Some people. Audra McDonald, 55, has revealed that a fan allegedly followed her home from the Majestic Theatre and demanded an autograph after one of her last “Gypsy” performances. Audra McDonald during the opening night curtain call for the new revival of the musical “Gypsy” on Broadway at the Majestic Theatre in New York City … Read more
Oprah’s got jokes. Oprah Winfrey took the stage at the 2025 Tony Awards on Sunday and appeared to shade Patti LuPone for her drama with Audra McDonald. As she presented the award for Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical, the category in which McDonald, 54, was nominated, Winfrey, 71, told the audience, … Read more
Nicole Scherzinger is the greatest star of all. The former Pussycat Dolls singer took home the award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical at the 2025 Tony Awards on Sunday, June 8, beating record-breaking six-time winner Audra McDonald. Scherzinger, 46, stars as the faded silent film star Norma Desmond … Read more
Here comes a tense Tony’s. Last year, many of the major winners were a cinch to predict. This time, well, the bars at Radio City Music Hall will be doing big business. Everybody’s freaking out. Producers have been like pollsters the past two weeks, interrogating the 840 Tony voters about who they’ve chosen. “Maybe Happy … Read more
Break a leg. More than 500 Broadway artists signed an open letter slamming Patti LuPone over her recent comments against Audra McDonald and Kecia Lewis. The letter, which was written on behalf of the Broadway Theater Community on Friday, May 30, chastised LuPone, 76, for the flippant remarks she made about her fellow stage icons … Read more
Audra McDonald is setting the record straight on where she stands with Patti LuPone. On Monday, the Broadway legend, 76, told The New Yorker that McDonald, 54, is “not a friend.” McDonald shared her point of view on LuPone’s comment in a clip shared to CBS “Sunday Mornings” Instagram on Thursday. Audra McDonald response to … Read more
Everything’s coming up roses – except her friendship with Audra McDonald. Patti LuPone got candid on where she and her fellow Broadway performer, 54, stand after years long tension. The actress, 76, told reporter Michael Schulman of the New Yorker that McDonald is “not a friend.” Patti LuPone speaks onstage during the Emmy FYC Screening Of … Read more
The weather was rainy in New York last week. And on Broadway, when it rained, it poured. There was a torrent of activity in the race to the Tonys on June 8 — a lot of campaigning, some award shake-ups and the Broadway League’s Spring Road Conference. That’s when hundreds of out-of-town presenters, known as … Read more
Jake Gyllenhaal and Denzel Washington’s Broadway play is so expensive that even Tony Award-winning vets can’t afford to see it. Broadway legend Audra McDonald — who’s a six-time Tony winner — spoke of the pricey tickets to “Othello” while discussing the Broadway play with Gyllenhaal to Variety in an interview published Wednesday. McDonald is starring as Rose … Read more
Theater review GYPSY Three hours, with one intermission. At the Majestic Theatre, <br>245 W. 44th St. “Gypsy” is, by the estimation of many — including me — the greatest musical ever written. But you wouldn’t know it from the slow and unsteady revival starring Audra McDonald that opened Thursday at the Majestic Theatre. The quintessentially … Read more
Ready or not, here comes Audra! Just like I said. A new Broadway revival of “Gypsy,” starring Audra McDonald as Mama Rose, was officially announced on Wednesday. Directed by George C. Wolfe, the production of Jule Styne, Stephen Sondheim and Arthur Laurents’ classic musical will open in December (previews start in November) at the newly … Read more
Ultimately appreciating “Ohio State Murders,” which opened Thursday on Broadway, first takes putting the bombastic title out of your mind. Playwright Adrienne Kennedy’s 1992 drama, you Netflix junkies, does not share the DNA of “Mindhunter” or “Dahmer.” Rather, the considerate revival from director Kenny Leon explores the racist climate of a Midwestern university during the … Read more