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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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Annie Live! Review Roundup

Posted on December 3, 2021 by boz

The NBC presentation of Annie Live!, a TV broadcast of the 1977 musical Annie, which is based on the comic strip Little Orphan Annie by Harold Gray, has received generally positive reviews from television critics. The creative team includes Thomas … Continue reading →

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Annie Live! Preview

Posted on October 28, 2021 by boz

NBC has released a teaser of its upcoming live presentation of the 1976 Broadway musical Annie, which will air on December 2 from Grumman Studios in Bethpage, N.Y., where several other NBC live musicals have been filmed. The special will … Continue reading →

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Annie on SNL

Posted on October 25, 2021 by boz

Former SNL cast member and writer Jason Sudeikis hosted this past weekend’s broadcast of Saturday Night Live. In the show’s parody of the song “I Think I’m Gonna Like It Here” from the Broadway musical Annie, Sudeikis played Rick, a … Continue reading →

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Broadway Birthday: Charles Strouse

Posted on June 7, 2021 by boz

Happy Birthday to three-time Tony-winning composer Charles Strouse, born June 7, 1928, in New York, where he attended Townsend Harris H.S. After graduating from Eastman School of Music (1947), he studied with Aaron Copland and Nadia Boulanger. He met longtime … Continue reading →

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Broadway Birthday: Sheila Hancock

Posted on February 22, 2021 by boz

Happy Birthday to Olivier-winning actress Sheila Hancock, born Feb. 22, 1933, on the Isle of Wight. She later moved to King’s Cross in London, where her parents ran a pub. After wartime evacuation to Somerset, Hancock attended Dartford County Grammar … Continue reading →

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2020 Time In Awards

Posted on July 9, 2020 by boz

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 →

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Best of 2012: Top 10 Musical Revivals

Posted on December 26, 2012 by boz

New York saw a bevy of musical revivals this year, including a large pack of shows from the Eighties. There were also two prominent “revivals” of shows from the past five years, both presented at the Hirschfeld – though “remount” … Continue reading →

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Annie: Review Roundup

Posted on November 12, 2012 by boz

The second Broadway revival of the 1977 musical Annie, based on the 1924 comic strip Little Orphan Annie by Harold Gray, has opened to generally positive reviews. The creative team includes Thomas Meehan (book), Martin Charnin (lyrics), Charles Strouse (music), … Continue reading →

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