dame) as Liz Imbrie, Charlie...

Dead Outlaw will play its final performance on Broadway on Sunday, June 29, producers announced today.

The critically lauded musical, nominated for seven Tony Awards including Best Musical, opened at the Longacre Theatre on Sunday, April 27. When it closes it will have played 14 previews and 73 regular performances.

Dead Outlaw is the third Broadway show, following Smash and Real Women Have Curves, to announce its closing after being shut out at the Tonys.

With music and lyrics by David Yazbek and Erik Della Penna, and a book by Itamar Moses, Dead Outlaw tells the strange-but-true tale of Elmer McCurdy, a bank robber killed in a shoot-out in 1911. His embalmed corpse went unclaimed and was put on display, sometimes mistaken for a mannequin, in various carnivals, wax museums and even amusement parks until the 1970s.

In a statement, producers Lia Vollack and Sonia Friedman said, “Like Elmer McCurdy, Dead Outlaw is a true outlier — strange,...

Darren Criss and cast of “Maybe Happy Ending” perform at The 78Th Annual Tony Awards

The 2025 Tony Awards, which aired on CBS on June 8th, had the awards show’s best ratings since 2019. CBS reports the viewership was up a whopping 38% over 2024. In addition, the 78th Annual Tony Awards hosted by Cynthia Erivo drew in the largest streaming audience on Paramount+, increasing the streaming viewership by 208% over last year.

Maybe Happy Ending emerged the big winner, taking home the Best Musical, Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical (Darren Criss), Best Direction of a Musical (Michael Arden), Best Book of a Musical (Will Aronson and Hue Park), Best Scenic Design of a Musical (Dane Laffrey and George Reeve), and Best Original Score trophies. Buena Vista Social Club followed with four, and Stranger Things: The First Shadow and Sunset Blvd. picked up three each.

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On Sunday, the annual Tony Awards saw the best of Broadway commended for their skill at Radio City Music Hall.

Hosted by Cynthia Erivo, the 78th Tony Awards show was attended by numerous star celebrities on the screen, yet still firmly served as a platform to elevate the unsung musical cast and crew of live performances.

In addition to the many smooth quips Erivo delivered on stage, she also showcased her stellar vocals, singing her original number “Sometimes All You Need Is A Song.”

Notably, the 2025 awards show featured three historic wins for Asian American performers, who are regularly subject to stereotypes and prejudice in the business. The first Asian male to win a Tony was B.D. Wong for M. Butterfly, in 1988, and the first Asian woman was Lea Salonga for Miss Saigon in 1991.

Darren Criss won Best Actor in a Musical, making history as the first Asian American actor...

Darren Criss is now a Tony winner.

Criss won his first Tony Award on Sunday night for best actor in a leading role in a musical for Maybe Happy Ending, which is an original musical. He thanked his co-star in his acceptance speech.

“Helen J. Shen, I’m so proud of you and your Broadway debut for the books. This is where you belong,” he said before thanking the rest of the show’s crew and his fellow teachers. The show also won best musical.

Criss continued, “Also my wife Mia, who took a massive swing on allowing me to do this and to allow this crazy upheaval in our life, to make this logistically possible and for bearing the brunt of raising two tiny friends under three so that I could raise a singing robot at the Belasco Theater eight times a week. Mia, you are the very pedestal...

The cast of the new musical Dead Outlaw performed at the Tonys tonight!

Nominees Andrew Durand, Julia Knitel, and Jeb Brown hit the stage for a performance of “Ballad” / “Dead” at the 2025 Tony Awards on Sunday (June 8) at Radio City Music Hall in New York City.

The musical is based on a “that can’t actually be true” story about the outlaw-turned-corpse-turned-celebrity Elmer McCurdy.

Dead Outlaw was nominated for seven awards, including Best Musical, Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical for Andrew, Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical for Julia, and Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical for Jeb.

Get your tickets now to see Dead Outlaw on Broadway!

Check out the Full winners list for the Tonys.

Edge-of-seat drama. Stunning twists. Musical performances that brought down the house. The 2025 Tony Awards followed a script that any Broadway aficionado would appreciate.

While the crowd-pleasing Maybe Happy Ending dominated the night with six wins — including Best Musical, Best Musical Actor (Darren Criss), Best Musical Director, Best Book of a Musical, Best Original Score, and Best Scenic Design for a Musical — there were some shocking moments.

In one of the night's most highly anticipated matchups, Nicole Scherzinger took home the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical for her performance in Sunset Boulevard, edging out Broadway’s most celebrated star, Audra McDonald. McDonald, earning her record-extending 11th nomination for her portrayal of Mama Rose in Gypsy, had been favored to win following her recent Drama Desk Award victory and surveys of Tony voters that showed her holding a narrow lead (likely due to the recent Patti LuPone controversy).

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Broadway’s best shows and actors were honored at the 2025 Tony Awards and we have the full list of winners!

Maybe Happy Ending was the big winner of the night at the Tonys on Sunday (June 8) at Radio City Music Hall in New York City.

The new musical won six awards, including Best Musical and Best Actor in a Musical for lead star Darren Criss, marking his first Tony win and bringing him halfway to Egot.

Other big winners of the night included Buena Vista Social Club and Stranger Things: The First Shadow.

Head inside to check out the full list of winners…

Make sure to check out our Full coverage of the Tony Awards and all of the incredible performances from the show.

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Buena Vista Social Club

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Death Becomes Her

Maybe Happy Ending – Winner

Operation Mincemeat...

The 2025 Tony Awards are being handed out Sunday night.

The first winners were announced during the Darren Criss- and Renée Elise Goldberry-hosted The Tony Awards: Act One preshow streaming on Paramount’s free streaming service Pluto TV from 3:40-5 p.m. Pt/6:40-8 p.m. Et. Criss is a first-time Tony nominee for his role in Maybe Happy Ending, and Goldsberry won a Tony for originating the role of Angelica Schuyler in Hamilton, which will celebrate its 10th anniversary with a performance featuring members of the original Broadway cast on the 2025 awards show.

The main ceremony, hosted by Tony, Emmy and Grammy winner Cynthia Erivo, will run from 5-8 p.m. Pt/8-11 p.m. Et, live on CBS and Paramount+ with Showtime, from New York’s Radio City Music Hall.

Musicals Buena Vista Social Club, Death Becomes Her and Maybe Happy Ending went into Sunday night...

After five weeks of furious debate since Tony Award nominations were announced, over 1,000 people have made their winner predictions at Gold Derby. New musical Maybe Happy Ending will lead all productions with six victories, while smash comedy Oh, Mary! will win the most trophies of any play with five. Buena Vista Social Club, Sunset Boulevard, and Stranger Things: The First Shadow will all claim multiple prizes, too.

The category with the most fluctuation in our odds heading into the Tony ceremony is the highly coveted trophy for Best Actress in a Musical. Six-time Tony winner Audra McDonald had been leading our odds for her performance in Gypsy since the nominations were announced, until Sunset Boulevard's Nicole Scherzinger took the lead for the first time last week. But on Thursday, McDonald pulled ahead again, buoyed by her recent victory at the Drama Desk Awards and various Tony voter surveys noting...

Broadway’s biggest night is back — and it’s sure to be packed with star power, dazzling performances, and fierce competition. The 2025 Tony Awards, celebrating the best of live theater, is a can't-miss event for theater lovers. Whether you're tuning in live or streaming online, here's everything you need to know about 78th Tony Awards.

When are the Tonys?

The 78th annual Tony Awards are held on June 8, beginning at 8 p.m. Et/5 p.m. Pt.

How to watch the Tonys live online

The Tony Awards will stream live on Paramount+ with Showtime and broadcast on television via CBS. The ceremony will also be available on Paramount+ (for non Showtime subscribers) the following day. To watch the Tonys live, sign up for the Paramount+ with Showtime plan (information can be found here) or search your local listings for the CBS affiliate in your area.

Who is hosting the Tonys this year?...

Dead Outlaw cast members Julia Knitel and Andrew Durand recently stopped by The View for an exclusive performance of "Millicent's Song." The musical, which is currently playing at Broadway's Longacre Theatre, has been nominated for 7 Tony Awards, including Best Musical. Watch the performance here! Dead Outlaw is a new musical that stars Andrew Durand, Jeb Brown, Julia Knitel, all of whom are nominated for their performances, along with Eddie Cooper, Dashiell Eaves, Ken Marks, Trent Saunders, and Thom Sesma. The show is the darkly hilarious and wildly inventive musical about the bizarre true story of outlaw-turned-corpse-turned-celebrity Elmer McCurdy. As Elmer’s body finds even more outlandish adventures in death than it could have ever hoped for in life, the show explores fame, failure, and the meaning –...

The 2025 Tony nominees for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical recently met up for dinner, and took to social media to share photos from the evening. Darren Criss (Maybe Happy Ending), Jeremy Jordan (Floyd Collins), Jonathan Groff (Just In Time), James Monre Iglehart (A Wonderful World), Andrew Durand (Dead Outlaw), and Tom Francis (Sunset Blvd.) posed together for friendly photos just days before this weekend's Tony Awards. "The laughs, the stories, the honesty, the humility, the camaraderie at this table was incredible!" Iglehart wrote in a caption on Instagram. "What a fantastic night to share with this group of incredible human beings! Let’s do it again soon fellas!" Criss also shared a photo with the caption, "Leading...

Sutton Foster, Bernadette Peters, Lea Salonga, Idina Menzel, and (if I may invoke her name) Patti LuPone would have been a monster of an all-star Tony nomination lineup in any other season. But those past winners, each a major force in musical theater history, missed the ballot despite their (almost uniformly) strong showings on Broadway this year.

If it’s uncouth to define a season by who didn’t make the Tony cut, that group of also-rans is a sign of the riches on offer. And if this season was in part distinguished by the arrival of a cavalcade of Hollywood A-listers, the nominations also highlight how many Broadway mainstays have set up residence to deliver excellence year after year: Nominees Jonathan Groff, Danya Taymor, Kara Young, Justin Peck, and Dede Ayite all won Tonys last season.

So if not quite every gem of the season is in the mix this Sunday,...

Go inside the creative process behind "Something From Nothing" from Dead Outlaw, which stops the show every night at the Longacre Theatre. This video features composers Erik Della Penna and David Yazbek, who break down how they constructed the song, before showing Eddie Cooper, Trent Saunders, and the cast of the hit musical performing the song. Penna shares that the song is about "having a business epiphany. That's what America's about." Erik Della Penna and David Yazbek are currently nominated for a Tony Award for the score of the new musical, which opened in April. Watch them unpack the musical's opening number, "Dead," here. The cast, reprising their roles from Off-Broadway, includes Andrew Durand as Elmer McCurdy, Jeb Brown as Band Leader/Jarrett, Eddie...

Additional presenters and performances have been announced for the 69th Annual Drama Desk Awards, being held this Sunday, June 1 at NYU Skirball. Jeb Brown, Andrew Durand, Cole Escola, Sarah Hyland, Celia Keenan-Bolger, Bebe Neuwirth, and Nicole Scherzinger will present Awards that evening, along with previously announced Victoria Clark, Darren Criss, Brandon Victor Dixon, Tom Francis, Jonathan Groff, Jeremy Jordan, Norm Lewis, Jinkx Monsoon, Alex Newell, Gracie Lawrence, Adam Pascal, Lily Rabe, Jennifer Simard, Ryan Spahn, Will Swenson, and Michael Urie. There will also be performances by Joshua Henry, Norm Lewis, Lesli Margherita, and the 2024 Drama Desk Award winner for Best Musical Dead Outlaw. Staci Levine and Jessica R. Jenen return as co-executive producers of the Awards. This year’s awards...

Today, Dead Outlaw's famous outlaw-turned-corpse-turned-celebrity Elmer McCurdy, as portrayed by Tony-nominee Andrew Durand, was spotted on the streets of New York City. Check out photos from the star's pop-ups in the Port Authority Bus Terminal subway station, on 5th Avenue outside of St. Patrick’s Cathedral, and Central Park. Dead Outlaw is the darkly hilarious and wildly inventive musical about the bizarre true story of Elmer McCurdy who was shot by a posse in 1911 but then went on to have a 65-year entertainment career as a corpse. As Elmer’s body finds even more outlandish adventures in death than it could have ever hoped for in life, the show explores fame, failure, and the meaning – or, utter meaninglessness – of legacy. Dying is no reason to stop living...

Watch a video of Andrew Durand, Julia Knitel, and Jeb Brown performing "Normal" in Dead Outlaw on Broadway. The song is a standout from David Yazbek and Erik Della Penna's Tony-nominated score for the new musical. Durand, Knitel, and Brown are also all nominated for their respective performances in the acclaimed musical. With a book by Itamar Moses and direction by David Cromer, Dead Outlaw is nominated for 7 Tony Awards and is currently playing on Broadway at the Longacre Theatre. Dead Outlaw also stars Eddie Cooper, Dashiell Eaves, Ken Marks, Trent Saunders, and Thom Sesma. Dead Outlaw is the darkly hilarious and wildly inventive musical about the bizarre true story of outlaw-turned-corpse-turned-celebrity Elmer...

Darren Criss and Renée Elise Goldsberry are co-hosting this year’s Tony Awards preshow.

The Tony Awards: Act One is a live show with exclusive content that will stream on Pluto TV on Sunday, June 8 at 6:40-8 p.m. Et/3:40-5 p.m. Pt.

Tony award winner Goldsberry earned her win in 2016 for featured actress in a musical for her work in Hamilton. Most recently, she’s appeared in All In: Comedy About Love and is also dropping her debut album, Who I Really Am, next month.

Criss received his first Tony Award nomination this year in the leading role in a musical category for his performance in the original musical Maybe Happy Ending. He is up against Andrew Durand (Dead Outlaw), Tom Francis (Sunset Blvd.), Jonathan Groff (Just in Time), James Monroe Iglehart (A Wonderful World: The Louis Armstrong Musical) and Jeremy Jordan (Floyd Collins.) Criss’ additional...

Earlier this month, The Outer Critics Circle announced the winners for the 2025 Outer Critics Circle Awards, honoring the 2024-2025 Broadway and Off-Broadway season. The awards ceremony was held on Thursday, May 22, 2025 at Lincoln Center’s New York Public Library for the Performing Arts. Check out photos below! Award presenters at the celebration included Natalie Venetia Belcon (Buena Vista Social Club), Victoria Clark (Kimberly Akimbo), Andrew Durand (Dead Outlaw), Steve Guttenberg (It Takes Two), and Thom Sesma (Dead Outlaw). This year's ceremony also commemorates the 75th anniversary of the organization's founding, when the first-ever awards were presented to T.S. Elliot's The Cocktail Party (Play), Gian Carlo Menotti's The Consul, and performers Sheila Guyse (Lost in the Stars) and Daniel Reed. The big winners included Maybe Happy Ending, John Proctor is the Villain, Boop! The Musical, Stranger Things: The First Shadow, Drag: The Musical, Cats: The Jellicle Ball, and...

PBS Great Performances has premiered the second episode of Stagebound, featuring the Tony-nominated Dead Outlaw star Andrew Durand. The episode allows viewers to go behind the scenes with Durand as he brings this new musical to life from rehearsal to the show's opening night. In the episode, Durand offers his perspective on the show's trip to Broadway, including a secret launch party concert and the filming of the show's official TV spot. The episode is broken into six parts: a marketing shoot, the first day of rehearsal, the launch party concert, the first preview, a press appearance, and opening day. Watch it now! From first rehearsals and costume fittings to press appearances and standing ovations, each episode of Great Performances: Stagebound offers an intimate look at the...

Great Performances has unveiled new details about the second episode of Stagebound, the digital series that follows Broadway performers on their journey to opening night. The upcoming episode will feature Dead Outlaw's Andrew Durand and is set to debut Wednesday, May 21 at 12 p.m. on PBS's website, the Great Performances Facebook ,and the YouTube channel. The episode will take viewers backstage with Durand, offering a behind-the-scenes look at what it takes to bring a dead man to life on stage. From day one of rehearsal to the thrill of opening night, this episode of Stagebound follows Durand's journey through the heart of a bold new musical. Viewers will also see Durand's perspective on the show’s trip to Broadway, including a secret launch party concert and the...

Seven-time Tony Award-nominated new musical Dead Outlaw released a never-before-seen video of leading man, Tony Award nominee Andrew Durand, performing “Killed a Man in Maine.” Watch the video here! With a book by Itamar Moses, music and lyrics from David Yazbek and Erik Della Penna, and direction by David Cromer, Dead Outlaw is nominated for 7 Tony Awards and is currently playing on Broadway at the Longacre Theatre. The show stars Andrew Durand, Jeb Brown, Julia Knitel, all of whom are nominated for their performances, along with Eddie Cooper, Dashiell Eaves, Ken Marks, Trent Saunders, and Thom Sesma. Dead Outlaw is the darkly hilarious and wildly inventive musical about the bizarre true story of...

A cemetery in Guthrie, Oklahoma, is seeing an unusual increase in foot traffic lately, ever since real-life dead outlaw Elmer McCurdy has become Broadway’s most famous corpse.

McCurdy’s bizarre tale is the subject of the Tony-nominated musical Dead Outlaw. The newly minted celebrity died in a shoot-out with an Oklahoma sheriff’s posse after robbing a train in 1911. He was 31, and so estranged from whatever loved ones he had that his thoroughly embalmed and well-preserve corpse was used, sometimes knowingly, sometimes not, as a sideshow attraction, movie prop, wax museum exhibit and, finally, as a hanged man in a funhouse exhibition at The Pike amusement park in Long Beach, California.

It was only when a production crew for The Six Million Dollar Man was filming scenes for a carnival episode in 1976 that McCurdy’s humanity was rediscovered: A prop man broke the arm of the “mannequin,” exposing bone and muscle tissue.

This June, Jonathan Groff will have the rare chance to win Tony Awards in two consecutive years. If he repeats last year’s triumph for Merrily We Roll Along with one for this year’s Just In Time, he’ll join a very exclusive club of six Broadway greats: Laurie Metcalf, Judith Light, Stephen Spinella, Sandy Dennis, Gwen Verdon, and Shirley Booth.

For Groff, the two-in-a-row possibility, exciting enough, even has a hint more frisson: Just In Time, a biographical musical of Bobby Darin, marks a career first for the busy actor. “I’ve never been part of a project from its conception. Eight years ago this month, actually, Ted Chapin asked me to do a night of Bobby Darin music at the 92nd Street Y and I read this book called Dream Lovers: The Magnificent Shattered Lives of Bobby Darin and Sandra Dee, written by Dodd Darin, the son of Bobby and Sandy,...

As part of The Today Show's ongoing Broadway showcase, the cast of Dead Outlaw visited the morning show to perform a selection of songs from the musical. Before taking the stage to perform "Something From Nothing," the hosts spoke to Tony-nominated actor Andrew Durand, who plays the titular outlaw. "I love this character. He's such a great antihero. He's not a great guy but you want him to succeed because we all have that grain of humanity in us and you want that for him. He never quite gets it in life, and his afterlife turns out to be even bigger and more exciting than the time that he was alive." Watch the cast also perform the song "Normal" in another segment below. <div style="height:0;...

“It really feels like the most personal show to me,” reveals David Yazbek about his new musical Dead Outlaw. The composer has written music and lyrics for six Broadway productions and has earned Tony Award nominations for each one, winning for The Band’s Visit in 2018. Of his latest effort, Yazbek says, “The reason why the story of Elmer McCurdy has stuck with me for decades is because it works on a lot of different levels, and the deepest level for me has to do with mortality and desire.” Yazbek and many of the cast and creatives of Dead Outlaw recently sat down with Gold Derby and other journalists at the 2025 Tony Awards Meet the Nominees press event.

The darkly comic Dead Outlaw chronicles the life and truly bizarre afterlife of McCurdy, a man born in Maine who moves West and unsuccessfully tries his hand at a life of crime before...

Just in Time star Jonathan Groff in currently in second place in Gold Derby's Tony Awards predictions for Best Actor in a Musical, only behind fellow Glee alum Darren Criss for Maybe Happy Ending. The former triumphed for Merrily We Roll Along just last year, so if he prevails again, he'd be the first individual in history to win this category consecutively.

Prior to Groff, five men were Tony nominated for Best Actor in a Musical two years in a row, but didn't emerge victorious:

Gregory Hines in 1980 for Comin' Uptown and 1981 for Sophisticated Ladies George Hearn in 1983 for A Doll's Life and 1984 for La Cage aux Folles (the latter of which resulted in a win) Patrick Wilson in 2001 for The Full Monty and 2002 for Oklahoma! Michael Cerveris in 2006 for Sweeney Todd and 2007 for LoveMusik Brian d'Arcy James in 2023 for Into the Woods and 2024 for Days of Wine and Roses...

Dead Outlaw just released a first look at the 7-time Tony Award-nominated production featuring Tony Award nominees Andrew Durand, Jeb Brown, Julia Knitel and the full company including Eddie Cooper, Dashiell Eaves, Ken Marks, Trent Saunders, and Thom Sesma. Watch the vide0 here! With a book by Itamar Moses, music and lyrics from David Yazbek and Erik Della Penna, and direction by David Cromer, Dead Outlaw is nominated for 7 Tony Awards and is currently playing on Broadway at the Longacre Theatre. Dead Outlaw is the darkly hilarious and wildly inventive musical about the bizarre true story of outlaw-turned-corpse-turned-celebrity Elmer McCurdy. As Elmer’s body finds even more outlandish adventures in death than it could have ever hoped for in life, the show explores fame, failure,...

The Outer Critics Circle has announced the winners for the 2025 Outer Critics Circle Awards, honoring the 2024-2025 Broadway and Off-Broadway season. The big winners included Maybe Happy Ending, John Proctor is the Villain, Boop! The Musical, Stranger Things: The First Shadow, Drag: The Musical, Cats: The Jellicle Ball, and more. The complete list of winners is below. The awards ceremony will be held on Thursday, May 22, 2025 at Lincoln Center’s New York Public Library for the Performing Arts. Award presenters at the celebration will include Natalie Venetia Belcon (Buena Vista Social Club), Victoria Clark (Kimberly Akimbo), Andrew Durand (Dead Outlaw), Steve Guttenberg (It Takes Two), and Thom Sesma (Dead Outlaw). This year's ceremony also commemorates the 75th anniversary of the organization's founding, when the first-ever awards were presented to T.S. Elliot's The Cocktail Party (Play), Gian Carlo...

The Broadway production of Dead Outlaw has cancelled their upcoming appearance at the Library of Congress. Read the company's statement here. Regretfully, the Broadway production of Dead Outlaw has decided to cancel Monday’s planned appearance at the Library of Congress upon learning of the termination of Dr. Carla Hayden, the Librarian of Congress. Dr. Hayden has been a fierce advocate for preserving America’s cultural memory and a great champion of the Broadway community. Dead Outlaw is now playing on Broadway at the Longacre Theatre. The new musical features a book by Itamar Moses, music and lyrics from David Yazbek and Erik Della Penna, and is directed by David Cromer. The cast, reprising their roles from Off-Broadway, includes Andrew Durand as Elmer McCurdy,...

Matthew Gray Gubler took a trip to Broadway over the weekend to meet his doppelganger, Andrew Durand!

The Criminal Minds actor checked out a performance of the new musical Dead Outlaw and went backstage to meet Andrew after the show.

Fans have been talking about Matthew and Andrew‘s similar appearances for years and now we finally have photos of them standing next to each other!

Dead Outlaw just earned seven Tony Award nominations, including Best Musical and Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical for Andrew.

Dead Outlaw is the darkly hilarious and wildly inventive musical about the bizarre true story of outlaw-turned-corpse-turned-celebrity Elmer McCurdy. As Elmer’s body finds even more outlandish adventures in death than it could have ever hoped for in life, the show explores fame, failure, and the meaning – or, utter meaninglessness – of legacy. Dying is no reason to stop living life to its fullest.

Dead Outlaw held a Tony Award Nomination Celebration pre-show yesterday evening after their 7 nominations! See photos here! Nominations include Best Musical, Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre – Erik Della Penna and David Yazbek, Best Book of a Musical – Itamar Moses, Best Direction of a Musical – David Cromer, Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical – Andrew Durand, Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical – Julia Knitel, and Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical – Jeb Brown. Dead Outlaw is the darkly hilarious and wildly inventive musical about the bizarre true story of outlaw-turned-corpse-turned-celebrity Elmer McCurdy. As Elmer’s body finds even more outlandish...

Cynthia Erivo hosts the 2025 Tony Awards (Photo Credit: CBS)

Buena Vista Social Club, Death Becomes Her, and Maybe Happy Ending lead the 2025 Tony Awards nominees, scoring 10 nominations each. Dead Outlaw, John Proctor is the Villain, Sunset Blvd, and The Hills of California earned seven nominations, followed by Floyd Collins, Just in Time, Purpose, and The Picture of Dorian Gray with six.

Among the stars earning Tony Award nominations are George Clooney, Mia Farrow, Jonathan Groff, Darren Criss, Bob Odenkirk, Sadie Sink, and Sarah Snook. And with her nomination for Gypsy, Audra McDonald is now the most Tony-nominated performer in Broadway history.

“I’m so grateful, and that’s overwhelming to think about. I’m so lucky. The one thing I always wanted to do growing up, one thing that gave me joy and kind of gave me purpose and made me feel most like myself was to perform theater,” said...

The 2025 Tony Awards nominations were announced on Thursday, May 1 by past Tony winners Sarah Paulson and Wendell Pierce. Throughout the morning, various contenders from the acting, producing, directing, writing, and choreography categories have been reaching out to Gold Derby to celebrate their nominations. Scroll through our gallery below to see their Tony Awards reactions.

Buena Vista Social Club, Death Becomes Her, and Maybe Happy Ending topped the Tonys noms with 10 bids each. Close behind with seven apiece were Dead Outlaw, John Proctor Is the Villain, Sunset Boulevard, and The Hills of California.

Some of the acting nominees who sent out reactions include Natalie Venetia Belcon (Buena Vista Social Club), Kimberly Belflower (John Proctor Is the Villain), Jeb Brown (Dead Outlaw), George Clooney (Good Night and Good Luck), Glenn Davis (Purpose), Andrew Durand (Dead Outlaw), Gabriel Ebert (John Proctor Is the Villain), Cole Escola, Mia Farrow (The Roommate), Tom Francis (Sunset Boulevard...

Buena Vista Social Club, Death Becomes Her, and Maybe Happy Ending topped Thursday's Tony Awards nominations with 10 bids each.

Close behind with seven apiece are Dead Outlaw, John Proctor Is the Villain, Sunset Boulevard, and The Hills of California.

Buena Vista Social Club, Dead Outlaw, Death Becomes Her, Maybe Happy Ending, and Operation Mincemeat: A New Musical are up for Best Musical.

English,The Hills of California, John Proctor Is the Villain, Oh, Mary!, and Purpose are the Best Play nominees.

Among the acting nominees are George Clooney, Sadie Sink, Sarah Snook, and Nicole Scherzinger.

Clooney was nominated for Best Actor in a Play for Good Night, and Good Luck, his Broadway debut. Notable snubs in the category were Othello stars Jake Gyllenhaal and Denzel Washington.

See Final 2025 Tony eligibility rulings: Jinkx Monsoon, Jeb Brown, and Bernadette Peters will compete as featured players

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Musicals Buena Vista Social Club, Death Becomes Her and Maybe Happy Ending lead the 2025 Tony nominations with 10 nods each.

All are nominated for best musical, a category that also includes Dead Outlaw and Operation Mincemeat: A New Musical.

A number of starry names received their first Tony nomination, including George Clooney, for his role in Good Night and Good Luck; Nicole Scherzinger, for her role in Sunset Blvd.; Sarah Snook, for her role in The Picture of Dorian Gray; Bob Odenkirk, for his role in Glengarry Glen Ross; and Mia Farrow, for her role in The Roommate. Othello, one of the most expensive productions on Broadway, led by Denzel Washington and Jake Gyllenhaal, was notably shut out of the nominations.

Audra McDonald received her 11th Tony Award nomination for her role as Rose in Gypsy on Broadway, becoming the most Tony-nominated performer in history. She had previously held the record...

The nominations for the 2025 Tony Awards are finally here!

Each year, the Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Broadway Theatre (aka the Tonys), celebrates the best on Broadway for the past season. There’s some big names on Broadway this year, so you’ll likely recognize a lot of these names, even if you haven’t been able to catch some of there performances!

Musicals Buena Vista Social Club, Death Becomes Her and Maybe Happy Ending got the most nominations this year with 10 each.

The show is set to take place on Sunday (June 8) with Wicked star Cynthia Erivo hosting. Ariana DeBose hosted for the past three years, but gave up duties this year. The show will air on CBS. Just Jared will be live updating throughout the entire event, so stick with us that night!

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Nominations for the 78th Tony Awards have been revealed — and several of your favorite TV stars are up for Broadway’s top honors.

Veterans among Thursday’s nominees include Glee grads Darren Criss and Jonathan Groff, Smash alumni Megan Hilty and Jeremy Jordan, Succession‘s Sarah Snook and Stranger Things’ Sadie Sink. Other faces from the small screen include Bob Odenkirk (Better Call Saul), Cole Escola (Difficult People), Daniel Dae Kim (Hawaii Five-0), Justina Machado (One Day at a Time) and Audra McDonald (The Good Fight), whose nod for the Gypsy revival was her 11th Tony nomination — the most for any Broadway performer.

The new musical Dead Outlaw is now open on Broadway and the show’s stars Andrew Durand and Julia Knitel led the star-studded red carpet.

The actors, who are both getting Tony nomination buzz, stepped out for the opening night celebration on Sunday (April 27) at the Longacre Theatre in New York City.

Other cast members in attendance included Jeb Brown, Eddie Cooper, Dashiell Eaves, Ken Marks, Trent Saunders, and Thom Sesma.

VIPs on the red carpet for the opening night included Ben Platt and Noah Galvin, Ariana DeBose, Neil Patrick Harris and husband David Burtka, Jim Parsons and husband Todd Spiewak, and former Company co-star Patti LuPone and Katrina Lenk.

Dead Outlaw is the “darkly hilarious and wildly inventive musical about the bizarre true story of outlaw-turned-corpse-turned-celebrity Elmer McCurdy. As Elmer’s body finds even more outlandish adventures in death than it could have ever hoped for in life, the show explores fame,...

Forty-two productions are eligible for Tony Award nominations this year – the announcements come Thursday morning – making many of the categories very, very competitive. Will the movie and TV stars take over the awards just as they’ve done at the box office? Is there room in the major categories for the high-tech items like Stranger Things: The First Shadow and The Picture Of Dorian Gray? And can anything stop Cole Escola and Oh, Mary! I wouldn’t bet on it.

The nominations for The 78th Annual Tony Awards will be announced Thursday, May 1, live from Sofitel New York on the Tony Awards official YouTube page at 9 a.m. Et. A selection of categories will be revealed live on CBS Mornings at 8:30 a.m. Et. A complete list of nominees will be available at TonyAwards.com immediately following the announcement.

The Tony Awards themselves are set for Sunday, June 8, airing...

A new musical and two original plays will lead the 2025 Tony Awards nominations, according to Gold Derby's official odds in 17 categories ahead of Thursday's announcement.

Death Becomes Her, a stage adaptation of the 1992 cult classic comedy film, will have the biggest tally of all shows with eight. It's expected haul follows its 12 nominations at the Outer Critics Circle last week, where it similarly bested all other shows. Two original musicals, Dead Outlaw and Maybe Happy Ending, will tie at six nominations apiece. Gypsy and Sunset Boulevard, which are our leading contenders for the Best Musical Revival prize, and British import Operation Mincemeat will also likely score well with nominators with five bids each.

Cole Escola's historical romp Oh, Mary! and Branden Jacobs-Jenkins' fiery family drama Purpose will lead all plays and play revivals with five nominations each. This is Escola's Broadway debut as playwright and performer, while Jacobs-Jenkins...

The 2024-25 Broadway season, which kicked off last June with a revival of the play Home and concluded with the openings of musicals Dead Outlaw and Real Women Have Curves this past Sunday, featured 42 musicals, plays, and revivals. With six more productions than last season, Tony nominators will have no shortage of works to consider when they meet to vote, which will no doubt make predictions even more challenging than usual.

Before the Tony nominations are announced on Thursday, review our official odds below, which are derived from predictions by our experts, editors, and users, in 17 of the 26 categories. Agree or disagree with these odds? There's still time to make your predictions at Gold Derby.

Musicals

Best Musical

1. Maybe Happy Ending – 7/4

2. Dead Outlaw – 4/1

3. Death Becomes Her – 6/1

4. Operation Mincemeat – 13/2

5. Buena Vista Social Club – 9/1

Best Musical Revival

1. Gypsy – 2/1

2. Sunset Boulevard – 9/4

3. Floyd Collins – 9/2

4. Pirates! The Penzance Musical – 13/2

Best Actress (Musical)

1. Audra McDonald, Gypsy – 41/20

2. Nicole Scherzinger,...

The Tony Awards Administration Committee met for the fourth and final time this season to determine the eligibility status of 12 Broadway productions ahead of the 2025 Tony Awards nominations on Thursday. In addition to confirming the status of several writers, some hotly competitive performers are swapping acting categories.

The productions discussed today were: Good Night, and Good Luck; Boop! The Musical; The Last Five Years; Stephen Sondheim’s Old Friends; Smash; John Proctor Is a Villain; Floyd Collins; Stranger Things: The First Shadow; Pirates! The Penzance Musical; Just in Time; Real Women Have Curves: The Musical; and Dead Outlaw.

The committee made the following determinations on all requests eligible for consideration:

Heather Gilbert (lighting design) and David Bengali (projection design) will be considered jointly eligible in the Best Lighting Design of a Play category for their work on Good Night, and Good Luck.

Jasmine Amy Rogers will be considered eligible in the...

“I became completely obsessed with this show as soon as I read the script,” shares Julia Knitel about the new Broadway musical Dead Outlaw. The show centers on the shocking, unbelievably true story of Elmer McCurdy, an amateur robber shot down by a sheriff’s posse in the early 1900s whose mummified corpse floated around under many guises for 60 years.

The performer starred in the off-Broadway production last year at Minetta Lane and felt “so intimidated” at the time at the prospect of working with the “team of geniuses” who turned the folk figure into the main character of a musical, including Tony Award winners David Cromer, Itamar Moses, and David Yazbek. Now that the musical is settling into performances at the Longacre Theatre, the actress feels “more at home” in the piece and with the company and calls the chance to return to it “dreamy.” Knitel recently sat down...

Broadway’s 2024-25 season got off to a rather fine start, from the wildly popular and hysterically funny Oh, Mary! to the fabulous splash of Death Becomes Her and the wonderful left-field sleeper Maybe Happy Ending, and wrapped up with some equally excellent season closers like Just In Time and Dead Outlaw.

This compendium of Deadline’s Broadway reviews takes a look at all of them. Use it as a guide for your theater-going, or a sneak peek at what this year’s Tony Awards might have in store on Sunday, June 8.

Real Women Have Curves: The Musical

Opening Night: April 27

Venue: Broadway’s James Earl Jones Theatre

Direction & Choreography By: Sergio Trujillo

Book: Lisa Loomer with Nell Benjamin, based on the play by Josefina López and the HBO screenplay by Josefina López and George Lavoo

Music & Lyrics By: Joy Huerta and Benjamin Velez

Cast: Tatianna Córdoba, Justina Machado,...