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2020 Drama League Winners

This morning, the Drama League announced the competitive winners of its 86th annual awards for the condensed 2019-20 New York theater season. The productions chosen by the nationwide organization of theater artists, industry professionals, and audience members for its top … Continue reading

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2020 Drama Desk Winners

Last night, Frank DiLella of NY1’s On Stage hosted the 65th annual Drama Desk Awards (watch here), originally scheduled for May 31. Leading the nominations were the musicals Soft Power (11), The Wrong Man (9), and Octet (8), but only … Continue reading

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Essential Film Musicals: Frozen

In 1937, Walt Disney had an idea for a biographical film about Hans Christian Andersen. In 1940, he arranged a co-production with Samuel Goldwyn, who would shoot live-action sequences to accompany Disney’s animated sequences, but World War II brought an … Continue reading

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2020 Outer Critics Circle Honorees

Yesterday by video feed, Kristin Chenoweth, Bryan Cranston, Patti LuPone, Lin-Manuel Miranda, and Patrick Stewart announced the 70th annual Outer Critics Circle Award honorees for the 2019-20 Broadway and Off-Broadway season. In lieu of selecting traditional nominees and one winner in each category, this … Continue reading

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2020 Drama League Nominees

During the Gratitude Awards livestream ceremony on April 30, actors Alex Brightman and Leslie Rodriguez Kritzer announced the nominees for the 86th annual Drama League Awards. The winners of this year’s special awards include James Lapine (Distinguished Achievement in Musical … Continue reading

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