AwardsWatch - Theater

2023 Tony Awards Predictions: Who Will Win and Who Could Win on Theater’s Biggest Night

Daniel Bayer June 9, 2023

AwardsWatch’s theater correspondent Dan Bayer looks at the field and thinks Leopoldstadt, Topdog/Underdog, Kimberly Akimbo and non-binary performers will end up as top winners The... Read More

2023 Tony Awards nomination predictions: The Plays – Leading actresses given short shrift this season

Daniel Bayer April 30, 2023

With seventeen new plays and six revivals eligible for Tony consideration this season, there’s a lot to wade through this year. And yet, in a... Read More

2023 Tony Awards nomination predictions: The Musicals – Expect ‘Some Like It Hot’ and ‘Sweeney Todd’ to score

Daniel Bayer April 27, 2023

Theater lovers, we did the thing: We made it through another theatrical season of musicals, comedies, and plenty of drama! From the nastiness erupting in... Read More

2022 Tony Awards Predictions: A ‘Trilogy,’ a ‘Loop’ and a thriller of a lead actor in a musical race

Daniel Bayer June 8, 2022

The theatrical event of the season is finally here! The 2022 Tony Awards will be presented on Sunday, June 12, in two ceremonies across the... Read More

2022 Tony Nominations Preview and Predictions: The Plays – A Buffalo Stance, POTUS operandi, and the Scottish one

Daniel Bayer May 5, 2022

The play’s indeed been the thing on Broadway this season, which began with the magnificent new play Pass Over and ended with the baffling revival... Read More

2022 Tony Nominations Preview and Predictions: The Musicals – Saturday Nights, Strange Loops and Funny Girls

Daniel Bayer May 4, 2022

Broadway’s back! That’s what the Tony Awards shouted back in September when they finally handed out awards for the 2020 season that was cut short... Read More

‘Bombshell,’ ‘Joker,’ ‘Downton Abbey’ top Makeup & Hair Stylist Guild (MUAH) motion picture winners

Erik Anderson January 11, 2020

Big Little Lies, Dancing with the Stars, Saturday Night Live are television winners The Make-Up Artists and Hair Stylists Guild (MUAHS, IATSE Local 706) announced winners of... Read More

‘Bombshell,’ ‘Rocketman, lead Makeup and Hair Stylists Guild nominations (MUAH)

Erik Anderson November 11, 2019

Real life dramas lead nominations for the 2020 Makeup and Hair Stylist’s guild today with Lionsgate’s Bombshell and Paramount Pictures’ Rocketman earning three apiece. Bombshell,... Read More

2019 Tony Awards: ‘Hadestown’ and ‘The Ferryman’ are top winners

Erik Anderson June 9, 2019

The 73rd Tony Awards offered little in the way of surprises tonight with the majority of heavy favorites taking home trophies. Hadestown, the reimagining of... Read More

With Daytime Emmy wins, Katrina Lenk and Ari’el Stachel move closer to EGOT

Erik Anderson May 4, 2019

EGOT (Emmy/Grammy/Oscar/Tony) has two new contenders knocking at its door. Katrina Lenk and Ari’el Stachel earned Daytime Emmy Awards yesterday for the Today Show performances... Read More