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
“Maybe” schmaybe. Sunday night was a signed, sealed, delivered happy ending for “Maybe Happy Ending,” the stratospherically original South Korean gem about robots in love starring Darren Criss that deservedly won the Tony Award for Best Musical. What a stunning achievement for the little show that almost didn’t open. Gleeky Criss also earned his first Tony for … 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
It’s another success(ion) for Sarah Snook. The actress, 37, took home the award for Best Actress in a Leading Role in a Play at the 2025 Tony Awards on Sunday, June 8. Snook took on all 26 roles in “The Picture of Dorian Gray,” the 1890 philosophical fiction and Gothic horror by Oscar Wilde. Sarah … Read more
Broadway caps a record-breaking season when the New York theater community bestows its annual Tony Awards during a gala ceremony on Sunday night with an array of nominees that leans into originality, diversity and artistic invention. Buoyed by a post-pandemic rebound, the 2024-25 season grossed a record $1.89 billion in revenue and drew 14.7 million attendees, the … 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
Usually, the week before the Tony Awards is a joyful time to celebrate the wonderful work of the Broadway season. Not this year! Two big shows were fuming Tuesday that they’re being left out of the Tony Awards broadcast on CBS Sunday night: “Boop! The Betty Boop Musical” and “Smash.” “Smash,” starring Robyn Hurder, was … Read more
Once a week, Elissa Stein, a spunky 60-year-old partial to hot-pink reading glasses, finds herself in a studio in NYC’s Flatiron, pushing and pulling against machines purporting to pressure her bones and reverse the osteoporosis diagnosis she received shortly after her birthday. “It was terrifying, because I do all the things you’re supposed to do: … 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
Major League Baseball may have lifted its lifetime ban on Pete Rose on Tuesday, but “Pardon The Interuption” host Tony Kornheiser doesn’t believe that means he’s getting into the Baseball Hall of Fame anytime soon. MLB commissioner Rob Manfred announced the stunning decision in a letter to attorney Jeffrey M. Lenkov, who petitioned for Rose’s … Read more
A lot of Hollywood’s A-list didn’t make the list for next month’s Tony Awards. Thursday’s nominations unceremoniously snubbed three Oscar winners: Denzel Washington (“Othello”), Kieran Culkin (“Glengarry Glen Ross”) and Robert Downey Jr. (“McNeal”). Washington’s co-star Jake Gyllenhaal didn’t make the cut either. Nor did Rachel Zegler for “Romeo + Juliet.” Denzel Washington didn’t make … Read more
Where art thou Tony nominations? Some of the biggest stars in Hollywood were snubbed when the 2025 Tony Award nominations were announced Tuesday. While George Clooney, Nicole Scherzinger, Sarah Snook, Sadie Sink and more were recognized for their Broadway performances, other actors like Denzel Washington, Jake Gyllenhaal and Kieran Culkin failed to make the nominations … Read more
It’s a big day for showbiz. The nominations for the 2025 Tony Awards, honoring the best of Broadway, were announced Thursday morning by past winners Sarah Paulson and Wendell Pierce. Last year, the Tonys saw “The Outsiders” and “Stereophonic” take the top honors for Best Musical and Best Play, respectively. The acting wins included Paulson … Read more
Tony Hinchcliffe, the comedian and podcaster who caused controversy in October at a Trump rally, has landed a deal with Netflix for three specials. Hinchcliffe, 40, was slammed by both sides of the aisle for remarks he made at a Trump rally in Madison Square Garden on Oct. 27, 2024. “There’s a lot going on, … Read more
D’Wayne Wiggins, a founding member of the Grammy-nominated group Tony! Toni! Tone! behind the classic 1990s jams “Anniversary,” “It Never Rains (In Southern California)” and (Lay Your Head on My) Pillow,” has died. He was 64. Wiggins died Friday morning after battling bladder cancer for over the past year, according to a statement released by … Read more
Don’t mess with Paulie Walnuts. Chris Diamantopoulos, who guest starred on the final season of “The Sopranos,” said Tony Sirico — who played mobster Paul “Paulie Walnuts” Gualtieri on the hit show — accidentally “whacked” him with a real pipe during a scene. “Sirico had two pipes, a lead pipe and a rubber pipe, one to use when … Read more
Judith Light says her comedic chops were sharpened working on “Who’s the Boss?” with Tony Danza. Light, 75, spoke about her experience working with Danza, 73, during a roundtable at TheWrap’s Power Women Summit 2024 in Beverly Hills on Tuesday. Sitting alongside Kathryn Hahn, Kali Reis and June Squibb, the Emmy Award-winning actress reflected on … Read more
Tony Finau is “more than happy” on The Tour. Days after internet rumors ran rampant about a possible deflection to rival LIV Golf, the six-time PGA Tour winner told Golfweek on Wednesday that he isn’t going anywhere. “They’re not true,” the 35-year-old Finau said of the rumors. “I’m more than happy where I’m at on … Read more
Tony Finau and wife Alayna aren’t ignoring the LIV Golf buzz. In the wake of the six-time PGA Tour winner withdrawing from this week’s Hero World Challenge in the Bahamas, rumors are swirling Finau could be defecting to the Saudi-backed league that his good friend, Jon Rahm, joined last year on a deal worth a … Read more
Fans were begging Tony Romo to stick to his day job after the CBS analyst’s short rendition of “The Lion King’s” signature song on Thanksgiving. Romo was in the booth with Jim Nantz for the Lions’ clash with the Bears on Thursday afternoon. During a break in the action, Nantz commented on parents lifting up … Read more