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The 2023 Tony awards, honoring the best of Broadway 2022-2023, hosted by Ariana DeBose.
posted by the primroses were over on Jun 11, 2023 - 10 comments

[TRAILER] Theater producer Florenz Ziegfeld (William Powell) becomes renowned during the 1920s for his lavish stage productions. Starting out by promoting individual performers, Ziegfeld established revues featuring dozens of women, shows that developed into his famous Ziegfeld Follies on Broadway. His appreciation of women is also apparent off-stage, leading to a love triangle involving actresses Anna Held (Luise Rainer) and Billie Burke (Myrna Loy). [more inside]
posted by DirtyOldTown on Jan 23, 2023 - 0 comments

2005, from the back jacket: In this unusually personal book from the star of many beloved and classic film comedies-- from The Producers to Young Frankenstein, Blazing Saddles to Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory-- Gene Wilder writes about a side of his life the public hasn't seen on the screen. [more inside]
posted by winesong on Oct 6, 2022 - 1 comment

"The Sun'll Come Out Tomorrow" this holiday season as NBC has found its next live musical event: the beloved seven-time Tony Award-winning hit "Annie Live!" [more inside]
posted by oh yeah! on Dec 2, 2021 - 7 comments

On the cusp of his 30th birthday, Jonathon Larson, a promising young theater composer, navigates love, friendship, and the pressures of life as an artist in New York City. Adapted from the musical tick, tick... BOOM!, directed by Lin-Manuel Miranda, screenplay by Steven Levenson, songs by Larson. [more inside]
posted by still_wears_a_hat on Nov 29, 2021 - 9 comments

Come From Away (previously) the Tony-award winning musical, returned to the stage in spring of 2021 for a special filmed performance in front of an audience of 9/11 survivors and frontline workers. With 7 (out of 12) of the original cast members, the recording is now streaming on AppleTV+. [more inside]
posted by still_wears_a_hat on Nov 1, 2021 - 7 comments

The real life of one of America's foremost founding fathers and first Secretary of the Treasury, Alexander Hamilton. Streaming on Disney+. [more inside]
posted by ChuraChura on Jul 3, 2020 - 36 comments

A Late Night comedy writer stumbles upon a hilarious, hidden world of entertainment and finds an unexpected connection to his fellow man. With David Letterman, Chita Rivera, Martin Short, Jello Biafra, and more.
posted by fings on May 19, 2019 - 13 comments

The critically-acclaimed 2016 Roundabout Theatre Company production of the beloved musical.
posted by ThePinkSuperhero on Oct 21, 2017 - 4 comments

Hosted by Kevin Spacey and airing on CBS at 8 Eastern! [more inside]
posted by Eyebrows McGee on Jun 11, 2017 - 39 comments

The magic and glamour of Broadway serve as inspiration for the designers' new challenge as they create fashionable looks based on the musical, Finding Neverland. One designer upstages the entire competition. Supermodel Coco Rocha guest judges.
posted by bq on Sep 26, 2015 - 12 comments

John Cameron Mitchell writes, directs, and stars as the titular Hedwig Robinson — the sarcastic, bombastic, gender-binary-stomping front(wo)man of Mitchell's award-winning off-broadway musical by the same name — as she tours the country narrating, singing, and shouting her harrowing story from the shadow of ex-lover and rock-darling Tommy Gnosis's nationwide tour. [more inside]
posted by churl on Jun 29, 2015 - 19 comments

This week on Pop Culture Happy Hour, NPR Monkey See's Linda Holmes, Stephen Thompson, Glen Weldon and Bob Mondello discuss Disney's film adaptation of the Broadway musical Into The Woods. Then they'll discuss movie franchises--why do some take off while others never fail to leave the ground? All that, plus What's Making Us Happy.
posted by joseph conrad is fully awesome on Jan 14, 2015 - 5 comments