Tonywatch: Dede Ayite's costumes always 'build up layers'

Odessa American: Lifestyle: One of the most intriguing parts of the costumes at the Broadway play “A Soldier's Story” was something the audience likely never saw. Each of the 12 actors wore uniforms carefully reflecting the attire of real soldiers in 1944. Their boots, too, were faithful replications. But around their necks were dog tags carefully etched with each character's name, age and religious affiliation.

Tonywatch: Clint Ramos on designing a better Broadway

ABC News: The audience watching the searing and provocative “Slave Play” on Broadway often caught a glimpse of themselves onstage — in more ways than one. That's because set designer Clint Ramos had built giant mirrors behind the actors, who initially appear to be on a plantation in the pre-Civil War South. Ramos, as he has done hundreds of time before, wanted to pull people into the raw story being told.

Tony Awards Voting Starts Now. And It’s Going to Be Weird.

The New York Times: The last Broadway season ended, unexpectedly, nearly a year ago. The next one will begin who-knows-when. But deep in this winter of our theaterlessness, a dormant tradition is starting to stir: the Tony Awards.

Tony Awards campaigns go digital during the Broadway shutdown

Broadway News: Ahead of Tony Awards voting, which began Monday and ends March 15, nominated productions have sent out Audible recordings of the shows, multitudes of emails and Tonys-specific websites and, in one case, a streamed version of the play in its entirety. These materials are being sent as producers try to remind voters of their shows, while being unable to employ the traditional modes of campaigning, such as in-person events and invitations to see shows for a second time.

Tony Awards Nominees May Suffer Due To Delay In Voting

www.forbes.com: No one deserves to be forgotten, especially at the Tony Awards. After declaring that the Tony Awards ceremony would be presented digitally in the fall of 2020, rushing to announce all of nominees, and then going silent for several months, the American Theatre Wing and the Broadway League have emerged from the shadows to confirm that the polls will finally open next month.

Three Carnegie Mellon Alumni Nominated for Six Tony Awards

www.cmu.edu/news: Three Carnegie Mellon University School of Drama alumni received a total of six Tony Award nominations today for their accomplishments on Broadway. This marks the 12th consecutive year that at least one Carnegie Mellon graduate has received a nomination.

Nominations announced for the 2020 Tony Awards

DC Metro Theater Arts: Today at noon on YouTube, nominations for this year’s 74th annual Tony Awards were announced to honor outstanding achievements in the 2019-20 Broadway season, cut short by the precautionary closure of all theaters on March 12, as necessitated by the COVID-19 pandemic. As a result, the number of shows eligible for 2020 Tony consideration was limited to the eighteen that had opened and could accommodate nominators and voters to adjudicate prior to the shutdown

Tony Awards postponement is a first, historians say

Broadway News: The postponement of the 2020 Tony Awards is a first in the 73 years of the ceremony, according to theater historians.

This year’s Tony Awards ceremony has been postponed indefinitely as Broadway theaters remain shuttered through at least June 7, the original date of the Tony Awards, due to the impact of COVID-19. Its fate was threatened by a dispute in 1965 and its subsequent fallout in 1966, as well as labor disputes through the years, but theater experts said none of the events that have closed Broadway theaters in the past have affected the ceremony.

Tony Awards, Broadway’s biggest night, postponed because of virus’ spread

The Seattle Times: Citing concerns for “the health and safety of the Broadway community,” representatives of the Tony Awards announced Wednesday a postponement of the June 7 ceremony. They added that the event would be produced at some future date “when it is safe to do so.”

Backstage Video: Peter Nigrini, Projection Designer

Stage Directions: Projection Designer Peter Nigrini, nominated for a 2019 Tony Award for his projection designs for Best Lighting Design of a Musical (with Kenneth Posner) for Beetlejuice and Best Scenic Design of a Musical (with Robert Brill) for Ain’t Too Proud: The Life and Times of the Temptations, recalls his early childhood experiences of being different from everyone around him

2 Tony Winners Try to Upend Rodgers and Hammerstein

The New York Times: Two and a half years ago, the playwright David Henry Hwang approached the composer Jeanine Tesori with an idea for a show. Mr. Hwang had seen a recent revival of “The King and I” at Lincoln Center, which got him thinking about how much he loved that classic Rodgers and Hammerstein musical (the songs, the story, the moment the king dies, which never failed to make him cry), and yet, how much he didn’t (the play’s history of showing a mostly white cast in yellowface, its implicit racism).

6 Carnegie Mellon University alumni earn a record 12 Tony Award nominations

TribLIVE: Six Carnegie Mellon University alumni have received a record-breaking 12 Tony Award nominations.

The university's School of Drama alumnus and 2016 Tony Award winner Leslie Odom Jr. and CBS star Katharine McPhee co-hosted the nominations announcement.

CMU's Ann Roth collects three Tony nominations; Grey Henson grabs his first nod

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: Costume designer Ann Roth, at 86 now a nine-time nominee and one-time Tony winner, came away with three nominations when names were called Tuesday for the 72nd annual Tony Awards.

The Nominees Of The 2018 Tony Awards

Live Design: The American Theatre Wing announced the nominations for the 72nd annual Tony Awards on this Tuesday morning. New musicals Mean Girls and SpongeBob SquarePants led the way with 12 nominations each, followed by Angels in America, Carousel, and The Band's Visit with 11 each. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child and My Fair Lady received ten nods each.

Six Carnegie Mellon Alumni Nominated for 12 Tony Awards

News - Carnegie Mellon University: Six Carnegie Mellon University alumni received a record-breaking 12 Tony Award nominations this morning. School of Drama alumnus and 2016 Tony Award winner Leslie Odom, Jr. and CBS star Katharine McPhee co-hosted the nominations announcement, which aired in part on "CBS This Morning" and in full on the Tony Awards page on Facebook.

Tony Nominations 2018: ‘Mean Girls,’ ‘SpongeBob,’ “Band’s Visit’ Lead

Observer: This year’s top Tony Award nominees came from Bikini Bottom, Bet Hatikva, Hogwarts and… a suburban high school.

Broadway’s top awards show spread the wealth this year, with seven shows reaching double digit nomination hauls.

Tony Awards 2018: La MaMa to Receive Regional Theater Award

Variety: La MaMa E.T.C., the downtown Manhattan theater that was one of the major birthplaces of the Off Off Broadway scene, will receive the 2018 Regional Theater Tony Award.

Leslie Odom, Jr. Helps To Spread Good News to 2018 Tony Nominees

www.cmu.edu/news: Carnegie Mellon University alumnus Leslie Odom, Jr. can check off another box on his accomplishments list. Odom Jr., who took home a 2016 Tony Award for best performance by an actor in a leading role for his portrayal of Aaron Burr in "Hamilton," will join CBS star Katharine McPhee to announce the 2018 Tony Award nominees. The Tony Awards announced his role today; the nominations will take place at Lincoln Center Tuesday, May 1, and will, in part, be broadcast on "CBS This Morning."

Andrew Lloyd Webber and Chita Rivera to Receive Lifetime Achievement Tony Awards

www.broadwayworld.com: The Tony Awards has just announced that this year's Special Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre will go to industry icons Andrew Lloyd Webber and Chita Rivera.

"The cultural impact that Chita and Andrew have had on the international theatre community and on theatre education, has been immeasurable,"

Leslie Odom, Jr. Helps To Spread Good News to 2018 Tony Nominees

www.cmu.edu/news: Carnegie Mellon University alumnus Leslie Odom, Jr. can check off another box on his accomplishments list. Odom Jr., who took home a 2016 Tony Award for best performance by an actor in a leading role for his portrayal of Aaron Burr in "Hamilton," will join CBS star Katharine McPhee to announce the 2018 Tony Award nominees. The Tony Awards announced his role today; the nominations will take place at Lincoln Center Tuesday, May 1, and will, in part, be broadcast on "CBS This Morning."