Tag Archives: Pasek & Paul

2022 Grammy Nominees

On November 23, the Recording Academy announced the nominees for its 64th annual Grammy Awards, which will air live on January 31, 2022, over CBS. The Cole Porter tribute album Love for Sale, the second and final collaboration of Tony … Continue reading

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Strictly Come Dancing: You Will Be Found

Tony-winning actor Ben Platt visited the London studio of the BBC-TV dance competition Strictly Come Dancing for the third installment of the show’s 19th season to perform the iconic anthem “You Will Be Found” by Benj Pasek and Justin Paul … Continue reading

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Dear Evan Hansen Review Roundup

Film critics have given mixed to negative reviews to the screen adaptation of the 2015 Tony-winning musical Dear Evan Hansen, which premiered September 9 at the Toronto International Film Festival and is scheduled for wide release on September 24. Directed by … Continue reading

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Only Us Cover Version

Interscope Records has released the official video of the country cover version of “Only Us” from the upcoming Dear Evan Hansen soundtrack, performed by Grammy winners Carrie Underwood and Dan + Shay. The full album will be released September 24, the … Continue reading

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Dear Evan Hansen Preview

Universal Pictures has released the first official trailer for the film adaptation of the 2015 Tony-winning musical Dear Evan Hansen, which is scheduled to be released on September 24. Directed by Stephen Chbosky, the screenplay is by the show’s Tony-winning librettist … Continue reading

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Today in Musical History: Dear Evan Hansen

The Tony-winning Dear Evan Hansen opened Dec. 4, 2016, at the Music Box Theatre and has run for 1,363 performances so far. Its road to Broadway began with three readings in May to September 2014, then a full workshop in … Continue reading

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2020 Olivier Awards

Last night, performer Jason Manford hosted the 2020 Laurence Olivier Awards at the London Palladium. Manford was scheduled to host the ceremony April 5 at the Royal Albert Hall, but the event was postponed on March 17 due to the … Continue reading

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Essential Film Musicals: Frozen

In 1937, Walt Disney had an idea for a biographical film about Hans Christian Andersen. In 1940, he arranged a co-production with Samuel Goldwyn, who would shoot live-action sequences to accompany Disney’s animated sequences, but World War II brought an … Continue reading

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Essential Musicals: A Chorus Line

At an audition, 18 dancers vie for eight openings in the chorus line of an upcoming musical. The director invites them to step forward, one by one, and tell him something true about themselves. And they do. That’s the simple … Continue reading

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Best of 2012: Top 10 New Musicals

Musical theater was “alive and kicking” this year, with debuts from new writers and comebacks from veteran scribes. Below is my list of the Top Ten new pieces of musical theater that debuted in the past 12 months – with … Continue reading

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