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The Justin Baldoni-Blake Lively drama is not slowing down, and as weeks roll by, more revelations and shocking updates make their rounds on social media, just like Scarlett Johansson’s alleged part in the duo’s controversy. Did you know that the Marvel actress worked with Baldoni?

Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni in It Ends With Us / Credits: Sony Pictures

Before the release of It Ends With Us, the film Lively and Baldoni starred in, the filmmaker’s production company was said to be financing Johansson’s directorial debut, Eleanor the Great. This was announced just a few weeks after Baldoni and Lively’s controversial meeting.

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The tension between former costars Justin Baldoni and Blake Lively gets more intense following the hefty lawsuits that shook both parties. The Gossip Girl star accused the director of s*xual harassment and a smear campaign,...

It's hard to imagine anyone else sitting on that iconic Central Perk sofa other than the "Friends" we ended up with (leading to one of the best sitcoms of all-time). But had different choices been made, the crucial character of Rachel Green, played by Jennifer Aniston, could've looked like Ross' (David Schwimmer) first ex-wife of the show, Carol, played by Jane Sibbett.

During an appearance on the Australian morning show Sunrise, Sibbett was asked if she almost came close to landing the role of rachel. "Almost. It's a bit of an embellishment," she said. "It's actually that I had left the room auditioning for Rachel, and I got the phone call from my manager saying, 'They love you, they want you, they want you. You've got to come back next week, but they want you.'"

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Eureka Day, Jonathan Spector’s critically acclaimed comedy about a private school in California grappling with its vaccine policy, has extended its Broadway run for the second time.

Extended by two weeks, the Manhattan Theatre Club production will now run through February 16 at Mtc’s Samuel J. Friedman Theatre. Eureka Day opened to overwhelmingly positive reviews on December 16.

Directed by Anna D. Shapiro, the production stars Amber Gray, Jessica Hecht, Bill Irwin, Thomas Middleditch and Chelsea Yakura-Kurtz. Eboni Flowers will take over for Gray starting Saturday, February 1.

Eureka Day is presented by special arrangement with Sonia Friedman Productions, Wagner Johnson Productions, and Seaview Productions.

Happy New Year! As the Deadline team gears up for another busy and discovery-filled 12 months on the global film festival circuit, here is our annual (non-exhaustive) list of U.S. and international movies we expect to see on the way. While we scored better than an 80% strike rate for 2024, this year’s list features a few returnees we still hope to see at a festival soon. As in our previous prediction lists, we’ve focused on titles that have already started filming or are in post-production and which haven’t yet been announced for a festival.

A few notes on some big and exciting projects not listed below. Apple’s Brad Pitt Formula One pic F1 has a June release date leading to some question marks over a potential Cannes pit stop, but we get the impression a Croisette launch is unlikely for this one. Meanwhile, A24 and Timothée Chalamet...

Ever since her movie Thelma premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in January, June Squibb has gotten a kick out of the response that’s been repeated over and over again this year.

“People have really made a big deal about the fact that it was my first leading role,” says the veteran actress, who turned 95 in November, of Josh Margolin’s senior citizen dramedy. “Everybody has laughingly said it over and over. People are impressed with that, and as much as anything else, they’re impressed by the fact that I’m still going.”

Still going is one way to put it. Squibb has been churning out the work in 2024 with roles in Don’t Tell Mom the Babysitter’s Dead, Velma, Inside Out 2, American Horror Stories and Lost & Found in Cleveland. There’s more to come in the new year.

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Eureka Day, the needle-sharp Manhattan Theatre Club comedy by Jonathan Spector that opened to rave reviews this week, has been extended two weeks at Broadway’s Samuel J. Friedman Theatre and will now run through February 2, 2025.

Directed by Tony Award winner Anna D. Shapiro (Broadway: August: Osage County) and featuring a terrific cast of Amber Gray, Jessica Hecht, Bill Irwin, Thomas Middleditch and Chelsea Yakura-Kurtz, Eureka Day opened on December 16 to ecstatic reviews, and box office business seems to be picking up: According to the most recent Broadway League statistics, Eureka Day filled about 85% of seats the Friedman last week, up by 10% from the preview weeks.

The extension was announced by Mtc’s Lynne Meadow, Artistic Director and Chris Jennings, Executive Director.

The official synopsis: “Eureka Day is a private California elementary school with a Board of Directors that values inclusion above all else—that is until an outbreak of...

Quick, think of something really humorous about vaccinations. No? Me neither, but playwright Jonathan Spector has done us all a favor and molded one of the most divisive, inane, grotesque and newly, resurgent issues of the day and polished it into a shiny, insightful and damn funny little gem so that all of us can ogle and ponder and reconsider just how in the name of Jonas Salk did we get here.

Spector’s play is called Eureka Day, opening tonight and immediately becoming one of the best productions Broadway has offered this season – and that’s really saying something, what with terrific Fall arrivals as Oh, Mary!, Death Becomes Her, Maybe Happy Ending and The Hills Of California.

Indeed, the 2024-25 Broadway season so far has been stuffed with great comedies, much more so that dramas, and Eureka Day holds its own with most of them.

Not that all of Eureka Day is comedy – there’s plenty of drama here too, and genuinely insightful thoughts on the dreadful ways we speak to and treat one another these troubled days – but during the stretches where pious disagreements dissolve into the verbal equivalent of hair-pulling, well, belly laughs are on the way – and damned but you never actually see the characters delivering those lines, hiding behind the shield of their laptop keyboards as they are.

But I’m getting ahead of myself. Some set-up:

Eureka Day is a very fine Manhattan Theatre Club production opening on Broadway tonight at Samuel J. Friedman Theatre. The title refers to a very fictional Eureka Day School, a private grade school set squarely at the Ground Zero of the Bay Area progressivism dismissed by some quarters as politically correct.

The cast of Broadway’s ‘Eureka Day’

Says one parental newcomer to the school, “You can always spot a Eureka Day kid because at soccer games they’re the ones who cheer when the other team scores.”

Spector himself might forgive even us Broadway-goers for smirking, at least initially, at the abundant snowflakery in evidence at a first-of-the-2018-19 school year meeting of the brainy school’s board of directors, a five-member group that begins the meeting – and the play – with an excruciatingly angels-on-the-heads-of-pins debate prompted by a proposed addition to a drop-down menu on the school’s website. The fact that this very adult group meets in a warmly nostalgic grade school library flawlessly designed by Todd Rosenthal only adds to the absurdity.

Spector, his simpatico director Anna D. Shapiro and a flawless cast of five are too smart to promise real peace of mind from any of these divisive, squabbling, confused-by-information yet staunch in their opinions Americans. Eureka Day is too honest to coddle.

And what, we can’t help thinking, would these characters do if a true crisis were ever come to Eureka Day.

We don’t have long to wait. The surface gentility and kid glove debating, however needling, peels away like so much dried-out Elmer’s art paste when Don, the good-hearted head of the school who never encountered a debate he couldn’t both-sides his way to exasperation, presents the board with a board of health letter he’s just received: Cases of mumps have been reported at Eureka Day, no doubt due to the lax vax standards the everything-to-everyone school has long embraced.

Jessica Hecht, Amber Gray

Reactions among the school leaders are, of course, varied and diverse, but not in ways you might expect.

In addition to sweet, weak Don, there’s Suzanne, a middle-age longtime Berkeley resident, most likely rich but outwardly maintaining the vaguely hippiesh appearance and demeanor of her younger self. Mistake her for a Joni-and-granola pushover at your own risk: She’s quick-thinking, strong-willed and, when it comes to the safety of her children, tenacious as a bear.

Eli is a mid-30s stay-at-home dad who dresses like a college student (the character-illuminating costume design by Clint Ramos is thread-perfect). Eli dotes on his (offstage) little fully-vaxed boy Tobias and remains quiet and humble about the fortune he made in San Francisco’s tech boom. As another character snipes, of course he stays at home.

Meiko (Chelsea Yakura-Kurtz), the same age as Eli, is the single mother of little Olivia. Biracial Japanese/White (she calls herself Hapa), Meiko is, initially, the least opinionated of the group, perhaps even bored (she knits throughout meetings). But, again, watch out for first impressions.

Into this well-oiled, studied, precious little collection comes Carina (the magnificent Amber Gray of Hadestown). She and her little boy are newcomers to the school, and Carina fills a floating board seat left open each year to accommodate just such a fresh-perspective newbie. Two other things to know about Carina: She’s Black and her son was previously enrolled in (gasp) public school. The presumptions about Carina can barely be contained in one library.

Some rather abstract talk about vaccinations, all very polite, takes a turn when Meiko, arriving late for the meeting, says, with little concern, that her daughter wasn’t feeling well. “Her face is all swollen. I think maybe she’s allergic to gluten?”

So far, it’s all been polite and funny social commentary, but Eureka Day is about to go for the comedic jugular. The board decides to open up the vaccine debate to the school community at large, with the board in the library and the rest of the community’s parents joining in on livestream, their comments typed and unspooling on a laptop for the board (and large overhead projections for us).

While the online conversationalists starts off ok, if prone to off-topic rambling, they soon become laptop warriors:

Arnold Filmore: “Just answer honestly: would you rather have measles or autism?”

Orson Mankel: “Just answer honestly: were you dropped on your head as a child?“

As the discussion deteriorates into the inevitable Nazi references and foul language, the audience is torn between belly laughs and the looks of absolute horror on the faces of the genteel board members.

Eureka Day has more in store for us than laughs, though, and the second half of the play, while occasionally funny, becomes absolutely intriguing and even heart-tugging as characters we think we have pegged reveal depths we hadn’t expected. As the peacemaking Don is wont to say, there are no villains here. Try as we might to point fingers at a few, it becomes increasingly hard to do so given how compassionately the playwright has written these strugglers-through-life.

Make no mistake, though: Eureka Day ultimately displays compassion for its characters, but not for the misguided, horse-blinder opinions some express. It’s unlikely Rfk Jr. will be waiting in the ticket line anytime soon, but even the characters who might cheer his rise five years down the line are afforded some grace. Of course, they don’t know what we know.

Title: Eureka Day

Venue: Broadway’s Samuel J. Friedman Theatre

Written By: Jonathan Spector

Directed By: Anna D. Shapiro

Cast: Bill Irwin, Thomas Middleditch, Amber Gray, Jessica Hecht, Chelsea Yakura-Kurtz and Eboni Flowers

Running Time: 1 hr 40 min (no intermission)...

Sons of Anarchy features many characters who are both fan favorites but also irredeemable. Set in a world of crime and chaos, bad situations lead to even worse choices. Before anyone realizes, things are too far gone to be saved.

Shows with no redeemable characters have their own charm. They tend to tackle dark and forbidden topics like revenge, cannibalism and war. Many shows have irredeemable characters like Jax. They may have done one really bad thing, or they have done several over the course of the entire series. From House of the Dragon to Yellowjackets to Breaking Bad, these pitch-black and morally grey characters have caused fans to think about the damning choices they made.

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The popularity of ‘The Boys’ as a comic book series has surged, primarily driven by its widely acclaimed TV adaptation. Concurrently, Marvel stands as one of the world’s largest comic book publishers, even though ‘The Boys’ parodies some of its elements.

While their plots and characters differ significantly (beyond some parodic references to Marvel characters), there are individuals who bridge both worlds through their involvement in live-action adaptations of ‘The Boys’ and Marvel’s extensive comic book adaptations.

These are the actors and actresses who have featured in both ‘The Boys’ and Marvel’s live-action and animated adaptations. In this article, discover who they are and the roles they portrayed.

1. Karl Urban

Karl Urban, known for his role as Billy Butcher in ‘The Boys,’ is a central character in the series. Marvel fans may also recognize him as Skurge the Executioner from ‘Thor: Ragnarok.’

2. Erin Moriarty

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We know that The Boys is one of the most popular comic book series of all time, which is mostly due to the TV series being exceptionally popular; this, of course, increased the popularity of the comic book as well. At the same time, Marvel is one of the two biggest comic book publishers in the world, and The Boys is, in part, satirizing their work as well.

While these two have very little in common in terms of their plots and characters (aside from the fact that some of The Boys characters are parodies of Marvel’s characters), there are several people that connect the live-action adaptation of The Boys, as well as the live-action and animated adaptation of Marvel’s comic books.

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Zoë Chao of Peacock’s sci-fi rom-com If You Were the Last and Hadestown‘s Amber Gray will be among the cast of Manhattan Theatre Club’s Broadway staging of Jonathan Spector’s new comedy Eureka Day in December, producers have announced.

In addition to Chao and Gray, the full cast of Eureka Day will include Jessica Hecht, Bill Irwin (Tony Award winner for Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?) and Thomas Middleditch.

The all-new production follows an acclaimed London run.

True crime is getting more and more entertaining by the day and I don’t if that’s a good thing or a bad one. We have another brilliant true crime drama series, Under the Bridge, created by Quinn Shephard. Based on a 2005 book of the same name by Rebecca Godfrey, the Hulu series is set in 1997 and it follows the murder case of a 14-year-old girl which we see through the eyes of local police officer Cam Bentland and the author Godfrey. Under the Bridge stars Lily Gladstone and Riley Keough in the lead roles with Virtika Gupta, Chloe Guidry, Javon “Wanna” Walton, and Izzy G starring in supporting roles. So, if you love the thrilling and dreadful story of Under the Bridge, here are some other shows that have similar tone and story elements that you should check out next.

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In addition to the onstage cast, the performance will include excerpts from the audio recording of the play, which is set to be released in fall 2024 and features Norbert Leo Butz, Kristine Nielsen, John Magaro, Michael Potts, David Rysdahl, Frank Wood and Katie Erbe, as well as songs by Tom Waits and an original score by Tamar-kali.

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Marvel vet Scarlett Johansson is officially making her feature directorial debut in the upcoming drama film titled, Eleanor the Great.

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Chiwetel Ejiofor, June Squibb and Jessica Hecht will star in Scarlett Johansson’s directorial debut.The 39-year-old actress is set to direct ‘Eleanor the Great’, which was previously known as 'Eleanor, Invisible', a movie about a 90-year-old woman trying to rebuild her life after the death of her best friend, Variety reports.TriStar Pictures and Sony Pictures Classics are partnering for the first time on the movie, which has a screenplay written by Tory Kamen.Scarlett is also producing the film along with Jonathan Lia, and Keenan Flynn for These Pictures, Kara Durrett and Jessamine Burgum for Pinky Promise, and Celine Rattray and Trudie Styler of Maven Screen Media.94-Year-Old actress Squibb - who was Oscar nominated for Best Supporting Actress in Alexander Payne’s 'Nebraska' in 2013 - recently spoke about the movie.She told Deadline: "I’m actually going to be shooting a film in New York in a few months.

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Scarlett Johansson is assembling the cast of her directorial debut, “Eleanor the Great.”

June Squibb, the Oscar-nominated actor of “Nebraska” will be joined by Chiwetel Ejiofor, Broadway veteran Jessica Hecht and Erin Kellyman.

The movie, formerly titled “Eleanor, Invisible,” follows Eleanor Morgenstein (Squibb), a 90-year-old woman trying to rebuild her life after the death of her best friend. As a result, she moves back to New York City after living in Florida for decades. Tory Kamen wrote the screenplay.

TriStar Pictures and Sony Pictures Classics, partnering for the first time, will release “Eleanor the Great” in theaters on a yet-to-be-determined date.

Johansson is producing the film with Jonathan Lia, and Keenan Flynn for These Pictures, Kara Durrett and Jessamine Burgum for Pinky Promise, and Celine Rattray and Trudie Styler of Maven Screen Media.

Wayfarer Studios co-financed “Eleanor the Great” with Content Engineers, Pinky Promise and MacPac. Steve Sarowitz, Justin Baldoni,...

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From Danny Trejo to Jessica Jones' star Krysten Ritter, many actors have appeared in Breaking Bad. Some had smaller roles, while others played recurring characters who appeared in a handful of episodes. And in some cases, these actors went on to become bigger stars after their time on Breaking Bad.

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From recurrent characters like Gunther or characters that only appeared in a couple of episodes, like Rachel's sister Amy, the side characters in Friends added humor and reliability to an amazing show, and the series would definitely not be half as funny without them.

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“Through their stewardship of Manhattan Theatre Club, Lynne Meadow and Barry Grove have left an indelible mark on the theatrical landscape for decades to come,” said Joe Harrell, executive producer of All Arts, a Wnet group streaming platform and broadcast channel based in New York. “Their story champions the vital role of nonprofit theaters in allowing artists to take risks, explore innovative ideas and challenge conventions.”

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On Sunday night, Broadway honored the best live theater of the year at the 76th annual Tony Awards.

At a time of the ongoing Writers Guild of America (WGA) strike, it was a possibility that the ceremony would not happen this year, but the WGA and the Tony Awards’ organizers reached an agreement where the show would not be picketed and the writers would not work on the telecast. The previous time this occurred was in 1988 when Phantom of the Opera and Into the Woods competed for Best Musical.

The Tonys was the first major ceremony to take place amid the current writers’ strike. While other awards shows need a host and numerous presenters to say written remarks about the competitors and provide good ratings, the Tonys already have a built-in fan base that only requires around a dozen performances and winners’ speeches to succeed.

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The 2023 Tony Awards just honored a fresh group of incredible talents. Trophies were handed out at the United Palace Theater in NYC on June 11. This year's big winners include "Killing Eve" star Jodie Comer for her role in "Prima Facie," the play "Leopoldstadt," and the musical "Kimberly Akimbo."

"Shucked" star Alex Newell and "Some Like It Hot" star J. Harrison Ghee also made history as they became the award show's first openly nonbinary acting winners. The Tony Awards do not have gender-neutral acting categories. Newell, an alum of "The Glee Project," took home the award for featured actor in a musical. Ghee also won in their category, best actor in a musical.

The annual theater award ceremony was hosted by Oscar winner Ariana DeBose, who is emceeing without a script amid the 2023 writers strike.

Ahead, these are the 2023 Tony winners.

Best Musical

"& Juliet"

Winner: "Kimberly Akimbo"

"New York, New York...

Jodie Comer now has a Tony to add to her award shelf.

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On Sunday evening, the 2023 Tony Awards will recognize the best of Broadway during the 76th annual celebration hosted by Ariana DeBose. The ceremony, which unfolded a bit differently this year after the Writers Guild of America (WGA) went on strike with studios over fair compensation, revealed the winners of 26 categories while still providing a showcase for many of the top nominees with live musical performances.

Leading up to the big night, a total of 27 new productions were nominated, with the musical adaptation of Some Like It Hot coming out on top with a total of 13. The other top musicals were & Juliet, New York New York and Shucked with nine each and Kimberly Akimbo with eight. The most nominated revived musical, meanwhile, was Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, which also garnered eight nods.

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On Sunday, Broadway stepped out for its biggest night as the Tony Awards celebrated the year’s best talent live from the United Palace in New York City. The ceremony was hosted by stage star-turned-Oscar winner Ariana DeBose in a three-hour ceremony that aired at 8/7c on CBS and streamed on Paramount+.

Going into the 76th annual awards, Some Like It Hot led the pack of musicals with a whopping 13 nominations, including one for Best New Musical. But Kimberly Akimbo ultimately won the top prize, in addition to other top honors for both its lead and supporting actress. As far as plays go,...

The biggest names in the theatre will converge on the United Palace in Washington Heights, New York for the 76th Annual Tony Awards on Sunday, June 11. As it has for nearly half a century, the ceremony will be broadcast on CBS beginning at 8 p.m. Et. Oscar winner and Tony nominee Ariana DeBose will return for her second straight year as host. This year, “& Juliet,” “Kimberly Akimbo,” “New York, New York,” “Shucked,” and “Some Like It Hot” are battling it out for the night’s biggest prize, Best Musical. You can watch CBS with a 5-Day Free Trial of Directv Stream. You can also watch with Hulu Live TV, Fubo, Paramount Plus, or YouTube TV.

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After an extraordinary season boasting 38 productions of musicals, plays, and revivals, Broadway will toast its nominees and crown new winners at the upcoming 76th annual Tony Awards. If predicting the winners seems overwhelming with so many terrific contenders to choose between, check out our racetrack odds below for all 26 categories.

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On June 11, the Tonys begin with the first round of awards during a special called “Act One,” hosted by Julianna Hough and Skylar Astin, which airs at 6:30pm Et on Pluto TV...

There’s a shadow hanging over the 2023 Tony Awards, and we don’t just mean the WGA strike, which nearly derailed Broadway’s biggest night. In a Broadway season boasting three nonbinary actors in major musical roles, the Tonys continue to require performers to submit themselves in either of the gendered actor and actress categories.

Both Some Like It Hot’s J. Harrison Ghee and Shucked’s Alex Newell are frontrunners in the categories they selected, while Justin David Sullivan, who would have been eligible in one of the featured performer categories for & Juliet, removed themselves from consideration early in the season. This year, the Outer Critics Circle and Drama Desk Awards, which recognize both Broadway and Off Broadway productions, shed their gendered performance categories, allowing recent wins at both ceremonies for Ghee and Newell in all-gender fields.

If Ghee and Newell repeat those victories at the Tonys, it’ll...

Despite the ongoing Hollywood writers’ strike, Broadway’s most important show must go on. Here’s everything you need to know for streaming the 76th annual Tony Awards on Sunday, June 11.

This year’s ceremony will be hosted by Broadway star-turned-Oscar winner Ariana DeBose at the United Palace in New York and air live at 8/7c on CBS. (A first batch of awards will be handed out from 6:30 to 8 pm on Pluto TV). The Tonys will also be available to stream live on Paramount+, for those who subscribe to the Premium plan.

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According to our current combined predictions, Jodie Comer (“Prima Facie”) is the frontrunner to win Best Actress in a Play at this year’s Tony Awards with 12/5 odds. She already won an Olivier a couple of months ago for her work in the West End production. She would be the fifth Tony winner in this category for a one-woman performance.

In Suzie Miller‘s one-woman show, Comer plays Tessa, a barrister from working-class origins who must deal with an unexpected event that forces her to confront the patriarchal power and morality of the law.

When it comes to solo performances at the Tonys, four have prevailed in this category before. In 1977 Julie Harris won her fifth and final competitive accolade for her portrayal of Emily Dickinson in William Luce‘s “The Belle of Amherst.” In 1986 Lily Tomlin won for playing multiple characters in Jane Wagner‘s “The Search for Signs...

by Nathaniel R

It begins with a gesture. Twinned gestures, really, though they’re not identical. Laura Linney and Jessica Hecht enter from stage right and stage left, respectively and face the audience. Linney’s hand sweeps away from her body presentationally to the audience, It’s a fun and curious movement as if to say ‘here you are and here we are’ at once. There’s a sharp edge to it, though. Is it mocking and, if so, who is the target? Hecht soon makes a similar gesture, though the body language is sloppier with a ‘whatever’ nonchalance. And we’re off.

The two actresses begin to recount the story of how two very dissimilar mothers, Diana (Linney) and Alice (Hecht) met and how they improbably became close friends…...

Perhaps last week’s Tony Award nominations started paying off at the box office quicker than expected, at least for a few productions: Figures for last week, while down overall, indicate a nice bump upwards for Some Like It Hot, Shucked, Summer, 1976 and Good Night, Oscar.

Some Like It Hot, the musical adaptation of the 1959 film classic that scored 13 nominations on May 2 (the most of any production) saw a box office jump of $115,448 to $876,193, while Shucked, with nine nominations, was up $69,529 to a best-ever $620,075.

Good Night, Oscar, with three nominations including one for star Sean Hayes, was up by $62,130 to $702,454, while Summer, 1976, with a single nomination (for co-star Jessica Hecht), was up $76,906 to $451,360.

New musical New York, New York, with nine nominations, was up $75,728, breaking the $1M mark at $1,019,121.

Still, last week’s nominations could only go so far in boosting business, at least initially: None of the aforementioned productions hit the 90% capacity mark,...

by Matt St Clair

When looking at the recently announced Tony nominations, you might have noticed that the Best Actress in a Play lineup has only four nominees. That's because there were fewer than nine leading actresses from the 23 eligible plays during the 2022-23 Broadway season. Due to Tony rules and regulations, only four women were able to nab a spot. As a refresher, those four women are Jessica Chastain for A Doll’s House, Jodie Comer for Prima Facie, Jessica Hecht for Summer, 1976, and Audra McDonald for Ohio State Murders. Given that Hecht and McDonald are the only nominees for their respective plays, the potential winner is surely a contest between Jessica Chastain and Jodie Comer...

The Broadway box office report won’t register the impact of this morning’s Tony Award nominations for a week or two, but today’s news certainly comes as welcome and promising signs for Shucked, Kimberly Akimbo, Fat Ham and other well-reviewed productions doing their best to compete against blockbusters like Sweeney Todd and Parade.

Shucked in particular stands to benefit: The comedy opened on Broadway a month ago with no brand recognition, no big-name stars and virtually no advance word beyond the ubiquitous, pun-filled subway posters that raised more questions than they answered.

The musical surprised more than a few Broadway-watchers with strong reviews and, today, nine Tony Award nominations including Best Musical. At the box office, Shucked has been doing okay business, grossing $550,546 last week with 87% of seats at the Nederlander filled, but average ticket prices still at a modest $67.52.

Kimberly Akimbo, which opened to excellent reviews last fall,...

Lea Michele and Myles Frost hosted ‘The 76th Annual Tony Award Nominations (Photo by Jenny Anderson / Getty Images for Tony Awards Productions)

Funny Girl‘s Lea Michele and Tony Award winner Myles Frost had the honor of announcing The 76th Annual Tony Awards. Some Like It Hot earned the most nominations with 13, including Best Musical, Best Direction of a Musical, and two in the Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical category.

Shucked, & Juliet, and New York, New York picked up nine nominations each. Kimberly Akimbo and Sweeney Todd earned eight, followed by Ain’t No Mo’, A Doll’s House, Into the Woods, Parade, and Leopoldstadt with six.

Oscar winner Ariana DeBose (West Side Story) returns to host the live Tony Awards show airing on June 11, 2023 at 5pm Pt / 8pm Et. This year’s ceremony will be broadcast on CBS and will stream live on Paramount+.

Some of the biggest names of Broadway (and Hollywood) won’t be receiving those phone calls of congratulations today as this morning’s Tony Awards nominations included more than a few surprising — or, in some cases, not surprising — omissions.

Aaron Sorkin, whose rewritten book for the classic musical Camelot was not beloved by critics, didn’t get any Tony approval today. His revisions were extensive enough to make him eligible in the Best Book of a Musical category, but he is not among the nominees.

As for lead actors and actresses, Oscar Isaac and Rachel Brosnahan, the bold-name stars of The Sign in Sidney Brustein’s Window, were overlooked, as was The Piano Lesson‘s John David Washington and Pictures From Home‘s Nathan Lane. Marcel Spears, the star of the acclaimed Fat Ham, was not nominated, nor was Olivier Award winner Hiran Abeysekera (Life of Pi). Jefferson Mays, so...

In a Broadway season bursting at the seams with critically-acclaimed production — 38 musicals, plays, and revivals opened during the 2022-2023 eligibility window — it is no surprise that the 40 Tony Awards nominators caught theatre aficionados off guard with some of their choices.

In particular, two new plays exceeded our nominations expectations. Ahead of the announcement this morning, our official odds predicted only a single nomination for the Pulitzer Prize-winner “Cost of Living” for Katy Sullivan in Featured Actress — although many of our savvy editors and experts knew this would break through in Best Play. But few anticipated it would earn five bids, including Director for Jo Bonney, who ranked in 12th place with only 11 folks predicting her, Kara Young for Featured Actress in ninth place and David Zayas for Featured Actor in eighth place.

See the complete list of 2023 Tony Awards nominations

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On Tuesday, performers Lea Michele and Myles Frost presented the nominees for the 76th annual Tony Awards live on “CBS This Morning” before finishing the list from the heart of Broadway at the Sofitel New York.

Recognizing the best in live theatre, the Tony Awards cap off a strong year for Broadway, which bounced back during the 2022-2023 season with a number of acclaimed and groundbreaking productions. In total, there were 38 eligible shows, including 17 original plays and nine new musicals as well as six play revivals and six musical revivals.

Earning the most of any production, Some Like It Hot came out on top, with a total of 13 nominations. The most nominated play, meanwhile, is Ain’t No Mo’, which garnered six. Additionally, Sweeney Todd and A Doll’s House were the two most recognized revivals of the year, collecting eight and six nominations, respectively.

When it comes to the acting prizes,...

It’s a big day for Broadway: With just over a month until the 2023 Tony Awards, we’re finally learning which shows and stars are being recognized.

Funny Girl star Lea Michele and Tony winner Myles Frost (Mj) are announcing this year’s nominees from the Sofitel New York, which you can watch in the live stream above beginning at 9 am. (Some nominations were also announced live on CBS Mornings at 8:30 am.)

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The 2023 Tony Awards nominations were announced on Tuesday, May 2 by Lea Michele and Myles Frost. The reveal of the roster of contenders was carried on the Tonys YouTube channel. While the nominations for the 76th annual Tony Awards were determined by a few dozen theater professionals, winners will be decided by upwards of 800 members of the Broadway community.

A whopping 38 shows were eligible for consideration by the nominating committee. On the play side, there are 17 original works and six revivals in the running. Over on the musical side, nine new tuners were in contention as were six musical revivals. The cutoff date for eligibility was April 27.

The Tony Awards are set for June 12 at United Palace Theatre in Washington Heights and will be hosted for the second year in a row by Oscar winner Ariana DeBose.

The 2023 Tony Awards nominations list below includes all 26 competitive categories.

Musicals

Best Musical

& Juliet

Kimberly Akimbo

New York,...

“Out of all the Tony categories this season, this could be the most complicated,” notes Sam Eckmann about the race for the top Broadway honor of Best Play. It’s a sentiment we share about Best Play Revival, too, as we discuss our final predictions for the upcoming 76th Tony Awards nominations. All told, 23 productions will contend for slots in categories honoring the best dramatic works of the year, which will be announced on May 2. Watch the full video slugfest above.

Ironically, even with an embarrassment of riches of shows from which to predict the top two categories, Sam and I have identical lineups. For Best Play, we’re both picking “Leopoldstadt,” “Fat Ham,” “Between Riverside and Crazy,” “Cost of Living,” and “Life of Pi,” but there are plenty of other works we think could sneak in. Sam thinks “Ain’t No Mo’” is in a close sixth place and singles out “Good Night,...

The Tony Awards Administration Committee met on April 28, for the third and final time during the 2022-2023 Broadway season, to discuss the eligibility of 11 productions for the 76th Annual Tony Awards. This year’s ceremony will be held at the United Palace in Washington Heights, and will broadcast live on Sunday, June 11, 2023, on the CBS Television Network, and stream live and on demand on Paramount+. The Tony Awards are presented by The Broadway League and the American Theatre Wing.

The productions under discussion were: “Life of Pi,” “Shucked,” “Fat Ham,” “Camelot,” “Peter Pan Goes Wrong,’ “The Thanksgiving Play,” “Prima Facie,” “Good Night, Oscar,” “Summer, 1976,” “New York, New York,” and “The Sign in Sidney Brustein’s Window.”

See 2023 Tony Awards eligibility rulings (round 2): Stephen McKinley Henderson, Linedy Genao confirmed as lead actors

The following determinations were made:

Hiran Abeysekera will be considered eligible in the Lead Actor in a Play...

Aaron Sorkin, whose adaptation of the classic Lerner & Loewe musical Camelot opened on Broadway earlier this month, will be eligible for Tony consideration in the Best Book of a Musical category, the Tony administration committee ruled today.

The Camelot book was originally written by Alan Jay Lerner (Frederick Loewe composed the music) but Sorkin’s revisions for the new Lincoln Center Theater production were apparently substantial enough to merit consideration for a Tony Award.

Among other changes, Sorkin vastly revised the dialogue, changed the Morgan Le Fay character from a sorceress to a scientist, and generally did away with the supernatural elements prevalent in the original book. (Camelot was adapted by Lerner and Loewe from T.H. White’s 1958 novel The Once and Future King.)

The Tony committee’s decision was one of a number of rulings that came out of today’s third and final eligibility meeting. Tony nominations will be announced Tuesday,...

Broadway can be a loud place, with belters belting and orchestras swelling and actors playing to rafters in the theater across the street, so it’s both comforting and mesmerizing to see a play as quietly poignant as David Auburn’s Summer, 1976.

Starring Laura Linney and Jessica Hecht – both outstanding – Summer, 1976, a Manhattan Theatre Club production opening tonight at the Samuel J. Friedman Theater, recounts a long-ago friendship that, on the surface, doesn’t seem particularly unusual or outwardly impactful.

Two women, both connected to Ohio State University, are brought together through their young daughters: the mothers are part of a babysitting co-op, and though the two women take an instant disliking to one another, circumstance and proximity begin to wear away their defenses. Alice, played by Hecht, is vaguely hippie-ish, married to a professor and often carrying a joint or two, while the other, Linney’s Diana, is a single mom,...

Update May 2, with second extension: With the Tony Award nomination (Leading Actress/Play) for Jessica Hecht announced today, the Manhattan Theatre Company production of David Auburn’s Summer, 1976 has gotten another one-week extension. The play will now run through Sunday, June 18 at the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre.

Previous, April 20: Summer, 1976, the new play by Pulitzer Prize winner David Auburn starring Laura Linney and Jessica Hecht, has received a two-week extension prior to its April 25 Broadway opening at the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre.

The Manhattan Theatre Club production, currently in previews and set for an April 25 opening, will now play through Saturday, June 10. The world premiere production had initially been set to close May 28.

Directed by Tony Award winner Daniel Sullivan, Summer, 1976 follows an unlikely friendship over the course of one fateful summer, with Linney playing Diana, “a fiercely iconoclastic artist and single mom,...