Willow Smith is being courted to take center stage in a remake of the classic movie musical Annie, Variety has learned. Willow’s famous dad, actor Will Smith, is exploring the idea of remaking a new version of the 1982 film – about a young girl who sings her way through life in an orphanage – [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Tony Award’
Melissa Etheridge “American Idiot†Broadway Musical Feb. 2011
January 18th, 2011 |
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We’ve been glued to the edges of our seats watching the ever-changing love life of singer Melissa Etheridge so intently that we almost forgot to tell you that the “You’re the Only One” hitmaker will join the cast of Green Day’s rock opera American Idiot for a week next month. Etheridge will take on the [...]
“Far From Heaven†Musical
January 10th, 2011 |
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The critically-acclaimed 2002 drama Far From Heaven is being turned into a musical production that is expected to debut on stage sometime next year. Freckleface Strawberry creator Julianne Moore starred opposite Dennis Quaid, Dennis Haysbert, and Patricia Clarkson in the film, which chronicled the story of a 1950s housewife, who discovers her husband is gay. [...]
Fela! Band NYE Felebration in Brooklyn
December 21st, 2010 |
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RING IN THE NEW YEAR WITH FELA! AND THE KNITTING FACTORY
Join the FELA! Band, star of
FELA! Sahr Ngaujah, and the FELA! dancers to
perform at the Knitting Factory on December 31 2010 for a special New Year’s Eve performance and party.
With just weeks left to see the hit show on Broadway (it closes on January 2), the New Year’s Eve Felabration offers a
last chance to experience the phenomenal vibe, music, and spirit of FELA!. Tony Award-nominee Sahr Ngaujah –
currently starring in London’s National’s Olivier Theatre production of FELA! – is flying back to the Big Apple specially
for this performance; this will be New York’s last time to see him perform this role. A complimentary champagne
toast at the stroke of midnight will be provided by the Knitting Factory.
Click here to get tickets.
FELA! tells the true story of the legendary Nigerian musician Fela Kuti, whose soulful Afrobeat rhythms
ignited a generation. Inspired by his mother, a civil rights champion, he defied a corrupt and oppressive military
government and devoted his life and music to the struggle for freedom and human dignity. FELA! is a triumphant
tale of courage, passion and love, featuring Fela Kuti’s captivating music and the visionary direction and
choreography of Tony-Award winner Bill T. Jones.
Tom Bosley, “Happy Days’†Mr. Cunningham, Dead At 83
October 19th, 2010 |
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Tom Bosley, the actor best remembered for playing mild-mannered hardware store owner Howard Cunningham on the classic ’70s sitcom Happy Days and Cabot Cove sheriff Amos Tupper on the ’80s mystery drama Murder She Wrote, died at his home outside Los Angeles early Tuesday. He was 83-years-old. Bosley — who last appeared in Jennifer Lopez’s [...]
“Jersey Boys†Movie
October 7th, 2010 |
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Broadway’s Jersey Boys is headed to the big screen, Entertainment Weekly reports. Graham King’s GK Films — the producer of the Oscar-nominated film The Departed — has purchased the film rights to the 2006 Tony Award winner for Best Musical and will adapt the story of of how Frankie Valli, Bob Gaudio, Tommy DeVito and [...]
“Spider-Man†Broadway Musical Opening Dec. 21
August 12th, 2010 |
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Peter Parker’s spidey web will swoop in to save the day on the Great White Way just in time for the holidays. Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark – the long-awaited superhero musical — is set to open on Broadway in December. The production which features a score by U2 stars The Edge and Bono, has [...]
Bernadette Peters, Mary Tyler Moore to host Broadway Barks
July 3rd, 2010 |
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Two-time Tony Award winner Bernadett Peters and actress Mary Tyler Moore will host the 12th anniversary of Broadway Barks! – the dog and cat adopt-a-thon extravaganza which will be held in Shubert Alley. “It”s like therapy between shows,” the New York Daily News quoted Peters as saying. Last year, more than 200 cats and dogs [...]
Scarlett Johansson insists she ‘deserved the Tony Award for Best Actress’
June 24th, 2010 |
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Scarlett Johansson insists that she deserved to win the Tony Award for Best Actress just as much as the classically-trained actresses she was up against. Theatre snobs in New York publicly insisted she wasn”t a worthy victor, suggesting she was only hired to attract film fans. “I pounded the pavement for years and I know [...]
Catherine Zeta celebrates after Tony Award win
June 15th, 2010 |
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Catherine Zeta-Jones won a best actress Tony Award for her magnificent performance I the Broadway revival of Stephen Sondheim’s 1973 A Light Night Music. She took it easy and celebrated I light way with friends. She was suffering from throat virus and still performed at the even of Tony Awards.
At the awards function [...]
Memphis won Tony Award for best musical
June 14th, 2010 |
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Best musical Tony Award has gone to the American rock ‘n’ roll story Memphis, while British production ‘Red’ was adjudged as best play on Sunday night.
Catheine Zeta Jones was also awarded a Tony for a musical for A Little Night Music. Film actore Denzel Washington as well as Viola Davis was the best [...]
Ricky Martin to bring Evita back to Broadway
June 10th, 2010 |
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Puerto Rican singer Ricky Martin is all set to return to Broadway in an attempt to revive the famous Tony Award winning musical Evita.
According to producers, the Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice production will be returning to Broadway, reports The Daily Express.
Evita accounts the life and loves of Argentina’’s former First Lady Eva Peron.
The [...]
Christina Ricci Broadway Debut “Time Stands Stillâ€
May 13th, 2010 |
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Christina Ricci is set to make her Broadway debut replacing Clueless star Alicia Silverstone in the Tony-nominated play Time Stands Still.The Addams Family star will join Laura Linney and Eric Bogosian when the show returns to the stage at the end of the year. The production is taking a summer hiatus to accommodate Tony Award [...]
“Dance Your Ass Off†Host Marissa Jaret Winokur Fired For Being “Too Fatâ€
January 22nd, 2010 |
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Marissa Jaret Winokur — the full-figured Broadway star-turned-Dancing With The Stars contestant — was fired as host of Oxygen’s popular weight-loss show Dance Your Ass Off because she was “too fat,” a new report claims.
Marissa won a Tony Award for her portrayal of Tracy Turnbland in Broadway’s Hairspray, but she didn’t score any points [...]
Ladysmith Black Mambazo Tour
January 19th, 2010 |
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LADYSMITH BLACK MAMBAZO RETURNS TO U.S. WITH 2010 TOUR
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Ladysmith Black Mambazo, “South Africa’s long-running musical treasure” (New York Times), returns to the U.S. in 2010, bringing the nine-man a cappella group’s high energy live show to over 40 cities nationwide, including two dates in New York City. The group will perform songs from their 2009 Grammy Award-winning album Ilembe, in addition to selections from their wide catalog.
“There is an honesty and integrity in their music that illuminates the best parts of humanity,” notes the Associated Press. “Using their majestic voices and nothing else,” adds the San Francisco Chronicle, “[Ladysmith Black Mambazo] produces a full orchestra of sound.”
The group marries the intricate rhythms and harmonies of their native South African musical traditions to the sounds and sentiments of Christian gospel music, garnering accolades worldwide and solidifying their identity as a cultural force. As Billboard explains, “Ladysmith is proof that music knows no boundaries.”
Over its forty-year career, Ladysmith Black Mambazo has earned three Grammy awards and received over 15 Grammy nominations, in addition to a Tony Award, and even an Oscar nomination. They’ve performed for kings, queens, presidents and popes. They accompanied Nelson Mandela when he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, and also recorded with Paul Simon, Stevie Wonder, Michael Jackson, Dolly Parton, Melissa Etheridge, Sarah McLachlan, Josh Groban, among many others.
Tour Dates:
01/31/10 Sun Hill Auditorium Ann Arbor, MI
02/03/10 Wed Highline Ballroom New York, NY
02/04/10 Thu B.B. King Blues Club New York, NY
02/05/10 Fri Colonial Theater Bethlehem, NH
02/06/10 Sat Sanders Theater Cambridge, MA
02/07/10 Sun Mahaiwe Theater Great Barrington, MA
02/10/10 Wed Western Illinois University macomb, IL
02/11/10 Thu West Side Theatre Gary, IN
02/12/10 Fri McAninch Arts Center at College of DuPage Glen Ellyn, IL
02/13/10 Sat Old Town School of Folk Music Chicago, IL
02/14/10 Sun Sheldon Concert Hall St. Louis, MO
02/16/10 Tue Jesse Auditorium Columbia, MO
02/18/10 Thu Bethel College Newton, KS
02/19/10 Fri Mccain Auditorium Manhattan, KS
02/20/10 Sat Walton Arts Center Fayetteville, AR
02/23/10 Tue Finney Chapel Oberlin, OH
02/24/10 Wed Akron Civic Theater Akron, OH
02/25/10 Thu Goodnight Theater Franklin, KY
02/27/10 Sat Avalon Theatre Easton, MD
02/28/10 Sun Byham Theater Pittsburgh, PA
03/02/10 Tue Mahaffey Theater at the Progress Energy Center for the Arts St. Petersburg, FL
03/04/10 Thu Winston-Salem State University Winston-Salem, NC
03/05/10 Fri Strathmore North Bethesda, MD
03/06/10 Sat Washington PAC Olympia, WA
03/08/10 Mon Benaroya Hall Seattle, WA
03/10/10 Wed Montalvo Arts Center Saratoga, CA
03/11/10 Thu Congregation Sherith Israel San Francisco, CA
03/12/10 Fri Beckman Auditorium Pasadena, CA
03/13/10 Sat Anthology San Diego, CA
03/14/10 Sun Centennial Hall Tucson, AZ
03/16/10 Tue Newman Center for the Performing Arts Denver, CO
03/17/10 Wed Lincoln Center Performance Hall Fort Collins, CO
03/18/10 Thu Popejoy Hall | UNM Albuquerque, NM
03/19/10 Fri Avalon Theatre Grand Junction, CO
03/20/10 Sat Peerys Egyptian Theater Ogden, UT
03/23/10 Tue Emerson Center for the Arts Bozeman, MT
03/24/10 Wed University Theatre Missoula, MT
03/25/10 Thu Bing Crosby Theatre Spokane, WA
03/26/10 Fri Broadway Center for the Arts Tacoma, WA
03/27/10 Sat McIntyre Hall Mount Vernon, WA
03/28/10 Sun Ross Ragland Theater Klamath Falls, OR
03/30/10 Tue John G. Shedd Institute for the Arts Eugene, OR
Ladysmith Black Mambazo perform “Homeless” at the Nobel Peace Concert:
“Bring It On†Musical
September 23rd, 2009 |
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Bring It On is Broadway-bound.
The popular cheerleading-themed film franchise, which began with the 2000 film starring Kirsten Dunst, Eliza Dushku, and Gabrielle Union, is being developed into a musical stage extravaganza, Variety reported on Wednesday. An all-star, Tony Award winning creative team has been assembled to create Bring It On: The Musical, an original musical [...]