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Dear Evan Hansen Preview

Posted on May 18, 2021 by boz

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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Broadway Legends: Howard Ashman

Posted on May 17, 2021 by boz

Two-time Oscar-winning writer Howard Ashman was born May 17, 1950, in Baltimore. At age 6, he discovered his passion at Children’s Theater Association. His first known writing was L’il Abner’s Poke Chops, which he also directed and starred in at … Continue reading →

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Broadway Birthday: Siân Phillips

Posted on May 14, 2021 by boz

Happy Birthday to Tony and four-time Olivier nominee Siân Phillips, born May 14, 1933, in Bettws, Wales. At 11, she won the Welsh National Eisteddfod and began working for BBC Radio Wales. While attending University College in Cardiff, she continued … Continue reading →

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Broadway Legends: Bea Arthur

Posted on May 13, 2021 by boz

Tony-winning performer Bea Arthur was born Bernice Frankel on May 13, 1922, in Brooklyn and raised in Cambridge, Md. After graduating from the Linden Hall boarding school in Lititz, Pa., she studied at Blackstone College but soon left to enlist … Continue reading →

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Patti Prepares Her Return

Posted on May 12, 2021 by boz

On the heels of the announcements earlier this week from more than a dozen Broadway productions about their planned reopening dates, after remaining dark for more than a year due to the pandemic, Patti LuPone has released her own video … Continue reading →

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Today in Musical History: Carrie

Posted on May 12, 2021 by boz

The legendary musical Carrie opened on May 12, 1988, at Broadway’s Virginia (now August Wilson) Theatre. In 1981, Lawrence D. Cohen, who wrote the 1976 film Carrie, and Michael Gore began work on a musical adaptation of the Stephen King … Continue reading →

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Broadway Set to Reopen

Posted on May 11, 2021 by boz

This morning, musical theater stars L. Steven Taylor (Mufasa in The Lion King), Krystal Joy Brown (Eliza in Hamilton), and Alexandra Billings (Madame Morrible in Wicked) joined Good Morning America host Michael Strahan to announce that their shows will be among the first … Continue reading →

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Broadway Birthday: Boyd Gaines

Posted on May 11, 2021 by boz

Happy Birthday to four-time Tony-winning performer Boyd Gaines, born May 11, 1953, in Atlanta. During a “gypsy childhood,” due to his salesman father’s frequent job transfers, Gaines attended some dozen grammar schools, eventually graduating high school in California. He began … Continue reading →

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Rare Sondheim footage

Posted on May 10, 2021 by boz

On Sunday, May 16, at 3 p.m. ET, the digital broadcast TV network Buzzr will air a rare episode of the Goodson-Todman game show Password that features Stephen Sondheim. In the episode, which originally aired over CBS on Dec. 11, … Continue reading →

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Broadway Birthday: Nicholas Hytner

Posted on May 7, 2021 by boz

Happy Birthday to Olivier- and Tony-winning director Nicholas Hytner, born May 7, 1956, in Manchester, England. He studied at Trinity Hall, Cambridge University, where he cowrote the 1977 Footlights Revue and directed the Brecht-Weill opera Rise and Fall of the City … Continue reading →

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