Audra McDonald News

The results of the 2025 Tony races are very much still up in the air, but many of this season's nominated revivals have been Tony-tested before. How did they fare?

The Outer Critics Circle has announced the nominees for the 2025 Outer Critics Circle Awards, honoring the 2024-2025 Broadway and Off-Broadway season. We have the full list of nominees here!

Gypsy: 2024 Broadway Cast Recording – starring six-time Tony Award winner Audra McDonald – will be released. BroadwayWorld has your exclusive first listen to “All I Need Is the Girl” performed by Kevin Csolak here! 

In Variety's latest Actors on Actors interview, Succession's Kieran Culkin and Sarah Snook reunite to discuss their Broadway productions, Glengarry Glen Ross, and The Picture of Dorian Gray.

Michael Patrick Thornton will return to Broadway this fall as ‘Lucky’ in Jamie Lloyd’s new production of Samuel Beckett’s Waiting for Godot starring Keanu Reeves as ‘Estragon’ and Alex Winter as ‘Vladimir.’

The Black Women on Broadway Awards will honor Tony nominee LaTanya Richardson Jackson, Tony winner LaChanze and Khaila Wilcoxon. Learn more about the awards here!

In the second of Variety's Broadway edition of Actors on Actors, Audra McDonald and Jake Gyllenhaal sat down to discuss their respective turns this season as Mama Rose in Gypsy and Iago in Shakespeare's Othello. Watch the conversation!

Rise and shine, BroadwayWorld! It is April 23, 2025 and it's time to catch up on all of the theatrical happenings you may have missed in the last 24 hours.

For the inaugural episode of the Broadway edition of Variety's Actors on Actors series, Patti LuPone and George Clooney sat down to discuss their respective outings this Broadway season. Watch the full conversation here.

The cast of Gypsy, led by Audra McDonald, recently performed as part of NPR's Tiny Desk Concert series.  Check out the full video here, featuring iconic songs from the show!

Rise and shine, BroadwayWorld! It is April 22, 2025 and it's time to catch up on all of the theatrical happenings you may have missed in the last 24 hours.

Variety's Actors on Actors is returning, but now with a theatrical twist. For the first time ever, the entertainment trade is launching a Broadway edition of their popular Actors on Actors series.

The Drama League announced the 2025 Drama League Awards Nominees for Outstanding Production of a Play, Outstanding Revival of a Play, Outstanding Production of a Musical, Outstanding Revival of a Musical, Outstanding Direction of a Play, Outstanding Direction of a Musical, and the much-coveted Distinguished Performance Award. We have the full list of nominees here!

The Broadway masterpiece, a crowning achievement of musical theater, finally makes its way to Paris, brought to new life by a stellar cast and crew under the visionary direction of Laurent Pelly.

Lea Michele is previewing her renditions of 'Pink Pony Club' by Chappell Roan, 'Make You Feel My Love' by Bob Dylan, 'Fight Song' by Rachel Platten, 'Vampire' by Olivia Rodrigo, and 'Edge of Glory' by Lady Gaga in a new tour rehearsal video.

Rise and shine, BroadwayWorld! It is April 17, 2025 and it's time to catch up on all of the theatrical happenings you may have missed in the last 24 hours.

The Gilded Age will return for its eight-episode third season this June on HBO and will be available to stream on Max. Take a look at first-look photos of the new season, featuring Broadway alums Audra McDonald, Phylicia Rashad, and more.

The 2024-25 Indiana Trust Pops Series features Nathan Gunn Sings Broadway at the Morris Performing Arts Center on Saturday, May 3, at 7:30 p.m., South Bend's own Nathan Gunn, the world-renowned baritone, takes the stage alongside the South Bend Symphony Orchestra for a show-stopping evening of unforgettable music.

Rise and shine, BroadwayWorld! It is April 14, 2025 and it's time to catch up on all of the theatrical happenings you may have missed in the last 24 hours.

On Thursday, April 10, the Duchess of Sussex Meghan Markle made her way to the Majestic Theatre on Broadway to take in the revival of GYPSY, starring six-time Tony Award winner Audra McDonald. See photos here!