Predicting the outcome of the design categories at the Tony Awards proves a challenge every year. But if you want to perform well in our prediction contest, you’ll need to ace these tough below-the-line races. Here is a rundown of how the competition is shaking out in each of the four design awards for the plays.
Scenic Design
Usually there is some enormous rotating set in contention that becomes the obvious winner. Not so this year, as this scenic design trophy is truly anyone’s for the taking. Rob Howell is being widely predicted to win for “The Ferryman.” That show is the likely Best Play winner, so Howell could come along for the ride with his intricately detailed Irish farmhouse with its exaggerated ceiling. He is a past Tony winner on the musical side for “Matilda,” so voters are familiar with him. “The Ferryman” only has one true...
Scenic Design
Usually there is some enormous rotating set in contention that becomes the obvious winner. Not so this year, as this scenic design trophy is truly anyone’s for the taking. Rob Howell is being widely predicted to win for “The Ferryman.” That show is the likely Best Play winner, so Howell could come along for the ride with his intricately detailed Irish farmhouse with its exaggerated ceiling. He is a past Tony winner on the musical side for “Matilda,” so voters are familiar with him. “The Ferryman” only has one true...
- 6/7/2019
- by Sam Eckmann
- Gold Derby
Out of all the nominees spread across the 26 categories at the 2018 Tony Awards, 20 of them stand out as particularly noteworthy. Check out the complete list of nominations here.
The following Broadway productions from this past season were completely shut out by the nominating committee: “Head Over Heels,” “Straight White Men,” “Pretty Woman,” “The Nap,” “The Lifespan of a Fact,” “American Son,” and “True West.”
This year marks the second time this decade that the category of Best Musical consisted of five nominees, the first being in 2016. It’s also the third time for both Best Play (which had five nominees in 2014 and 2018) and Best Play Revival (which had five nominees in 2016 and 2018). And this year marks the fourth instance when the category of Best Musical Revival had only two nominees; the previous times were in 1995, 2002, and 2011.
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The following Broadway productions from this past season were completely shut out by the nominating committee: “Head Over Heels,” “Straight White Men,” “Pretty Woman,” “The Nap,” “The Lifespan of a Fact,” “American Son,” and “True West.”
This year marks the second time this decade that the category of Best Musical consisted of five nominees, the first being in 2016. It’s also the third time for both Best Play (which had five nominees in 2014 and 2018) and Best Play Revival (which had five nominees in 2016 and 2018). And this year marks the fourth instance when the category of Best Musical Revival had only two nominees; the previous times were in 1995, 2002, and 2011.
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- 4/30/2019
- by Jeffrey Kare
- Gold Derby
Laura Linney will return to Broadway next year in the American premiere of My Name is Lucy Barton, the hit 2018 London Theatre Company production of a solo play based on the novel by Elizabeth Strout, adapted by Rona Munro and directed by Richard Eyre.
The play will debut as part of Manhattan Theatre Club’s upcoming season, with previews beginning Monday, Jan. 6, 2020, at Mtc’s Samuel J. Friedman Theatre on Broadway. Opening night is Jan. 15.
Linney plays Lucy Barton, “a woman who wakes after an operation to find – much to her surprise – her mother at the foot of her bed,” as described by Mtc. “They haven’t seen each other in years. During their days-long visit, Lucy tries to understand her past, works to come to terms with her family, and begins to find herself as a writer.”
The creative team for My Name is Lucy Barton includes Bob Crowley...
The play will debut as part of Manhattan Theatre Club’s upcoming season, with previews beginning Monday, Jan. 6, 2020, at Mtc’s Samuel J. Friedman Theatre on Broadway. Opening night is Jan. 15.
Linney plays Lucy Barton, “a woman who wakes after an operation to find – much to her surprise – her mother at the foot of her bed,” as described by Mtc. “They haven’t seen each other in years. During their days-long visit, Lucy tries to understand her past, works to come to terms with her family, and begins to find herself as a writer.”
The creative team for My Name is Lucy Barton includes Bob Crowley...
- 4/29/2019
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
Jez Butterworth’s Olivier Award-winning play The Ferryman will arrive on Broadway with most of its acclaimed London cast intact. Paddy Considine, the Olivier-winning Laura Donnelly and Genevieve O’Reilly will reprise their roles when the play hits New York in October.
The initial casting announcement was made today by producers Sonia Friedman Productions and Neal Street Productions.
Last month, Butterworth’s Northern Irish drama won the Olivier for Best New Play, with director Sam Mendes taking the Best Director award and Donnelly named Best Actress.
The more than 30 Broadway cast members will also include Dean Ashton, Glynis Bell, Gina Costigan, Charles Dale, Justin Edwards, Fra Fee, Fionnula Flanagan, Tom Glynn-Carney, Stuart Graham, Mark Lambert, Carla Langley, Conor MacNeill, Colin McPhillamy, Rob Malone, Dearbhla Molloy, Glenn Speers, and Niall Wright, with further casting to be announced.
The play marks the stage debut for Considine, who won a BAFTA award for his performance as Quinn Carney.
The initial casting announcement was made today by producers Sonia Friedman Productions and Neal Street Productions.
Last month, Butterworth’s Northern Irish drama won the Olivier for Best New Play, with director Sam Mendes taking the Best Director award and Donnelly named Best Actress.
The more than 30 Broadway cast members will also include Dean Ashton, Glynis Bell, Gina Costigan, Charles Dale, Justin Edwards, Fra Fee, Fionnula Flanagan, Tom Glynn-Carney, Stuart Graham, Mark Lambert, Carla Langley, Conor MacNeill, Colin McPhillamy, Rob Malone, Dearbhla Molloy, Glenn Speers, and Niall Wright, with further casting to be announced.
The play marks the stage debut for Considine, who won a BAFTA award for his performance as Quinn Carney.
- 5/10/2018
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
The West End production of Stephen Ward will complete its run at the Aldwych Theatre on 29 March 2014. Stephen Ward received its world premiere in December last year with a cast led by Alexander Hanson in the title role, Charlotte Spencer as Christine Keeler and Charlotte Blackledge as Mandy Rice Davies. With music by Andrew Lloyd Webber, Stephen Ward has book and lyrics by playwright Christopher Hampton and lyricist Don Black. The production is directed by Richard Eyre with set and costume designs by Rob Howell, lighting design by Peter Mumford, sound design by Paul Groothuis, projection design by Jon Driscoll, and choreography by Stephen Mear.
- 2/24/2014
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
Stephen Ward, which has music by Andrew Lloyd Webber and book and lyrics by playwright Christopher Hamptonand lyricist Don Black, opens tonight, 19 December 2013 at the Aldwych Theatre. The production, directed by Richard Eyre, is currently previewing with booking to 1 March 2014. Set and Costume designs are by Rob Howell, with lighting by Peter Mumford, sound by Paul Groothuis, projection design by Jon Driscoll and choreography by Stephen Mear. Stephen Ward is produced by Robert Fox Limited and The Really Useful Group. BroadwayWorld has a first look below...
- 12/19/2013
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
Stephen Ward, which has music by Andrew Lloyd Webber and book and lyrics by playwright Christopher Hamptonand lyricist Don Black, opens on 19 December 2013 at the Aldwych Theatre. The production, directed by Richard Eyre, is currently previewing with booking to 1 March 2014. Set and Costume designs are by Rob Howell, with lighting by Peter Mumford, sound by Paul Groothuis, projection design by Jon Driscoll and choreography by Stephen Mear. Stephen Ward is produced by Robert Fox Limited and The Really Useful Group. BroadwayWorld has a first look below...
- 12/16/2013
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
Stephen Ward, which has music by Andrew Lloyd Webber and book and lyrics by playwright Christopher Hampton and lyricist Don Black, opens on 19 December 2013 at the Aldwych Theatre. The production, directed by Richard Eyre, is currently previewing with booking to 1 March 2014. Set and Costume designs are by Rob Howell, with lighting by Peter Mumford, sound by Paul Groothuis, projection design by Jon Driscoll and choreography by Stephen Mear. Stephen Ward is produced by Robert Fox Limited and The Really Useful Group. BroadwayWorld has a first look below...
- 12/9/2013
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
Earlier today at a special event at The Box in Soho, Stephen Ward was launched with cast and creative team as well as VIP guest MAndy Rice-Davies. Opening in the West End later this year, Stephen Ward, which has music by Andrew Lloyd Webber and book and lyrics by playwright Christopher Hampton and lyricist Don Black, previews at the Aldwych Theatre from 3 December 2013 with press night on 19 December 2013. The production, directed by Richard Eyre, is currently booking to 1 March 2014. Set and Costume designs are by Rob Howell, with lighting by Peter Mumford, sound by Paul Groothuis, projection design by Jon Driscoll and choreography by Stephen Mear. Stephen Ward is produced by Robert Fox Limited and The Really Useful Group. Check out highlights from today's event below...
- 9/30/2013
- by BroadwayWorld TV
- BroadwayWorld.com
Melbourne, Australia will be the home to an amazing upcoming production of King Kong and this one is a musical, performed live on stage with an 18-foot tall animatronic Kong puppet. Check this out!
The official commercial for the show is below (as well as a talk with creature creator Sonny Tilders, of Walking With Dinosaurs) and it gives you a pretty good look at the amazing puppet. There is also a look at some of the musical talent assembled for the show, including Sarah McLachlan, Justice and The Avalanches. The production opens this summer and ticket information, as well as all the details about the show can be found on the official website, KingKongLiveOnStage.com.
From the Press Release
Opening June 2013 at Melbourne's Regent Theatre, the premiere of King Kong will be a landmark theatrical event. This video gives the world the first look at our leading man - a six-metre tall silverback gorilla!
The official commercial for the show is below (as well as a talk with creature creator Sonny Tilders, of Walking With Dinosaurs) and it gives you a pretty good look at the amazing puppet. There is also a look at some of the musical talent assembled for the show, including Sarah McLachlan, Justice and The Avalanches. The production opens this summer and ticket information, as well as all the details about the show can be found on the official website, KingKongLiveOnStage.com.
From the Press Release
Opening June 2013 at Melbourne's Regent Theatre, the premiere of King Kong will be a landmark theatrical event. This video gives the world the first look at our leading man - a six-metre tall silverback gorilla!
- 3/8/2013
- by Doctor Gash
- DreadCentral.com
Coliseum; Barbican; Linbury Studio; Queen Elizabeth Hall, all London
Based on column inches and lurid images alone, never mind the incalculable online torrent, the big event this week was Berlioz's The Damnation of Faust at English National Opera. After squawks over the company's recent choice of directors from outside opera, it was a pleasure to witness a superbly staged, ingenious production from opera novice Terry Gilliam, best known as a Hollywood director and genius ex-Python animator. If you want to use film in opera, and most now do, Gilliam shows you how.
Musical standards, with Edward Gardner in the pit, were secure though not vintage, and Berlioz's infinitely delicate score survived just about intact despite being zipped into an all-in-one concept and tumbling out wittily for a choreographic Treaty of Versailles and a dance of the gas masks. The iconography – the 1936 Olympics, Kristallnacht, a glimpse of the Obersalzberg – pinned us...
Based on column inches and lurid images alone, never mind the incalculable online torrent, the big event this week was Berlioz's The Damnation of Faust at English National Opera. After squawks over the company's recent choice of directors from outside opera, it was a pleasure to witness a superbly staged, ingenious production from opera novice Terry Gilliam, best known as a Hollywood director and genius ex-Python animator. If you want to use film in opera, and most now do, Gilliam shows you how.
Musical standards, with Edward Gardner in the pit, were secure though not vintage, and Berlioz's infinitely delicate score survived just about intact despite being zipped into an all-in-one concept and tumbling out wittily for a choreographic Treaty of Versailles and a dance of the gas masks. The iconography – the 1936 Olympics, Kristallnacht, a glimpse of the Obersalzberg – pinned us...
- 5/14/2011
- by Fiona Maddocks
- The Guardian - Film News
From cartoons to animation to films and now opera. Terry Gilliam is to direct a new production of Berlioz's The Damnation of Faust.
A former member of the Monty Python comedy group, Gilliam is best known as the director of such cult films as Time Bandits, The Adventures of Baron Munchausen, The Fisher King, 12 Monkeys, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas and, most recently, 2009's The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus.
In his latest venture, he will direct The Damnation of Faust for English National Opera (Eno), based at the London Coliseum, St Martin's Lane, London. It opens on May 6.
Eno says the opera is the "perfect vehicle" for Gilliam's rich imagination.
In a new promotional video interview, he shares his thoughts on the upcoming production. The short film is included below, along with a full press release.
Here's the full press release:
Eno stages a new production of Berlioz's The Damnation of Faust...
A former member of the Monty Python comedy group, Gilliam is best known as the director of such cult films as Time Bandits, The Adventures of Baron Munchausen, The Fisher King, 12 Monkeys, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas and, most recently, 2009's The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus.
In his latest venture, he will direct The Damnation of Faust for English National Opera (Eno), based at the London Coliseum, St Martin's Lane, London. It opens on May 6.
Eno says the opera is the "perfect vehicle" for Gilliam's rich imagination.
In a new promotional video interview, he shares his thoughts on the upcoming production. The short film is included below, along with a full press release.
Here's the full press release:
Eno stages a new production of Berlioz's The Damnation of Faust...
- 3/10/2011
- by David Bentley
- The Geek Files
Following his recent peep behind the curtain of The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus Terry Gilliam has turned his talents to a short film with The Legend of Hallowdega as well as directing Arcade Fire at Madison Square Gardens.
While the figure of Don Quixote looms on the horizon the director has just announced that one of his future projects will be making his opera directing debut with Berlioz’s The Damnation of Faust for the Eno.
The production will run for 10 performances in May and June this year and is certain to be a treat for fans of Gilliam’s work, as the director explains below, there is an operatic feel to many of his works, he also teases us with Brazil: The Opera, which I’d pay to see every night I suspect. Here’s the man himself talking up Berlioz,
Here’s the press release and which...
While the figure of Don Quixote looms on the horizon the director has just announced that one of his future projects will be making his opera directing debut with Berlioz’s The Damnation of Faust for the Eno.
The production will run for 10 performances in May and June this year and is certain to be a treat for fans of Gilliam’s work, as the director explains below, there is an operatic feel to many of his works, he also teases us with Brazil: The Opera, which I’d pay to see every night I suspect. Here’s the man himself talking up Berlioz,
Here’s the press release and which...
- 3/2/2011
- by Jon Lyus
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Ian Rickson will direct the European premiere of Jez Butterworth's Parlour Song which runs at the Almeida from 19 March - 9 May 2009 with press night on 26 March. Designs are by Jeremy Herbert, with lighting by Peter Mumford, sound by Paul Groothuis and music by Stephen Warbeck. Casting for Parlour Song will be announced shortly. Parlour Song is sponsored by Aspen Re.
- 3/23/2009
- BroadwayWorld.com
Ian Rickson will direct the European premiere of Jez Butterworth's Parlour Song which runs at the Almeida from 19 March - 9 May 2009 with press night on 26 March. Designs are by Jeremy Herbert, with lighting by Peter Mumford, sound by Paul Groothuis and music by Stephen Warbeck. Casting for Parlour Song will be announced shortly. Parlour Song is sponsored by Aspen Re.
- 2/20/2009
- BroadwayWorld.com
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