Musicals

Outlandish Thumbelina theory is ruining the film for families | TV & Radio | Showbiz & TV

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Outlandish Thumbelina theory is ruining the film for families | TV & Radio | Showbiz & TV

When adults revisit the beloved children’s classics of their youth, they often discover hidden layers ranging from cheeky humour to darker undertones. This was precisely the case for social media sensation Rob Anderson, who experienced what to him seemed a startling revelation upon rewatching the 1994 animated rendition of Hans Christian Andersen’s “Thumbelina”. The story charts the … Read more

The 2024 Tony Award Nominations Are Here

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The 2024 Tony Award Nominations Are Here

NEW YORK (AP) — Two Broadway shows celebrating the origins of sonic creativity — the musical “Hell’s Kitchen” fueled by Alicia Keys songs, and the play “Stereophonic” about a ’70s rock band at the edge of stardom — each earned a leading 13 Tony Award nominations Tuesday, a list that also saw a record number … Read more

Select list of nominees for 2024 Tony Awards

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Select list of nominees for 2024 Tony Awards

NEW YORK — Select nominations for the 2024 Tony Awards, announced Tuesday. Best Musical: “Hell’s Kitchen”: ”Illinoise”; “The Outsiders”; “Suffs”; “Water for Elephants” Best Play: “Jaja’s African Hair Braiding”; “Mary Jane”; “Mother Play”; “Prayer for the French Republic”; “Stereophonic”; “Suffs”; “Water for Elephants” Best Revival of a Play: “Appropriate”; “An Enemy of the People”; “Purlie … Read more

At Tony Award nominations, there’s no clear juggernaut but opportunity for female directors

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At Tony Award nominations, there’s no clear juggernaut but opportunity for female directors

NEW YORK — After a final, frantic push to open the last raft of Broadway shows before the eligibility window closed, the final list of almost 40 plays and musicals vying for Tony Award nominations this year are ready and hoping for their closeups. Jesse Tyler Ferguson and Renée Elise Goldsberry will announce nominees for … Read more

Katie Rose Clarke Provides The Bittersweet Heart Of ‘Merrily We Roll Along’

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Katie Rose Clarke Provides The Bittersweet Heart Of ‘Merrily We Roll Along’

Katie Rose Clarke was about nine months pregnant with her third child when she got the call to audition for Broadway’s “Merrily We Roll Along,” which is now playing at New York’s Hudson Theatre after a 2022 off-Broadway run. Clarke spent much of that early tryout “hoping and praying” that the musical’s creative team would … Read more

Winners of the 2024 Olivier Awards celebrating work on the London stage

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Winners of the 2024 Olivier Awards celebrating work on the London stage

LONDON — The winners of the 2024 Olivier Awards, handed out Sunday for achievement in London theater, opera and dance: New Play: “Dear England” New Musical: “Operation Mincemeat” New Entertainment or Comedy: “Stranger Things: The First Shadow” Family Show: “Dinosaur World Live” Revival: “Vanya” Musical Revival: “Sunset Boulevard” Actress-Play: Sarah Snook, “The Picture of Dorian … Read more

Sarah Jessica Parker, Sarah Snook and Andrew Scott vie for prizes at London’s Olivier theater awards

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Sarah Jessica Parker, Sarah Snook and Andrew Scott vie for prizes at London’s Olivier theater awards

LONDON — Sarah Jessica Parker, Andrew Scott and Sarah Snook are among the stars battling for accolades Sunday at the Olivier Awards recognizing work on the London stage. The Oliviers — Britain’s equivalent of Broadway’s Tony Awards — are celebrating a bumper year for new shows in the West End, which is finally bouncing back … Read more

Take your daughter to work, Broadway edition: ‘Hadestown’ welcomes Jon Jon Briones and his daughter

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Take your daughter to work, Broadway edition: ‘Hadestown’ welcomes Jon Jon Briones and his daughter

NEW YORK — Jon Jon Briones had the best vantage point to watch his daughter, Isa, make her Broadway debut. He wasn’t sitting in the front row or hovering backstage. He was beside her. Father and daughter stepped into the musical “Hadestown” last month, he playing Hermes and she Eurydice. It was the first time … Read more

The ‘Aladdin’ stage musical turns 10 this month. Here are the magical stories of three Genies

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The ‘Aladdin’ stage musical turns 10 this month. Here are the magical stories of three Genies

NEW YORK — NEW YORK (AP) — James Monroe Iglehart’s mom took him to see the animated Disney movie “Aladdin” as a high-school graduation gift in 1992. He fell in love with the Genie, naturally. Fast-forward more than two decades and Iglehart found himself playing the first Genie on Broadway, killing it, and on his … Read more

Theater Review: Without Gosling or geese, Broadway’s ‘The Notebook’ goes for the guts, without guile

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Theater Review: Without Gosling or geese, Broadway’s ‘The Notebook’ goes for the guts, without guile

NEW YORK — The romantic tearjerker “The Notebook” lands on Broadway in awkward musical theater form this spring having previously conquered books and movies. It is intent now on making a live audience openly weep by employing massive doses of schlocky sentimentality without the aid of Ryan Gosling. The bombastic musical that opened Thursday at … Read more