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Tag Archives: West Side Story
2022 Golden Globe Nominations
Yesterday, Hollywood Foreign Press Association president Helen Hoehne and rapper Snoop Dogg announced the nominees for the 79th Golden Globe Awards to honor the best in film and American TV from 2021. You can watch the livestream below. The most … Continue reading
Posted in Awards, Film, TV
Tagged Annette, Cyrano, Encanto, Genius: Aretha, Golden Globe Awards, In the Heights, Respect, Tick Tick ... Boom!, West Side Story
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2021 AFI Awards
On December 8, the American Film Institute announced the 10 oustanding film and 10 outstanding television honorees that the group deemed “culturally and artistically representative” of the year’s most significant screen achievements. AFI also named three additional honorees, among those … Continue reading
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Tagged AFI Awards, Schmigadoon!, Summer of Soul, Tick Tick ... Boom!, West Side Story
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Something’s Coming: West Side Story
On Sunday, the ABC-TV news magazine 20/20 aired the hourlong special “Something’s Coming,” featuring interviews with the creators and performers of the new film version of West Side Story, ahead of the upcoming general release of this second screen adaptation … Continue reading
Posted in Shows, TV
Tagged Chita Rivera, Rachel Zegler, Rita Moreno, Stephen Sondheim, Stephen Spielberg, West Side Story
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West Side Story Review Roundup
Film critics have given near universal acclaim to the 20th Century Studios film adaptation of the 1957 stage musical West Side Story, which opens in US and UK cinemas on December 10, the 60th anniversary of the release of the … Continue reading
Posted in Film, Shows
Tagged Ariana DeBose, Leonard Bernstein, Rita Moreno, Stephen Sondheim, Steven Spielberg, Tony Kushner, West Side Story
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November 2021 Theater Books
Four new musical theater-related books were released this month. First is Everything Is Choreography: The Musical Theater of Tommy Tune (Oxford University Press), Kevin Winkler’s overview of the Tony-winning actor-director’s work. It’s the first full-scale book about Tune’s career, which … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Books & Media
Tagged Bob Mackie, Frank Vlastnik, Gypsy, Justin Peck, Steven Spielberg, Tommy Tune, Tony Kushner, West Side Story
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West Side Story Special Look
20th Century Studios has released a new “special look” of its upcoming remake of the 1961 Oscar-winning musical West Side Story, featuring “Somewhere” sung by the original film’s Oscar-winning supporting actress Rita Moreno, who stars in the remake as Valentina. The … Continue reading
Posted in Film, Shows
Tagged Leonard Bernstein, Rita Moreno, Stephen Sondheim, West Side Story
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2021 Hall of Fame Inductees
The American Theater Hall of Fame has announced its 2021 inductees: designer Bob Crowley, director Gerald Freedman, composer Alan Menken, writers Lynn Nottage and Anna Deavere Smith, and actor Leslie Uggams. To be eligible for induction, a theater professional must … Continue reading
West Side Story Preview
20th Century Studios has released the first teaser for the upcoming film adaptation of the 1957 stage musical West Side Story, directed by Steven Spielberg. The screenplay by Tony Kushner and choreography by Justin Peck are based on the original … Continue reading
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
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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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