Tony Nominations Announced; Robert Greenblatt Returns To NBCU; Steven Soderbergh Q&A

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View on web New reader? Subscribe SUBSCRIBE. IT'S FREE. 'THE LOST BOYS' AND 'SCHMIGADOON!' LEAD TONY AWARD NOMINATIONS PAIR OF SHOWS NAB 12 NOMS APIECE; 'RAGTIME,' 'ARTHUR MILLER'S DEATH OF A SALESMAN,' 'CATS: THE JELLICLE BALL' ALSO STRONG The Lost Boys and Schmigadoon! led the field in this morning's nominations for the 79th annual Tony Awards, netting 12 each. Other top nominees included Ragtime (11) Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman, Cats: The Jellicle Ball and Richard O’Brien’s The Rocky Horror Show (all with nine). There were a few surprise omissions in acting categories, with Lea Michele (Chess) and Adrien Brody (Fear of 13) both absent from the list. (Fear wound up with only two total noms.) in in fact, only two noms for Fear. Rose Byrne, by landing a nomination in the Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play, scored a rare feat by getting both an Oscar nomination and a Tony nomination in the same year: The Oscar for If I Had Legs I’d Kick You and Tony for Fallen Angels.  The Tonys will be held in New York on June 7. >>>Full Nominations List Related: ​​​​​​​Tony Awards Snubs & Surprises: Screen Star Shut-Out With No Noms For Adrien Brody, Keanu Reeves, Lea Michele, Jon Bernthal & More CANNES PREVIEW   EXCLUSIVE Patrick Schwarzenegger Joins ‘The Bookie & The Bruiser’ In Dual Role Opposite Vince Vaughn & Theo James   EXCLUSIVE Lucy Hale To Star In Romantic Fantasy Film ‘Vision Board’   Demi Moore, Chloé Zhao, Stellan Skarsgård & More Round Out Park Chan-Wook’s Jury   EXCLUSIVE Kevin Spacey To Lead WW2 Drama ‘Melodies In The Forest’ Deadline Exclusives & Originals Green Light - Former NBC Entertainment Chairman Robert Greenblatt is returning to NBCU as a producer after eight years. He has signed a first-look deal with Universal Television to develop and produce TV projects through his production company, The Green Room. >>>First Project Making Tracks To L.A. - One of the biggest shows on television is relocating to Los Angeles with the biggest California tax credit for a series to date. CBS' Tracker, starring Justin Hartley, will move from Vancouver, where the first three seasons were shot. >>>Securing Production Space It Ends Like This - Just two weeks before Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni‘s multimillion-dollar legal war over alleged online smear campaigns and what went down around It Ends With Us was due to start in New York, the parties have settled. >>>Shocking Development Steinberg Leaving SPT - In one of those end of an era executive departures, Dawn Steinberg is stepping down as Head of Worldwide Talent and Casting for Sony Pictures Television after 23 years at the studio. >>>Will Help With Transition   DEADLINE REALITY TV SUMMIT   Netflix Is Still Keen On Live Reality Shows & So Are Its Rivals Andy Cohen Is Always Feeding The Bravoverse Amazon’s New Unscripted Chief Is Leaning Into Big Formats For Younger Viewers ‘Top Chef’ In Tokyo? Kristen Kish Wants To Cook Up A Finale In The Eastern Capital Network & Streamer Unscripted Chiefs: “Don’t Be Derivative” Amazon Is Finally Talking About A U.S. Version Of ‘LOL: Last One Laughing’ Reality Shows Are Increasingly Shot Abroad, But Networks & Streamers Would Like To Film More In U.S. Full Coverage THE DEADLINE INTERVIEW Steven Soderbergh Talks “Pro-Choice” Attitude Towards Artificial Intelligence, Partnership With Meta On AI-Inclusive Doc ‘John Lennon: The Last Interview’ In this first in-depth conversation about the Lennon doc, John Lennon: The Last Interview, ahead of its Cannes premiere, Steven Soderbergh gets into the specific sequences AI enabled, the iterative process by which they were developed, and the creative and ethical framework behind his use of the technology.  Soderbergh at the same time reflects on the enduring relevance of Lennon and Ono’s words in the former Beatle's final interview, recorded mere hours before his death, as the foundation for a documentary, the Beatles as a “clinic in creative evolution,” his ambitions of returning to the arena of large-scale event filmmaking, and more. >>>Q&A Related: Darren Aronofsky To Receive Locarno’s Honorary Pardo d’Onore RENEWALS, CANCELLATIONS & PICKUPS ‘The Night Agent’ To End With Season 4 On Netflix ‘Son Of A Critch’ To End After Fifth Season ‘Going Dutch’ Canceled By Fox After 2 Seasons CASTING ABOUT Exclusive Jenna Elfman is to play Stephen Fry’s boss and handler in Fox drama series The Interrogator. Additionally, Welsh-born Jessica Sula (Michael)  will play Astrid in the series. Matthew Rhys will lead a BBC drama exploring the work of one the most iconic British journalists of all time. The Americans and Beast in Me star is playing former Sunday Times editor Harry Evans in Dragon Slayers. MORE NEWS 🍎 The AI-infused retooling of The Wizard of Oz that opened last August at Sphere in Las Vegas has now sold almost 3 million tickets, grossing $370 million. ⚖️ The Federal Trade Commission and Media Matters have settled their litigation following a court ruling that the federal agency violated the First Amendment when it issued a civil investigative demand to the media watchdog. The case stemmed from a 2023 piece published by Media Matters about antisemitic posts on the social media platform. 🏆 The New York Times, The Washington Post and Reuters were multiple winners of Pulitzer Prizes on Monday, while the journalism committee awarded a special citation to the Miami Herald’s Julie K. Brown for her reporting on Jeffrey Epstein. ⚖️ IATSE said that it has filed unfair labor practice charges against the Kennedy Center over the layoffs of workers in advance of the arts institution’s planned closure in July. ⚕️ A chipper-sounding Dolly Parton has shared a health update on Instagram, reassuring fans she’s “responding really well to meds and treatments” but that she nonetheless will have to cancel an upcoming Las Vegas residency. HIRINGS, PROMOTIONS & EXITS   Exclusive Innovative Hires Talent Agent Brian Sacripanti, Promotes Celine Biancardi Amanda Kozlowski Promoted To Worldwide Marketing President At Lionsgate OBITUARIES 🕯️John Sterling, the radio voice of the New York Yankees over 36 seasons, died Monday at his home in Edgewater, NJ, of complications following a heart attack. He was 87. 🕯️ Mike Stenson, the erstwhile president of Jerry Bruckheimer Films who helped usher films from Top Gun: Maverick (his final film) to Coyote Ugly over his 25-year tenure, died at the age of 65 on April 26. 🕯️  2026 Deaths Photo Gallery ON THE RADAR Tue - Obama on Colbert Wed - Disney earnings; Deadline's Sound & Screen Television event Thu - Grey's Anatomy finale; Dave Chappelle at the Hollywood Palladium Sat - Apple x Deadline Casting Panel; WNBA season tips off Mon - Upfronts begin; Webby Awards PHOTO OF THE DAY Peace Party - Blake Lively showed up at the Met Gala just hours after the It Ends With Us star settled litigation with Justin Baldoni, his company and PR firm. This email was sent to punjabsvera@gmail.com by Deadline. Please add email@email.deadline.com to your address book to ensure delivery to your inbox. Visit the Preferences Center to update your profile and customize what email alerts and newsletters you receive. 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