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Broadway: “Finding Neverland” Closing This Summer, Going on Tour, Opening in London, Becoming a Film
Broadway: "Finding Neverland" will become a film musical says producer Harvey Weinstein, based on the Broadway musical which was based on the 2002 film...
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Broadway: “Disaster!” Musical to Close Sunday, More–without Tony Noms– to Come
No Tony nods, can't stay open. It happens every year. "Disaster!" a funny musical parody by Seth Rudetsky, was not loved by the Tony...
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Tony Awards: “Hamilton” Scores Big Time with 16 Nominations
The Tony nominations are out and "Hamilton" has scored 16 of them. That's more than 1 in some categories. "Hamilton" is on its way...
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Tony Awards Shoot Down “Shuffle Along,” Classified Original, Will Lose to “Hamilton”
"Shuffle Along" is cooked at the Tonys. The Tony committee has announced they consider the George C. Wolfe musical new and original, not a...
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Review: “Shuffle Along” Is the Black “42nd Street” with No Plot and a Star Who Leaves in June
The official title of the new musical "Shuffle Along: Or the Making of the Musical Sensation of 1921 and Everything that Followed" is just...
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Broadway: Drama Desk Snubs Most Big Name Black Actors Like Audra McDonald, Lupita Nyong’o, Forest Whitaker
How very odd: in a year with a lot of black actors, stars, and shows, the Drama Desk nominations went very white. "Hamilton" wasn't...
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Broadway: “Tuck Everlasting” Hits the Bottom of the Tony Awards Season Barrel
You know, I'm pretty fair to most Broadway musicals. I wasn't wild about either "American Psycho" or "Waitress," but there were excellent things about...
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Broadway: “Waitress,” With Songs by Sarah Bareilles, Pushes Tony Award Season into Final Week
Sunday night: "Waitress," based on Adrienne Shelley's hit movie starring Keri Russell, opened on Broadway. Sara Bareilles wrote the songs. Jessie Mueller, from Carole...