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2021 Kennedy Center Honors

The Kennedy Center has announced its 44th class of honorees, and musical theater alums were well represented among them. This year’s five performing artists are opera singer Justino Díaz, writer-producer Berry Gordy, Tony-nominated producer Lorne Michaels, Tony-winning actress Bette Midler, … Continue reading

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Billboard 2020 Year-End Charts

Billboard magazine has released its year-end charts. For 2020, the magazine teamed up with Google to debut a new chart that tracked the most popular songs searched for in Google’s “Hum to Search” feature on its new app. Among the 100 … Continue reading

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Tina Fey to host One Night Only

Mean Girls librettist Tina Fey will host NBC’s One Night Only: The Best of Broadway, a two-hour special airing December 10 at 8 p.m. ET that will celebrate Broadway with performances from the casts of the musicals Ain’t Too Proud, Chicago, … Continue reading

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Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade 2020

Broadway may be dark but four musicals will perform for the 94th Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade on November 26. The casts of Hamilton, Mean Girls, Jagged Little Pill, and Ain’t Too Proud will be filmed in the next few weeks … Continue reading

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Making Musicals: The Dialogue

Each scene is like a mini-musical, with its own beginning, middle, and end. Before you write any dialogue, decide how the scene begins. Playwright David Mamet asks three questions: “1. Who wants what from whom?, 2. What happens if they … Continue reading

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