Welcome to Director Watch! On this AwardsWatch podcast, co-hosts Ryan McQuade and Jay Ledbetter attempt to breakdown, analyze, and ultimately, get inside the mind of... Read More
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[divider style=”normal” top=”20″ bottom=”20″] The 63rd Drama Desk Awards were held last weekend, a bit of a dry run for next weekend’s big show, The... Read More
[divider style=”normal” top=”20″ bottom=”20″] The Broadway adaptations of a popular teen movie (Mean Girls) and a smash kids TV cartoon (SpongeBob SquarePants) were the top... Read More
[divider style=”normal” top=”20″ bottom=”20″] The 2018 Tony Award nominations will be announced tomorrow and…it’s kind of unexciting. While we have the Drama Desk and Outer... Read More
[divider style=”normal” top=”20″ bottom=”20″] Nominations for the 63rd Annual Drama Desk Awards were announced this morning by Jane Krakowski (She Loves Me, Nine, TV’s Unbreakable... Read More
The nominees for the 68th annual Outer Critics Circle Awards, which recognize excellence on and Off-Broadway from the 2017–2018 season, have been announced. Leading the... Read More
Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Hamilton was the big winner at the 42nd Olivier Awards where is won seven of its (record) 13 nominations including Best New Musical,... Read More
One of the most respected directors of the last 50 years, Mike Nichols, has died. He was 83. A spokeswoman for ABC (where Diane Sawyer,... Read More

Director Watch Podcast Ep. 91 – ‘Angels in America’ (Mike Nichols, 2003)
‘Spongebob,’ ‘Angels in America,’ Tina Fey among big winners at 63rd Drama Desk Awards
‘Mean Girls,’ ‘SpongeBob,’ ‘Angels in America,’ ‘Harry Potter’ Lead 2018 Tony Nominations
2018 Tony Nomination Predictions: Angels in America, Harry Potter, SpongeBob Should Reign
Drama Desk Nominations: Carousel, SpongeBob lead musicals; Harry Potter, Angels in America lead plays
SpongeBob SquarePants Leads Outer Critics Circle Nominations; Harry Potter, Mean Girls, My Fair Lady Score
2018 Olivier Awards: ‘Hamilton’ wins big; Bryan Cranston is Best Actor for ‘Network’
EGOT-winner Mike Nichols (The Graduate, Angels in America, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?) Dies at 83
‘Jay Kelly,’ ‘Hamnet,’ ‘Pluribus,’ ‘Task’ and More on AFI’s Top 10 Films and Television of 2025 Lists
‘Frankenstein’ to Receive Visionary Honor from Palm Springs International Film Awards
Robert Yeoman to be Honored with American Society of Cinematographers’ Lifetime Achievement Award
National Board of Review: ‘One Battle After Another’ Tops in Film, Director, Actor, Supporting Actor; Netflix Lands Four in Top 10