2018 has turned out to be a banner year for music-based films and today's Golden Globe nominations reflected the overwhelmingly positive critical consensus for two in particular, A STAR IS BORN and MARY POPPINS RETURNS.
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Harvey Fierstein's groundbreaking play has been seen Off-Broadway, on Broadway, on the big screen and far beyond.
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Dorothy forgot her lines, the Cowardly Lion looked more like a bear and the magical land of Oz was displayed on a laptop projector.
A subpar performance of "The Wiz" put on by a concert promotion agency this past weekend at the Brown Theatre has caused dozens of Louisville customers to call and demand refunds, according to an employee at the Kentucky Center For the Performing Arts.
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Although jukebox musicals showcasing songwriters' catalogs are preponderant on the Great White Way - look no further than the currently running BEAUTIFUL: THE CAROLE KING MUSICAL, SUMMER: THE DONNA SUMMER MUSICAL, The Go-Go's HEAD OVER HEELS and THE CHER SHOW for proof of that - they have not set Hollywood alight in the same manner; at least not until now.
Strangely, original movie musicals utilizing the songstacks of some of the biggest artists in music history have generally failed to catch on with audiences in the 21st century. Indeed, for every MAMMA MIA!-sized smash hit there are several box office duds, such as Bob Dylan tuner I'M NOT THERE, Cole Porter revue DE-LOVELY and The Beatles phantasmagoria ACROSS THE UNIVERSE. Even the big screen version of the Tony Award-winning jukebox biomusical that kicked off the trend on Broadway, Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons showcase JERSEY BOYS, was relatively DOA when it hit cinemas a few years ago. But, thankfully, that trend seems to be coming to an end.
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The name on everybody's lips is Cher.
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I would like you to meet Sam Harvey! Sam is currently starring in the 10th Anniversary Tour of Rock of Ages playing the role of Stacee Jaxx! When you are in this industry, you come across a lot of wonderful people from all walks of life. I think anyone who has met Sam Harvey can definitely agree that not a better man there is. From being in Bayside! the Musical! to being the “Librarian” at AMDA the career for Sam Harvey has been a wonderful and fantastic journey!
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Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice's seminal musical JOSEPH AND THE AMAZING TECHNICOLOR DREAMCOAT will return to the West End next year.
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Tony Award-winning stage and screen superstar Hugh Jackman will bring his solo show on an international tour in 2019.
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The streaming service is serving up two brand new musical series from the creative forces behind GLEE and LA LA LAND.
Everything old is new again in Hollywood and no greater evidence of that fact is the spate of silver screen revivals coming fast and furious from the House of Mouse. The enviable worldwide box office receipts of recent live-action revivals of CINDERELLA, THE JUNGLE BOOK and BEAUTY AND THE BEAST to the collective tune of $2 billion is proof in the pudding that audiences are lapping up the opportunity to revisit the popular properties that informed their childhoods, while also introducing the internationally recognized entities to an entirely new generation. This holiday weekend, Disney offered the preliminary glimpse of the silver screen reboot of a particularly beloved animated masterpiece from 1994, THE LION KING, to universal adulation.
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Sitting center stage at the Geffen Playhouse, Broadway sensation and Hamilton creator and star Lin-Manuel Miranda and his father Luis A. Miranda Jr., enlightened the audience for 90 minutes about theatre, Puerto Rico and Lin-Manuel’s new movie role in Mary Poppins with moderator Soledad O’Brien. Together this father and son team are very entertaining.
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The most innovative and successful director in Broadway history is feted in an original documentary premiering tonight on PBS stations across the United States.
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A Tasty PROMISES, PROMISES Thanksgiving Treat
One of the most spectacular choreographic achievements in Broadway history salutes today's turkey-themed holiday.
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CATS Leaps To The Big Screen
Major stars of the stage and screen will don whiskers and fur for the major motion picture adaptation of the celebrated mega musical.
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It's the run up to Christmas which means theatres are preparing for Panto season. However, in the case of the Edinburgh Playhouse, it's preparing for a busy November and December which features two fantastic musicals. In December they have the fabulous “Kinky Boots” stomping it's way through their doors, but first, “Motown the musical”, which gives audience members the ultimate experience of Soul music.
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IT'S TODAY! FOSSE/VERDON & All That Jazz
Casting is now complete for the hotly anticipated small screen miniseries all about the iconic partnership of Broadway legends Bob Fosse and Gwen Verdon.
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IT'S TODAY! MOULIN ROUGE! Can Can-Can
Everyday, OnStage Blog shines a special spotlight on the biggest and most buzz-worthy news of the moment with a critical column examining an exciting entity particularly pertinent to the theatrical zeitgeist of the moment... today? MOULIN ROUGE! comes to Broadway.
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Last month, I wrote about an issue at a Texas community theatre where directors and board members knowingly employed a registered sex offender for shows involving children and worse yet, kept bringing Kevin Clark Sutton back even after complaints of sexual harassment from cast members.
When this news came to light and outrage arose, it resulted in the resignation of several board members. It also resulted in the theatre adopting new policies regarding hiring employees and reporting sexual misconduct.
But the issues don’t stop there.
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I want to introduce you to Lisa Finegold and Tanner Ray Wilson. Lisa and Tanner currently serve as the Dance Captain’s as well as Swings with Lisa understudying the role of Philoclea (played by Alexandra Socha) in “Head Over Heels” which features the music of the Go-Go’s on Broadway at The Hudson Theatre. Other credits for them include Lisa performing on Broadway in “Rock of Ages” and the tours of “Wicked” and “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat” and Tanner performing on Broadway in the revival of Cats and the tour of “Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Cinderella”.
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