Tag Archives: The Book of Mormon

New York Reopening Update

Posted on June 16, 2021 by boz

Yesterday, the producers of two more New York musicals announced their reopening dates. The long-running The Book of Mormon will resume performances on November 5 at Broadway’s Eugene O’Neill Theatre. The show had played 3,748 performances before the pandemic shutdown, … Continue reading →

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Broadway Birthday: Gavin Creel

Posted on April 19, 2021 by boz

Happy Birthday to Tony- and Olivier-winning performer Gavin Creel, born April 18, 1976, in Findlay, Ohio. After graduating from Findlay H.S., Creel studied musical theater at University of Michigan. Within months of earning his bachelor’s degree in 1998, he landed … 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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Hamilton Album Makes History

Posted on July 15, 2020 by boz

The original Broadway cast recording of Hamilton rose to a new peak on Billboard’s albums chart last week, climbing to #2 on the Billboard 200 after the show’s film premiere July 3 on Disney+ (watch here), making it the highest-charting … 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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