Tag Archives: Robert Lopez

2022 Grammy Nominees

Posted on November 24, 2021 by boz

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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2021 Creative Emmy Awards

Posted on September 13, 2021 by boz

The final of three 2021 Creative Arts Emmy Awards ceremonies was held last night, and The Queen’s Gambit holds the lead with nine wins going into next weekend’s Primetime Emmy Awards, while The Mandalorian and Saturday Night Live are tied … Continue reading →

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West End Frozen Review Roundup

Posted on September 9, 2021 by boz

The West End premiere of Frozen, originally set to open April 14, officially opened September 8 at London’s Theatre Royal Drury Lane and has received generally favorable reviews from stage critics. The musical, based on the 2013 animated Disney film, … Continue reading →

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Broadway Birthday: Robert Lopez

Posted on February 23, 2021 by boz

Happy Birthday to double EGOT writer Robert Lopez, born Feb. 23, 1975, in Manhattan. At age 6, he started piano lessons at Greenwich House Music School, before attending Hunter College H.S. He studied English at Yale University, where he wrote … Continue reading →

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Essential Film Musicals: Frozen

Posted on June 4, 2020 by boz

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: Hamilton

Posted on May 19, 2020 by boz

Once in a generation, a musical comes along that resets the theatrical atmosphere and perhaps enters the wider popular culture. Hamilton is such a show — as Show Boat was in the 1920s, Oklahoma! in the 1940s, Hair in the … Continue reading →

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