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2020 Emmy Nominations
On July 28, Leslie Jones, Laverne Cox, Josh Gad, and Tatiana Maslany announced the nominations for the 72nd Primetime Emmy Awards for television and digital programming that premiered from June 1, 2019, to May 31, 2020. The Creative Arts trophies … Continue reading
Posted in Awards, TV
Tagged Atticus Ross, Chad Hugo, Curtis Moore, Euphoria, Ingrid Michaelson, Labrinth, Last Week Tonight, Little Fires Everywhere, Pharrell Williams, Siddhartha Khosla, Taylor Goldsmith, The Black Godfather, The Little Mermaid, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, This Is Us, Thomas Mizer, Trent Reznor, Watchmen
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He’s Got an EGOT
On July 26, CBS aired the 47th annual Daytime Emmy Awards (watch here), with some categories announced simultaneously on Twitter. The big news from the ceremony was that composer Alan Menken became the 16th person to join the EGOT club, … Continue reading
Hamilton Album Makes History
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
Posted in Albums, Original Stage Cast
Tagged Hair, Hamilton, The Book of Mormon, The Phantom of the Opera
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2020 Obie Awards
After two delays, the Village Voice and the American Theatre Wing presented the 65th annual Obie Awards last night in a recorded livestream on YouTube (watch here), celebrating the 2019-20 Off- and Off-Off-Broadway theater season. Host Cole Escola opened the evening … Continue reading
Posted in Awards, Stage
Tagged A Strange Loop, Cambodian Rock Band, Camille A. Brown, Celia Rose Gooding, Dave Malloy, David Cale, Donna Murphy, Fela!, for colored girls, Joe Ngo, LaChanze, Marie's Crisis, Merrily We Roll Along, Michael R. Jackson, Obie Awards, Octet, Rent, Shaina Taub, We're Only Alive for a Short Amount of Time
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2020 Time In Awards
Yesterday, Time Out New York announced the results of its Time In Awards for those “who made our homebound lives bearable over the past three months.” New Yorkers voted for honors in four categories: Homebound Stars, Food & Drink Heroes, Arts … Continue reading
Hamilton Review Roundup
The film of the 2015 musical Hamilton has received near universal acclaim. Edited from three performances of the original Broadway cast in June 2016, Disney+ advanced the film’s release from October 15, 2021, to July 3, 2020. (watch here) The creative … Continue reading
Posted in Film, Shows
Tagged Disney, film musical, Hamilton, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Thomas Kail
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In Memoriam: Nick Cordero
Tony-nominated Broadway musical performer Nick Cordero died on Sunday from COVID-19 complications. Born and raised in Hamilton, Canada, Cordero attended Ryerson University in Toronto for two years before leaving to perform in the band Lovemethod. He made his New York … Continue reading
2020 Dora Award Winners
Last night, the Toronto Alliance for the Performing Arts presented the 41st annual Dora Mavor Moore Awards in a virtual edition, written by Diane Flacks and directed by Ed Roy, on its YouTube channel. (watch here) Though the 2019-20 Toronto theater season … Continue reading
History of Musicals: Broadway Goes Bust
Broadway’s Roaring Twenties came to a roaring close with the rise of Hollywood’s “talkies” and the fall of the stock market. The subsequent exodus of talent posed a serious challenge for stage musicals. In 1929, Irving Berlin and Jerome Kern … Continue reading
Posted in History
Tagged Americana, Anything Goes, As Thousands Cheer, Cole Porter, Ethel Merman, Ethel Waters, Fred Astaire, Gene Kelly, George Abbott, George Gershwin, Hellzapoppin, Ira Gershwin, Irving Berlin, Jerome Kern, John Houseman, Kaufman & Hart, Knickerbocker Holiday, Kurt Weill, Marc Blitzstein, Marilyn Miller, Maxwell Anderson, Of Thee I Sing, Olsen & Johnson, Orson Welles, Otto Harbach, Pal Joey, Pins and Needles, Roberta, Rodgers & Hart, Schwartz & Dietz, The Band Wagon, The Cradle Will Rock, The Threepenny Opera, Victor Moore, Vivienne Segal, Walter Huston, William Gaxton, Yip Harburg
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2020 Antonyo Award Winners
Last night, Broadway Black, in association with the Black Theatre Society, presented the inaugural Antonyo Awards to recognize the achievements of black theater artists both on Broadway and Off-Broadway in the 2019-20 New York theater season. The virtual ceremony, hosted … Continue reading
Posted in Awards, Stage
Tagged A Strange Loop, Adrienne Warren, Antonyo Awards, Broadway Black, Camille A. Brown, Celia Rose Gooding, Chuck Cooper, Cyrano, Daniel J. Watts, Dharon E. Jones, Duncan Sheik, for colored girls, Jagged Little Pill, Jasmine Cephas Jones, LaChanze, Michael R. Jackson, Skinfolk, Susan Birkenhead, The Secret Life of Bees, Tina, West Side Story
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