Tony Award Frontrunners Rachel McAdams & Sarah Paulson Show Support at MTC Spring Gala Amid Broadway Runs

UPDATE: Skylar Astin, who made his Broadway debut in 2006’s Spring Awakening, will host the American Express Broadway Fanfare simulcast event this Sunday in Damrosch Park at Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts.

Gordon Cox Theater Editor Emmy-winning actress Sarah Paulson is no stranger to entertainment industry awards shows — but even so, her current Tony nomination, for her lead performance in the Broadway play “Appropriate,” is a big deal for her. Listen to this week’s “Stagecraft” podcast below: “I won an Emmy for ‘American Crime Story’ and it was an extraordinary experience, but I don’t remember anything about the night.

Julianne Hough and Utkarsh Ambudkar will host The Tony Awards: Act One, the live pre-show airing on Pluto TV that will include exclusive content and the presentation of a first round of awards.

her popular musical “Hell’s Kitchen.” Keys was the star of Broadway’s spring road conference, an annual convention in which hundreds of out-of-town presenters who book shows around the country come to NYC to be feted.There’s swag, multiple boozy parties per day — just what these people need — and glad-handing celebs galore. But Broadway is campaigning for more than just two weeks in Cincinnati.Beyond shopping for productions to bring to their markets, “the road” also makes up about 15% of the 800 or so Tony Award voters who will decide Best Musical on Sunday, June 16.

Kit Connor and Rachel Zegler channel Shakespeare’s star-crossed lovers in a new teaser video ahead of their Broadway debut in Romeo+Juliet.

The Wilma Theater in Philadelphia will be the recipient of the 2024 Regional Theatre Tony Award, an annual honor recognizing a regional theatre company that has displayed “a continuous level of artistic achievement contributing to the growth of theatre nationally.”

King Charles made a poignant gesture last week, entrusting his eldest son, Prince William, with a distinguished baton, signifying not just a crucial point in the succession but also a public declaration of solidarity.

Broadway‘s Stereophonic and Hell’s Kitchen were named the season’s Outstanding Play and Outstanding Musical by The Drama League, with Sarah Paulson winning the Distinguished Performance Award for her work in the Outstanding Play Revival Appropriate.

EXCLUSIVE: Whitney Peak (Hocus Pocus 2, Molly’s Game, Gossip Girl) has been cast in Aisling Walsh’s Ethel, alongside the previously announced cast of Shira Haas and Sarah Paulson. Bankside Films first launched the title, which is currently in pre-production, earlier this year and has completed a number of international pre-sales in Cannes. 

Sarah Paulson and Holland Taylor don’t mind a bit of breathing room.

Jordan Moreau Tony McFarr, who was Chris Pratt‘s stunt double in “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2” and two of the “Jurassic World” movies, died on Monday. He was 47.

Sarah Paulson did not hold back with a story about an actress named Trish Hawkins, who gave her six pages of unsolicited acting notes.

the “Smartless” podcast Monday, the Emmy winner discussed the theater custom of meeting celebrities backstage after a performance with hosts Jason Bateman, Sean Hayes, and Will Arnett.When the “Ozark” actor asked if any of the trio accepts performance feedback from visitors, the “American Horror Story” alum detailed an “outrageous” incident she had in the past.“I did do a play once,” she began. “The last time I was on stage, I did a play called ‘Talley’s Folly’ at the Roundabout, and the actress — and I’m going to say this, and I’m not going to ask you to cut this out, because I don’t f–king care — this actress came to the play.

Dean McDermott wants Tori Spelling to pay up!

Michaela Zee Sarah Paulson will never forget the actor who sent her six pages of unsolicited notes after watching her in a play. Paulson recently appeared on the “Smartless” podcast, where she and hosts Jason Bateman, Sean Hayes and Will Arnett discussed the theater custom of celebrities coming backstage to meet with the cast. When Bateman asked the group if they would accept criticism from these visitors, Paulson recalled the “outrageous” experience she had after a show.

Sarah Paulson is sharing some rare insight into her relationship with Holland Taylor!

Breitbart News argued the performance “should still be drawing big crowds during Broadway’s peak season – the month before the Tony Awards,” which is right now.The play first opened on Broadway last month, following an Off-Broadway run that started in 2022 in New York City’s “The Public” theater. The musical was by singer-songwriter Shaina Taub, directed by Leigh Silverman, and produced by lead producers Jill Furman and Rachel Sussman, along with co-producers Hillary Clinton and Malala Yousafzai.Breitbart also noted that Vice President Harris’s niece, Meena Harris, is another producer on the stage play.The three-hour-long play brings the women’s suffrage movement of the early 1900s to the stage.

The 2024 Tony Awards ceremony is one month away and the nominees gathered at a luncheon to celebrate their accomplishments!

EXCLUSIVE: Succession star Sarah Snook plays her final performances Saturday night at London’s Theatre Royal Haymarket in the enthralling, award-winning play The Picture of Dorian Gray, and the actress now has signed on take it to Broadway for a season in the spring of 2025.

Madelaine Petsch and Froy Gutierrez step out for the premiere of their new movie The Strangers – Chapter 1 held at Regal LA Live on Wednesday (May 8) in Los Angeles.