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Beanie Feldstein ‘Didn’t Understand’ Why Lea Michele Was Trending When She Landed ‘Funny Girl’ Role
But Feldstein confessed she had not known that it was also Michele’s dream to be in Funny Girl, so she was confused when the Glee star’s name started trending on Twitter when Feldstein’s Broadway casting was announced. “I didn’t know that any of this was happening,” she said in her defense. “All of a sudden, people started explaining it to me, and I was like, ‘Wait, what?’ … I didn’t understand. But she very sweetly wrote on my Instagram — I don’t know the woman whatsoever.” When the Booksmart actress first announced she would be in Funny Girl in an Instagram post in August, Michele made sure there were no hard feelings by commenting, “Yes! YOU are the greatest star! This...
Seth Rudetsky Revives Virtual Concert Series With Lineup of Broadway Stars
Broadway is back, and so is Seth Rudetsky’s virtual The Seth Concert Series. The indefatigable SiriusXM On Broadway host, pianist, writer, performer and creator is reviving the series with a lineup boasting notable Broadway stars: Shayna Steele (Oct. 3), Justin Guarini (Oct. 10), Jessie Mueller (Oct. 17), Erika Henningsen (Oct. 24), and Shoshana Bean (Oct. 31). The shows find Rudetsky paired with a singer as they perform an intimate concert filled with musical classics, interview interludes and song requests from viewers. Rudetsky launched the series amid the COVID-19 pandemic as a way to entertain virtual audiences with the unique format, doing so in tandem with the popular reunion show Stars in the House, which raised much-needed aid for The Actors Fund. You Deserve to Make Money Even Wh...
Producer Frank Marshall on Why ‘Diana: The Musical’ Opened on Netflix Before Broadway
Before long, Marshall and his collaborators got restless. He recalls, “It seemed to me, as a movie producer, we’ve got the sets, and we’ve got the cast ready to go — everything was kind of in place at the theater. And it had just been announced that Hamilton [the filmed version for Disney+] had been moved up a year. I thought, ‘Maybe we could try to do this ourselves.’ So Beth [Williams, one of Marshall’s Broadway partners] and I called [Come from Away Tony winner] Chris Ashley, our director, and he said, ‘I’m in.’ And then I called Netflix.” The streamer signed on, and then it was up to Marshall and his team to carry out a safe shoot. As it turned out, his work as a producer of major motion pictures helped him to prepare. “At that same time,” he says, “we were trying to get Jurassic...
Broadway’s ‘Aladdin’ Canceled for 2 Weeks After More COVID-19 Cases
“Daily PCR testing allows us the opportunity to detect a positive case before it is contagious,” she continued. “This allows us to isolate it before anyone else is put at risk, as we have done several times with the Aladdin company. Morning and evening swabs collected on Thursday returned highly accurate negative molecular PCR test results for all cast, crew and musicians that affirmed a safe performance environment for our company and audience.” Tickets for all dates will be refunded. The news follows an earlier decision today by the Broadway League to extend its existing COVID protocols and requirements, agreed upon by all 41 Broadway venues, with no reductions in the vaccine or mask mandates for audiences, performers, backstage crew and theater staff through the end of the year. Aladdin...
Broadway’s ‘Aladdin’ Cancels Performance Due to Breakthrough COVID-19 Cases
This marks the first Broadway cancellation due to COVID-19 since shows resumed on the Great White Way. Disney’s Aladdin on Broadway canceled Wednesday night’s (Sept. 29) performance due to breakthrough COVID-19 cases, just one day after the show reopened for the first time in 18 months. “Through our rigorous testing protocols, breakthrough COVID-19 cases have been detected with the company of Aladdin at The New Amsterdam Theatre. Because the wellness and safety of our guests, casts, and crew are our top priority, tonight’s performance, Wednesday, September 29th, is canceled,” the production tweeted Wednesday evening. You Deserve to Make Money Even When you are looking for Dates Online. So we reimagined what a dating should be. It begins with giving you back power. Get to meet Beautiful peo...
Controversial Broadway Production ‘Slave Play’ Didn’t Win Any Tony Awards
HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: Joseph Marzullo/WENN.com / WENN The 74th Tony Awards were held Sunday night (September 26) in New York and a Slave Play, which broke records with 12 nominations, seemed poised to notch at least one of the coveted trophies. However, as the evening concluded, the controversial Broadway production failed to win even one award despite all the hype and chatter around it. Slave Play, from playwright Jeremey O. Harris, is a three-act play following the lives of three interracial couples entering into “Antebellum Sexual Performance Therapy” due to the Black partners no longer feeling physically attracted to their white partners. The original off-Broadway production launched in 2018 and then hit Broadway after its initial roaring success. The play has garner...
Tony Awards 2021: Full List of Winners
Here’s the complete list of winners. The categories are listed in alphabetical order. Best book of a musical Jagged Little Pill, Diablo Cody — WINNERMoulin Rouge! The Musical, John LoganTina: The Tina Turner Musical, Katori Hall, Frank Ketelaar, and Kees Prins Best choreography Jagged Little Pill, Sidi Larbi CherkaouiMoulin Rouge! The Musical, Sonya Tayeh — WINNERTina: The Tina Turner Musical, Anthony Van Laast Best costume design in a musical Jagged Little Pill, Emily RebholzTina: The Tina Turner Musical, Mark ThompsonMoulin Rouge! The Musical, Catherine Zuber — WINNER Best costume design in a play Slave Play, Dede AyiteA Soldier’s Play, Dede AyiteThe Inheritance, Bob CrowleyA Christmas Carol, Rob Howell — WINNERThe Rose Tattoo, Clint Ramos Best directi...
Tony Awards 2021: Facts & Feats
Here are noteworthy facts and feats associated with this year’s Tony Awards. Moulin Rouge! the Musical is just the sixth show in Tony history to win 10 or more awards in one night. The Producers (2001) is the all-time champ with 12 wins, followed by Hamilton (2016) with 11 and Hello, Dolly! (1964), Billy Elliot: The Musical (2009), The Band’s Visit (2018) and Moulin Rouge! the Musical with 10 wins each. Moulin Rouge! The Musical did even better at the Tonys than Baz Luhrmann’s 2001 film Moulin Rouge! did at the Oscars. (It helps that musicals and dramas have separate categories at the Tonys, whereas they must compete with each other at the Oscars.) The film received eight nominations, including best picture and best actress for Nicole Kidman, but won in just two categories...
David Byrne’s American Utopia Wins Tony Award
David Byrne’s American Utopia was honored with at the 74th annual Tony Awards, which were held at the Winter Garden Theatre in New York City on Sunday night. The production was presented with a Special Tony Award, which are given to shows that don’t fall into any of the competitive categories. It marked Byrne’s first time winning a Tony, and leaves him just an Emmy Award away from obtaining EGOT status. (Byrne was nominated at last week’s Emmys, but lost the award for Outstanding Variety Special to Hamilton.) Later on during the Tony Awards, Byrne returned to the stage to perform “Burning Down the House.” Watch the replay below. Advertisement Related Video Based on Byrne’s 2018 album of the same name, American Utopia initially opened in October 2019. On stage, Byrne is joined by ...
Ben Platt Performs Showstopping Number from ‘Dear Evan Hansen’ on ‘Fallon’: Exclusive
Broadway is back, and The Tonight Show is throwing the spotlight on the best in showbiz. Across this week, Jimmy Fallon’s late-night TV show has featured some of music theater’s hottest acts for a special Broadway bonanza. On Wednesday night (Sept. 15), Ben Platt stopped by for a rendition of “Waving Through a Window” from Dear Evan Hansen. You Deserve to Make Money Even When you are looking for Dates Online. So we reimagined what a dating should be. It begins with giving you back power. Get to meet Beautiful people, chat and make money in the process. Earn rewards by chatting, sharing photos, blogging and help give users back their fair share of Internet revenue.
‘Wicked,’ ‘The Lion King’ and ‘Hamilton Reopen to Cheers on Broadway
“The Lion King,” “Hamilton” and “Wicked” all staked out Tuesday to reopen together in early May after then-New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo picked Sept. 14 for when Broadway could begin welcoming back audiences at full capacity. The trio of shows were beaten by Bruce Springsteen’s concert show in June and the opening of the new play “Pass Over” on Aug. 22, as well as the reopening of two big musicals — “Hadestown” and “Waitress.” But the return of the three musicals — the spiritual anchors of modern Broadway’s success — as well as the return of the long-running “Chicago” and the reopening of the iconic TKTS booth, both also on Tuesday, are important signals that Broadway is back, despite pressure and uncertainty from the spread of the delta variant. The crowds virtually blew the roof off the thr...
Kelly Clarkson Salutes the Big Apple in Season 3 Opener: ‘We Can All Draw Inspiration From New York’
Clarkson revealed that the cover was actually Chenoweth’s idea. “Kristin, I love you and your taste in music. Why do you love this song?” she asked, as Chenoweth ribbed the host about having “her” initials lit up on the set. “I really wanted to say that I love Imagine Dragons and to try to find the right song … you look back in my history and Kander-Ebb wrote ‘New York, New York,’ which is ‘king of the hill, top of the heap,'” Chenoweth responded. “And this song reminded me of people coming together and being strong, and we as New Yorkers are coming back and that’s why I wanted to do it.” Hometown hero Fat Joe agreed, saying, “I’m a proud New Yorker, and our city is just a city of hope and inspi...
