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Tony Nominations So Weird Aaron Tveit Could Lose to No One, Only Best Score Nominations Went to Plays, Not Musicals

by Roger Friedman - October 15, 2020 2:50 pm

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Watch the 2020 Tony Awards Nominations Here at 12 Noon Including “Tina!” “Moulin Rouge” “Jagged Little Pill,” “The Sound Inside”

by Roger Friedman - October 15, 2020 9:11 am

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Social Distancing Killing Showbiz? Cirque du Soleil Co-Creator Opens First Ever Drive-Thru Dazzling Light Show Extravaganza Outside Montreal

by Roger Friedman - October 13, 2020 9:53 pm

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Broadway Disaster: Shows Will Not Open Before the End of May 2021, Hugh Jackman “Music Man” Moves to December 2021

by Roger Friedman - October 9, 2020 2:31 am

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Tony Nominated Actor Thomas Jefferson Byrd Murdered in Atlanta, Acted in Many Spike Lee Movies and TV Shows

by Roger Friedman - October 4, 2020 3:02 pm

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Tony Nominations So Weird Aaron Tveit Could Lose to No One, Only Best Score Nominations Went to Plays, Not Musicals

by Roger Friedman - October 15, 2020 2:50 pm

Really, it's another world. The Tony nominations came from 16 eligible shows, a very slight field. The result is that Aaron Tveit is the...

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Watch the 2020 Tony Awards Nominations Here at 12 Noon Including “Tina!” “Moulin Rouge” “Jagged Little Pill,” “The Sound Inside”

by Roger Friedman - October 15, 2020 9:11 am

There are only 16 shows eligible for the 2020 Tony Awards. The nominees come from these shows, and it's a mediocre list at best....

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Social Distancing Killing Showbiz? Cirque du Soleil Co-Creator Opens First Ever Drive-Thru Dazzling Light Show Extravaganza Outside Montreal

by Roger Friedman - October 13, 2020 9:53 pm

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Broadway Disaster: Shows Will Not Open Before the End of May 2021, Hugh Jackman “Music Man” Moves to December 2021

by Roger Friedman - October 9, 2020 2:31 am

The situation on Broadway and in New York theater is now a full scale disaster. The word is that the Broadway League will announce this...

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Tony Nominated Actor Thomas Jefferson Byrd Murdered in Atlanta, Acted in Many Spike Lee Movies and TV Shows

by Roger Friedman - October 4, 2020 3:02 pm

Keep refreshing... Spike Lee has announced on Twitter and Instagram that actor Thomas Jefferson Byrd was murdered last night in Atlanta. Byrd was 78 or...

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Metropolitan Opera Cancels 2020-21 Season But Will Return With First Ever Opera by a Black Composer

by Roger Friedman - September 23, 2020 1:53 pm

Good news and bad news at the Metropolitan Opera. First the bad news: they've cancelled the season right through May 2021. No opera. Nothing. Just...

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New York Times Theater Critic Ben Brantley Out After 24 Years: When Broadway Returns, What Will Happen Next?

by Roger Friedman - September 10, 2020 6:38 pm

Is he stepping down or being pushed out the window? Whichever way it's gone, Ben Brantley is out as the New York Times chief...

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RIP Diana Rigg, the Once and Forever Emma Peel from “The Avengers,” Star of “Game of Thrones,” Great Stage Star

by Roger Friedman - September 10, 2020 9:41 am

Diana Rigg, the gifted and beloved stage, TV and movie star has died in the UK at age 82. Rigg is permanently lodged in the...

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Tony Awards: A Desultory List of 18 Mediocre to OK Shows are Eligible, With Only Race in Best Actress in a Play

by Roger Friedman - August 28, 2020 9:08 pm

The Tony Awards are really insisting in going through with a faux awards show sometime this fall on a streaming platform. It was an...

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Broadway in a Muddle as NBC Wants to Do a Special Highlighting Shows, Tony Awards Plan a Digital Celebration

by Roger Friedman - August 21, 2020 9:18 pm

Broadway is in a muddle, and no one seems to know what's going on. Today the Broadway League announced they were planning a digital Tony...

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