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Full list of Tony Awards nominees

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 17:12:25 GMT

By Marianne Garvey | CNNLea Michele and Myles Frost announced the nominations for the 2023 Tony Awards on Tuesday.This year, 38 shows were vying for nominations for the ceremony scheduled on June 11.Related ArticlesEntertainment | ‘Some Like It Hot’ leads Tony nominations with 13 Broadway’s “Some Like It Hot” picked up the most nominations, with 13 in all.Below is the full list of nominees.Best New Play“Ain’t No Mo'”“Between Riverside and Crazy”“Cost of Living”“Fat Ham”“Leopoldstadt”Best New Musical“& Juliet”“Kimberly Akimbo”“New York, New York”“Shucked”“Some Like It Hot”Best Play Revival“A Doll’s House”“The Piano Lesson”“The Sign in Sidney Brustein’s Window”“Topdog/Underdog”Best Musical Revival“Camelot”“Into the Woods”“P...

‘Some Like It Hot’ leads Tony nominations with 13

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 17:12:25 GMT

By Mark Kennedy | Associated PressNEW YORK — “Some Like It Hot,” a Broadway musical adaptation of the cross-dressing movie comedy that starred Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon, waltzed away Tuesday with a leading 13 Tony Award nominations, putting the spotlight on a show that is a sweet, full-hearted embrace of trans rights.With songs by Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman and starring Christian Borle and J. Harrison Ghee, who all got nominations, the show follows two musician friends who disguise themselves as women and join an all-girl band to flee Chicago after witnessing a mob hit. Like the movie, there are men in dresses trying to pass as women. But this time, the dress awakens something in Ghee’s character, akin to a transformation from a caterpillar to a butterfly.The message of self-acceptance and respect for all was echoed across Broadway, from a revival of “Parade” to a Black actor-led “Death of a Salesman” to the new play “Ain’t...

Three people stabbed in one week in Davis, two of them fatally: Here's what we know

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 17:12:25 GMT

(KTXL) — Two men are dead and a woman is in critical condition after three separate stabbing attacks that occurred in the late hours across several days in Davis. Local law enforcement believes that one suspect is connected to at least two of the attacks, and federal authorities have now joined the investigation. Below is what officials have said so far about the attacks, two of which occurred at parks. Stabbing at Central ParkOn the morning of Thursday, April 27, Davis Police said they responded to a call of an individual found unresponsive in Central Park. Emergency personnel that responded found a man with "multiple stab wounds" and declared the man deceased. No information on a suspect was provided. The Yolo County Coroner identified the victim as David Henry Breaux, 50, known locally as the "Compassion Guy," who was known to frequent the area for at least the last decade. Breaux was instrumental in the installation of the Compassion Bench in 2013, and community members have con...

'Soggy Tuesday' brings scattered showers, chance of thunderstorms

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 17:12:25 GMT

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) -- Following several days of nearly summer-like weather, the Bay Area is in for a "soggy Tuesday," according to the National Weather Service. Scattered showers blanketed the region Tuesday morning and a slight chance for isolated thunderstorms will persist throughout the day. There is even an outside chance for small hail, the NWS said. Warriors-Lakers playoff series: Start times, TV schedule Monday will stay breezy and cool, but mostly dry, despite some drizzle. Tuesday is when the brunt of the wet weather is expected to hit.Graphic: Kyla Grogan"May is starting cool, drizzly and breezy around the Bay Area with more widespread but intermittent showers expected to roll overnight tonight through our Tuesday," said KRON4 Meteorologist Kyla Grogan. "There is even a slight chance of thunderstorms with this system on Tuesday as a front tracks through opening the door to a very cold air mass entering behind it."Following last week's warmer than average weather, Tuesd...

Suspect in Northgate High stabbing charged with murder

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 17:12:25 GMT

(BCN) -- A ninth-grade boy who allegedly stabbed a ninth-grade girl last week at Northgate High School in Walnut Creek has been charged with attempted murder and mayhem. Walnut Creek police said Tuesday the boy is still being held at juvenile hall. Man fatally stabbed in Pleasanton, 2 suspects at-large The victim is recovering at home, Police Lt. Holley Connors said. The boy stabbed the girl around 1 p.m. on April 25 at the school located on Castle Rock Road. Authorities aren't naming the suspect because he is a juvenile. Anyone with additional information can call Walnut Creek police at (925) 943-5844 or an anonymous tip line at (925) 943-5865. Copyright © 2023 Bay City News, Inc.

Woman attacked in Davis, third stabbing in a week

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 17:12:25 GMT

(KTXL) — A woman is in critical condition after being stabbed in Davis Monday night, the third stabbing in less than a week, the Davis Police Department said. Police sent out an emergency alert requesting that residents shelter in place while law enforcement searched the downtown area and surrounding neighborhoods but were unable to find the suspect.The shelter-in-place request has been lifted. Police said the woman reported that the suspect stabbed her through her tent at a "known transient camp."The woman was treated at the scene and then taken to a hospital.Police said they believe that the suspect in Monday night's stabbing is the same as the suspect in the killing of 20-year-old Karim Abou Najim, a student at UC Davis, on Saturday in Sycamore Park.The suspects in both of those stabbings were generally described as being light-complected men between 5'6" and 5'9". The suspect in the Sycamore Park stabbing was estimated to be between 19 and 23 years old. The suspect in Monday nig...

KRON4 coming to Hulu this summer

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 17:12:25 GMT

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) -- KRON4 News will be available on Hulu TV starting on July 31. The expanded service for streaming customers comes as a result of a new comprehensive multi-year distribution agreement between Hulu and KRON4's parent company Nexstar Media Group, Inc.KRON4 is one of 122 Nextar local television stories covered in the deal, which also includes the launch of the company's MyNetworkTV affiliates and independent stations.Nexstar's cable news network, NewsNation, will continue to be carried on Hulu as part of the deal.KRON4 will also launch on YouTube TV, starting on June 30.

Shot fired at Memphis TV station; suspect in nearby business

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 17:12:25 GMT

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — A shot was fired at a Memphis television station on Tuesday, but no one was wounded, the station said.WHBQ, the Fox affiliate in Tennessee’s second-largest city, reported that the shot was fired at about 11:30 a.m. and that the bullet fell outside of the front door of the lobby of the building, which is located in a commercial area near the University of Memphis campus.It wasn’t immediately clear if the shot was fired from inside or outside of the station, or what the intended target might have been. A police spokeswoman said she would provide more information when it was available.Police said the armed suspect was inside a nearby hamburger restaurant and advised the public to stay out of the area. A SWAT team was attempting to take the suspect into custody, the station said.The university issued an advisory telling students and faculty to shelter indoors.Source

2 fatal stabbings, 1 attempt rattle California college town

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 17:12:25 GMT

DAVIS, Calif. (AP) — Residents of a Northern California university town are frightened and on edge after three people were stabbed within a week — two fatally — with the most recent attempt Monday night when a homeless woman reported being knifed several times through her tent. The Federal Bureau of Investigation is assisting the Davis Police Department, as are other law enforcement agencies. It’s unclear if the same suspect is responsible for all three stabbings in the downtown Davis area, which also includes the University of California, Davis campus. Police issued a shelter-in-place order for residents shortly after the stabbing of the woman was reported at 11:45 p.m. Monday. It was lifted hours later after police said they had not caught the suspect, who is described as a male with curly hair, a thin build and carrying a brown backpack. Davis is a city about 70 miles (112 kilometers) northeast of San Francisco and 15 miles (24 kilometers) west of Sacramento, California. An...

Ohio gambling regulator halts betting on Alabama baseball

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 17:12:25 GMT

Ohio’s top gambling regulator has barred licensed sports books in the state from accepting bets on Alabama baseball games after a report that warned of suspicious gambling activity.Matthew Schuler, executive director of the Ohio Casino Control Commission, issued the emergency order on Monday “prohibiting the acceptance of any wagers on University of Alabama Baseball effective immediately.” The order was first reported by ESPN. The order, obtained Tuesday by The Associated Press, also said that one of the state’s “certified independent integrity monitors” notified the state about the wagers. Sports betting is legal in 33 states, and it wasn’t immediately clear whether any other states had issued similar orders. “We are continuing to look into the matter,” Ohio’s commission spokesperson Jessica Franks said Tuesday. ESPN reported that Las-Vegas based U.S. Integrity sent out an alert to sportsbooks warning of “suspicious wagering activity” involving Friday night’...