Latest Tony Awards Buzz: Interviews

Tenor Scene-Stealer Jan Maxwell on Having Double the Fun with Two Tony Nods

Q&A May 17, 2010 | 10:58AM

As only the fourth actress in history to be nominated for two Tonys in the same season, Jan Maxwell has joined an exclusive sorority. (For the record, the others were Amanda Plummer, Dana Ivey and Kate Burton). Maxwell received this singular honor for a pair of roles in which she donned retro outfits and sleek '30s wigs: Broadway diva Julie ...

What's Up, Robin De Jesus? The La Cage Charmer on Why a Tony Nod Is Better the Second Time Around

WHAT'S UP? May 11, 2010 | 9:47AM

An interview with two-time Tony nominee Robin De Jesus is like a gossipy chat with your best friend. He’s warm, open and unspoiled by the success he’s achieved on Broadway in the past two years, first as comic sidekick Sonny in In the Heights and now in a scene-stealing performance as Jacob the “maid” in La Cage aux ...

What's Up, Stephen Kunken? The Enron Tony Nominee on Playing a Devil and Coming Home to an Angel

WHAT'S UP? May 7, 2010 | 2:26PM

Stephen Kunken had a bittersweet week. The actor, who is starring on Broadway in Lucy Prebble’s Enron as lupine CFO Andy Fastow, learned he had been honored with a Tony nomination for Best Featured Actor in a Play…and then later that day, he found out that his show would close on May 9. The accomplished actor, who always ...