For Alex Newell, making history is tiring work. Less than 12 hours after the Shucked actor walked the white carpet at the 2023 Met Gala became the first nonbinary actor to be nominated for a Tony in the Best Featured Actor in a Musical category. There were tears and press …
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It took Cameron Crowe and Tom Kitt a single word to hit off their friendship: “Yeah.” It was January 2018, and the filmmaker and the Broadway composer were co-writing songs for the musical adaptation of Crowe’s classic 2000 movie Almost Famous. “The conversation was like, ‘What are the great ‘yeahs’ …
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After 35 years, the curtains have closed on Broadway‘s longest-running musical. Andrew Lloyd Webber‘s Phantom of the Opera ran its final show on Sunday evening at the Majestic Theatre in New York City, marking its 13,981 performance. It was originally scheduled to close in February but received an extension through …
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If there was any indication of how Bad Cinderella’s Broadway run would go, it was apparent during the show’s Oct. 3 announcement. Actress Linedy Genao, who plays the titular Cinderella, addressed a gathered crowd of media, fans, and a ravenous online audience ready to see how the American attempt of …
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Smash is coming to the stage after years of anticipation. A musical adaptation of the NBC series, which ran for only two seasons, will open on Broadway for the 2024-2025 season, according to producers Robert Greenblatt, Neil Meron, and Steven Spielberg. Tony-award winning director Susan Stroman, who is currently helming …
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Lea Michele‘s run as Fanny Brice on Funny Girl is coming to an end. The Broadway show announced that after extending its run, the cast’s final bow is set for Sept. 3. A week after the final show on Broadway, the musical will embark on a U.S. tour stopping in …
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JoJo will call New York City home for a while as she settles into her lead role as Satine in Moulin Rouge, marking her Broadway debut. “This show is a full on feast for the senses and the opportunity to play Satine feels like the culmination of so many dreams,” …
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The first preview of a Broadway revival of Parade — a musical about the lynching of Jewish American Leo Frank in Georgia in 1915 — was disrupted by antisemitic protesters outside the theater Tuesday night, Feb. 21. The protest, per the Forward, comprised a few people tied to the neo-Nazi …
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This summer, David Byrne is bringing disco to Broadway. Here Lies Love, the musical the Talking Heads frontman created with Fatboy Slim, will return from a six-year stage hiatus to join the big ranks just in time to follow up the April 2022 close of David Byrne’s American Utopia. The …
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Once Upon a One More Time, the long-in-the-works jukebox musical featuring the music of Britney Spears, is set to open on Broadway in June 2023. On the day of Spears’ 41st birthday, the musical announced that it would begin previews at the Marquis Theatre on May 13 ahead of its …
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