GENTLEMAN'S GUIDE's Darko Tresnjak Wins Tony for Best Direction of a Musical
by BWW Special Coverage - June 8, 2014
Darko Tresnjak won the 2014 Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical for A GENTLEMAN'S GUIDE TO LOVE & MURDER. This is Darko Tresnjak's first Tony nomination and his Broadway debut. He is the artistic director of Connecticut's Hartford Stage. He has directed at Theatre for a New Audience, The Public Theater, Old Globe, Stratford Shakespeare Festival, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Chicago Shakespeare Theater, Royal Shakespeare Company Complete Works Festival, Williamstown Theatre Festival, Huntington Theatre Company, Goodspeed Musicals, Long Wharf Theatre, Westport Country Playhouse, Vineyard Theater, and Los Angeles Opera.
GENTLEMAN'S GUIDE's Robert L. Freedman Wins Tony for Best Book of a Musical
by BWW Special Coverage - June 8, 2014
A Gentleman's Guide to Love & Murder 's Robert L. Freedman has won the 2014 Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical. Freedman received the Fred Ebb and Kleban awards for the musicals A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder and Campaign of the Century with Steven Lutvak, and was nominated for Emmy and Writers Guild awards for the television miniseries Life With Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows.
TV: The Marriage Plot! Exclusive Sneak Peek at Bryce Pinkham and the Cast of 'GENTLEMAN'S GUIDE' in Rehearsal for the Tonys
by BroadwayWorld TV - June 6, 2014
GENTLEMAN's GUIDEPreparations are well underway for the 2014 Tony Awards ceremony this Sunday! Cues were set, entrances timed, and performances streamlined during rehearsals today, June 5, at Radio City Music Hall, and BroadwayWorld's Richard Ridge was there to capture interviews with the stars and creative teams. Click below to watch a sneak peek at Tony nominee Bryce Pinkham the cast of the most Tony-nominated show this season -- A GENTLEMAN'S GUIDE TO LOVE AND MURDER -- in rehearsal for their 'trio' number 'I've Decided to Marry You', plus a chat with Pinkham after the run-through!
Jefferson Mays to Tour GENTLEMAN'S GUIDE?
by Courtnie Mele - May 31, 2014
Jefferson Mays has found his niche role in A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder, in which he plays 9 different characters and changes costume 15 times throughout the show. The line outside the Walter Kerr Theatre at the end of each show is insanely long with audience members waiting to applaud his performance. Even Mays' wife, Susan Lyon, commented, 'This is almost as many people as they have for James Franco, [in Of Mice and Men].' And now, according to The New York Times, there is some good news for the after-life of this musical: Jefferson Mays is considering touring with the production.
TV Exclusive: Meet the 2014 Tony Nominees- Jonathan Tunick and Linda Cho
by Nicole Rosky - June 4, 2014
It's Tonys season! The 2014 Tony Awards will broadcast live from Radio City Music Hall in New York City, on CBS, on Sunday, June 8th 8:00 - 11:00 p.m. The ceremony is less than a week away, and in the meantime, BroadwayWorld wants you to get to know this year's nominees. Richard Ridge was thrilled to speak with nearly all of them at the official Tonys Meet & Greet on April 30, 2014, and we will be bringing you special coverage on all of them leading up to the big night.
TV: Tony Nominee Bryce Pinkham Sings 'Foolish to Think' at STARS IN THE ALLEY
by Nicole Rosky - May 25, 2014
STARS IN THE ALLEY, presented by United Airlines, was presented earlier this week in Shubert Alley, between Broadway and 8th Avenue and 44th and 45th Streets. To add to the festivities leading up to the Tony Awards, the free outdoor concert in the heart of the Theatre District celebrated Broadway with star appearances and exciting performances from over 20 new shows and long-running favorites, accompanied by a live 12-piece orchestra.
BroadwayWorld was there for the special concert event and below you can check out 'Foolish to Think' as performed by A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder's Bryce Pinkham!