Jezebel: Tony Awards

Tonys Fashion Is Appropriately Dramatic

Tracie Egan Morrissey — Mon, 13 Jun 2011 11:10:00 EDT

The red carpet of last night's Tony Awards possessed the same kind of over-stated, over-the-top flair as stage actors use in their craft.

Bret Michaels Gets Nostalgic About His Head Injury

Tracie Egan Morrissey — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 11:00:00 EDT

Now that people are genuinely interested in Bret Michaels—after narrowly escaping death from a brain hemorrhage—he's getting to tell his version of his other head injury at the 2009 Tony Awards. Of course, it involves Liza Minnelli. More »

Curtain Up! It's Tonys Fashion!

Sadie Stein — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 10:30:00 EDT

The Tony awards may be Broadway's biggest night, but between Denzel and Cate and Catherine and Viola and Scarlett and Naomi and Jada, you'd be forgiven for mistaking it for the Oscars. Wait, scratch that: the clothes were all Broadway! More »

Watch Sean Hayes Make Out With Kristin Chenoweth

Margaret Hartmann — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 09:20:00 EDT

Sean Hayes was reluctant to rehash the Newsweek's gays-can't-play-straight controversy in interviews leading up to the Tonys, but last night he made his case by sharing a very convincing kiss with Kristin Chenoweth. Click to watch. More »

Scarlett Wins A Tony; RPatz Just Saw Twilight

Dodai Stewart — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 09:00:00 EDT

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Last night, Scarlett Johansson won a Tony award for her performance in A View From The Bridge on Broadway. She wasn't the only film star awarded at the ceremony:

2010 Tony Awards Open Thread

Hortense Smith — Sun, 13 Jun 2010 19:50:00 EDT

Tony nominee Sean Hayes is your host for tonight's ceremony, which promises to feature several A-listers, including nominees Scarlett Johansson, Jude Law, Denzel Washington, and Catherine Zeta-Jones. Who will take home the Tony? Let's find out. More »

Tony Awards Live Blog Tonight

Hortense Smith — Sun, 13 Jun 2010 14:50:00 EDT

Want to watch the Tony Awards with your fellow commenters? You're in luck: our open thread will be up starting at 8pm EST. More »

Designing Woman

Katy Kelleher — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 14:10:00 EDT

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Lilly Awards Honor Female Theater Artists

Katy Kelleher — Tue, 25 May 2010 11:40:00 EDT

In response to the dearth of women at the Tonys, a group of artists held the first ever Lilly Awards on Sunday. "Whining does no good, so we decided to give a party," said Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Marsha Norman. [Variety] More »

Women Often Remains In The Shadows On Broadway

Megan Carpentier — Sun, 16 May 2010 14:00:00 EDT

Sarah Ruhl, whose Tony-nominated play In The Next Room stars four women, agrees with everyone that there were few other meaty roles for women on Broadway this year because few people fund plays about complicated women. [NY Times] More »

Stars Fail To Shine At The 62nd Annual Tony Awards; Theatre Geeks Weep

Sadie Stein — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 10:30:00 EDT

Ah, the Tonys. When the hearts of a million high-schoolers in Cats T-shirts go pitter-pat. The Broadway community owes it to these kids to really bring it one night a year, and I gotta say… The Miss Saigon lover in me was disappointed. I wanted more glitz, more tack, more joie - what we got was a lot of tasteful black. Marisa Tomei, Laura Linney, Mary-Louise Parker, Christine Baranski, Daphne Rubin-Vega and many more appear in The Good, The Bad and The Ugly, post-jump. More »

Judging The 'Gay Super Bowl'

Jennifer — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 12:00:37 EDT

The Tony Awards (otherwise known as the "Gay Super Bowl") were last night and, of course, we just had to comment on the clothes. The play-by-play, after the jump. More »