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2022 Tony Nominations

Posted on May 9, 2022 by boz

This morning, Tony winner Adrienne Warren and three-time nominee Joshua Henry announced the nominations in the 26 competitive categories of the American Theatre Wing’s 75th annual Antoinette Perry Awards, which will be hosted by Tony nominee and Oscar winner Ariana … Continue reading →

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January 2022 Theater Music

Posted on February 7, 2022 by boz

The past month offered a wide range of new theater music, from original concept albums to premiere releases of rare recordings. Among the concept albums is Scarlet, a post-apocalyptic science fiction parable about climate change with a baroque-pop score featuring … Continue reading →

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Reopening: The Broadway Revival

Posted on January 19, 2022 by boz

Last night, the PBS-TV series Great Performances presented “Reopening: The Broadway Revival,” the 16th episode of its 49th season, which pulled back the curtain on some of Broadway’s most popular shows, revealing how the New York theater industry undertook the … Continue reading →

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Time: Best Theater of 2021

Posted on December 23, 2021 by boz

This week, deputy editor Eben Shapiro of Time magazine published his list of “The 10 Best Theater Performances of 2021,” honoring “the best theater had to offer in this year when audiences returned, sometimes tentatively, to their seats and performers … Continue reading →

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New York Times: Best Theater of 2021

Posted on December 6, 2021 by boz

This weekend, the New York Times theater staff gave their list of the best productions from the past year, both online and in-person. Among its 10 “Streaming Highlights” were Jason Robert Brown’s 2001 two-hander The Last Five Years, presented by Out … Continue reading →

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Caroline or Change Preview

Posted on September 28, 2021 by boz

Cast members from the upcoming revival of Caroline, or Change, the 2003 musical by Tony Kushner and Jeanine Tesori, appeared today on ABC-TV’s Good Morning America. The Roundabout Theatre transfer of this London production, which premiered at Chichester Festival Theatre … Continue reading →

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Broadway Birthday: Jeanine Tesori

Posted on November 10, 2020 by boz

Happy birthday to two-time Pulitzer nominee Jeanine Tesori, the most honored female Broadway composer in history. Born Nov. 10, 1961, in Port Washington, N.Y., Tesori attended Paul D. Schreiber High School, before studying music at Barnard College. She made her … Continue reading →

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2020 Dora Award Winners

Posted on June 30, 2020 by boz

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 →

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