Tony awards

‘There’s a lot going on!’ History-making director of musical Six celebrates Tony award nominations

Lucy Moss, who at 26 became the youngest female director of a Broadway musical, is now writing a new show and a film with co-creator Toby Marlow

Chris Wiegand Stage editor

09, May, 2022 @5:04 PM

Tony awards 2022: A Strange Loop leads the nominees, while British talents are lauded

Three actors from The Lehman Trilogy go head to head, the musical Six picks up eight nominations and the production MJ – about Michael Jackson – is also recognised

Chris Wiegand Stage editor

09, May, 2022 @2:03 PM

Forget the likes of Will Smith. Audiences are also behaving badly | Rebecca Nicholson

The Tonys has a violence policy and Nish Kumar is subjected to racist heckling; something is amiss in the entertainment world

Rebecca Nicholson

23, Apr, 2022 @3:40 PM

Black Art Matters: the meaning behind the red carpet jacket

Actor Chester Gregory’s jacket was a stand-out look at the Tony awards – but what did it mean?

Priya Elan

27, Sep, 2021 @6:11 PM

Tony awards 2021: Moulin Rouge! triumphs in a Broadway celebration

The adaptation of Baz Luhrmann’s musical picked up 10 awards in a ceremony that also acted as a comeback for New York theatre

Benjamin Lee in New York

27, Sep, 2021 @4:06 AM

From Australia to the Tonys: Moulin Rouge! The Musical poised to make history

Days after finally reopening on Broadway, the adaptation of Baz Luhrmann’s film is up for a whopping 14 awards – after a very ‘intense’ journey

Elissa Blake

25, Sep, 2021 @8:00 PM

'Something to celebrate': Australian-produced Moulin Rouge! the Musical lands 14 Tony nominations

Producers are hoping that 2021 brings Broadway show’s reopening – and a Melbourne premiere

Elissa Blake

16, Oct, 2020 @4:10 AM

The Tonys are finally coming! What do this year's nominations tell us?

A strange year for Broadway, with fewer shows than usual eligible for major awards, has brought up an equally strange, if intriguing, set of nominees

Alexis Soloski

15, Oct, 2020 @7:03 PM

Tony awards 2020: unusual Broadway year leads to restricted nominations

A year on stage cut short by the Covid-19 pandemic has resulted in a delayed and truncated set of nominations with Moulin Rouge, Jagged Little Pill and Slave Play out in front

Benjamin Lee

15, Oct, 2020 @4:46 PM

Be More Chill and Dear Evan Hansen: how teens made the musicals go viral

Two American shows that explore adolescent anxiety have been propelled by young online communities in a digital blizzard of streams, fan art and animatics

Chris Wiegand

11, Feb, 2020 @10:42 AM

When Jeremy Corbyn is right one too many times | Brief letters

Brief letters: Jeremy Corbyn | Len McCluskey | Tony Awards | Yorkshire accents | Coffee cups

Letters

12, Jun, 2019 @4:38 PM

Why this year's Tony awards lacked that Broadway magic

With most of the awards landing in predictable hands and a host who failed to add the requisite pizzazz, the annual Broadway love-in felt rather flat