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Broadway on SNL with Ariana DeBose

Posted on January 18, 2022 by boz

Tony nominee and recent Golden Globe winner Ariana DeBose hosted this past weekend’s episode of Saturday Night Live, the program’s first offering of the new year. Below is DeBose’s opening monologue, in which she gives a shout out to the … Continue reading →

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In Memoriam: Robert Allan Ackerman

Posted on January 14, 2022 by boz

Obie-winning director Robert Allan Ackerman died January 10 at Cedars-Sinai Hospital in Los Angeles. Born June 30, 1944, in Brooklyn, he grew up in Kew Gardens, Queens, and spent his summers at the resort his grandfather owned in Mount Freedom, … Continue reading →

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In Memoriam: Marilyn Bergman

Posted on January 14, 2022 by boz

Emmy-, Grammy-, and Oscar-winning lyricist Marilyn Bergman died January 8 in Los Angeles. Born Marilyn Keith on November 10, 1928, in Brooklyn, she majored in music at New York’s High School of Music & Art. While a student, she would … Continue reading →

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Broadway Swings in the Spotlight

Posted on January 14, 2022 by boz

The swings and understudies of Broadway’s musicals are finally getting some well-deserved praise, receiving attention in news outlets on both sides of the Atlantic, from The New York Post to London’s The Stage and The Independent. The catalyst for this … Continue reading →

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Ariana DeBose to Host SNL

Posted on January 14, 2022 by boz

Tony nominee Ariana DeBose, who received a Golden Globe Award as Best Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture just this past Sunday for her performance as Anita in the new musical adaptation of West Side Story, will host the January … Continue reading →

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Broadway on Jeopardy!

Posted on January 13, 2022 by boz

This week, “Broadway Musicals” was the category for the Final Jeopardy! round on the long-running game show. The clue was “Each in a show that ran more than 2 years, Ethel Merman & Sarah Jessica Parker played 2 different characters … Continue reading →

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2022 BroadwayWorld Awards

Posted on January 12, 2022 by boz

BroadwayWorld has announced the winners of its inaugural BroadwayWorld Off/Off-Off Broadway Awards, which celebrate productions across New York City that had their first performances between October 1, 2019, and September 30, 2021, in an Off-Broadway, Off-Off-Broadway, or streaming venue. The … Continue reading →

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2022 Golden Globe Awards

Posted on January 10, 2022 by boz

On Sunday, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association took to social media to reveal the winners of its 79th Golden Globe Awards for the best of film and TV of 2021. For the first time since 2008, there was no televised … Continue reading →

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In Memoriam: Joan Copeland

Posted on January 6, 2022 by boz

Broadway veteran Joan Copeland died January 4 in Manhattan. Born Joan Miller on June 1, 1922, in New York, “from the time I was a little girl I had the stage bug,” she told The New York Times. Copeland graduated … Continue reading →

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Folk Review Roundup

Posted on January 6, 2022 by boz

London theatre critics have given widely mixed reviews to the world premiere of Folk, a play with music inspired by a true story, set during 1903 in Somerset, where Louie’s mind overflows with the hundreds of songs passed down from … Continue reading →

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