58th Annual Grammy Awards Best Musical Theater Album "An American in Paris" (Music by George Gershwin; Lyrics by Ira Gershwin) Masterworks Broadway "Fun Home" (Music by Jeanine Tesori; Lyrics by Lisa Kron) PS Classics "Hamilton" (Music & Lyrics by Lin-Manuel Miranda) Atlantic "The King and I" (Music by Richard Rodgers; Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II) Decca Broadway "Something Rotten!" (Music & Lyrics by Wayne Kirkpatrick & Karey Kirkpatrick) Ghostlight
Musical film news... Emily Blunt In Talks To Star In Disney's 'Mary Poppins' Sequel - Hollywood Reporter http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/emily-blunt-talks-star-disneys-867435 History shows that sequels to musicals -- on stage and film -- never work. Rob Marshall has directed the movie versions of Chicago, Nine and Into The Woods. Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman have written the scores for the musicals Hairspray, Catch Me If You Can, Charlie And The Chocolate Factory, and the songs for the television series Smash.
2016 Tony Award nominees for musicals... Musical Bright Star Hamilton School of Rock Shuffle Along Waitress Revival Fiddler on the Roof She Loves Me Spring Awakening The Color Purple Direction Michael Arden, 'Spring Awakening' John Doyle, 'The Color Purple' Scott Ellis, 'She Loves Me' Thomas Kail, 'Hamilton' George C. Wolfe, 'Shuffle Along' Choreography Andy Blankenbuehler, 'Hamilton' Savion Glover, 'Shuffle Along' Hofesh Shechter, 'Fiddler on the Roof' Randy Skinner, 'Dames at Sea' Sergio Trujillo, 'On Your Feet!' Score 'Bright Star,' Music by Steve Martin and Edie Brickell; Lyrics by Edie Brickell 'Hamilton,' Music and Lyrics by Lin-Manuel Miranda 'School of Rock,' Music by Andrew Lloyd Webber; Lyrics by Glenn Slater 'Waitress,' Music and Lyrics by Sara Bareilles Book 'Bright Star,' Steve Martin 'Hamilton,' Lin-Manuel Miranda 'School of Rock,' Julian Fellowes 'Shuffle Along,' George C. Wolfe Orchestrations August Eriksmoen, 'Bright Star' Larry Hochman, 'She Loves Me' Alex Lacamoire, 'Hamilton' Daryl Waters, 'Shuffle Along' Leading Actor Alex Brightman, 'School of Rock' Danny Burstein, 'Fiddler on the Roof' Zachary Levi, 'She Loves Me' Lin-Manuel Miranda, 'Hamilton' Leslie Odom Jr., 'Hamilton' Leading Actress Laura Benanti, 'She Loves Me' Carmen Cusack, 'Bright Star' Cynthia Erivo, 'The Color Purple' Jessie Mueller, 'Waitress' Phillipa Soo, 'Hamilton' Featured Actor Daveed Diggs, 'Hamilton' Brandon Victor Dixon, 'Shuffle Along' Christopher Fitzgerald, 'Waitress' Jonathan Groff, 'Hamilton' Christopher Jackson, 'Hamilton' Featured Actress Danielle Brooks, 'The Color Purple' Renée Elise Goldsberry, 'Hamilton' Jane Krakowski, 'She Loves Me' Jennifer Simard, 'Disaster!' Adrienne Warren, 'Shuffle Along' Costume Design 'Hamilton', 'She Loves Me', 'Shuffle Along', 'Tuck Everlasting' Lighting Design 'American Psycho', 'Hamilton', 'Shuffle Along', 'Spring Awakening' Scenic Design 'American Psycho', 'Hamilton', 'She Loves Me', 'Shuffle Along' Special Award for Lifetime Achievement Sheldon Harnick, lyricist ('Fiorello!', 'Tenderloin', 'She Loves Me', 'Fiddler on the Roof', 'The Apple Tree', 'The Rothschilds', 'Rex') Isabelle Stevenson Award Brian Stokes Mitchell Nominations 16 - Hamilton 10 - Shuffle Along 8 - She Loves Me 5 - Bright Star 4 - School of Rock, The Color Purple, Waitress 3 - Fiddler on the Roof, Spring Awakening 2 - American Psycho 1 - Dames at Sea, Disaster!, On Your Feet!, Tuck Everlasting 0 - Allegiance, Amazing Grace The first time in Tony history that five shows have been nominated for Best Musical. The full title of 'Shuffle Along' is 'Shuffle Along, Or the Making of the Musical Sensation of 1921 and All That Followed.' Most Tony nominations, musicals, all-time: 16 - Hamilton (2016) 15 - The Producers (2001), Billy Elliot (2009) 14 - Company (1971), Spamalot (2005), The Book of Mormon (2011) 'The Producers' holds the record with 12 Tony wins. The 70th Annual Tony Awards will be held Sunday, June 12, at the Beacon Theatre. Hosted by James Corden. Broadcast on CBS. Hamilton Makes History With 16 Nominations - N.Y. Times http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/04/theater/hamilton-tony-nominations-record.html?_r=0
2016 Tony Award winners... Best Musical - Hamilton Best Revival - The Color Purple Best Direction - Thomas Kail (Hamilton) Best Choreography - Andy Blankenbuehler (Hamilton) Best Original Score - Lin-Manuel Miranda (Hamilton) Best Book - Lin-Manuel Miranda (Hamilton) Best Orchestrations - Alex Lacamoire (Hamilton) Best Actor in a Leading Role - Leslie Odom Jr. (Hamilton) Best Actress in a Leading Role - Cynthia Erivo (The Color Purple) Best Actor in a Featured Role - Daveed Diggs (Hamilton) Best Actress in a Featured Role - Renée Elise Goldsberry (Hamilton) Best Lighting Design - Howell Binkley (Hamilton) Best Scenic Design - David Rockwell (She Loves Me) Best Costume Design - Paul Tazewell (Hamilton) Totals - Hamilton: 11 The Color Purple: 2 She Loves Me: 1 'The Producers' still holds the record for musicals with 12 Tony wins.
Nominations for the 59th Annual Grammy Awards have been announced. The Grammys will be held on Feb. 12, 2017 and air on CBS. Best Musical Theater Album "Bright Star" - Original Broadway Cast (Music by Steve Martin & Edie Brickell; Lyrics by Edie Brickell) "The Color Purple" - Broadway Revival Cast (Music & Lyrics by Stephen Bray, Brenda Russell & Allee Willis) "Fiddler On The Roof" - Broadway Revival Cast (Music by Jerry Bock; Lyrics by Sheldon Harnick) "Kinky Boots" - Original London Cast (Music & Lyrics by Cyndi Lauper) "Waitress" - Original Broadway Cast (Music & Lyrics by Sara Bareilles)
59th Annual Grammy Awards Best Musical Theater Album "The Color Purple" - 2015 Broadway Revival Cast (Music & Lyrics by Stephen Bray, Brenda Russell & Allee Willis) Broadway Records Other nominees: "Bright Star" - Original Broadway Cast (Music by Steve Martin & Edie Brickell; Lyrics by Edie Brickell) "Fiddler On The Roof" - Broadway Revival Cast (Music by Jerry Bock; Lyrics by Sheldon Harnick) "Kinky Boots" - Original London Cast (Music & Lyrics by Cyndi Lauper) "Waitress" - Original Broadway Cast (Music & Lyrics by Sara Bareilles)
When Allegiance was first shown in cinemas last December, it became the highest-grossing one-night Broadway musical to date for Fathom Events. They are doing an encore showing on Sunday. https://www.fathomevents.com/events/allegiance
The theatrical broadcast of the musical Newsies, originally shown in cinemas February 16, 18, and 22, will return to theaters Saturday, March 4 at 12:55 PM for an encore screening. The original 3-day release took in $3.47 million at the box office. https://www.fathomevents.com/events/disneys-newsies-the-broadway-musical
'La La Land' World Concert Tour To Launch In Hollywood Bowl - Variety http://variety.com/2017/music/news/la-la-land-concert-tour-hollywood-bowl-1202002663/ You can soon experience the music of “La La Land” live in concert. Lionsgate is launching a worldwide concert tour that will premiere May 26 and May 27 at the Hollywood Bowl. The studio made the announcement a week after “La La Land” won Academy Awards for best original score for Justin Hurwitz and best original song for “City of Stars” for Hurwitz, and lyricists Benj Pasek and Justin Paul. Hurwitz will conduct his score for “La La Land in Concert: A Live-to-Film Celebration,” performed by a 100-piece symphony orchestra, choir, and jazz ensemble, accompanying the film’s original vocal recordings. Lionsgate is encouraging patrons to dress in the style of the movie or in vintage Hollywood garb. “La La Land in Concert” will also tour the U.K., Canada, Mexico, Italy, Turkey, and Switzerland, with additional locations to be announced. U.S. cities include Atlanta, Seattle, Portland, San Diego, San Antonio, Dallas, Indianapolis, Nashville, Milwaukee, Minneapolis, Denver, and Washington, D.C. The film has already grossed nearly $400 million at the worldwide box office.
The original Broadway cast album of The Wiz, recorded by Atlantic, has been added to the National Recording Registry of the Library of Congress. The Wiz opened on January 5, 1975 and ran for 1,672 performances. Deutsche Grammophon's 1976 recording of the Houston Grand Opera production of Scott Joplin's Treemonisha was also added to the Registry. Other cast albums in the Registry: -- Show Boat (1932) Columbia -- The Cradle Will Rock (1938) Musicraft -- Porgy and Bess (1940/42) Decca -- Oklahoma! (1943) Decca -- Kiss Me, Kate (1948) Columbia -- South Pacific (1949) Columbia -- Guys and Dolls (1950) Decca -- My Fair Lady (1956) Columbia -- West Side Story (1957) Columbia -- Gypsy (1959) Columbia -- Sweeney Todd (1979) RCA Victor
2017 Tony Award nominees for musicals... Musical Come From Away Dear Evan Hansen Groundhog Day Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet Of 1812 Revival Falsettos Hello, Dolly! Miss Saigon Direction Christopher Ashley, Come From Away Rachel Chavkin, Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet Of 1812 Michael Greif, Dear Evan Hansen Matthew Warchus, Groundhog Day Jerry Zaks, Hello, Dolly! Choreography Andy Blankenbuehler, Bandstand Peter Darling and Ellen Kane, Groundhog Day Kelly Devine, Come From Away Denis Jones, Holiday Inn Sam Pinkleton, Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet Of 1812 Score Come From Away, David Hein and Irene Sankoff Dear Evan Hansen, Benj Pasek and Justin Paul Groundhog Day, Tim Minchin Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet Of 1812, Dave Malloy Book Come From Away, David Hein and Irene Sankoff Dear Evan Hansen, Steven Levenson Groundhog Day, Danny Rubin Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet Of 1812, Dave Malloy Orchestrations Bill Elliott and Greg Anthony Rassen, Bandstand Larry Hochman, Hello, Dolly! Alex Lacamoire, Dear Evan Hansen Dave Malloy, Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet Of 1812 Leading Actor Christian Borle, Falsettos Josh Groban, Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet Of 1812 David Hyde Pierce, Hello, Dolly! Andy Karl, Groundhog Day Ben Platt, Dear Evan Hansen Leading Actress Denée Benton, Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet Of 1812 Christine Ebersole, War Paint Patti LuPone, War Paint Bette Midler, Hello, Dolly! Eva Noblezada, Miss Saigon Featured Actor Gavin Creel, Hello, Dolly! Mike Faist, Dear Evan Hansen Andrew Rannells, Falsettos Lucas Steele, Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet Of 1812 Brandon Uranowitz, Falsettos Featured Actress Kate Baldwin, Hello, Dolly! Rachel Bay Jones, Dear Evan Hansen Stephanie J. Block, Falsettos Jenn Colella, Come From Away Mary Beth Peil, Anastasia Costume Design Anastasia; Hello, Dolly!; Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet Of 1812; War Paint Lighting Design Come From Away; Dear Evan Hansen; Hello, Dolly!; Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet Of 1812 Scenic Design Groundhog Day; Hello, Dolly!; Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet Of 1812; War Paint Nominations 12– Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet Of 1812 10– Hello, Dolly! 9– Dear Evan Hansen 7– Come From Away; Groundhog Day 5– Falsettos 4– War Paint 2– Anastasia; Bandstand; Miss Saigon 1– Holiday Inn 0– A Bronx Tale; Amélie; Cats; Charlie And The Chocolate Factory; In Transit; Paramour; Sunset Boulevard (The producers of the revival of Sunday In The Park With George removed the show from Tony consideration.) The 71st Annual Tony Awards will be held Sunday, June 11, at Radio City Music Hall. Hosted by James Spacey. Broadcast on CBS. 'Great Comet' Leads With 12 Nominations - N.Y. Times https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/02/theater/tony-awards-nominations.html
2017 Tony Award winners... Musical Dear Evan Hansen Revival Hello, Dolly! Direction Christopher Ashley, Come From Away Choreography Andy Blankenbuehler, Bandstand Score Benj Pasek and Justin Paul, Dear Evan Hansen Book Steven Levenson, Dear Evan Hansen Orchestrations Alex Lacamoire, Dear Evan Hansen Leading Actor Ben Platt, Dear Evan Hansen Leading Actress Bette Midler, Hello, Dolly! Featured Actor Gavin Creel, Hello, Dolly! Featured Actress Rachel Bay Jones, Dear Evan Hansen Costume Design Santo Loquasto, Hello, Dolly! Lighting Design Bradley King, Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet Of 1812 Scenic Design Mimi Lien, Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet Of 1812 Award Totals 6- Dear Evan Hansen 4- Hello, Dolly! 2- Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet Of 1812 1- Bandstand; Come From Away https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/11/theater/tony-awards.html
One of the producers of Dear Evan Hanson is a former student of my wife's. She talked him out if going to grad school for creative writing, telling him if he really wants to help the arts, make enough money to support it. He took his B.A. in English, got into a training program for a Wall Street company, and got rich enough that he could help back a broadway show (after about a decade of backing off broadway productions and shows back on his alma mater's campus). Not bad for his first time out.
Nominations for the 60th Annual Grammy Awards have been announced. The Grammys will be held on Jan. 28, 2018 and air on CBS. Only three nominees this year... Best Musical Theater Album "Come From Away" - Original Broadway Cast (Music & Lyrics by David Hein & Irene Sankoff) "Dear Evan Hansen" - Original Broadway Cast (Music by Justin Paul; Lyrics by Benj Pasek) "Hello, Dolly!" - Broadway Revival Cast (Music & Lyrics by Jerry Herman)
60th Annual Grammy Awards And the winner is... Best Musical Theater Album "Dear Evan Hansen" - Original Broadway Cast (Music by Justin Paul; Lyrics by Benj Pasek); Atlantic Records
What a strange, pathetic tale. I've never heard any of this before... Alan Gershwin, Who Claimed A Famous Father, Is Dead At 91 - N.Y. Times https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/06/...amous-father-is-dead-at-91.html?smid=fb-share As Alan Gershwin told the story — often — he was hidden away at his Uncle Ira and Aunt Leonore’s house on North Roxbury Drive in Beverly Hills in late 1945, right after his discharge from the Navy. Ignoring the orders of his hosts, he headed downstairs to join one of the parties the Gershwins regularly gave. When a guest spotted him on the landing, he dropped his glass of Scotch in shock. Or maybe two guests did. By then, seven years had passed since the man Alan Gershwin called his father had died. But all anyone eyeing 19-year-old Alan that night saw was George Gershwin, reincarnated. For 70 years or so, Alan Gershwin insisted he was George Gershwin’s long-lost son. And with his death on Feb. 27 at 91 in a Bronx hospital, the curtain came down on what was surely the Gershwins’ most bizarre show ever, revolving around whether this affable but monomaniacal man was one of the greatest victims in American musical history, or a grifter running a long-term con, or someone suffering decades of delusion.
2018 Tony Award nominees for musicals... Musical Frozen Mean Girls SpongeBob SquarePants The Band's Visit Revival Carousel My Fair Lady Once On This Island Direction Michael Arden, Once On This Island David Cromer, The Band's Visit Tina Landau, SpongeBob SquarePants Casey Nicholaw, Mean Girls Bartlett Sher, My Fair Lady Choreography Christopher Gattelli, My Fair Lady Christopher Gattelli, SpongeBob SquarePants Steven Hoggett, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child (play) Casey Nicholaw, Mean Girls Justin Peck, Carousel Score Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez, Frozen Jeff Richmond and Nell Benjamin, Mean Girls Adrian Sutton, Angels in America (play) Various, SpongeBob SquarePants David Yazbek, The Band's Visit Book Tina Fey, Mean Girls Kyle Jarrow, SpongBob SquarePants Jennifer Lee, Frozen Itamar Moses, The Band's Visit Orchestrations John Clancy, Mean Girls Tom Kitt, SpongeBob SquarePants AnnMarie Milazzo and Michael Starobin, Once on This Island Jemshied Sharifi, The Band's Visit Jonathan Tunick, Carousel Leading Actor Harry Hadden-Paton, My Fair Lady Joshua Henry, Carousel Tony Shaloub, The Band's Visit Ethan Slater, SpongeBob SquarePants Leading Actress Lauren Ambrose, My Fair Lady Hailey Kilgore, Once On This Island LaChanze, Donna Summer Katrina Lenk, The Band's Visit Taylor Louderman, Mean Girls Jessie Mueller, Carousel Featured Actor Norbert Leo Butz, My Fair Lady Alexander Gemignani, Carousel Grey Henson, Mean Girls Gavin Lee, SpongeBob SquarePants Ari'el Stachel, The Band's Visit Featured Actress Ariana DeBose, Donna Summer Renée Fleming, Carousel Lindsay Mendez, Carousel Ashley Park, Mean Girls Diana Rigg, My Fair Lady Costume Design Carousel, Mean Girls, My Fair Lady, Once On This Island, SpongeBob SquarePants Lighting Design Carousel, My Fair Lady, Once On This Island, SpongeBob SquarePants Scenic Design Mean Girls, My Fair Lady, Once on This Island, SpongeBob SquarePants, The Band's Visit Sound Design Carousel, Mean Girls, Once On This Island, SpongeBob SquarePants, The Band's Visit Special Tony Award Bruce Springsteen, Springsteen on Broadway Special Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Theater Andrew Lloyd Webber Chita Rivera Nominations 12- Mean Girls, SpongeBob SquarePants 11- Carousel, The Band's Visit 10- My Fair Lady 8- Once On This Island 3- Frozen 2- Donna Summer 0- Escape to Margaritaville, Prince of Broadway The 72nd Annual Tony Awards will be held Sunday, June 10, at Radio City Music Hall. Hosted by Sara Bareilles and Josh Groban. Broadcast on CBS. 'Mean Girls' And 'SpongeBob' Lead The Way - N.Y. Times https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/01/theater/tony-award-nominations.html
Watched this on DVD last night, from 2013, Jessie Mueller was terrific as Carrie Pipperidge. (I suspect Stephanie Blythe was better than Renee Fleming, but I haven't actually seen the current one.
'An American In Paris' Comes To Movie Theaters In September - Onstage Blog http://www.onstageblog.com/onstage-...-paris-comes-to-movie-theaters-september-2018 https://anamericaninpariscinema.com/
2018 Tony Award winners... Musical The Band's Visit Revival Once On This Island Direction David Cromer, The Band's Visit Choreography Justin Peck, Carousel Score David Yazbek, The Band's Visit Book Itamar Moses, The Band's Visit Orchestrations Jemshied Sharifi, The Band's Visit Leading Actor Tony Shaloub, The Band's Visit Leading Actress Katrina Lenk, The Band's Visit Featured Actor Ari'el Stachel, The Band's Visit Featured Actress Lindsay Mendez, Carousel Costume Design Catherine Zuber, My Fair Lady Lighting Design Tyler Micoleau, The Band's Visit Scenic Design David Zinn, SpongeBob SquarePants Sound Design Kai Harada, The Band's Visit Award Totals 10- The Band's Visit 2- Carousel 1- My Fair Lady; Once On This Island; SpongeBob SquarePants https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/10/theater/tony-awards-live.html