David Buchanan

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Contributing Writer and Editor at Gold Derby

Contributing Editor of Theatre and Contributing Writer @goldderby. Ph.D. in English from Penn. Published @jwilonline. Forthcoming @j_dtc.

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Tony Talk: Predicting the tricky musical acting categories including Audra McDonald vs. Nicole Scherzinger

23 hours ago | goldderby.com | David Buchanan |Sam Eckmann

Welcome to Tony Talk, a column in which Gold Derby contributors Sam Eckmann and David Buchanan offer Tony Awards analysis. With less than a month until the 2025 Tony ceremony on June 8, we offer our take on who will win four of the top acting trophies. David Buchanan: The dust has settled on the Tony nominations and we've had some time to think more deeply about the musical acting categories, which are always incredibly fun and usually a bit unpredictable.
TV directors roundtable: ‘Abbott Elementary,’ ‘Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy,’ ‘Cross,’ ‘The Daily Show,’ and ‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’

1 day ago | goldderby.com | David Buchanan

A party host, a conductor, a taxi dispatcher, and a cheerleader. These are just some of the other careers to which television directors likened their work when Gold Derby gathered five of the top talent from comedy, drama, competition, and variety series and streaming film together to discuss their favorite part of the prep process, common misperceptions about their profession, and the moment they knew they wanted to pursue this career.
‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ director Nick Murray on the show’s ‘intense rehearsal time’ and Season 17’s ‘iconic’ interview with Liza Minnelli

1 day ago | goldderby.com | David Buchanan

“I love what the show stands for. I love the fact that we’re a global phenomenon,” says Nick Murray about what keeps him engaged with making RuPaul’s Drag Race after 14 seasons and 118 episodes, not even counting the series' numerous offshoots.
‘The Daily Show’ director David Paul Meyer on collaborating with the ‘very unpredictable’ Jon Stewart and ‘scrambling’ on election night

1 day ago | goldderby.com | David Buchanan

“It’s been a thrill,” says David Paul Meyer of collaborating with Jon Stewart on The Daily Show since the host returned in February 2024. The director has been with the Comedy Central series since 2015 as producer and then director during Trevor Noah’s tenure, but he has only in the past year had the chance to work with Stewart. He credits the satirist with inspiring his career, sharing, “I was a freshman in college when Jon started hosting The Daily Show, and the show was very influential to me.
‘Cross’ director Nzingha Stewart reveals how classic film ‘Chinatown’ influenced her vision for the James Patterson adaptation

1 day ago | goldderby.com | David Buchanan

When it comes to directing Cross, Nzingha Stewart declares, “It’s an honor and it feels like a huge responsibility, because everybody’s hopes and dreams are pinned on you.” Stewart knew the stakes were heightened after being tasked to shoot the first two episodes of the new Prime Video series, because it was “the audience’s first time meeting these character, getting invested in this world and the story.” Stewart recently sat down to discuss the series with Gold Derby as part of our Meet the...
‘Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy’ director Michael Morris discusses navigating both ‘comedy and grief’ in new film

1 day ago | goldderby.com | David Buchanan

“That first one, for me, was really important because it intersected with me and where I was,” says Michael Morris of Bridget Jones’ Diary. The 2001 film was particular influential for the director because it “introduced this idea of what an English rom-com, English romantic comedy, might look like, and it looks and feels a little different from American rom-coms.” More than two decades later, Morris signed on to direct the fourth film in the series, Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy.
‘Abbott Elementary’ director Randall Einhorn on capturing Ava’s ‘moment of humility’ and the ‘surreal’ crossover with ‘Always Sunny’

1 day ago | goldderby.com | David Buchanan

“As directors, all we’re ever doing is serving the scripts,” shares Randall Einhorn, a six-time Emmy Award nominee and primary eye behind the lens of Abbott Elementary.
‘Death Becomes Her’ team on exceeding the film fans’ expectations and impressing original director Robert Zemeckis

1 day ago | goldderby.com | David Buchanan

“They’d be silly not to be skeptical, but luckily this movie just happens to have one of the best fan bases,” says Noel Carey, one-half of the Tony-nominated composing team responsible for bringing the cult-classic 1992 film Death Becomes Her to Broadway.
‘Death Becomes Her’ team on exceeding the film fans’ expectations and impressing original director Robert Zemeckis

1 day ago | yahoo.com | David Buchanan

Yahoo is using AI to generate takeaways from this article. This means the info may not always match what's in the article. Reporting mistakes helps us improve the experience.Generate Key Takeaways“They’d be silly not to be skeptical, but luckily this movie just happens to have one of the best fan bases,” says Noel Carey, one-half of the Tony-nominated composing team responsible for bringing the cult-classic 1992 film Death Becomes Her to Broadway.
‘John Proctor Is the Villain’ stars Sadie Sink and Fina Strazza, playwright Kimberly Belflower on reading ‘The Crucible’ for the first time

1 day ago | goldderby.com | David Buchanan

“I hadn’t read it since college,” says playwright Kimberly Belflower of Arthur Miller’s iconic play The Crucible. She drew inspiration for John Proctor Is the Villain from that 1953 drama and found herself compelled to reread the work — an allegory of the McCarthy era in American politics told through the lens of the Salem Witch Trials — in 2017 at the height of the #MeToo movement.

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David Buchanan @PianoMannDave

1 May 25

Honored to spend the morning interviewing newly-minted, 2025 Tony Award nominees Jeb Brown, Itamar Moses, Natalie Venetia Belcon, Julia Knitel, Jon Michael Hill, Harry Lennix, and Glenn Davis. Read their reactions and more: https://t.co/5yGXhrg8bj

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30 Apr 25

RT @GoldDerby: #StrangerThings star Sadie Sink is electrifying Broadway in @johnproctorbway in a performance that's earning her Tonys buzz.…

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29 Apr 25

RT @GoldDerby: Tony Talk: Our final 2025 nominations predictions in the top 12 categories https://t.co/NT8heM2jJP https://t.co/AcXdeqLONG

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Tony Talk: Predicting the tricky musical acting categories including Audra McDonald vs. Nicole Scherzinger

TV directors roundtable: ‘Abbott Elementary,’ ‘Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy,’ ‘Cross,’ ‘The Daily Show,’ and ‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’

‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ director Nick Murray on the show’s ‘intense rehearsal time’ and Season 17’s ‘iconic’ interview with Liza Minnelli

‘The Daily Show’ director David Paul Meyer on collaborating with the ‘very unpredictable’ Jon Stewart and ‘scrambling’ on election night

‘Cross’ director Nzingha Stewart reveals how classic film ‘Chinatown’ influenced her vision for the James Patterson adaptation

‘Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy’ director Michael Morris discusses navigating both ‘comedy and grief’ in new film

‘Abbott Elementary’ director Randall Einhorn on capturing Ava’s ‘moment of humility’ and the ‘surreal’ crossover with ‘Always Sunny’

‘Death Becomes Her’ team on exceeding the film fans’ expectations and impressing original director Robert Zemeckis

‘Death Becomes Her’ team on exceeding the film fans’ expectations and impressing original director Robert Zemeckis

‘John Proctor Is the Villain’ stars Sadie Sink and Fina Strazza, playwright Kimberly Belflower on reading ‘The Crucible’ for the first time

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