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News (USA)
Debate over ‘Hamilton’ speech exposes post-election cracks
The unusual address quickly went viral and Trump on Saturday tweeted that it was “very rude.”
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Hamilton cast calls out Mike Pence in the crowd with message of anxiety and hope
Pence, who entered the room to a mix of boos and applause, was trying to exit when he was called out from stage and told to stay and listen for “just a few more moments.”
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Check out newlyweds Taylor Frey and Kyle Dean Massey in and out of their tuxes
We have pictures of them in their tuxedos, too!
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News (USA)
So Fetch! Mean Girls the musical is coming and it’s totally grool
Shut up! The plastics will debut the stage version of the classic movie in Washington, D.C. in the fall of next year.
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News (USA)
Moulin Rouge! The Musical could be playing on Broadway soon
Baz Luhrmann’s Academy Award winning movie is being adapted for the stage.
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‘Fun Home’ cast will perform musical blocks from Orlando tragedy
The musical is based on Alison Bechdel’s graphic novel memoir about growing up with a closeted dad in the family’s funeral home business.
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‘Hamilton’ wins 11 Tonys but fails to break record
The musical biography about the first U.S. treasury secretary won 11 Tonys, just short of breaking the record held by “The Producers.”
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Cast of “Kinky Boots” fights HB2 with “Just Pee!”
Harvey Fierstein and Cyndi Lauper rewrote the lyrics to the Kinky Boots finale number “Just Be”
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News (USA)
Wicked composer bans all productions in North Carolina
Steven Schwartz, the famed composer behind hits like “Pippin,” “Godspell,” and “Wicked,” is putting his ruby colored slipper down.
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News (USA)
Theater gossip Michael Riedel writes a history of Broadway
The acid-tongued stage gossip has written a book about Broadway’s history and he’s not opinionated or snarky at all. There’s no Michael Riedel.
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Life
Nick Cearley on playing Puck, LGBT pride month, The Skivvies
It seems like every summer there’s a production of “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” but Nick Cearley feels the one he’s starring in nicely compliments LGBT pride month.
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Life
Lesbian-themed ‘Fun Home,’ ‘Curious Incident’ big winners at Tony Awards
The poignant and groundbreaking coming-of-age show “Fun Home” was named best musical at the Tony Awards on Sunday, one of five big trophies it won on the way to making history for its composing team.
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Life
Terrence McNally’s Broadway play ‘Mothers and Sons’ to close
NEW YORK — Terrence McNally’s “Mothers and Sons” is the first victim of the Tony Awards: It will close on June 22 after missing out on being crowned the season’s best play. The play, which had more than 100 performances, is being billed as the first time a legally married gay couple has been portrayed on Broadway.
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Life
‘A Gentleman’s Guide,’ ‘Hedwig and the Angry Inch’ lead Tony nominations
NEW YORK — The musical “A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder,” a comedic romp in which a poor man eliminates the eight heirs ahead of him for a title, and “Hedwig and the Angry Inch,” a cult off-Broadway hit that this season stars Neil Patrick Harris, led the Tony Award nominations on Tuesday.
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Life
Neil Patrick Harris gets outrageous in his new role in ‘Hedwig’
Now that he’s wrapped the CBS sitcom “How I Met Your Mother,” Neil Patrick Harris is back on Broadway starring in “Hedwig and the Angry Inch.”
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Life
Review: Neil Patrick Harris crushes it in ‘Hedwig and the Angry Inch’
NEW YORK — It’s obvious from the first moments of “Hedwig and the Angry Inch” that star Neil Patrick Harris is doing something special. And it’s not just trying on a new role.
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Life
Broadway: Terrence McNally’s ‘Mothers and Sons’ gentle, moving
NEW YORK — Terrence McNally’s new play opens with a woman of a certain age wearing a lush, black fur coat. It’s a provocatively politically incorrect garment — and a giveaway that what will come out of her mouth will be, too.
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Life
Composer, lyricist Stephen Sondheim receives lifetime achievement award
PETERBOROUGH, N.H. — Broadway composer and lyricist Stephen Sondheim is being awarded one of the top honors in the arts world: the Edward MacDowell Medal for lifetime achievement.
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Life
‘Kinky Boots,’ ‘Matilda the Musical’ front runners in tonight’s Tony Awards
NEW YORK — The Tony Awards will be a real drag this year: The two top musicals battling it out have leading men dressed as women and the night’s biggest celebrity will be Tom Hanks, who reminded everyone of his cross-dressing roots by teaming up in “Lucky Guy” with Peter Scolari, his “Bosom Buddies” co-star.